Whitby Gazette 1903 Hannah Breckon

[charlotteCH]

Nikki, Let us know how you get on with the Whitby Library please.

charlotte

[Nikki in Melbourne]

Hi!

Thanks a lot for the reference to Jeff Knaggs' site, and no I didn't know about it before. It is a wealth of information, and will be useful for some of my other research as well!

I'll let you all know how I fare with the Whitby Library. So far, I've only checked out their site to see what they have online.

Cheers,

Nikki.

[clivealbert]

Hi, im going to the whitby library on Saturday will have a look for you,as i know they have old copies. Also the Whitby Gazette Office on bridge st, may be able to help, but I would try the library first. Best Wishes clive

[clivealbert]

Hi, i called into the library today on the way to work, The original papers are at the Whitby Archives, to fragile to handel, the archivist will search for afee, the papers are also on microfiche at the library, i have booked a reader for Saturday morning, to check some PR, I will also look at film 12, which is the Whitby Gazette for 1903. I will let you know the result of a search, I do believe you can get photocopies from the fiche. Best Wishes Clive.

[Nikki in Melbourne]

Hi Clive,

Wow!

How amazingly nice of you to do that! Thank you so much.

Cheers,

Nikki.

[clivealbert]

Hi, visited the library, as said, Friday3 July Gazette,,29 June at Westleigh,aged 72 years,Hannah, eldest daughter of the late Robert Breckon, solicitor. I have taken a photo copy of the original if you like it please send me a PM of your address and I will post it to you. Had a qucck glance of yol. 1 PR earlist Breckon 1643. Best Wishes Clive, From a very sunny Whitby.PS I can try to found out where Westleigh is and if still there photograph it for you.

[Nikki in Melbourne]

Hello Clive,

I hope you didn't go to too much trouble to find that information.

Unfortunately though, it seems from what you say, that this is not my direct line of Breckons. My Hannah's father was Thomas a butcher, not Robert a solicitor. Pity! I did see a reference to this Robert in the 1840 Whitby directory for trades and professions, and there are only a couple of other Breckons listed, so chances are they're all related somehow, so having that information would still be of interest if you don't mind sending it. Excuse my ignorance, but what's a "PM of my address" and also a "PR"? I'm new at this! I did find it really interesting that you say you found a record of a Breckon going back to 1643.

Thanks so much for your very kind offer to photograph Westleigh, but it's not really relevant to my research. I'm glad Whitby is so sunny - it must be beautiful. Melbourne is freezing at the moment!

Anyway, thanks so much for your trouble.

Cheers,

Nikki.

[clivealbert]

Hi, Nikki, A PM is a private message. PR parish register, It was no trouble at all only to pleased to assist whenever possible. Roots chat is a wonderful site,The PR I was viewing was Ramsgate ,Kent, It would be easy if my family came from this area of Yorkshire, but I suppose you and others in OZ or elsewhere have it harder. if I can assist in any way I would if I can be only be to pleased. Best Wishes Clive

[hrat]

Hi there!

I’ve just started tracing my family tree and have found Breckons from Whitby, so thought I’d contact you.

From the dates given, Hannah was born around 1831, and seems to be the same one that appears on the 1841 census with parents Thomas (born c.1790) and Hannah senior (born c.1811). If I’ve gotten this correct, my GGG Grandmother Elizabeth Jane Breckon (born in Whitby c.1827) is her older sister or half sister.

I have been trying to find out more about the family, in particular, who Elizabeth’s mother was, and because there’s only a few years between their births, they could well have the same mother. Things are complicated by the fact that her father, Thomas Breckon, the local butcher and Inn Keeper, was widowed twice and married 3 times, fathering a total of 26 children. (I know all this from a historian’s research article, which although focussing on her husband, Matthew Walker - related to the Walker family in Whitby who apprenticed Captain Cook, gave some background on the Breckon family).

Did you manage to find that death notice and do you have her death certificate yet? I do know that Elizabeth immigrated to Australia some time in the 1850’s and ended up in Queensland. I’d love to hear from anyone who has connections to this branch of the family and will be happy to share any information I have.

Cheers,

Nikki

Hi Nikki,

If you are still active in your research on the Breckon family of Yorkshire I would like to make contact. Elizabeth Jane Breckon is also my GG Grandmother.
Ray Thomas
hrat@optusnet.com.au