New Hartley Pit Disaster 1862

[habanero]

I ws challenged by a friend to go round Earsdon Graveyard as she had tried and given up..no problem says I, nettles n all. It has indeed got to be the most unkempt and unkept of them all. I even stepped on a rat! Get it sorted council.

[fred111]

Kate Humble is on next Wednesday - 29th July
Liz

[fred111]

A moving programme.
Humble is a name I came across when researching my own family in Earsdon on the Durham Bishops Transcripts.
The following gives an account of the part Kate Humble's ancestor played in the aftermath

  http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/Articles/HartleyDis.html

a very sad record of the victims & their dependents

  Liz

[Preshous]

I agree with you Liz very moving program. Wonder if it gave one or two councilors a sleepless night?

Gary

[fred111]

I noticed a Jaques on the list of the dead.
I found that Winship Jaques was the son of Andrew Jaques, 61 (1851) Andrew Jack, 50 (1841).
My Gt Gt Grandfather James Jaques (or Jake) had an elder brother, Andrew, who was baptised at Earsdon on 13. 6. 1787.
Is there another Andrew that I've missed, or does this mean that Winship was my Gt  Gt Grandad's nephew?
Liz

ps Fascinating name, Winship. I wonder where it came from.

[fred111]

On a whim I've just looked on IGI
Andrew Jackes m Isabella Winship   8. 3. 1817 at Christ Church , Tynemouth.
On the 1841C Andrew & Isabella have 7 children & Winship is 3.
In 1851 3 older lads are still at home & Winship is 12.

By 1861, a year before the pit disaster Winship is married to Elizabeth with 3 little ones 3, 2. and 1 yrs.
It seems likely that Winship is my 3rd cousin (I think, I'm not sure how to work these things out.)

There are other family names on the Hartley Disaster record. I am not sure whether I want to persue these any further.
Liz

[Preshous]

Hi Liz

It seems quite common for parents to give a child the mothers maiden name as a forename, I have come across several of them at Earsdon.

Gary

[fred111]

That's interesting, Gary. Were they unusual names? I have found Mothers surnames as middle names, but not as first names - and Winship is a very unusual name.

(Was the graveyard cleaned up for the Who Do You Think You Are programme?)
Liz

[Preshous]

Hi Liz

I have come across sankey, stamper and farrell, to name just a few, as first names. Graveyard is still a jungle.

Gary