On This Day ... 30 June

1803     James Gerrard was born at Upper Mill, Barry, Angus, Scotland. He was the son of George Gerrard and his wife Jannet Fyffe.

1820     Henry Child was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He was the son of John Child and Susanna Shore.

1846     Dawson William Turner married Ophelia Dixon at St Michael's Church, Bishopwearmouth, Co Durham, England.

Wordless Wednesday - on the beach

Hong Kong, around 1937. My Dad's the happy one. Don't know who his friend is.

On This Day ... 29 June

1810     Mary Hall was born in Ouseburn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England. She was the daughter of George Hall and Mary Haswell.

1833     Edward Lister married Thomasin Craswell at St John's Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England.

1934     Hartland Thomas Pugh married Martha Anne Reynolds at St Padarn's Church, Llanbadarn Fynydd, Radnorshire, Wales.

On This Day ... 28 June

1834     Mary Ann Jones was born at Hendre Farm, Mochdre, Montgomeryshire, Wales. She was the daughter of John Jones and Martha Bowen

1856     Adelaide Pugh was born in Uxbridge Township, Ontario, Canada. She was the daughter of Hugh Pugh and Hannah Smith.

1969     Frederick Albert Darby died in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He was 77 years old. Fred was a son of William James Darby and Elizabeth Read.

Amanuensis Monday - letter from Bill Hudson to Peggy November 6th, 1941.

My grandfather Bill Hudson worked as a prison officer in Hong Kong from 1921 to 1941. He was still in Hong Kong in December of 1941 when the Japanese invaded and occupied the colony. My grandmother Peg and my father Peter had been evacuated to Australia in July 1940. Peg kept the last couple of letters Bill wrote from Hong Kong prior to the Japanese invasion, along with the letters he wrote immediately after liberation.

Most of the letters are long, so I'm going to serialise them over the next few weeks.

The first letter is dated Thursday 6 November, 1941, just over a month before the Japanese invaded Hong Kong. This is page 3.

Page 1 is here.
Page 2 is here.
Page 4 is here.

I am a bit ashamed of setting you to buy that Pipe, at 25/- they are now $15 here, of course some of the "Comoys" cost as much as $35. When I wrote you they were only $13.50, so you see how the price of things are going up. Precious, I am on a Curry Prawn tonight, used to be 60 cts a pound, today I had to pay $1. Went out last night, the three "Must-get-there's" paid my Boyebay Store Bill (will leave it to you to argue about those stockings) anyway I bought three Tootal ties for $4.50. Alf bought three and John six, over $20 would of trade he got out of us yet no 10% slate.

I hope Ada has found a place for M.G., wouldn't it be nice if Vi would get out, and have the place for all of you, maybe I am expecting too much! True we were lucky in getting Abbott St, a place like that would do you fine. I have yet to buy the bag for Mrs Bard, yet there is plenty of time left. Fancy Peg Hudson remembering the Cabin in George's garden, anyway I never took you there on dark nights but it's only because I did not know you! I used to give sin all a big bunch of flowers!

Of course now that Frank (my heart is getting soft) is going down there for good, why not try further afield! What about asking the Nolly's if anything is going in their district, you could all muck in together, of course different Beds, naturally if would have to be! 

How is that bad tempered son of mine, I hope the ear trouble has gone, it can be very painful at times. I feel sorry for you Peg, in having all these troubles, it's a shame I am unable to share them, I missed him as a Baby, now I am missing his boyhood days. And still those headaches, I do so wish you could shrug them off, I get worried about them, also these head colds of yours, I suppose because I don't get them, I can't understand why other people should. Here I am sitting in my undies, and not a wee bit cold.

Last night I or we went to the flicks, I wore a heavy coat, yet I had to take it off. "Mail Train" was the film, Gordon Harker, and very good it was, a English picture. I bought some more of my beloved Bandman, I got four tins, so I am ok for weeks.

On This Day ... 27 June

1792     George Hunter was born in Hartlepool, Co Durham, England. He was the son of Thomas Hunter and Eleanor Horsley.

1796     Grace Logan was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England. She was the daughter of Henry and Margaret Logan.

1854     Weltkin Hudson nee Winlow died in Sunderland, Co Durham, England. She was 71 years old and was the widow of Ralph Hudson.

