Calling
All Todds
Sir,
I am looking for information on the Todds from Egremont.
My great great grandfather George Todd was listed on the
1881 census as living with his father Thomas at Moor Row.
Thomas’s occupation was a stationary engine driver. I
have had very little luck researching this branch of my
family tree. My grandparents, George and Sarah (née
Temple) migrated to Australia around 1965. George had many
brothers and sisters who I am sure would have children
that still live in the area. Any assistance would be
great.
Robyn Todd
robyntodd@westnet.com.au
Carroll
Hi ,
Can anyone help me, my greatgrandparents were Michael
and Jane Ann Carroll nee Strachan who lived in Bridge
End Road Saint Johns Egremont in the 1891 census.
Their children were Elizabeth Ann, Jane Oestle, George
Strachan, Christina, James, Sarah, and Thomas Oestle
Carroll. I do not know anything about the first
three children, i would love to hear from any
descendants , many thanks.
Rose
Hello,
I am researching the
family name Rose. My Great Grandfather was sup't.
with the Furness Railway in the area of 1866. He
brought his family to the Lakes District from the Kent
area.
James Rose worked with the
Furness Railway, until he retired do to ill health.
His son Edwin Rose of Victoria Villa Egremont, then
replaced him.
Edwin Rose, and his wife
Elizabeth lived at Victoria Villa until around 1925
when Edwin past on.
The children of Elizabeth
and Edwin are:
Annette Eleanor b 4. 10.
1868
George Edwin James b
8.5.1870
Harry Sidney died in
infancy
Frank Ernest b 15. 7. 1873
Arthur Vivian b 30. 1.
1876
Ethel Louisa b 1878
Edwin b 24 . 12. 1879
Guy Septimus b 16. 6. 1882
William John died in
infancy
I know that Ethel Louisa
was a teacher in the area.
The males all worked with
the railway, and most were engineers, as were the father
and grandfather.
Elizabeth Rose was the
daughter of James Jones, of Whitehaven publican to the
Indian Head, and Eleanor Blenkinsop of Whitehaven.
If anyone has any
information on this family, or pictures, or web sites
that may assist me, I would greatly appreciate if you
would contact me at:
Susan
Pickering Ontario
Canada
Sloan
Hi I am looking for
information on my grandmothers family. In particular
James Sloan her brother was born about 1881 and his son
James born about 1900. James born 1881 was a
seaman and young James was in army. James senior
lived with parents John and Sarah Ann Sloan at 2 Hartley
St Egremont. Both these men have one outstanding
feature, their ears stuck out, both father and son.
To my knowledge they are father and son but are
definately related. I would love to know more
about them. Thanks for the Egremont site.
eileenwilson97@hotmail.com
Tidyman / Clements
Hello,
I see your site has
picked up a few queries about Egremont families! How
wonderful to open up your site so that people can make
connections with family members. I wonder if you would
post this on your site for me?
Looking for ancestors of
the Tidyman family of Egremont. Hannah Bell Clements
married James Tidyman in 1858. We are related to this
family. Please e-mail me at lass53@aol.com
Nancy Armstrong
Wear,
Coates, Thompson
I plan to visit Egremont
and White Haven August 24-27, 2007, hoping to find more
information about my father's maternal ancestors. His
grandparents, Joseph and Mary Wear Thompson Coates, were
married in Egremont (Beckermont Church) in 1861. They
moved with their one surviving son (3 children buried at
church in Cleator) and settled in Virginia, USA, in 1872.
They had lived in "Carron Cottage" in Cleator
Moor prior to emigrating.
Joseph Coates was born
1833 in Keswick, and Mary was born 1834 near Egremont (Beckermont
or Beckermet?).
I want to find out Joseph
Coates's parents' names. I do know he had a brother
Robert who moved to Melbourne, Australia.
Mary's parents: Richard
Thompson, born 1803, and died 1870 in Cleator; and Mary
Eleanor Wear, who died 1871. Both are buried at "Cleator
Church." I wish to know their parents' names.
I would appreciate any
information about the Coates, Thompson, and Wear families
in that area.
Thank you so much!
Jane Carter Vaughan in
Virginia, USA
janeacv@gmail.com
Kirkby
I am trying to trace members
of my Grandmothers family. She was born Isabella Kirkby
1907, sister to Agnes and William (Billy) Kirkby. Her
father was William Kirkby born 1877, mother Mary Eilbeck.
