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Cumberland Lookup Requests / Re: Whitehaven
« on: Sunday 10 May 09 00:02 BST (UK)  »
Hi Kate,
Thank you very much for the photos they are brilliant!!!

Regards Karen

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Cumberland Lookup Requests / Re: Whitehaven
« on: Friday 08 May 09 22:59 BST (UK)  »
Hi All,

William's address on his death cert is 21 Thwaite Ville, Whitehaven but he died at Blencathra Sanatorium, Threlkeld.

I assumed that it was the nearest TB hospital and that is why he was there.  I don't know how the hospital system worked before the NHS.  Did you have to pay for your treatment and stay?

Thank you all for your help.

Karen

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Cumberland Lookup Requests / Re: Great & Little Clifton PR Look Up Please
« on: Friday 08 May 09 22:50 BST (UK)  »
Hi Geoff,
On Elizabeth's birth certificate Joseph's occupation is 'Coal Miner'.

The Margaret Miller death you found is a definite possibility.  I have sent for the other one so will see what that turns up and if not right will order the other one.

Which ever Margaret is the right one it is more than likely that Joseph married again.

There are two death registrations for a Joseph Miller

a.  Joseph Miller b. 1831 d. Dec 1/4 1888 57 yrs Whitehaven 10b pg371.  or

b.  Joseph Miller b. c 1832 d. Sept 1/4 1881 49 yrs Wigton 10b  pg293.

His death cert won't lead me back to his parents though.

Karen

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Cumberland Lookup Requests / Re: Great & Little Clifton PR Look Up Please
« on: Friday 08 May 09 14:42 BST (UK)  »
Hi GeoffE,
My apologies for giving the wrong info!!!!  Margaret Shilton's father died in 1845 and her mother is Mary...  She died in 1873.
My only hope is that for some reason it was missed off the GRO registers but that it is in the BT's or the Parish Register.

I've found a Margaret Miller death in 1870 in the district of Blackburn - will send for the certificate.

I can't find Joseph in 1871 or onwards.  His daughter Elizabeth is a servant in the household of Joseph Robinson.  RG10/5238 folio 71  pg 13. 

Karen

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Cumberland Lookup Requests / Re: Whitehaven
« on: Friday 08 May 09 13:15 BST (UK)  »
Hi GeoffE, Bob & Rosemary,

Thank you all so much for the information - brilliant.  I will one day get up there and have a look.

Does anyone know if there are records relating to workers at Haig Pit about 1922/23?  I'm looking for info on William Richard Johns born 1884, St Just, Cornwall.  He married in 1917 to a Mary Williams also from Cornwall.  He was a Tin Miner before going up to Threlkeld sometime after his marriage.  Was the coal industry in better shape than tin at this time?  Would you have had to work at the pit for a while before getting one of these cottages?

Thank you all once again for your help.
Regards Karen

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Cumberland Lookup Requests / Re: Whitehaven
« on: Thursday 07 May 09 23:48 BST (UK)  »
Hi Ricky,

Thank you for those sites - all helps.

Karen

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Cumberland Lookup Requests / Great & Little Clifton PR Look Up Please
« on: Thursday 07 May 09 23:29 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
Could someone please lookup the parish register or Bishop Transcripts for Great and Little Clifton?  I am trying to find the marriage of Joseph Miller and Margaret Shilton sometime after 1851.  Their daughter Elizabeth was born 27 May 1855 at Bridgefoot, Cumberland. 

On the 1851 census Margaret is living with her parents William Shilton and Margaret Murray at Clifton. 

On the 1861 census Joseph Miller gives his birthplace as Gosforth in 1833 but he isn't listed there on the 1841 census.  There is a Joseph Miller in Clifton in 1841:  Ref:  HO107/159/4, folio 6 page 22.  Living with a Richard Miller, 65 Weaver, Jane do 25 and Joseph do 6.  All born in county.  Is this him?  I can't move any further without his marriage to try and find a father's name.

I have searched the GRO marriages and can't find them - help......
I am really grateful for any help on this one.
Karen



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Cumberland Lookup Requests / Whitehaven
« on: Thursday 07 May 09 22:52 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
I have listed as an address on a 1923 death certificate '21 Thwaite Villa, Whitehaven'  would it still be standing?  He actually died at Blencathra Sanatorium does anyone have a photograph of the sanatorium that I could get a copy of?
Any help is gratefully received.
Karen

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