On This Day ... 26 June

1790     Elizabeth Horsley was born in Hartlepool, Co Durham, England. She was the daughter of Matthew Horsley and Mary Pounder.

1874     William Edwards married Jane Pugh in Pickering, Ontario, Canada.

1976     Gertrude Ann Price nee Hughes died in South Wales. She was 85 years old. Gertrude was the daughter of Morgan Hughes and Jane Eliza Powell.

On This Day ... 25 June

1837     Mills Robson married Elizabeth Leeming at St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool, Co Durham, England.

1848     Robert Heightley Hudson married Margaret Breckon at Holy Trinity Church, Sunderland, Co Durham, England. Robert was the grandson of Richard Hudson and Patience Todner.

1899     Harold Pugh was born in Ontario, Canada. He was the son of Judson Adamrun Pugh and Louisa C Annis.

Alexander Kerss 1758-1831 and Catherine Errington 1765-1844

Alexander Kerss was born in 1758 in the village of Coldstream, Berwickshire, on the Scottish side of the border between Scotland and England. He was the son of Robert Kerss, a cooper (barrel maker) and his wife Janet Wood.

Probably as a young man, Alexander moved 60 miles south to the town of Gateshead, Co Durham where he worked as a "sugar baker" - my guess is he was a baker who baked cakes as well as bread. When he was about 30 he married Catherine Errington.

Catherine was born in 1765 in Ravensworth, in the parish of Lamesley, close to Gateshead. She was the daughter of Robert Errington and Mary Barras.

Alexander and Catherine married at St Mary's Church, Gateshead on 6 January 1788. For the rest of their lives they lived in Gateshead, probably on Hillgate next to the river Tyne, where Alexander owned some land. Their family of 9 children were all born in Gateshead:

Robert 1788-1860
Mary 1790-??
John 1792-1852
Alexander 1794-1818
Thomas 1796-??
Samuel 1801-1802
Samuel 1803-??
William 1805-1874
Catherine 1808-??

The children were all baptised in local Presbyterian churches (generally known as  "Scotch churches"), initially Silver Street Presbyterian Church in Newcastle (the other side of the river Tyne from Gateshead), and later Half Moon Lane Chapel in Gateshead.

Alexander died at the age of 73 in 1831, and was buried at St Mary's Church. Catherine continued to live in Gateshead, until her death at home in Church Walk in 1844 at the age of 78. Alexander's will (here) stated that he owned two houses and a bakehouse (plus some land with a third house) on Hillgate and Church Walk. All the property was left to Catherine for her life, before then being divided between the surviving children.

On This Day ... 24 June

1758     Abraham Todner married Susan Moody at St Michael's Church, Felton, Northumberland, England.

1771     John Hobdey married Catherine Bowater at St Thomas Church, Dudley, Worcestershire, England. They were my 5 x great-grandparents.

1797     Jane Huntridge was born in Hartlepool, Co Durham, England. She was the daughter of William Huntridge and Mary Soulsby.

On This Day ... 23 June

1819     William Longstaff married Elizabeth Hudson at Holy Trinity Church, Sunderland, Co Durham, England. Elizabeth was the daughter of Richard Hudson and Patience Todner.

1891     Gertrude Ann Hughes was born in St Harmon, Radnorshire, Wales. She was the daughter of Morgan Hughes and Jane Eliza Powell.

1906     Ralph Henry Hughes Hudson died in Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. His death is commemorated on a family gravestone in his home town of Sunderland, England.

Wordless Wednesday - the old man and his gamp

My dad's caption on this photo of him is "the old man and his gamp" - taken in Hong Kong December 1937

On This Day ... 22 June

1782     William Read married widow Mary Todner (nee Dunn) at Holy Trinity Church, Washington, Co Durham, England.

1835     Thomas Wren Lister married Mary Watson at Holy Trinity Church, Sunderland, Co Durham.

1881     Charles Silvester Darby was born at 119 Victoria Road, Aston, Warwickshire, England. He was the son of William James Darby and Elizabeth Read.

On This Day ... 21 June

1942     Ernest Nellist married Dorothy Nettie Darby at Kingswood Meeting House, Wythal, Worcestershire, England. "Toots" was my grandfather's sister.