I think he was born at Whitbeck. My father remembers
visiting various members of the Kirkby family on farms in
the Egremont area during the war years and remembers the
names Matthew Kirkby who had a son who was a Cumberland
wresler and Henry Kirkby who was an auctioneer. I am
really struggling to connect to the correct Kirkbys and
any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Kathryn Gibbs
Hi,
I'm a Benn descendant on my mother's side, her maiden name
being Benn. My Gx3 Grandparents Richard and Margaret (nee
Glaister) Benn were born in Egremont. They married in 1840
in Whitehaven. Margaret, daughter of Jacob and Violet(nee
Kellick) was christened in St. Bees 21 November 1808.
Richard Benn's parents were William and Jane Benn, don't
know much more about them, but apparently were also from
Egremont I've been told.
Richard and Margaret had a son William (my Gx2) Grandfather.
circa 1841/2. They came to Australia in 1854 producing quite
a few generations of descendants here. Any information on
this family and any relatives I may have in Egremont greatly
appreciated. I've been told there are still descendants
there. I've researched the Glaisters and found a couple in
census records but no solid leads yet. I'm also interested
in the Kellicks but don't know if they originated in the
area or not.
Lesa Moore
lesamoore@hotmail.com
Hi,
I'm just adding some new
info on my genealogy for your site, hoping it may trigger
someone's memory or that they may have same lines.
My mother's cousin Alan Benn
found this information for siblings of my Greatx3
Grandfather Richard Benn:
William b.12 January 1810,
Christened 2 February 1810 both in Egremont.
Abraham b.abt 1820
Apparently there was also a
sister Ann.
Also I found the marriage of
my Gx4 Grandparents:
Jacob Glaister and Violet
Kellick, the record had Violet as Voliet Kellot.
They married 3 February 1806 in Whitehaven. These
are the parents of my Gx3 Grandmother Margaret Glaister
who married Richard Benn. Perhaps they spent some
time in Egremont or lived there at some stage, I'm still
researching.
Thank You,
Here is
another message from Australia, this time from Jackie
Horsburgh. Please contact us if you can provide
Jackie, Lesa or Nancy with any information about their
relatives or ancestors.
My grandmother
was born in Egremont in 1879 the youngest of 10 children
to Laurence McDowell and Martha Collins. Laurence
was a Locomotive Engine Driver. The family is listed
in the 1881 British Census. I would be most
interested in any information. The family came to
Australia in 1888 and lived in Albany W.A. My
grandmother married in Brisbane Queensland and then came
to Victoria and raised a large family.
Regards
Jackie
Horsburgh
phorsbur@bigpond.net.au
I have a copy of the 1881
census where Lawrence and his wife Martha are living at
Moor Roe (Moor Row) along with their 9 children and 5
lodgers. Among the lodgers is Lawrences mother-in-Law Jane
Collins.
I came about this
information because my married name is McDowell and I was
tracing the family line. I found my husband's grandfather
- Robert McDowell living with his mother's parents Robert
and Eleanor Cannel, and next door were Lawrence and his
family. Both Lawrence and Robert's father John, were born
in Ireland. I am convinced that they were related to each
other - probably brothers.
I can attach the census
if you think Jackie would be interested in it.
jean@jgmcd.fsnet.co.uk
Sir,
Congratulations on having a geneology site.
We think that my wife's
great grandfather was born in Egremont.
His name was William
Shepherd. In the 1841 Census he was 7 and living
with his Mother (?) Eleanor Shepherd who is shown as age
30, (but they rounded the ages of adults in those days)
She was a 'Flour Dealer' and they lived on the 'North side
of the Main Street, Egremont'. William went on to become
an Income Tax Officer and moved around the Country as
his career progressed. He married Eliza Pearson from
Lincoln, he retired to Stockport near Manchester.
Which is where I met my wife!
Any relative information
would be very welcome!
Sir,
On your website, you are looking for people who have
ancestors from Egremont. My Great Grandfather Robert Shanks
was resident in Egremont from 1871 to at least 1901. His
address in 1901 was 87 Woodend, in 1891 198 Woodend Farm
(with both his parents still alive). In 1881 274 Main
Street, His father James Shanks is down as Manager of the
Iron Ore Mine. James Shanks was the brother of John Shanks
who founded the sanitary ware company in Barrhead Glasgow.
