1911 Census Lookup, Please! - Griffiths

[LisaNorthumberland]

I wonder if Lisa has checked 1911?

Using the free index, there is a John W aged 4 yrs with an Edith Mary 2 yrs. Could the brother be John William rather than William Henry?
Although I can see a birth for William Henry 

Hi!

I think this is where I'm getting confused too. On the free indexes it brings up William Henry and I know that my granny did have a brother William and I guessed then that Henry was for his father's middle name as later on they also had a Henry who died aged 4, a Thomas Henry and later a John Henry. But as you say on the free search it brings up John W alongside Edith Mary which is why I'm baffled as to who John W is! Maybe William Henry died young, I think I need to investigate further.

Many thanks,

Lisa.

[LisaNorthumberland]

If Cissy = Edith and, from the 1901,  born circa 1886, London,  then:

Birth Dec q, 1885, Edmonton 3a 365

Edith Mary Mole



gnu

Hi Gnu,

Many thanks for looking that up for me. I couldn't find any suitable Edith Mary's around that time either so maybe if she was nicknamed Cissy then this may be her. This is really helpful, thanks!

Kind regards,

Lisa.

[emmadog]

Hi Lisa,
Have just returned from Greece this afternoon and logged on about 15 mins ago.  Have been reading your message with interest.

I have not really read your message in depth but noticed the piece about New Ollerton.  If there was a connection with coal mining this could be a reason why New Ollerton crops up as it WAS a big mining area and many of the miners came from 'up North'. There is still many a geordie accent flying about in that area. I seem to recall that Beech ?? (not sure about Bank) is an area where lots of houses were built for the miners.

I'm not sure but was Chevington a mining area?  It's a long time since I lived up there but vaguely think it may have been.

Barbara

[LisaNorthumberland]

Hi Barbara,

Chevington was a mining area, yes, there were many coal miners in my family. It's interesting that you say about New Ollerton so there may possibly be a link there. Is the Beech (Bank) area still there today? I know the miner's houses in Chevington where my great grandparents may have lived were demolished around the 1980s.

Regards,

Lisa.

[c-side]

Hi Lisa

I'm wondering whether it might be worth having a look at the church records from around that time.

If you like I'll have a quick look at Chevington on Wednesday - see if anyone is there.  If not they may be in Amble or Alnwick.

Christine

[emmadog]

I'm not sure about the name Beech Bank but I seem to think there is a Beech Avenue and other roads with the names of trees these may have been built since the time you state but are probably in the same area. These stretch right along the length of the main road through New Ollerton and it reminds me of the council estates in Blyth (where I hail from many moons ago).

I know that there were quite a few that moved down to the pits from Blyth 'cos I remember years ago my cousin was in Retford (not far from Ollerton) and he bumped in to one of his old school mates from Newsham (Blyth) who was working in the pits at Ollerton.

My husband also worked down the pit at Bevercotes between Retford and Ollerton and there were lots of Geordies there too.

[LisaNorthumberland]

Hi Lisa

I'm wondering whether it might be worth having a look at the church records from around that time.

If you like I'll have a quick look at Chevington on Wednesday - see if anyone is there.  If not they may be in Amble or Alnwick.

Christine

Hi Christine,

That would be brilliant if you don't mind thanks. I've been given some info on the other side of my dad's family (Wright's from the same area as the Griffith's) just tonight and I found that some of them are buried in Chevington too. I'll have to take a trip up there some time and see if I can find where there are buried.

Kind regards,

Lisa.

[c-side]

Perhaps a bit of added interest.

I have a book called The Three Villages (East Chevington, South Broomhill and Radcliffe) published by Amble Social History group in 2001.

In it is a photograph of East Chevington Juniors football team 1947-48.  The boys are listed only by surname but one of them is called Mole.

Christine

[LisaNorthumberland]

Hi Christine,

Will look the book up, should be some interesting stuff in there. Just had a look for the photo, they have it on the Northumberland Communities website http://communities.northumberland.gov.uk/Hadston_C4.htm

Lisa.