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Durham / Re: 1841 look-up please Martin Straffon
« on: Friday 01 July 11 08:25 BST (UK)  »
Hello Les

Great to hear from you.iI was good to have the Straughan/Straffon connection confirmed.

My connection with the Straughan family is through my great-grandmother,Sarah Straughan. Her grandson(John Brampton) who is still alive says the name was pronounced Strawn.She was definitely from South Shields as were all her immediate ancestors as far as I know.

I have traced the above as far back as 1786 when Morton Straffon married Ann Hogg.
Their son Morton Straffon was born in1796 and he married Mary Robinson ,born c.1800.
John Robinson Straffon/Straughan was born in 1828 and he married Jessie Bridges, born 1833.
Their daughter Sarah was born in1855 and it was she who married my great-grandfather,William Henry Brampton in 1876

I hope this fits in with your research and I would be very pleased to receive any further information about this branch of the family.

Best wishes
Jane Sarah

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Durham / Re: WW1
« on: Wednesday 02 March 11 18:10 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks so much for your prompt reply.
I was asked about it by a Norwegian 3rd cousin of mine who remembers his grandmother who lived in South Shields visiting a German relative there.

My next question is ,does anyone know where to find out about records from this camp?

Thanks
Jane Sarah

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Durham / WW1
« on: Wednesday 02 March 11 17:02 GMT (UK)  »
Does anyone know if there was a detention centr for prisoners near South Shields during the first World War?

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Essex Lookup Requests / Re: 1841 and 1871 census - John & Rebecca Ilott, Stratford
« on: Thursday 03 February 11 18:40 GMT (UK)  »
Hi
I was looking at the site and came across your mail.
I was excited to find we have the same ancestor in Sarah Ann Ilott. She was my great -great grandmother so you are obviously a generation younger than me!!
Sarah's daughter Rebecca was my great grandmother,her son Reginald Phipps was my grandfather and his daughter ,Alice Eileen was my mother.
It's a small world!

Regards
Jane Sarah

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Inverness / MacDougal
« on: Thursday 06 January 11 23:30 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

Does anyone have any information on Marion MacDougall (or MacDougald ) of North Uist? She was born about 1760 and married John Salmean but I would like to find out more about her family.

Thanks
Jane Sarah

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Durham Lookup Requests / Re: Look up please Straughan family again 1851
« on: Monday 20 April 09 20:16 BST (UK)  »
Hi Jen ,Laurina and Barbara

Thanks for all your efforts on my behalf.It has clarified a lot of things for me  and I will follow up your leads. I think I'm back on track again. I didn't think of free BMD for Morton Straughan and I am pleased to know that John was a blacksmith as that is what it says on his marriage certificate.

Many thanks again
Jane Sarah

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Durham Lookup Requests / Re: Look up please Straughan family again 1851
« on: Monday 20 April 09 18:51 BST (UK)  »
Thanks everyone .I think Mary Strafford lived in South Shields.

Jane Sarah

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Durham Lookup Requests / Look up please Straughan family again 1851
« on: Monday 20 April 09 18:25 BST (UK)  »
I was most grateful for the help I received with the 1841 census. I have located the same family in 1851 but am having real difficulty in reading the form. This time the Head of the household is recorded as Mary STRAFFORD but I can't make out whether she is a widow. If so  I've got the wrong family completely as my Morton Straughan was present at his son's marriage two years later or at least he is not recorded as deceased.
I am wondering whether it says "Mariner's wife"? He was a shipwright.Does this count as a mariner? Also I cannot read the occupations for the other members of the family. If anyone could help with this I would be most grateful.

Kind regards
Jane Sarah

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Durham / Re: 1841 look-up please Martin Straffon
« on: Saturday 18 April 09 16:47 BST (UK)  »
Very many thanks Jan and Barbara -so quick!
You've made my day.
I can now progress.

Best wishes
Jane Sarah


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