margaret algar + edmund howard mcconnell

[CaroleW]

This is the marriage reference for Margaret's parents

Marriages September qtr 1888 
 
Joseph ALGAR       Morpeth  10b 463   
Catherine Robertson      Morpeth  10b 463

[gailio]

was just talking to my dad he remembers hearing of great uncles called alfie algar david algar and a girl called lily algar - any word of them in a census or birth records. thanks again guys!!

[CaroleW]

I suspect David may be Margarets brother as the 1911 free index shows a David Robertson Algar b 1905 living in Morpeth and mum Catherine's maiden name was Robertson

There is also a Lilian Algar b 1908 in Morpeth and a Janey b 1907 plus Margaret 1901!!

The 1911 is on a strictly pay per view basis so you would need to buy credits to see who their parents were

No Alfred in Morpeth in 1911 but this could be why

Births September qtr 1912 
 
Alfred ALGAR mothers maiden name  Robertson  Morpeth  10b 928

http://www.1911census.co.uk/search/tnaform.aspx?4

[c-side]

Just a thought on all these references to Morpeth, Gail, as you're not from the area.  Morpeth was registration district for quite a wide area so these people may not have been living in that town for all/any of the events.

The Northumberland section of Genuki is particularly good and gives links to, among other things, which places were covered by registration districts.

http://www.genuki.bpears.org.uk/NBL/

Christine

[CaroleW]

Hi

This is a follow on to your post on the Irish board but which relates to English births.  As you will see - Henry J was b 1911 not 1907

Births June qtr 1908 
 
James Edmund  McConnell  Morpeth  10b 514

Births December qtr 1911 
 
Henry J McConnell mothers maiden name  Algar  Morpeth  10b 866

[Michael Dixon]

 Following on from Christine's note that Morpeth was the name of a Registration District with main office in Morpeth town and sub-district offices in Bedlington and relatively young Ashington.

 On 1911 census there are 16 Algar folk "within" the Census District of Morpeth, but all 16 of then were living in Ashington, as were the McConnell family.

The Surname Profiler site shows the surname Algar to have been centred in East Anglia ( around Ipswich) and a bit in Cornwall/Devon

The site   communities.northumberland.gov.uk    enter the "Ashington" section, choose Ordnance Maps.... see the fledgling Ashington growing through the years... See Eleventh and Tenth Rows on the maps... use 25" versions.


 When I was a kid, Ashington was proud of been regarded as the largest mining village in the world.

Bad News bit.

Death at Ashington Colliery
31 Oct 1912 Henry Joseph Algar, screenboy, aged 13.
He worked on the surface screening ( grading) coal. The screens were like conveyor belts raised above the ground, through which the coal progressed. Henry fell off to the ground.
(Source www.dmm.org.uk)

Michael Dixon

[CaroleW]

Hi Michael

It's info like the above that puts "meat" on the bones of family history and makes it more interesting than just names on a census return

[Michael Dixon]

 Thank you Carole. I do it partly cos I hope some day i will receive info that might provide me with the thousand unanswered questions I have about my lot ( and partly cos I like it ! )

MD

[gailio]

Thanks Micheal - so sad young boy working down the pits and lost his life - my family tree is defineately getting meat on it's bones
Gail