Monday 25 March 2013

Gen 4 Rayner Factsheet

John Rayner


Born: 1903
Died: 1974

Location in 1911 census living in Thornley aged 8

Married Mary Ellen Gott in 1931

Gen 4 Gott Factsheet

Mary Ellen Gott





Born: 1910
Died: 1979

Married John Rayner in 1931

Wednesday 13 March 2013

Gen 4 Murray Factsheet

Great Grandfather on the Murray line

James Murray


Born. 20.12.1899 (in Scotland?) - tbc
Died 1.10.1948 in Durham

Buried in Shotton Cemetery - No Gravestone present

1901 Census - location tbc
1911 Census - location tbc

Married Margaret Ann Smith in 1923 Aged 23

Gen 4 Smith Factsheet

Information of my Great Grandmother on the Smith line.

It is true that every family tree will undoubtedly link into the name 'Smith' at some point. This is the first instance I encounter the name 'Smith but also find it in 2 other places in my family tree.

The name 'Smith' makes tracing lineage incredibly difficult as it is such a common name and very difficult to track with accuracy.

Margaret Ann Smith


Margaret Ann Smith, here believed to be photo'd just before
her marriage to James Murray

Born. 21.11.1904 - Location tbc
Died. 30.12.1969 in Durham

1911 Census location tbc

Married to Jamey Murray in 1923, Aged 18

James and Margaret had 4 children 'officially'
Annie
Margaret
Dorothy
Edmund

However it was later revealed that Margaret was not the daughter of Margaret Ann and James but was actually their GrandDaughter and Annie had given birth to Margaret but they were all raised as siblings.

Margaret Ann (Centre) and her daughters Dorothy (Left) And Annie (Right)
Photo c.1964 taken in Thornley outside the prefab's

Margartet Ann and her Grand-Daughter Dorothy (Daughter of Dorothy)
Taken c.1965 In Thornley outside the prefab's.

Gen 4 Stanley Factsheet

My Great-Grandmother on the Stanley Line.

Ivy Stanley


Born: 3.2.1904 in Northumberland
Died: Mar 1970 In Hartlepool Hospital
Cremated in Durham Crematorium - Location of Ashes unknown

Location on 1911 census not yet confirmed

Married Thomas Parsons in 1920 Aged 16

Thomas and Ivy had 11 children who survived including 2 sets of twins.
DOB's of children tbc

John James (aka.Jack)
Ally
Clara
Cyril
Harold
Lily
Nancy
Sydney
Thomas
Ivy
Alfred **

** Alfred was the youngest of the siblings, born in 1937 and is my Grandfather and direct link to this extended section of family tree

Gen 4 Parsons Factsheet

My Great Grandfather on the Parsons Line

Thomas Parsons


Born: 12.10.1901 in Durham
Died: Dec 1975 in (Hartlepool?) - tbc
Cremated in Durham Crematorium, location of ashes - unknown

In 1911 Census Age 9 living with family in Spennymoor

Married Ivy Stanley in 1920 aged 18

Thomas and Ivy had 11 children which survived, including 2 sets of twins.

Tuesday 12 March 2013

Gen 4 Peacock Factsheet

Factsheet of my Great-Grandmother on the Peacock line.

Phyllis Maud Peacock

Phyllis Maud Peacock, photo c.1950's
Hanging washing in the back yard of the
house in Hawthorne Crescent, Quarrington Hill

Born.1908 in Kelloe, Durham
Died: 23.12.1965 in Durham
Buried in Quarrington Hill cemetery and the Grave is still there.
In the 1911 census is seen age 3 living with family in Kelloe, Durham
Married John Cutty in 1930

Grave of Phyllis Maud Peacock in Quarrington Hill Cemetery


Lived her married life in Hawthorn Crescent, Quarrington Hill where she had 3 children that survived (it is highly suspected among my living grandparents that there were other children that were still born/died in early childhood but no conclusive proof has yet been discovered)

Children Born to Phyllis and John:
Jackie Cutty B.1931
Marina Cutty B.1937
Derek Cutty B.1943

Gen 4 Cutty Factsheet

The Cutty-Peacock section of my family tree, this is my 'fact sheet' on 2 of my Great-Grandparents.

John Cutty

John Cutty, photo c.1950's
In the doorway of his house in Hawthorn Crescent
Quarrington Hill
 

Born: 1905 in Durham
Died: 1968 in Durham
Buried in Quarrington Hill Cemetery - and the grave is still there.
In the 1911 Census he is Age 6 and living with his family in Wingate, Durham
Married Phyllis Maud Peacock in 1930

Grave of John Cutty - present day
In Quarrington Hill Cemetery


Lived his married life in Hawthorn Crescent, Quarrington Hill where he had 3 children

Children Born to Phyllis and John:
Jackie Cutty B.1931
Marina Cutty B.1937
Derek Cutty B.1943
 
 


 

4 Generations back

Jumping back 4 generations and I'm already up to 8 Great Grandparents, I am glad to say I am reasonably knowledgeable about this generation and am looking to do myself little fact sheets on each of them. I will try and have this overview make as much sense as possible!

Me - Parents - Grandparents - Great Grandparents
(1)        (2)            (4)                       (8)



Gen1
Gen2
Gen3
Gen4
Linzi Parsons
1986
Garry Parsons
1964
Alfred Parsons
1937
Thomas Parsons
1901 - 1975



Ivy Stanley
1904 - 1970


Marina Cutty
1937
John Cutty
1905 - 1968



Phyllis Maud Peacock
1908 - 1965

Sheryl Rayner
1966
Cuthbert William Rayner
1944
John Rayner
1903 - 1965



Mary Ellen Gott
1910 - 1979


Dorothy Murray
1947 - 2011
James Murray
1899 - 1948



Margaret Ann Smith
1904 - 1969

Monday 11 March 2013

Its amazing how many surnames we could have



Going back 5 generations in a straight lineage it took 32 people just to make me, the possibilities of the surnames I could've ended up with is insane going back not far at all...and that's of the ones I know, there are some names missing!


Parsons
Whitehouse
Coley
Hipkiss
Stanley
?
Smith
Christon
Cutty
Atkinson
Davison
Smith
Peacock
Fawcett
Carter
Patrick
Rayner
Rawlinson
Lanaghan
?
Gott
Richie
Brown
?
Murray
?
?
?
Smith
Raine
Cummins
Birkbeck