Gateshead Fell 1800's, 1900s. Can I help anyone?

[saffy]

Hi Saffy
I have checked all my transcriptions for St John plenty of smiths but not a William in sight. If he died at Eighton Banks then he could be buried at St Thomas, Saltwell Road & Gateshead East could be possibilities. If you have a wifes name for William I will look out for him.
Opps sorry about the wife. I see she is called Sarah. Have you got a dob for Sarah??
Gary

Hi again,
I know all my Smiths were buried in St Johns in my mums time. Her little brother Norman was buried there in 1930. (he was 5) I think my Grandmas sister Jane Williams in 1909 (she was only 15)..
I dont know who else exactly but Smiths and Williams and McTears.

William Smith was born Hays Cottages 11.9.1861.
He was married to Sarah Jane Hall from Middlesbrough in Ven Bede 1888.
She took herself and their younger 3 children up to Cardenden Fife after his death.
To work the pit there.

I know William was alive on the 1901 at Ivy. I know she was widowed on 1911 at 11a Lowerys Lane.
Sometime shortly after the 1911 was when they went to Scotland. She died there in 1932.

Any help much appreciated, and again Thank you.

[barrettfamily]

hi can any one help me find  an ellen daley,death 1909 gateshead could have been in church walk area, husband is michael daley. of gateshead. thanks janet.

[Preshous]

Hi Janet
Welcome to RootsChat. The nearest cemetery to Church Walk (that was open in 1909) was Gateshead East. The surname Daley would suggest roman catholic??.

Gary

[krtbracken]

Hi. My 3x great grandfather was John Gibson. He was a 'Publican' and after many months of searching I discovered last night (through Ward's directory) that the pub was The Ship, Pelaw Main. He died in 1843 and the pub was taken over by his wife, Eleanor. They lived in Milnew Quay and I originally guessed that the pub was The Staithe Inn because the Parson and White directory has the entry 'John Gibson, Ship Launch' Malune Quay. Do you know anything about The Ship and whether it was the same pub as The Staithe House? I live in Wales so don't know the area at all. My family name is Bousfield but I am also researching Willoughby (I think Dorothy lived in Church Street, Sheriff Hill), Jeffells and Jameson. (I have given up on Brown and Robson).
Best regards
Kathy 

[Porgi]

Hi

Are you still able to help withall things Gateshead?

Mine is an enquiry related to a little history of the immediate surrounds.

My GGgparents were publican of the Three Tuns Inn on Sodhouse Bank in Gateshead in the 1890s. They were Joseph and Elizabeth Gladstone who eventually migrated to Australia in 1921 after the war.

My GGGgf father Ben Clough (Joseph's father in law) and his wife Jane also lived there. Ben was a former (retired) inn keeper at the Ladourne Hold Coach & Horses, Birtley.

All the maps I have view of the area  do not show where Sodhouse Bank was.

Are you able to direct me to a website where I could get a map of the old Gateshead of this time?

I would love to find reference for bit of history about the pub as well if possible. All I know is that it was a fairly poor area at this time.

Family history has it that the business was quite troublesome and many patrons did not honour their tabs. In fact we still have an old  violin in the family which was left as payment!

I can't wait to visit Gateshead and hear those soft Geordie accents like my grandfather's (long passed) again. I hope people still have them - maybe next year???

Thanks in anticipation

Porgi

[rhall36]

Porgi, we have something in common, because my ancestors were also owners of The Three Tuns, on Sodhouse Bank, circa 1856 - 1886. On the 1871 census, Sodhouse Bank is referred to as Sheriff Hill, West Side, but the address is clear as The Three Tuns (Public House). My Grandmother was born (1895), just up 'the bank,' and I was born just off the top of the bank (1936).
There is a photo of the old Three Tuns in the Gateshead archives, showing a woman standing out front - has to be your, or my, GGgrandmother.
You can get a good 1895 Ordnance Survey Map of Sheriff Hill from www.alangodfrey.co.uk which shows it as Sodhouse Bank.
Also suggest you read Catherine Cookson's book, "The Whip," which makes mention, several times about 'The Tuns' at Gateshead Fell.
Regards,    Rob Hall, Katy, TEXAS

[krtbracken]

Hi Porgi
Since posting my enquiry about the Ship Inn, Milnew Quay (now Bill Quay) I have found a photo of it on the website iSeeGateshead which has many many photos of this area and I have been sent the pub on an old map courtesy of Ken Roddam on the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society Forum.
Good luck with your hunting.
Kathy

[Porgi]

Thankyou for your leads and followups.

I am fascinated with the history of Gateshead and the people who lived there.

As I said I can't wait to visit. I do believe it was quite a hard existence. My own ancestors seem to have changed address and occupations with every census.

What a brilliant coincidence to connect with a descendant of another previous publican of The Three Tuns a half a world away in the opposite direction to where I live in Melbourne (Aus)!!!

The world really is a small place.

From looking at the region from street level it appears that many of the period buildings have been retained (where possible).

Many of the addresses where "the Gladstones" lived are still there.

Regards

Porgi

[telephonist]

Please can you look for Elizabeth McNally and her family. She was born to John McNally and Margaret Haney on 28 June 1855 at Church Walk Gateshead.
She had sisters Catherine born 1858 and Isabella born 27th June 1853 Hillgate.
I have never found them in a census.