streets of middlesborough

[genjen]

Pleasure ladies.
Genjen - I live on the north side of the Tees, now.
 

But, as the saying goes - You can take me out of Yorkshire, but you can't take Yorkshire out of me.
 

Both my sisters have done that terrible thing too. Whereas I have just gone further down the ancestral line and come home to Westmorland.

[Emm]

Well, as I am finding out - one half of me is deeply rooted in North Yorkshire.
 

I noticed a thread about unusual names.
Not a name, but - this side of my family is called Bean . . . and they were Market Gardeners.
 

[genjen]

With a name like that, they didn't have much choice, did they?

[Baird]

Excuse me for intruding but the name South Bank caught my eye. Would this be the same place as South Bank Yorkshire in 1917?
Not used to the English side of things , sorry.
Have a John McSorley from Glasgow marrying a Nora  ? at Saint Giles , Durham  on the 21st July 1917. He was in the Army at the time . Nora subsequently filed for divorce ( Army records on National Archives) . How do I find out her surname?

[genjen]

Marriages

Sept 1917

Durham 10a/615
John McSorley
Norah Higgins

This looks like your couple. And yes, South Bank was in North Riding of Yorkshire. What is the connection with this family?

Jen

[Baird]

Thank you Jen, The McSorley side are in my family tree. John was 'lost' but turned up in the National Archives Army records for WW1. Where can you find English Weddings on line?
Baird

[genjen]

I found this marriage on:

www.freebmd.org.uk


It's good for anything up to around 1920-30 but after that you need to use something like Find My Past, for which there is a charge. But there are also people on Rootschat who have subscriptions to Ancestry ( me included) and who will happily do look ups for you.

Jen

[Roobarb]

South Bank was in North Riding of Yorkshire. Jen

Known locally as Slaggy Island, eh Jen?

This is a great website: http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/slaggyisland/

[Baird]

Thank you very much for the assistance. Got my information and a very useful site.
Baird