Occupation and place of birth.

[JenB]

Can we still ask where people are really from?

Zaph, tongue, cheek.

 

It would be good if you responded to replies 2,3,4,5 and 6 which actually relate to your original enquiry!

[Zaphod99]

I didn't make the original enquiry.

Mrs Zaph

[JenB]

I didn't make the original enquiry.

Mrs Zaph

I had quoted the OP’s comment (smiley) not yours 

[Gadget]

For what it's worth~

I have just searched through all of the 121 households in Pattinson Town, Burmston, Chester le Street, starting at RG10/4993.48/9

All of the ones that I have found that show as being born at Cox Green, Durham are :

John Barrett, aged 10, -do- *scholar*, b. Durham Cox Green

Mary Dickinson, 14, scholar,b. Durham Cox Green

Ann O'Brien, 8, scholar, b. Durham Cox Green

Jane Blacklock, 15. -, b. Durham Cox Green

I might have missed some but don't think so!!


Gadget

(It's cold and dreich north of the Tyne!)

[Gadget]

Cox Green

https://www.genuki.org.uk/gaz/DUR/CoxGreen

add ~

and Pattinson Town

https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DUR/Washington

[Kelger123]

I am sorry if you thought I would reply immediately JenB, besides having other pressing matters to attend to, I have found that if you let things run a while new evidence of the family will crop up.  The family in question concerns Margaret Corrigan (Carrigan) who married Michael O'Brien in Houghton Le Spring, Durham, England, on September 15, 1851.  They had 6 children that I know of, Bridget 1853, Margaret 1854, Michael 1857, Mary 1860, Ann 1863, and Patrick 1866.  I was never in Durham never mind Cox Green, so had no idea where I was searching or where worker migration may have drifted.  Thank you all for your contributions, I genuinely mean that.  Obviously in hindsight, it might have eased the workload if I had included the name of the family, but I was really interested in the name of the location and the job titles which were difficult to read. 
Perhaps someone could look at the 1871 Census of Pattinson Town, Durham and see if they can decipher the job titles.
Thanks,
Gerry

[Gadget]

Is this  her:

Margaret O'Brien , 50, Wife , b. Ireland

Also, daughter Margaret:

Margaret O'Brien, 18, Magnesia dresser, b. Durham CoxGreen

[Gadget]

Full info

PATTINSON TOWN, RG10/4993/53/20
Michael O'Brien 50, Labourer, b. Ireland,
Margaret, 45, wife, b Ireland
Bridget, 15, b. Magnesia Dresser, b. CoxGreen
Margaret, 16,  -do-, b. -do-
Michael,14, Assistant Riveter, b. -do-
Mary, 11, Scholar, b Pattinson Town
Ann, 8, -do-, b. CoxGreen
Patrick, 5, -do-, b. Washington

(I hope I've got this correct -  some interruptions)

[AlanBoyd]

Whellan, F & Co. History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham 2nd Edition 1894, Ballantyne, Hanson & Co 1894 p 1168 [under Washington Parish]

Pattinson Town, a small village near the Washington station, is in this township [referring to Barmston] and derives its name from Hugh Lee Pattinson, Esq., the founder of the large chemical works close by.

And from an obituary of Hugh Lee Pattinson F.R.S. from the Carlisle Journal - Tuesday 16 November 1858 (quoting the Gateshead Observer)

...in or about the year 1834, in partnership with Mr. John Lee (a relative), and Mr. George Burnett, both of whom he survived, he commenced the Felling Chemical Works, which now cover a larger area than the Crystal Palace, and employ a thousand workmen. Ten years later – about 1843 – the deceased commenced also the works at Washington, in which are carried on, amongst other manufactures, that of magnesia, by a process discovered by himself, and patented – the result being a much purer and cheaper article, and one which has driven almost every competitor out of the field. In the neighbourhood of the Washington Works a populous and growing community now exists, which will make a respectable figure in the census of 1861, under the head of "Pattinson town."