Do anyone know about the Railway Gate Cottage in Redcar?

[Nutty1966]

Me again

I had a quick look on some of the sites posted and some I have in my fave's, the railway line has been moved as did the cottages that your rellies lived in, I can pop along to Kirkleatham over the weekend and have a look at the railway cottages and see if there is a plaque or something 

I love it when I can help with something local, and my all time fave is grave hunting - boys and OH think I have lost the plot    Let me know what the reply is re the grave and I will go, unless Cath wants to,


Jane

[Tees]

Hi Jane,

Like my mum always say, "Every little help does count/go a long way!" 

I will certainly keep you posted on my great great grandmother's grave details.

Kind regards,

Tees

[cath310859]

just had a thought railwaygate cottages redcar in 1870 would not have being the ones we are thinking of as the ones in kirkleatham were from coatham back in 1870 they were two separate towns ,so i had a quick look on the redcar census and there is a railwaygate cottage in redcar and if it is the same property it still stands on redcar lane were the railway crossing still is will have to look into it  .also found this info
Before 1870 there was only about 30 catholics in redcar ,1874 services held in a small church on lord st in 1877 moved to thrush rd called sacred heart now a methodist church ,so my guess is jane is buried in the redcar lane cemetery .also it may be a coincidence but the man living in railway cottage in coatham (now redcar) was called samuel thompson from yeaden yorkshire dont know if there is any connection .
 
jane would love to go grave hunting with you 

[Tees]

Hi Cath,

Your explanation re: the cottage makes a lot of sense to me. Please do see if the cottage still stand there or not.

I shall have to search my files containing her death cert and her husband's second marriage in Redcar.

I cannot say for certain regarding the cemeteries but you possibly could be right. The only reason I say this is because I know George is not a Catholic but somehow he did marry Jane who is a Catholic (I think because this is not clear to me how they manage to marry in the Catholic Church when I know Jane's parents were not and she was baptised in the Church of England if I recalled correctly. Have her baptism entry).

Kind regards,

Tees

[Tees]

PS I would appreciate the picture of the railway crossing. Do not know if they are the originals from 1870s. It would be a nice touch to the whole picture as my great great grandfather was a gatekeeper.

PPS I do not know if this Samuel Thompson is related to my George. Perhaps he is his uncle or cousin. As I do not have any Samuel in my family tree.

[Nutty1966]

The cottage is still standing I am sure and also I think there is a plaque on the wall of it, Cath is correct its just after the crossing on Redcar Lane,

Cath when do you want to go grave hunting


Jane  afternoons better for me as I work every morning apart from weekends

[Tees]

Hi Jane & Cath,

How soon do you need the info from the certs?

Do let me know!

Many, many thanks for your offer to help me out---it is much appreciated!!

Kind regards,

Tees

[cath310859]

just get the info as soon as you can dont mind searching the graves without any more info its more exciting when you find something, we know her name and when she died if she had a headstone wont be to difficult the railway crossing is now electronic ones but can still take a photo and i also know someone who may have some old photo's of the area will have a look over the weekend .the graveyard is only down the road from the cottage so we could take a photo of that then go to the cemetery.

jane afternoons are better for me but have to be back before 3 to pick daughter up from school tues,wed,thur are best for me

[Nutty1966]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooo excited now


Cath - what do you think about Tuesday at about 100pm at Redcar Lane Cemetery?? I also have to be in for 3pm for rugrats 


Jane