The family moved down to Sussex around 1920, where my
Grandmother still lives.
If anybody can provide me with more details of the family
while they were in Egremont I would be grateful
Regards
David Jones
Calling All
Sewells
Sir,
I wonder if you can help. I am the great granddaughter of
Joseph and Isabella Sewell who according to the census of
1901 lived on East Road Egremont - Joseph was a carter. They
had seven children at the time. An eighth, my grandfather
was born in 1907 and his name was Ponsonby! The other
children were Joseph 9, William 7, Thomas 4, Mary 2 and
Isabella 10 months. Isabella had two other children from a
previous marriage James and Elizabeth Smith. I am looking
for any relatives in the area.
Bev Purcey
(bevpurcy@hotmail.com)
Thanks for Help
Hello,
Several
months ago I wrote to you about finding ancestors in
Egremont, and you started a genealogy section. I am
pleased to tell you that I had a response to my query
today from a woman in Australia! She was able to
share more with me about our Anderson family from
Egremont. Thanks so much for helping us find more
about our family.
Happiest
of Holidays,
Nancy
Armstrong
Lass53@aol.com
Hello,
Thank you for the site on
Egremont. I was wondering if you might open a place for
people working on genealogy connected with Egremont. My
husband's grandmother, Barbara Anderson, was born in
Egremont in 1874. I know she had several siblings, and we'd
love to find family still living in England. Barbara came to
America and settled in Pennsylvania, and died in California
in the 1960s.
My husband's grandfather
came from Cleator, My husband's family in England has been a
bit of a mystery for us. His grandfather was George
Armstrong, born about 1865 in Cleator. He talked about
racing bicycles on the walls of an old castle. I have to
wonder if it wasn't Egremont Castle. George Armstrong was
the son of George Armstrong and Frances Edgar Armstrong. As
far as I know, George and Frances had nine children: James,
Joseph, George, William, Mary J., Margaret, Eleanor, Frances
and Isabella. James, Joseph and George all left England
sometime after the 1881 census, and went to Canada, and then
came into America. William died at a fairly young age in
England. What we have been hoping to find is descendants of
the five sisters who remained in England. We did find family
still living at Cleator Moor, but we are related to them
from another generation back. It seems like someone in
Cumbria would know what happened to the five Armstrong
sisters. Mary J., Margaret, Frances and Eleanor are all on
the 1881 census with their parents. Mary J. was ten;
Margaret was eight, Frances was five, and Eleanor was two. I
believe Isabella was born a few years after Eleanor. My
husband's grandfather, according to family lore, raced
bicycles and tested tires for bicycles. Remember that this
all happened in the 1870s and 1880s before he came to
America. Our family claims that the three Armstrong sons
kept in touch with their mother and sisters up until the
time of World War One, and then lost track of each other.
My husband's grandmother
was Barbara Clements Anderson, born in Egremont in April of
1874. I found out that her father was William Anderson born
in 1836 in Egremont, and he was a locomotive engine driver.
Barbara's mother was Barbara Clements Anderson, born in 1838
in Dishington. In 1881 I found the family living at Concreet
Roe in Egremont.
1. Jessie Anderson born in
1862 and married to Kenith Wallace, born Isle of Man in 1859
2. William Anderson born
1864
3. Abraham christened
August 31, 1865. In 1881 Abraham is living with a William
Kitshan
on Moor Roe Farm in
Egremont.
4. Bridget C. born 1869
5. James C. born 1873
6. Barbara C. born 1874
7. Thomas H. born 1877
8. Hannah born 1879
We know that some of the
Anderson family did emigrate to America, but we think that
some stayed in England. If anyone can help us find
descendants of either the Armstrong or Anderson families,
we'd be grateful!
Nancy and Dale Armstrong
111 West End Avenue
Binghamton, New York 13905
USA
E-mail: Lass53@aol.com
Nancy
Armstrong
PS I'm
going to scan some of the old photos we have . . . unknown
people from England. Maybe you can put them on your
site. I wish I knew who they were, and how they
connect to our family in England.
To respond to
this letter or make your own enquiry, please, reply to Nancy
or click here
Already, we
have received a reply from Lesa Moore in Australia.
Please use the
following link to read how Lesley Garrett's search for her
ancestors brought her to Egremont.
lesley
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