Scotland Gate

[perrine]

Lazytee,
Forgive me being a Newbie, but are your Morpeths at Scotland Gate related to Margaret Elliott bc1845 Pasture Hill Colliery, daughter of Robert Elliott and Eleanor Stephenson?
I am descended her brother Thomas Elliott who emigrated to Ballarat in Victoria, Australia in the 1850s, and have a family note of Margaret's children being Ellen, Robert, William, James, Emma and Annie Morpeth. Does this tie in with you?

[jrd1955]

No mate.
Morpeth is just outside from Scotland Gate, Choppington in Northumberland.
Elliot is a name associated with Morpeth tho.
There is the Elliot Bridge.
Maybe someone can assist you in your search.
Best of luck
Regards
John

[lazytee]

Wow Perrine!

Welcome to Rootschat, and thank you for your message.  This is fantastic!  I have been trying for ages to find out what happened to Thomas, the eldest brother of my great grandmother Margaret Elliot(t), b. 1845.  He appears in the 1841 and 51 England censuses, but then disappears from English records.  I thought perhaps he might have emigrated, but as I had no idea whither or when, it was very difficult to follow up.  I am absolutely thrilled to be in touch with one of Thomas' descendants and will send you a personal message with my email address so that we can exchange information..

You are quite right with the names of Margaret's children;  Ellen was my grandmother.  The only great aunt/uncle I ever met was her sister Annie  - in 1964, in Canada.

JRD is quite right about the locations of Morpeth and Choppinton/Scotland Gate.  They are not far apart, but quite separate places.  As far as I know the Morpeth family had no connection to the town of Morpeth, except maybe way, way back.  In the 18th century my lot were lead miners in Allendale.

Looking forward to a fruitful correspondence with you.

Warmest regards,

Hazel (Lazytee).

[jrd1955]

Well Hazel aint it nice to get info.?
Well done.
The lead miners at Allendale i have a few very early pics of them.
Hopefully you may recognise someone ?
A part of my dads family had a drift mine for coal at Elsdon and my dad worked there a while too.
I will of course get all the pics promised on the web as soon as i speak to our Web designer.
Or, thinking about it, i can post on our forum myself.
So will do that very soon
Regards
John

[perrine]

Thanks, Hazel, I look forward to sharing!

[fairlane]

Just bookmarking this page as my husband's lot (Maddison) were lead miners in Allendale and it will be interesting to see the photos.

Fairlane

[lazytee]

Hi again John!

Regarding Rose Villa again, I conveyed your helpful information to my friend and he came back with some supplementary questions.  He reminded me that the house where his great grandfather lived is recorded as Rose Villa (not Roseville) in both the 1901 and 1911 censuses, and also as the place of death on his great grandfather's death certificate, and wonders whether it could have been situated between present day Frances Ville and Glebe Terrace, where there are some 1930s style houses now.  Could this be the case?  And when you say "up"  from Frances Ville, do you mean a little further to the North?

Also, do you have any knowledge of "Cranberry Cottage" and "Jessamine Cottage" which figure in the 1901 and 1911 censuses respectively?

Many thanks for your interest and help.

Hazel.