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Re: What is a 'Halfway House'?
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 24 February 21 08:05 GMT (UK) »
Hi EB,

Its interesting GRO has Sarah as Sarah Alice Hope Jackson but FreeBMD as Sarah Alice Hope.

Her Mother appears to have been buried 17 May 1838 St Michael, Houghton-le-Spring
MARY ANN Hope age 18

At this stage I cant see a Bpt for Mary Ann but there;
SIMON HUNTER Hope 16 Aug 1816 St Mary Gateshead (buried 9 Jan 1842 age 26)
JAMES ROBERT Hope 5 Aug 1827 St Michael Houghton-le-Spring
Parents WILLIAM/HANNAH
Fathers occp Cordwainer

James is on 1841 Census
Thomas Jackson   25 Shoemaker
William Hope   50 Shoemaker
Hannah Hope   55
James Hope   13
Sarah Abie Hope 3
Mary Jane Briggs 4

MARY JANE Briggs bapt 19 Feb 1837 to THOMAS/JANE, Father a Cordwainer
Thomas married Jane FOUTHROP  22 Mar 1830, William Hope** was a witness

All above on FreeREG

Aaah looks like from Familysearch other children were born and bapt Whickham;
HOPE, Parents WILLIAM/HANNAH
THOMAS HENRY 27 November 1814 (birth 16 Oct 1814)
SARAH HUNTER Hope 27 September 1818 (birth 29 Aug 1818)
MARY ANN 11 Dec 1820 (birth 24 Nov 1820)**********

So there is your Mary Ann!

Just looked at 1814 Bapt again, Father William HOPE/Mother Hannah HUNTER

Cant find a Marriage for William/Hannah pre 1814 though.

Its strange though that Sarah Watsons Aust Death Reg has her Mother as Sarah.
It depends who the informant was on the D/C I suppose as to their knowledge.

SARAH HUNTER Hope was buried 29 Jun 1821 Whickham age 3 (FreeREG)

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Re: What is a 'Halfway House'?
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 24 February 21 08:43 GMT (UK) »
Unfortunately it doesn't mention what the establishment was, though I agree, inquests were often held in Public Houses . The article does say that the jury "retired to the Workhouse", however that may have been to interview one of the inhabitants, related to the case.


If they 'retired to the Workhouse' , it might be somewhere in this location, just to the north of Houghton on the Newbottle  side:

add - wkhouse and PH marked on this map:

https://maps.nls.uk/view/101099621#zoom=5&lat=1586&lon=5977&layers=BT

Add 2- Ryhope is a way from Houghton, Maddy - about 6 mls  to the east, near the coast.
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Re: What is a 'Halfway House'?
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 24 February 21 11:13 GMT (UK) »
The baptism, that the OP refers to is on Durham Records Online:

St Michael and All Angels, Houghton-le Spring
8th Oct 1837  Sarah Alice Hope of Halfway House, born 15 Sept 1837,daughter of Mary Ann Hope (spinster) 

In 1841, the occupiers were a John Scott and family -

Moorsley, H-le-S - HO107/312/15/16/27/

so this would suggest it was the group of houses that I mentioned in Reply #4   I found them on the OS maps earlier but can't see it so far.
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« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 24 February 21 11:17 GMT (UK) »
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« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 24 February 21 11:21 GMT (UK) »
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Re: What is a 'Halfway House'?
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday 24 February 21 14:15 GMT (UK) »
I expect you have, but in case you've not, seen the entry in the parish  register for Mary Ann's baptism:
 
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XCH3-2Z1?i=466&wc=9K5Q-6TP%3A13618101%2C33056201%2C33056202&cc=1309819

on right hand page, 11th Dec 1820.

Add - and Sarah Alice 8 Oct 1837, Houghton

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-673S-FZG?i=324&wc=9K59-YW5%3A13618101%2C26770701%2C27071601&cc=1309819

on right hand side
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Re: What is a 'Halfway House'?
« Reply #15 on: Thursday 25 February 21 03:18 GMT (UK) »
:D

Better map

https://maps.nls.uk/view/102341560#zoom=7&lat=4635&lon=12330&layers=BT

Oh well done Gadget, I looked and looked yesterday but must have just missed it!

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Re: What is a 'Halfway House'?
« Reply #16 on: Friday 05 March 21 03:14 GMT (UK) »
Oh my goodness I feel so bad,
I didn't even get a notification for these replies!

Thank you all for your time and effort in decoding and deciphering the Halfway House issue. It was a matter of curiosity as the modern connotation immediately sprang to mind upon seeing it!

I have managed to look at all the baptisms for William and Hannah's children except for their first in 1814, Thomas Henry Hope, I didn't manage to find that one. Sarah's mother Mary Ann died really young, aged 18 so I'm not surprised that on the death certificate the son (the informant) didn't know the mother's name. He also didn't know the father's first name, only the surname and occupation.

In August 1827 William and Hannah had another son John Robert, and they were living in Newbottle at that time so they could have been at that 'halfway house' place when those skeletons were found that you mentioned earlier, Gadget.

That map that you posted is brilliant. I zoomed out a bit and found Four Lane Ends, where William and Hannah Hope, along with Thomas Jackson, Sarah Alice Hope, Mary Jane Briggs and James Hope were living in the 1841 Census.

Another thing I couldn't work out was the relationship between Mary Jane Briggs' parents Thomas Briggs and Jane Fouthrop, to the Hope family, as William Hope was a witness to their marriage (as Trish found) and Mary Jane Briggs is with the Hope family in the 1841 Census. Also Trish, I will have a look at FreeREG!

Thank you all for your help, and I'm really sorry I didn't get back to you sooner! I wish the notification system was better :(

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Re: What is a 'Halfway House'?
« Reply #17 on: Friday 05 March 21 03:26 GMT (UK) »
Trish,

I've been looking at the Diocese of Durham's Bishops Transcripts on Ancestry for Whickham, where I can't find Sarah Hunter Hope's burial record in 1821. Also, I was able to find in this same record most of the baptisms for the children in Whickham and Gateshead, except for Thomas Henry Hope.  :)

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