Anyone Looking For Cunningham And Swales In Yorks?

[origins]

Thanks Peter,

Will have a look at that family.   Have now found Mary Bowman with her husband in the 1861 census, she still says born Yarm.   Interestingly she has a lodger John Swales who says he was born Yarm.

Val

[originQuest]

Thanks Val; I don't have the Swales-Bowman marriage certificate but it was confirmed by contacting Stockton Register Office.  Of course, Mary may have been born in Yarm but actually christened in Stokesley.

A bit of a fraudulent trick was sometimes adopted whereby babies were baptised more than once; this gave the family settlement in more than one parish so at times of hardship they could possibly, if undetected, claim benefits from one or more parish.

Hmmmm!

Will get back to your email asap!

[hmadams]

Hi

I too have Stephenson, Harkers and Swales in my family,  My surname is Adams, I have traced that my family came from Easingwold and also lived in Stokesley and Middlesborough.  My great Grandfathers name was Hannibal Adams and my Grandfathers name was James Adams.

If anybody has got any information on these families, please as I am doing my family tree
Hannah

[origins]

Hello Hannah,

Wow I think we may be related.    My great grandmother was Christiana Swales.  Her sister was Mabel Swales and Mabel married Hannibal Adams.  I have only found one daughter for them and she is also Mabel bn 1894.    Christiana married James Harker.

Please let me know if this is your Adams family.

Val

[StocktonBobLeeds]

IN January 2009 Kirky 62 wrote this post:

My ancestor Hannibal swales born 1811 Yorkshire married Christiana stephenson. Their daughter laviania swales (1837) married William pattison .Their son George Pattison (1860) married Isabella Farrow.Hope this helps or someone recognises these names Lillian

George Pattison married my grandmother Isabella Farrow, they had a son Robert Pattison who was k/as Tarry Bob who lived in York.

[feesca1]

Hi there I noticed someone earlier mentioned a Francis family they married Stewarts I have also a Martha Wilson who got married in Yarm who married a William Stewart a lot of these people ended up in Easington Lane in Durham I also have smiths, Forrests in my family from the Stewarts side of the family who married in to these families.  My problem is trying to find out who Martha Wilson parents were it states she was born in 1806 in worssip but don't know where that is also she married in 1824 in Yarm.

any help wuld be appreciated.

[origins]

Hi StocktonBobLeeds,

That's all really interesting and will be of great interest to a lot of people on this site.  I am particularly interested in the Harkers which you have said were a travelling family.    Can you give me some names and information on them.

Val

[janeo]

Dear Stockton Bob ,
i am in contact with other descendents of the people you mention and have seen photos and other info ,i met them through my research into Wilsons  and Burnsides from Kirby Moorside ,Wath ect .....

[StocktonBobLeeds]

Reference the Wilsons: This is information taken from Local Authority Census lists mostly.

1806.  James Wilson from Barnsley, with his wife Harriet moved from Barnsley to Darlington. He's listed as a potter trading from a shop in Pottergate, Darlington.  Children / offspring are: 1835 Margaret b. Yarm. 1837 James,  1841  William,   1843 Matthew, Thomas b Yarm,  1845 Henry,  1847 Hannah b Darlington, 1849 Harriet b Darlington   [7 chidren]

1837,  James Wilson, born Yarm 1837 / married Caroline, they lived in Stockton >James  children are:  David b.Easingwold [the father of Dave Wilson the former market supt of Guisbrough market] [then] > Robert, James Wilson [k/as Gentlemen Jim] Born in  Stokesley, lived in Darlington, then moved to Carlisle, died in Carlisle. [Gentleman Jim had 2 sons Abraham and James - if anyone knows off them please let me know] > Caroline,  Henry Wilson b Thornaby, Emily b Thornaby,  Thomas b Thornaby and William b Middlesbrough: [James Wilson 1837 had 8 children] his son Henry see below had 10 children:

Henry Wilson married Isabella Farrow [formerly Pattinson] who when they met already had one child> Robert Bob Wilson also k/as Bob Pattinson, together they had 10 children >    William, Jane [Janey] Harriet, Barbara, Jacob Wilson of Thornaby, Isabella, Florence [Florrie] Emily [Aunt Em] Caroline and Mary Elizabeth

Wilson Marriages 1920 onwards:  Caroline W m. Fisher, Mary Elizabeth W m Brown   William w?,    Jane W m James Swales, Harriet W m Tunstall, Barbara W  m T Vickers, Jacob Wilson m. Eliz Bain,    Isabella W  m. Thomas Honeyman,  Florence W m. Joe Varey from Bradford,    Emily W m. Tom Baker a well known character from York.