Occupation and place of birth.

[Gadget]

Thanks for that information, Alan.  I did wonder what it was* as I typed it bur it was a bit late so didn't look it up.

Gadget

* the ;Dresser' part

[bc1946]

I would imagine that most of us older ones will remember Milk of Magnesia in the blue bottles!

[Gadget]

I remember it in the medicine cupboard 

Especially for Wiggy ~

[trish1120]

Me too

[Kelger123]

Thank you Alan, very informative.  Yes we had Milk of Magnesia in the bathroom when I was growing up in Dublin half a century ago.  Gadget you hit on the right family, although I have no idea how a young farm girl from Westmeath in the center of Ireland ended up on the Northeast coast of England.  She is from my 2xgreatgrandfather's family.  It must have been an arduous journey, but she must have felt it was worth it.
Thank you all for your hard work, it is very much appreciated.
Gerry

[Gadget]

Just a few pieces on the Irish in Co, Durham and Northumberland, Gerry.

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/how-irish-helped-build-north-8326837

https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/irish-migration-to-north-east-england/

https://consettmagazine.com/2015/11/07/our-irish-immigrant-roots-consett-history-21687/

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/4320084.the-celtic-roots-that-helped-shape-durham/


Gadget


PS - there is also an MA thesis by Roger Cooter, titled 'THE IRISH IN COUNTY DURHAM AND NEWCASTLE c.1840-1880', July 1972

http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1907/

[Kelger123]

Very informative Gadget, it always amazes me how much you learn, not only about your own family, but the general movement of people in a bygone era when you delve into genealogy.  Thank you very much.  By the way, the last article "forgot" to mention Mick Martin who married my neighbor when I was a kid.   

Gerry

[bc1946]

There are some excellent photographs of Pattinson Town on raggyspelk.co.uk.  A history of Washington, Co.Durham site.

[Gadget]

Very informative Gadget, it always amazes me how much you learn, not only about your own family, but the general movement of people in a bygone era when you delve into genealogy.  Thank you very much.  By the way, the last article "forgot" to mention Mick Martin who married my neighbor when I was a kid.   

Gerry

Some of my ancestors moved from North Wales to the Durham coalfields in the 1840s.  I thought that I was the first of the family to live in Co Durham (in the 1960s) but then I discovered great grandfather's diary which mentioned them. I traced them and found that  they had lived in most of the Durham mining communities. Later, I found other lines living up here!