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Durham / Re: Morton Buston
« on: Wednesday 17 September 25 04:37 BST (UK)  »
Coming back to this after a while:

Quote from: fiddlerslass on Sunday 29 June 25 14:07 BST (UK)
There are 2 John Bustons born around 1834, one at Witton le wear son of Thomas and the other is son of George and Ann Adamson who married 1827 . I think John son of George is the correct one. They are at Tudhoe in 1841. George was born Witton le Wear and his wife was born Whitworth according to the 1851 census. They seem to stay in the Tudhoe/Spennymoor area . John is away from home and an apprentice in 1851.

The ancestry hints system has muddled the 2 families!

I've just noticed on FamilySearch, the John Buston living with Thomas and Mary with 4 siblings is living with them in 1861 and is unmarried (my relative John Buston married in 1860), so it doesn't appear to be him.

In the 1841 census, there's a household comprised of George and Ann Burton (user correction as 'Buston' on Ancestry), with a John Buston of the right age. By 1851, their adult children bar one - Thomas Buston - have left home. Might be reading too much into this bit but my known relative named his children Mary Ann (mother), William (brother) Roger, Elizabeth Ellen, Thomas (brother) George (father), Margaret Isabella (sister), Sarah (sister) Jane, and John Humphrey. A lot more similarities here than to Thomas and Mary's other children.

I shoukd try hunt down a marriage cert/try GRO to confirm, but I definitely think you are correct on this.

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Northumberland / Re: William Scott 1757-1826
« on: Tuesday 16 September 25 10:51 BST (UK)  »
Apologies, have been very busy as of late so have only had time to respond now.

The images were parish register images.

Ahhh, good spotting with the abodes, Alan - and thank you very much for the deep research. So I must have the wrong year of birth (assuming he is not the Scottish William Scott)?
Just found a 1774 burial record for a William Scott, residing at Monk, Allendale Parish, which could be the father.

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Northumberland / William Scott 1757-1826
« on: Monday 08 September 25 13:04 BST (UK)  »
I completely understand that I am in the "best of luck" era of records, but I fear I am currently caught in a game of tennis between Ancestry and FamilySearch.

I am looking into a relative far up my tree: William Scott (1757-1826). He was married to Mary Lee, and had 8 children: William (about 1787), John (about 1790, d.1790), Mary (about 1791 - my ancestor), Joseph (about 1794), John (about 1799), Elizabeth (about 1801), Isabella (about 1804), and Isaac (about 1806). Most of these christening documents list MMN, all with matching abodes, some with relative names & child numbers.

Now, my issue is, William is linked to both Scotland and Northumberland. FamilySearch had a christening document from November 1757 claiming that he was christened in Midlothian, Scotland, parents Wm. and Mgt. However, the christening records for Isabella and Isaac state "Pa of Allendale. Ma of Whitfield". There is a March 1757 christening in Allendale, also for a William, son of Wm. and Mgt. Christening records for Margaret (1760), Jane (1763), and Elizabeth (1765) have matching details.
FindMyPast is saying Scotland, Ancestry's trees are saying Northumberland, and Ancestry's hints are saying both.

I may have to admit defeat and accept that I'm at the top of this side of the tree for now, but would love some tips on how to proceed - or if I'm blind and there's something I've missed. Thanks!

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Northumberland / Re: Davisons 1900s-?
« on: Sunday 20 July 25 08:25 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Tickettyboo on Saturday 19 July 25 12:31 BST (UK)
ok so this is still still a long shot possible but is slightly more possible given the son's name of Alan

As the 1939 register said Joseph Davison was born 1917, I looked for him in 1921 living in Ashington
The 1921 required ages to be recorded in years and months.

Joseph's death registration in 1970 gave a birth date of 21 Mar 1917 and the 1921 census date was taken 19 June 1921, so he'd have been 4 years and 3 months old and there is one entry which matches that. The father on the return is not named Joseph.
BUT this child Joseph is listed as being an 'adopted son' (though they already have a son of that name,so it must have been confusing!)and the record says his mother is dead and the Davison family who had adopted him also had a son called Henry Drysdale  Davison .

Henry Drysdale Davison married Mary F Lee Q1 1931 Morpeth
Harry is often used as an alternate for Henry and Molly for Mary

and searching FreeBMD births 1931-1950 surname Davison MMN Lee in Northumberland

shows Alan's older sister you mentioned born in 1931  and  Alan in Q1 1943 Northumberland Central 10b 567

The 1939 register has Henry D and Mary F listed in Ashington as Davidson, plus one redacted entry which is likely to be their daughter

Boo

Your detective skills are nothing short of incredible! My grandfather has Alan's birth-year down as 1943 and - whilst she did not know an exact age difference - my grandmother said Sheila was a lot of years older. Absolutely think you're on something here!

