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Somebody on Ancestry claims that Alfred's father could be a man called Abraham Seymour, rather than William which is put down on the marriage certificate. His mother could have remarried.

JackB

This must be why my ancestor, George Scott Blenkinsopp died in The Govan Poor House in 1869, rather than his own home (Marlow Street in Glasgow).

He had developed Typhus fever, and after his death the family had no stable income and moved back to Sunderland lived in a number of slum dwellings.

JackB

I've been researching my family for a number of years and I can't believe the number of tragedies I've came across.

My ancestor, Thomas Blenkinsopp was crushed by a log in 1840, aged only 43 and died a day after.

His first son, George, also died aged 1 in 1821.

Thomas' daughter, Jane died aged only 34 from "Exhaustion with Diarrhoea" in 1864.

Thomas' other son, George Scott, died aged 41 of Typhus Fever in The Govan Poor House in 1869.

George Scott had a son called Henry Jackson Blenkinsopp who died in 1871 in Sunderland in very tragic circumstances. After picking up his death certificate, I found that he died of "Extreme Marasmus", the poor lad. How sad.

George Scott's other son, John (my 2nd great grandfather), died of Liver Cancer aged 44 in 1899, and was buried in a pauper's grave in Bishopwearmouth Cemetery.

John, had a daughter called Mary who was tragically burnt to death in 1888 (aged 3) and she had a sister called Sarah, who died in 1896 of "Diphtheria, Pneumonia Morbus, Convulsions and Bodily Fits" aged 3. So tragic.

But, it gets worse. In 1902, John's brother, Thomas Pigg drowned himself in the Sunderland North Dock aged 45, and his nephew; Third Engineer Tom Blenkinsopp was drowned whilst on board the SS Cheviot in WW1.

I can't remember now, but another family member also died of "Debility" and another of "General Paralysis". So awful.

I can't believe the amount of terrible tragedies my family has had. It seems that some families were ridden with bad luck and poverty, and others were luckier.

JackB

Hi,

William Robertson Handyside, a colliery manager of Tynemouth, died on the 4th August 1913 in Tynemouth. He was married to Thyrza Handyside, nee Francis. Would anybody be able to do a newspaper lookup to see if there was any announcements, funeral notices or obituaries for him?

Thank you,

JackB

Hi,

I do not have an image of the original parish register, but an image of the Civil Marriage Register can be found here:- https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BMD%2FM%2F1874%2F4%2FAZ%2F000202&parentid=BMD%2FM%2F1874%2F4%2FAZ%2F000202%2F356

The parish registers:--

--Family Search:- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXGY-3FJ?lang=en

Ancestry:- https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/9852/records/25845130

Thank you,

JackB