Liscoe/Lisgo/Liscow

[StellaFox09]

Hello,

I'm new to this site but I've been researching my family tree for over 4 years.

For starters, I'm looking at this rather intreiging name Liscoe or Lisgo or Liscow; the spelling varies but basically I'm wondering is it Irish?

I've read a little from some postings at this website to indicate some Irish connection but you see my relation was born in Ouserburn, Newscastle area.

Here are the details;

Margaret Lisgoe/Liscoe (etc.)

Born 1801 in Ouseburn, Newscastle

Married 1822 Ridley Smith, of Hexham, Northumberland at All Saint, Newcastle Upon Tyne

They had about 6 children including;

Susannah Smith---who married---Joseph Wilson   
                                                     
And I am descended as follows;

Mary Wilson----John Bowman
                        (Police sergeant of Darlington, d.1891)
                         ((Of Wigton, Cumberland))

Margaret Annie Bowman----m----Thomas Hart Topham
b.1875 Darlington                       b.1853, Manchester

They had Ivy Topham in 1913 in Catterick, nr. Richmond, Yorkshire

Ivy Topham----Christopher Steel
Alison Steel---Peter Steer
My Mum
Me

And information on any of the other names in this part of my tree would also be most appreciated, especially Topham.

Thanks

Bye for now

Jessica S. Fox
 

[tazzie]

   Hello Jessica.....Welcome to Rootschat.
   Wow not often I see my name at the top of the board.
  No doubt  then that you have seen one of my many posts here on RC as I am from a long line of London based Liscoe's.
  I have so far not found a cross between the areas or across to Ireland.
 In the north of the country it does seem to feature the spelling with a "g" in it.
 Lisco's appear in large numbers in America and they also founded Lisco Nebraska.
 Closet record for a Margaret birth show as Dec 29 1797 Newcastle but no details given and it is the only entry for that record.
  There are as you have seen a few Irish entries for around Meath & county Cavan but I cannot tie these into my family in Southwark area of London.
  I have now run out of ideas on Thomas Liscoe the father of Samuel who is my 5xgreat grandfather without going to London Metropolitan Archives.
 My nan always said we had Irish blood but we think it was grandads mad ideas made her think that way!
  Might be worth getting some-one to check the baptism date for Margaret as it may have more details than are shown on IGI.

    Tazzie

[StellaFox09]

Dear Tazzie,

Thanks for your reply. Do you have any record of an Elizabeth Wilson (possibly nee Liscoe or not Wilson, but Liscoe ((married name?)) born 1775 in Ireland?

I have this mystery entry on a census;

In a family of Wilson's, headed by Joseph and Susannah, of Cumberland and Northumberland in 1861, there is a;

Elizabeth Wilson, 87, Mother in Law of Ireland

But this can't be right because Susannah's mum was Margaret Liscoe, no sign of her middle name being Liz, etc. and the age is odd too...

This leads me to think was this Margaret's mum, so making her a Liscoe, but ony by marriage or a much older sister who also married a Wilson??

Anyway, I am at the LMA all the time, my only way to get on the internet frequently so I could look up some info for you sometime.

Gotta rush

Bye for now

Jess

 

[tazzie]

   Hi Stella...

  Another thought for Elziabeth Wilson is ...... she married Joseph's father.
  Do you have details for him and Josephs mother.
  So she would be step mum.

  I have often come across.... son/daughter in law for step son/daughter.
  Planning to do LMA in summer when my parents can have my boys but may take you up on an offer.

  Google the name as well Liscoe brings up quite a few of us around the country.
 
   Best wishes
              Tazzie

[StellaFox09]

Dear Tazzie,

I have just revisited the census and I realise something I should have spotted long ago...

I have looked at census records for Ridley Smith many times; in the search results there are 2 Ridley Smiths in 1841:

One with Margaret Lisgo in Newcastle, which matchs my contacts information
(my distant cousin Tracy Jaleel has been a great currespondent on the tree and filled in many gaps for me on this side of the tree about Wilsons/Bowmans and such like)

But then there's the Ridley with Elizabeth the Irish woman....her age in 1841, 55, is wildly differant from 1861 (87!) but the crazy thing is I've looked at these census entries many times and I didnt work it out or didn't see the major flaw in all this....another thought dawns on me....maybe I ignored that 1st one , the Ridley and Margaret, maybe I failed to look...yes, I think so because that's how my confusion emails with Tracy began....

I'd write...I found he's married to this Irish woman called Elizabeth but on the tree he's married to Margaret Lisgo! Ahhhhh...

There are TWO Ridley's, two differant families and the correct one is Ridley and Elizabeth (unknown surname) because the next link down is my next ancestor called Susanna and she's with them in 1841, and subsequently it all makes perfect sense in 1861 (though wrongly listed as a wilson, that's just a census error) because she IS her mother and mother-in-law to husband Joseph Wilson! Utter madness, I missed this....!!!

It's crazy I didn't think it through....so now I do not believe Margaret Lisgo is any relation, but now I have this unknown Irish woman.....

Anyway, I've made mistakes before but this mistake was confused by the seemingly accurate information of my cousin who made this huge largely accurate (I think!?!) tree but she's got it wrong, clearly....

Anyway....I'm going to try and solve this mystery somehow presently....

Well, take care

Bye for now

Jess 

[barbarab1]

Hi Dont know whether you can help but I am looking for a Peter Bowman who was born in 1930 in richmond, yorkshire - could this be a relative of yours at all? Many thanks...