1890     Robert Hudson was born in Middleton, West Hartlepool, Co Durham, England. He was the second son of Robert Hunter Hudson and Margaret Mossom.

Amanuensis Monday - letter from Bill Hudson to Peggy November 6th, 1941.

My grandfather Bill Hudson worked as a prison officer in Hong Kong from 1921 to 1941. He was still in Hong Kong in December of 1941 when the Japanese invaded and occupied the colony. My grandmother Peg and my father Peter had been evacuated to Australia in July 1940. Peg kept the last couple of letters Bill wrote from Hong Kong prior to the Japanese invasion, along with the letters he wrote immediately after liberation.

Most of the letters are long, so I'm going to serialise them over the next few weeks.

The first letter is dated Thursday 6 November, 1941, just over a month before the Japanese invaded Hong Kong. This is page 2.

Page 1 is here.
Page 3 is here.
Page 4 is here.

So far as you will see Peg, I have been writing twice a week, I was not going to write until Sunday, but with having two letters this afternoon, I thought I must drop you a few lines, knowing how you like to receive them, anyway Dear you continue your weekly letter, and I will promise to write once, and if I have letters to answer, twice a week.


Both Harry and M.G. refuse a present from the Club, so there won't be any smokes for them. They don't even go inside the Club now, but sit outside on the stone wall, and have their drinks. M.G. is bringing your machine down, and I lent him a big packing case, so see that you get it, it will come in handy when you have to return, if ever. Anyway, it will do if we have to pack up any time for England or Timbuctoo.


I just know how you would feel, if I could get away, only Dear there is nothing wrong with Willie. I'm as fit as a lopp on a cold night. [...] Again, I am just back from leave, so that means I would have to pay part passage money. That's why Cookey can't get away, 'cos he has not got a cent to his name. Anyway she seems to be having a good time, and a damned shame the way she is spending her money, the more they get the more they expect, I am pleased my sweetheart is not like that. Did Mrs R smile the day she came to Tiffin, she certainly thinks her ? does not smell!


Don't worry what you say about M.G. and you living with him, he is all for it Peg. I mentioned to him when I heard that Cockeye was going down, that you would have to find new digs, he at once said, "Look here Bill, why can't Peg and Peter muck in with Ada and me", so you see Dear we have already discussed the possibility of it. One thing Dear, he is very fond of Peter, he will grow fond of you as time goes on, only I don't want any grey haired kids in the family!

On This Day ... 20 June

1832     John Jones married Martha Bowen at All Saints Church, Mochdre, Montgomeryshire, Wales. They were my 4 x great grandparents.

1842     Charles Compton married Sarah Horsley at St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool, Co Durham, England.

On This Day ... 19 June

1755     William Todner married Isabel Gibson at St Helen's Church, Longhorsley, Northumberland, England.

1776     John Makepeace married Elizabeth Wren at St Michael & All Angels Church, Warden, Northumberland, England.

1825     Samuel Haywood married Mary Ann Hazell at St Mary's Church, Handsworth, Staffordshire, England.

On This Day ... 18 June

1760     Edward Pugh died in St Harmon, Radnorshire, Wales.

1792     John Powell married Jane Owens at Nantmel, Radnorshire.

Ralph Todner 1738-1780 and Mary Dunn 1738-1828

Ralph Todner was born at Ninriding Moore, in the parish of Mitford, Northumberland, England in 1738, and was baptised at St Mary Magdalene Church in Mitford on 29 March 1738. He was the youngest of six children.

By the age of 20, Ralph had moved to Woodhead, in the parish of Longframlington, Northumberland, and was working as a coal miner.

On 11 July 1758, Ralph married Mary Dunn at St Mary the Virgin Church, Longframlington. Years later Bracey Robson Wilson reported that at the wedding "there were nearly a hundred guests, and that the celebrated Jemmy Allen, the Duke of Northumberland's piper played at the merrymaking."

Mary was born in Woodhead in 1738 (baptised 9 July 1738 at Longframlington).

