I have a question that I have been trying to solve for a few months now, and do not know where to look .
In a family history written by my ancestors in the 1920's from Massillon, Ohio, USA, there are two women listed. They were immigrants from Weardale Durham England. They left Liverpool about 11 May 1884 on a Canadian Steam Navigation Company steam screw ship named Cleopatra.
Ann Wearmouth, born 1834 at St John's Chapel near Stanhope, Durham England. She married my GG grandfather Joseph Hodgson (born 13 Oct 1830) on April 6, 1850, at Weardale , St John's Chapel, Durham, Eng.
Also, Mary Wearmouth. She married Willam Pattinson on March 22, 1845 at Weardale, St John's Chapel, Durham Eng.
The father is listed as Thomas Wearmouth, on a certified copy of their marriage licenses. Both list Cherry Tree House as their residences. They must be sisters, my old family history notes that "the mother, grandmother and aunt swore they would never cross the ocean again" . The mother and aunt must be Ann and her sister Mary. I do not who the grandmother would be, but suspect their mother.
My problem is that I can not find records of a Thomas Wearmouth family residing in Weardale, Durham, that have these two sisters living together. I also found a Richard Wearmouth family with an Ann and Mary, but the birth years were not as I would expect to see. The marriage licenses show Ann and Mary as Thomas' kids living in Cherry Tree House.
I would like to be able to list who my GGG grandparents are on the Wearmouth side and be sure I have the correct ones. Census data for 1851 would not show either Ann or Mary living at home.
, since they were already married. It does show Joseph and Ann Hodgson, and I found William and Mary Pattinson, with the expected kids. I just need to find the right Wearmouth parents.
If someone could point me at the right data bases to search, I would be grateful. I have searched the Ancestry file, I am a paid member, I use the Mormon program Family Search, Wiki Tree, the GENUKI data files, Freereg, Freecen and FreeBMD. But no answers. I think the Weardale Museum might have the information, but they have not responded to my query. They have been busy reopening this year from the covid shutdown, and I think are now closed for the winter. They did provide me with a large amount of data on my family from the Hodgson gg thru ggggg grandparents a few months ago.
Thank you Eugene Hodgson Virginia USA.