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Hi RTL,

I would think Tibby was buried at St Mary’s as it seems to be the ‘main’ burial place in Morpeth.
Sadly I’ve not found Joseph’s burial yet. Given he died at Scotland Gate I’m thinking he was buried either at Choppington, Netherton Lane/Westlea or maybe even Cowpen. I have a theory his wife Mary Ann Allen was buried as “Mary Caney” in Morpeth on 13 April 1886, as Mary Ann died on 10 April 1886. So maybe he was buried under the wrong name like her. Hopefully I should get up to the Woodhorn archives soon to have a proper look.

Tibby did have a very sad life didn’t she.  I noticed she died not long before Michael was conditionally pardoned. She died of heart disease and dropsy, the informant was a Sarah Trotter of Union Workhouse. Have you ever found her in any census after the 1841 one? I’m still trying to find the charge that Tibby apparently got in July 1859 as Elizabeth Allan.

I think that Tibby & Jane must’ve lived in Newcastle in the late 1850s.


Thank you for the information about Ellen’s marriage. I noticed her son was named Robert but his birth was actually registered as the name John in 1858 (unless obviously it was two different sons, but I’ve not found any other Morrison births with Allen/Anderson MN in Newcastle).

I'm more than happy to be corrected, but Bonas Farm seems to be near Ogle, not Ponteland 

Bonas Hill, not farm! Where did I get Farm from 

Charles’ obituary says it was Ponteland but Ogle makes much more sense as the Rutherford’s lived at Ogle Mill before.

Ponteland, Bonas Hill, at the residence of his grandmother, on the 10th inst., Charles Rutherford, infant son of Mary Elizabeth and the late Thomas Marshall, High House, Morpeth.

How tragic - Mary lost both her husband & son within a few weeks.

If nothing can be found online - as you have their actual death dates you could try ringing the records office who may be able to help you

Thanks, that sounds like a good idea. They were both so young.

I have my suspicions on Whalton & Mitford being where Thomas was buried but no clue for Charles as he died in Ponteland.

I came across a Curry Lamb in my tree.

Curry wasn’t even a family name.

1911 census states Eleanor Watson’s marriage length as 32 years so is it possible her marital status here was referring to her first marriage, not the one with Frederick?

John Blenkinsopp m. Eleanor in 1879 which adds up 32 years in 1911. Of course she’s a widow from him though.