Following their marriage the couple lived at Woodhead for a couple of years, then slowly moved south as Ralph worked at a succession of coal mines. Their moves can be tracked through the births of their children:

Jane, 1759, born at Woodhead, Longframlington
William, 1761, born at Long Witton Cleugh, Hartburn, Northumberland
Mary, 1764, born at Wylam, Ovingham, Northumberland
Patience, 1767, born at Chartershaugh, Chester-le-Street, Co Durham,
Prudence, 1770, born at Chartershaugh
Ann, 1773, born at North Biddick, Washington, Co Durham,
Ralph, 1775, born at North Biddick
Isabella, 1778, born at North Biddick

By 1778, Ralph was no longer working as a coal miner - he was now a ferryman, ferrying people across the river Wear between North and South Biddick. It's not clear if he stopped coal mining when he left Chartershaugh or if the change in jobs happened later. It's also not clear why he changed jobs - I suspect that ferryman at Biddick didn't pay anything like as well as coal miner. Perhaps he'd been injured working underground?

This possible injury may also explain his early death. Ralph died in September 1780 at the age of 42, and was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Washington. A couple of years later, Mary remarried, this time to William Read. Following his death Mary continued to live in North Biddick, becoming a celebrated innkeeper (according to Bracey Robson Wilson).

Mary eventually died in June 1828, at High Felling in Jarrow parish, and was buried at Washington.

On This Day ... 17 June

1756     Thomas Todner married Isabel Robson at St Michael & All Angels Church, Felton, Northumberland, England.

1870     Frederick Jones married Jane Powell at St Garmon's Church, St Harmon, Radnorshire, Wales.

1885     Frances Amelia George, nee Chapman, died of phthisis (tuberculosis) in York County, Ontario, Canada. She was only 26.

On This Day ... 16 June

1856     George Barnes Haddock married Eleonora Catherine Bradley at Kirkby Stephen, Westmoreland, England.

Wordless Wednesday - Picnic in the New Territory 1936

L-R Unknown, Peggy Hudson, Peter Hudson, Martha Clark.

On This Day ... 15 June

1787     Dinah Horsley was born in Hartlepool, Co Durham, England. She was the daughter of James Horsley and Jane Hood.

1816     Lancelot Hudson married Sarah Joyce at St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, Co Durham, England.

1826     Stephen Pugh married Sarah Price at St Cynllo's Church, Llanbister, Radnorshire, England.

On This Day ... 14 June

1888     Robert Hunter Hudson married Margaret Mossom at the Register Office, Hartlepool, Co Durham, England. They were my great-grandparents.

1938     Norman James Darby married Phyllis Afonwy Pugh at Salem Baptist Chapel, Hay-on-Wye, Breconshire, Wales. They were my grandparents.

Amanuensis Monday - letter from Bill Hudson to Peggy November 6th, 1941.

My grandfather Bill Hudson worked as a prison officer in Hong Kong from 1921 to 1941. He was still in Hong Kong in December of 1941 when the Japanese invaded and occupied the colony. My grandmother Peg and my father Peter had been evacuated to Australia in July 1940. Peg kept the last couple of letters Bill wrote from Hong Kong prior to the Japanese invasion, along with the letters he wrote immediately after liberation.

Most of the letters are long, so I'm going to serialise them over the next few weeks.

The first letter is dated Thursday 6 November, 1941, just over a month before the Japanese invaded Hong Kong.

This is page one.
Page 2 is here.

Page 3 is here.

Page 4 is here.

Thursday 6.11.41
No 3


Sweetheart,


To-day has been a red letter day for all of us, as I think everybody had a letter, the first mail to arrive for over a fortnight. I had two lovely ones, posted 20th and 27th Oct, No 3, the 27th was unnumbered so it must have been No 4. You bet I was pleased to have them. I also had a sea mail letter, and a "Rix", the one containing Peter's school Book which I think very good indeed. I will write him a sea mail next week in answer to his, that was in your letter, which you wrote on Oct 5th.


I only wish I could have had your letters yesterday, it would have saved me the trouble of seeing the Boss, re the move from here. Anyway, it's too late now, the result being that I can stay here, if I have the phone moved at my own expense, I had to argue a long time before he would give way. He said they were senior officers Qrs, and should be occupied as such. I mentioned that Ryan and Plumb were senior to Spoors, yet they had not to go. Anyway I had to say that I was fed up with moving, and when he heard from me, that this would be my fourth move in 4 years, he sympathised with me, so I promised to pay for the phone being moved. Now I find out that he intends to put Pile up there, only he can't apply for a phone for Pile, because officially I am there, and not allowed a phone here. Anyhow Jew Boy said he would try and fix it for me, if he can't I will have to move over. Q must have been getting onto Pat, because he asked how I posted my letters, and on saying  via Rangoon, he said but isn't that route closed. He never knows Peg, he never buys a paper, now has he got a Radio. 