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Northumberland / Re: Davisons 1900s-?
« on: Saturday 19 July 25 09:30 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Tickettyboo on Friday 18 July 25 17:01 BST (UK)
Quote from: danielr on Friday 18 July 25 10:01 BST (UK)

Joseph's father on his marriage record is listed as 'Joseph Davison', and my grandfather believes Joseph (Jr.) died in 1974. My grandfather says that he had a brother named 'Harry', who married a 'Molly' and lived next door to my grandfather growing up as he was friends with their (now late) son. I haven't been able to find any details on Harry, Molly, or anything like a common MMN on FreeBMD - but my grandparents are still in contact with Harry's son's wife so will try see if she remembers anything.


Do you have a rough idea of the timeframe  in which your Granda lived next door to Harry and Molly and their son (as he's deceased do you know this son's first name?)and was this in Ashington?

I'm exploring an "outside chance possible" but am still looking for something more tangible so I can avoid sending you down a rabbit hole.

Boo

They all lived on Maple Street in Ashington. My grandfather lived there from his birth until 1967. The son's name was Alan and he had an older sister named Sheila (my grandfather does not remember anything else about her). No mention of if/when they relocated but Alan married in 1969.

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Northumberland / Re: Davisons 1900s-?
« on: Friday 18 July 25 11:55 BST (UK)  »
Oh you are all absolutely fantastic - thank you so much for your finds!

Looks like Joseph's MMN may also be 'Davison'. Haven't been able to find a Harry or Harold so could be a middle name? Will see if their daughter-in-law remembers anything.

Quote from: trish1120 on Friday 18 July 25 10:30 BST (UK)
Re Joseph D who died c 1974 where in Northumberland did he live?
Nothing obvious for death reg that year in NBL.
Only 1 born 1880

Don't know for certain but marriage is registered in North Seaton and he worked at Ashington (no dates given).

Quote from: CaroleW on Friday 18 July 25 10:48 BST (UK)
Can you clarify what you mean by "he permanently left England over 50yrs ago"

My grandfather married, had children and relocated to New Zealand 50 years ago. I don't believe he has been back since and don't believe he has maintained contact with anyone other than his brother.

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Northumberland / Davisons 1900s-?
« on: Friday 18 July 25 10:01 BST (UK)  »
Greetings! I am delving deeper into my Grandfather's side of the tree as I'm finding the common names and lack of middle names hard to research. He spent a long time looking into records and recalling memories to write somewhat of an autobiography, which he gave to me completed in 2019/2020. Unfortunately most of the dates in this book are assumptions as he does not remember the exact years of various events (he permanently left England over 50 years ago) and so I am having a mission finding basically anything about his paternal family.

One side I am stuck on is "Aunty Mary": Mary married Joseph Davison - I have found their marriage record: Mary Jane Robinson, daughter of Robert (which my grandfather remembers), married Joseph Davison in March 1939 (cannot find them in the 1939 register, though). Their estimated birth years on FamilySearch are 1917, but Mary was born in Q3 1916 as the MMN (McPherson) on FreeBMD matches. My grandfather remembers that they had a son a year later - he may be still alive as far as I know so will not divulge more details. He also claims that Mary married after Joseph, but does not know names or dates, and assumes she died around 1994 (although other assumed dates have been incorrect).

Joseph's father on his marriage record is listed as 'Joseph Davison', and my grandfather believes Joseph (Jr.) died in 1974. My grandfather says that he had a brother named 'Harry', who married a 'Molly' and lived next door to my grandfather growing up as he was friends with their (now late) son. I haven't been able to find any details on Harry, Molly, or anything like a common MMN on FreeBMD - but my grandparents are still in contact with Harry's son's wife so will try see if she remembers anything.

Would greatly appreciate any help/findings from you wonderful legends!
Thank you!

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Durham / Re: Morton Buston
« on: Saturday 28 June 25 10:56 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Spelk on Friday 27 June 25 12:57 BST (UK)
Unless you have the name "Morton" in your family as a given name or a surname then if is highly likely that the father of your Morton BUSTON had the surname MORTON. Using FindMyPast I see that there were a few families with that surname near Spennymoor in 1891.
To be get evidence of which family had a man or lad who fathered Morton BUSTON you should consider getting a DNA test.
As you may know it was not uncommon for miners families to have a female servant. This occurred mostly where a family had several sons working down the mine but no daughters to help with all the washing, cleaning and cooking. So 9 months before MB was born his mother may have been working as a servant in some village a few miles from Spennymoor such as Coundon or Brandon.

Great suggestion! Someone in the family got a test kit one Christmas - might be a reason to use it!

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Durham Lookup Requests / Re: Maddison Grey, father of Margery Gray, bapt Stanhope 09 Feb 1679
« on: Saturday 28 June 25 00:28 BST (UK)  »
Christening records mostly. It’s a weak link but the best I’ve been able to find from this era in the absence of wills. Maddison’s 1622 Christening lists his father as Matthew Grey, and there was a Geneanet tree (have since lost the link, apologies) linking Matthew to a Ralph (may have been a will)

To be fair, I only have noted that Matthew’s father was a man named Ralph: nothing on this Ralph himself.

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