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The Lighter Side / Re: Great names!
« on: Thursday 31 December 09 01:53 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: maisie666 on Wednesday 03 June 09 18:43 BST (UK)
Hi - I've got an Isabella Golightly in my tree.  I think that's a lovely name - I'd probably waft around meadows picking wildflowers if I had that name!

Maisie

Maisie,

I have several Isabella Golightlys in my tree.  Would be very interested in comparing notes to see if there is any connection. 
One was baptised in 1775, a twin of Margaret, and daughter of George Golightly.
A second was born about 1831, daughter of George Golightly and Isabella Rippon.
The third was born in 1857, illegitimate daughter of Martha Golightly.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Roberta


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Durham Lookup Requests / Re: 1851/1861 Census
« on: Wednesday 19 April 06 12:17 BST (UK)  »
Darcy,
Wow!  Thanks for the prompt reply.  The son, Robert, is my gggrandfather.  I have been searching for any info on him for a couple of years.  Unfortunately, he was the first person I started with when doing genealogy.  Not a good choice.  I know very little about him - here's what I do have (this is all about the son, Robert)

Robert David JOHNSTONE married Sarah Ann Taylor in Parish Church, Tynemouth, on Dec. 25th 1876.  He is listed as being 25, a bachelor, occupation Guard, living in Tynemouth, father is Robert Johnstone, deceased, Clock and Watch maker.

Robert and Sarah JOHNSTONE had a son, James William, born April 10, 1877, in Percy Main, Chirton, and Robert is listed as a Railway Guard.

Robert and Sarah also had a daughter, Anne Isabella, born about 1881, in Percy Main, Northumberland, per the 1881 census.

However, in the 1881 census, Sarah JOHNSON is living with her parents, William and Sarah TAYLOR, in Chirton, Percy, Tynemouth, with her two children, William and Anne, but no sign of her husband, Robert.  She is listed as being married.

In 1887, Sarah JOHNSON married Mathew LACKIE.  I have not received the marriage certificate on that one yet.

The only other info I have is a letter from a family member to my ggrandfather (William) commenting on the fact that his father had been around looking for him - and that was in 1908.  Don't know if that was his father, Robert, or his stepfather, Mathew.  The only "father" my ggrandfather ever mentioned was actually his grandfather William Taylor!


Unfortunately, with the names going back and forth from Johnson to Johnstone, I have been researching both.  There are a lot of them!  As I have no birth place for Robert, the son, it has made things very difficult. 

Any thoughts you may have would be greatly appreciated.  I was hoping that by finding a Robert Johnson, clock and watch maker, fairly close to where the son was married, I had hit the jackpot.  Maybe not.  Frustrating.

Thanks for all of your help so far! :)
Roberta

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Durham Lookup Requests / 1851/1861 Census
« on: Wednesday 19 April 06 03:30 BST (UK)  »
Would someone be willing to do a look up on:

Robert Johnson/Johnstone
Clock & Watch Maker

All I know about him is the above, taken from his son's marriage certificate dated 1876, at which time Robert was listed as deceased.  His son, also Robert, may or may not be listed in the 1851 census, as I believe that may be the year he was born.  I found a Robert Johnson, Clock & Watch Maker, in the Slater's Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland, & Yorkshire, 1855, in Darlington, on High row.  Don't know yet if he is mine, but hope this is a clue. ???

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. :)

Roberta

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Northumberland Lookup Requests / Re: Newcastle Evening Chronicle Lookup
« on: Wednesday 05 April 06 20:42 BST (UK)  »
Grant,

Once again, you've been a great help.  Exactly what I was hoping to find out!

Thanks again,
Roberta
 :)

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Northumberland Lookup Requests / Newcastle Evening Chronicle Lookup
« on: Monday 03 April 06 00:39 BST (UK)  »
Would someone be so kind as to look up the following obituaries for me:



Lackie, Matthew   7 Dec 1903  age 63   Infirmary - Newcastle

Means, John George   2 Nov 1903   age 44   Blyth

Thanks so much for any assistance! ;D


Roberta

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Northumberland / Re: Surname interests, NORTH SHIELDS, TYNEMOUTH area
« on: Tuesday 17 January 06 00:00 GMT (UK)  »
My ggg grandmother, Martha Golightly, married George HEDLEY sometime after 1857.  She had a daughter, Isabelle, in that year, with no father named on the birth certificate.  Then, I found George and Martha in the 1881 census, married with 7 additional children, the oldest born in about 1861.  The children are William, George, James, Margaret, Martha, Frank, and John.  This is as far as I've gotten with the Hedley line.  Unless Isabelle was actually George's biological daughter, Hedley's would be relatives by marriage only. 

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Northumberland Lookup Requests / Re: Newcastle Evening Chronicle Obit - Johnstone
« on: Monday 09 January 06 02:28 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Grant!  You're the best!!! ;D

Roberta

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Northumberland Lookup Requests / Newcastle Evening Chronicle Obit - Johnstone
« on: Thursday 05 January 06 22:59 GMT (UK)  »
Would anyone be willing to look up an obituary in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle?
I am looking for one on Robert Johnstone, dated 31 Jan 1903, age 53, S. Byker

Hoping this is my "missing" ggfather. 

Any help would be very much appreciated. ;D

Thanks,
Roberta




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