Little Family - Northumberland--Durham

[O.R.A.W.M.U]

Hi, I'm Looking for info on my Little family line..

3rd Great Grandparents:
Thomas Little 1809-1901
Jane Beveridge 1814-1896

Thomas was born Falstone, Northumberland.

2nd Great grandparents:
Eleanor Little 1849-1905
Matthew Charlton 1842-1915

Eleanor was born in Delves Durham

Not 100 % yet but I have children for Thomas and Jane as..
Joseph??
Mary Ann 1830
Jane 1838
Adam 1842
Isabelle 1843
Thomas 1847
Eleanor 1849
Sabina 1853
Emily 1855
Frederick 1862

If anyone has info on this family or is a descendant, any help would be fantastic, thank you!

Lisa x

[Ruskie]

Have you managed to locate these families in the approriate censuses? At the very least it may help clarify family members, years and places of birth, occupations, addresses etc.....

[KGarrad]

1851 census:
Class: HO107; Piece: 2389; Folio: 458; Page: 11
Iveston, County Durham

Little, Thomas  Head  M  42  Blacksmith  b Croshill, Northumberland
Little, Jane  Wife  F  36  b Scotland
Little, Jane  Daughter  F  12  b Newcastle Upon Tyne
Little, Adam  Son  M  10  b Delves, Co. Durham
Little, Isabella  Daughter  F  8  b Delves
Little, Thomas  Son  M  4  b Delves
Little, Elenor  Daughter  F  1  b Delves
Watson, James Robson  Servant  M  19  b Windyhook, Co. Durham

[Ruskie]

I was trying to get on to the surname profiler site (kept getting an error message) to double check my theory that Jane Beveridge may have been Scottish, and that is now confirmed by KGarrad posting the 1851 census. 

Hopefully other censuses may give a place of birth in Scotland so you have somewhere to start looking for her.

[KGarrad]

1861 Census:
Class: RG09; Piece: 3734; Folio: 45: Page: 23& 24
Delves Lane, Lanchester, Co. Durham

Little, Thomas  Head  M  53  Blacksmith & Farrier  b Felton, Northumberland
Little, Jane  Wife  F  47  b Scotland
Little, Jane  Daughter  F  22  b Newcastle
Little, Adam  Son  M  19  b Delves, Co. Durham
Little, Isabella  Daughter  F  17  b Delves
Little, Thomas  Son  M  13  b Delves
Little, Eleanor  Daughter  F  12  b Delves
Little, Sabina  Daughter  F  7  b Delves
Little, Emely  Daughter  F  5  b Delves
Brown, Thomas L  Grandson  M  5  b Delves
Plain, John  Servant  M  15  b Durham

N.B. FamilySearch has the place name transcribed as Deleas!


Mother Jane's place of birth is simply "Scotland" on all censuses.

[Millmoor]

Looking at the births on groindex for the children named those I can find appear to have a mother's maiden name of Sim ( or in the case of Sabina, Sime).

There seems to be a marriage in Newcastle of a Thomas Little and Jane Sim 24 Nov 1834 which may be worth exploring further.

Following on from Ruskie's post,and that of K Garrad,the 1861 census seems to give Jane's place of birth as Perth.

William

[JenB]

1861 Census:
Class: RG09; Piece: 3734; Folio: 45: Page: 23& 24
Delves Lane, Lanchester, Co. Durham

Little, Thomas  Head  M  53  Blacksmith & Farrier  b Felton, Northumberland
Little, Jane  Wife  F  47  b Scotland
Little, Jane  Daughter  F  22  b Newcastle
Little, Adam  Son  M  19  b Delves, Co. Durham
Little, Isabella  Daughter  F  17  b Delves
Little, Thomas  Son  M  13  b Delves
Little, Eleanor  Daughter  F  12  b Delves
Little, Sabina  Daughter  F  7  b Delves
Little, Emely  Daughter  F  5  b Delves
Brown, Thomas L  Grandson  M  5  b Delves
Plain, John  Servant  M  15  b Durham

N.B. FamilySearch has the place name transcribed as Deleas!

KG I hope you don't mind me pointing out that his place of birth in 1861 is given as Falstan, not Felton. Falstan is probably Falstone 

[KGarrad]

JenB,  No I don't mind at all!

In my defence, I am using FamilySearch which quotes Felton!

[JenB]

KG I hope you don't mind me pointing out that his place of birth in 1861 is given as Falstan, not Felton. Falstan is probably Falstone 

In fact that would fit with his place of birth in the 1851, as there was a place in Falstone Parish called Crosshills
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