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Durham / Re: Boarding school at Gainford Durham
« on: Monday 25 June 07 22:57 BST (UK) »
Oh well, there's me told - I'll slap my wrists and read the post for the date next time 
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Durham / Re: Boarding school at Gainford Durham
« on: Monday 25 June 07 19:38 BST (UK) »
No, there were two schools, Gainford Academy and then St Peter's School, This is from The Northern Echo archives:
THERE was mention earlier of St Peter's School, the derelict remains of which a Teesdale policeman says "cast a dark shadow over the village in more ways than one".
Indeed they do. It is quite incredible that this vast hulk of crumbling brickwork, on the edge of "the Queen of Durham villages", should have been allowed to become such an eyesore for so very long.
The school was built by the Catholic church in about 1900 as an orphanage for 300 boys. As Echo Memories reported in 2002, 120 Basque children - refugees from the Spanish Civil War - were homed there in 1937. After the war, it became an approved school, which closed in 1984.
Part of it was subsequently used as a nursing home, but that closed last century and, since then, the building's hulk has decayed more and more, casting a dark shadow over the village.
THERE was mention earlier of St Peter's School, the derelict remains of which a Teesdale policeman says "cast a dark shadow over the village in more ways than one".
Indeed they do. It is quite incredible that this vast hulk of crumbling brickwork, on the edge of "the Queen of Durham villages", should have been allowed to become such an eyesore for so very long.
The school was built by the Catholic church in about 1900 as an orphanage for 300 boys. As Echo Memories reported in 2002, 120 Basque children - refugees from the Spanish Civil War - were homed there in 1937. After the war, it became an approved school, which closed in 1984.
Part of it was subsequently used as a nursing home, but that closed last century and, since then, the building's hulk has decayed more and more, casting a dark shadow over the village.
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Durham / Re: Boarding school at Gainford Durham
« on: Monday 25 June 07 19:30 BST (UK) »
Well this quote from the website would point to the 'naughty boys'!
".....however he neglected his school work and was sent to Gainford Academy near to Barnard Castle."
".....however he neglected his school work and was sent to Gainford Academy near to Barnard Castle."
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Durham / Re: Confused re Cornforth/South Church parish
« on: Monday 25 June 07 09:28 BST (UK) »
Cornforth is a tiny part of the village, the whole village is known as West Cornforth (the local name is 'Doggie')
Southchurch is an area on the outskirts of Bishop Auckland, about 10-12 miles away
Southchurch is an area on the outskirts of Bishop Auckland, about 10-12 miles away
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Durham / Re: Boarding school at Gainford Durham
« on: Monday 25 June 07 09:20 BST (UK) »
I remember picnics by the river in Gainford as a child. There was a 'naughty boys' boarding school nearby, my Aunty used to threaten my cousin saying she would send him there if he didn't behave!
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The Common Room / Re: I can't find my Grandad - no birth?
« on: Sunday 24 June 07 17:28 BST (UK) »
His death on 5th September 1970 at City Hospital, Chester was registered by his son, Philip James, my Father (5th November 1940 - 16th October 1977)
His marriage certificate states Henry, 41 years, widower, father as Joseph Robinson and is dated 2nd August 1938, witness is his cousin (Joseph's brother's daughter) Sybil Grace Robinson. I have ordered her wedding certificate to see what her father's name was so that I can maybe find Joseph and his brother on a census together.
His marriage certificate states Henry, 41 years, widower, father as Joseph Robinson and is dated 2nd August 1938, witness is his cousin (Joseph's brother's daughter) Sybil Grace Robinson. I have ordered her wedding certificate to see what her father's name was so that I can maybe find Joseph and his brother on a census together.
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The Common Room / Re: I can't find my Grandad - no birth?
« on: Sunday 24 June 07 15:47 BST (UK) »
I have managed to speak to a great Aunt, sister in law to my Grandmother. My Grandfather was always called Harry but is Henry on wedding and death certificate. His father, Joseph had a brother, father to Sybil and Albert (I have sent for Sybil's marriage certificate so should get the father's name) Albert and Sybil were both married in Flintshire so I assume that Joseph and brother moved to the area when their children were small.
Henry was married to a wife name unknown and had sons Cyril and Fred, Cyril also lived in Garden City.
I think I am stuck until I find Albert & Sybil's father to ascertain which Joseph Robinson is my great Grandad
Thanks for all of your help so far
Henry was married to a wife name unknown and had sons Cyril and Fred, Cyril also lived in Garden City.
I think I am stuck until I find Albert & Sybil's father to ascertain which Joseph Robinson is my great Grandad
Thanks for all of your help so far
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The Common Room / Re: I can't find my Grandad - no birth?
« on: Sunday 24 June 07 09:22 BST (UK) »
Thank you for all of your suggestions, I have tried those birth certificates but I don't think any of them were my family, I even tried a Henry/Joseph from Morcambe.
I didn't think to check the witnesses so thank you for that.
Joseph Robinson is described as a steelworker, so it's possible that they both moved to work in Garden City or that the family moved when the children were young, I need to check the 1901 census for Garden City in case they are there and not Manchester. It could be that my father was wrong in his belief that Grandad was born in Staleybridge
One of the witnesses was called Sybil Robinson, so a sister or sister in law possibly to Henry
The other witness is so badly written that I can't make it out, it could be anything from Creft to Scott!
I didn't think to check the witnesses so thank you for that.
Joseph Robinson is described as a steelworker, so it's possible that they both moved to work in Garden City or that the family moved when the children were young, I need to check the 1901 census for Garden City in case they are there and not Manchester. It could be that my father was wrong in his belief that Grandad was born in Staleybridge
One of the witnesses was called Sybil Robinson, so a sister or sister in law possibly to Henry
The other witness is so badly written that I can't make it out, it could be anything from Creft to Scott!
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The Common Room / I can't find my Grandad - no birth?
« on: Saturday 23 June 07 20:57 BST (UK) »
I am a member of Ancestry and have managed to trace quite a way back in some branches of my family tree but I am stuck at my Grandad.
My father is dead, I have my Grandad's marriage certificate and death certificate found in a box of old photographs but I can't find his birth at all.
He was Henry Robinson, father was Joseph Robinson and his death certificate says that he was born 27th January 1897 in Staleybridge
I have found a 4 year old Harry Robinson on a census for 1901 but that's it. I don't know if he was ever called Harry and have no family on my father's side to help me.
There is a connection with his work and Staleybridge, the firm he worked for (Sumners steel) moved to a new plant in Garden City, North Wales where he died so I have no reason to believe that he wasn't born there.
Is it possible that his birth wasn't registered?
My father is dead, I have my Grandad's marriage certificate and death certificate found in a box of old photographs but I can't find his birth at all.
He was Henry Robinson, father was Joseph Robinson and his death certificate says that he was born 27th January 1897 in Staleybridge
I have found a 4 year old Harry Robinson on a census for 1901 but that's it. I don't know if he was ever called Harry and have no family on my father's side to help me.
There is a connection with his work and Staleybridge, the firm he worked for (Sumners steel) moved to a new plant in Garden City, North Wales where he died so I have no reason to believe that he wasn't born there.
Is it possible that his birth wasn't registered?
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