1891 & 1901 Lookup please - JACKSON

[keyboard86]

Hi again, cannot locate the Whitfield family in 1851, but here is 1841, with what appears to be Thompsons mother?

1841 census
Sarah Whitfield 70
Elizabeth 35
Thompson 25
Elizabeth 25
Ann 3 months
Margaret Proud 15
Residing at Meadhope Street, Wolsingham
Census ref HO107/308/ 18/59/ 21

Possible marriage Thomas Thompson Whitfield to Elizabeth Galley March 1841 Weardale v 24 page 261
Keyboard86

[Sio]

Hi,
You have all been busy! Thanks - too late to for me to take in at this hour, I will look at it all again. 

[Sio]

Thanks for the 1871 Jacksons - strange Mrs Jackson is not there. She would have been pregnant with Margaret at the time, but only early on.

So she is with her father with another child Hannah? Do you think that child died so?

I must get this all down on paper now there are Whitfields too.

I was looking yesterday at Wolsingham Jacksons and found of all names, a christening of a Whitfield Jackson, son to John & Eve in 1816. Not only that but a second son of the same name to the same couple in 1818. So there may be Whitfield connections further back. Unusual first name for a child so it must have been important. No link to them as such but will keep it in mind.

I discovered references to Jacksons in Wolsingham back to the 17th century, so will have to  see how far back I can get with my Jacksons. 
 
Sio

[Sio]

Hi,

Back to the 1871 - Where is Ann Jackson living with her father?

I see that in the baptisms there is a William Jackson born to Thomas and Ann in 1866. I wonder if he died young. It would make sense that he would be the same family as Thomas' father was William.

I did however come across an Alice Jackson christened in Wolsingham 1872 to a Thomas and Ann Jackson, who appears to be a different family, in Brandon & Byshottles on the 1881 census and she is the only child born in Wolsingham.

Sio.

[keyboard86]

Hi Sio, this is Ann in 1871:-

Thompson Whitfield 56
Elizabeth 55
Ann Jackson 31 Daughter/Married
Hannah Jackson 1 Grandaughter
George W Whitfield 17 Son
Tom Whitfield 9 Son
Residing at Meadhope Street, Wolsingham, Weardale, Durham.
Census Ref RG10/4952/35/13
Keyboard86

[Sio]

Thanks Keyboard that's wonderful. It's amazing to gain another sister for Sarah. Do you think Ann & Hannah were living there or just visiting?

I wonder why the Whitfields were living in the middle of the village when he was a farmer. Maybe he rented land without  a house?

Sio.

[keyboard86]

Hi again Sio, I think Ann was just visiting with the newish born Hannah, who I cannot locate in 1881?

Also a couple of marriages to add to your tree:-

George Westgarth to Margaret Jane Jackson June 1904 Weardale 10a 543
Robert Christopher Lowe to Elizabeth Ann Jackson Dec 1898 Weardale 10a 483

Also maybe Meadhope Street was a lot nearer the "Fields" in 1851/71, than the modern google maps may appear to show!

Also I note from your list of the families you are interested in, the Longstaff's and Ryle families, in 1881 Margaret Jackson is visiting John and Margaret Longstaff, and in 1901, an Annie Ryle aged 7 is visiting Thomas and family at Bowlees Farm.

Keyboard86

[Sio]

Hi,
Yes I have not located Hannah in 1881. I do not know if she died young or age 11 in 1881 was with another relation like Sarah was.

I have found a Mary Hannah Jackson b 1870 marriage in 1891 in Wolsingham to a Michael Jackson Metcalfe (related??!!) and bride's father is a Thomas Jackson!

Coincidence or little Hannah originally Mary Hannah I don't know. The names did not filter through the generations.

There's also another Mary Hannah Jackson marrying a George Metcalfe in Wolsingham in 1846. Probably another coincidence.

On familysearch.org there does not appear to be a christening record for Hannah 1870, just Hannah 1841, Thomas' sister. I can't see one for the Mary Hannah Jackson b 1870 in Wolsingham either.

Sio.

[Sio]

Part 2 -

Thanks for those marriages - you've struck gold with that Westgarth one because that is most definitely correct - we found an elderly relation who told us Sarah's sister married a Westgarth but we did not know who. Up to a week ago, we did not know how many siblings Sarah had!

Yes I did think the fields might be nearer back then, but I had a look at the street as it is today and it looks pretty established in the heart of the village. I guess one day I might find a map of back then.

I am presuming that Thompson Whitfield would be classed as farm labourer or something like that if he worked on a farm owned by someone else. He must have known the Jacksons through farming anyway.


That's great to find Margaret Jackson visiting on the 1881. Bedburn is a new name to me, no previous mention of it, but I see it is not far from Wolsingham. I have no idea who those Longstaffs are. The Longstaff I had mentioned in my sig is someone who married into another side of the family, in Northumberland and in the 20th century! Right , I will have to keep an eye out for Longstaffs now. The Lowe name is complete news to me, something to work with....

Sio.