Anyway Darling, Q will be getting news as quick as you now, because he says he must write Rangoon way now, it will break his heart to pay extra postage. I was going to buy you another £10.0.0, only I hear there is very little Australian money in the colony, and what there is, is $11.90 for a pound, I thought I would buy this, and let my teeth wait, I also have a new suit to pay for, so that will take my acting pay of £60, which I hear today, I got paid up from 15.9.41, so in {...} I drew $90, very nice too in these hard times.

On This Day ... 13 June

1832     Joseph Whitehouse was born at Meriden St, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Whitehouse.

1841     Thomas Onions was born in Birmingham. He was the son of John Onions and Hannah Cooper.

1933     Archibald Eustace Jones married Mary Myfanwy Gwenllian Pugh at Salem Baptist Chapel, Hay-on-Wye, Breconshire, Wales. Gwen was my grandmother's sister.

On This Day ... 12 June

1815     Robert Kerss married Frances Hunter at Holy Trinity Church, Sunderland, Co Durham, England.

1845     George Heron Horsley married Isabella Robinson at St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool, Co Durham.

On This Day ... 11 June

1836     Richard Hudson married Susanna Potter in St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, Co Durham, England. Susanna was born Susanna Morrow and was the widow of William Potter. Richard was the son of Richard Hudson and Patience Todner.

1951     Hudson Hall Wilkinson, a great-grandson of Richard and Patience Hudson, died at Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia. He was 78 years old.

1906     John James Caseley married Margaret Lamb at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Northumberland Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England.  Margaret was the daughter of John Lamb.

Lancelot Hudson 1737-1784 and Elizabeth Wardell 1733-1799

Lancelot and Elizabeth are my 4 x great-grandparents. Lancelot was born in 1737 in the parish of Edlingham, Northumberland, England. His birthplace is stated in the parish register as Overthwarts, which appears on 19th century maps to be a farm. His father, also Lancelot, was a "hind" - a skilled farm worker so living on a farm makes sense.

I have no information on Lancelot's childhood. By 1764, in his late twenties, Lancelot had moved to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, a small town in Northumberland.  There's no record of the work Lancelot was doing in Newbiggin, but the town was a fishing and cargo port and it's position on the edge of the Northumberland coalfield makes it likely that it was a coal port in the second half of the 18th century. His known occupations later in life suggest that he was working in the port in Newbiggin.

On 13 December 1764, Lancelot married Elizabeth Wardell at St Bartholomew's Church, Newbiggin. I have no information about Elizabeth before this point. She was around 30 when she married Lancelot, but I've found nothing to indicate where or when she was born.

The couple had their first two children in Newbiggin - Thomas baptised in mid-1765 and Elizabeth baptised in late 1766. After Elizabeth's birth, they moved south to the growing town of Sunderland, Co Durham. They settled initially in Numbers Garth, on the edge of the rapidly growing town of Sunderland, but in the parish of Bishopwearmouth. Two more children were born here, Lancelot in 1768 and Richard in 1770. The family moved house into the parish of Sunderland, where three more sons were born - William in 1773, a second William in 1775 and Ralph in 1778. Records indicate that Lancelot was involved in the coal trade here, as a keelman and a coal caster.

Lancelot died in April of 1784, aged only 47. The burial record doesn't indicate how he died. He was buried at Holy Trinity Church in Sunderland. Elizabeth stayed in Sunderland, raising their younger children (William was only 8 when his father died, and Richard was 14). She eventually died in 1799, at the age of 66. By this time she was living in Bishopwearmouth (possibly with her eldest son Thomas who was also in Bishopwearmouth by this time). She was buried with her husband in Holy Trinity graveyard.

The children:

Thomas 1765-1827
Elizabeth 1766-??
Lancelot 1768-1812
Richard 1770-1821
William 1773-?? (presumed to have died as an infant)
William 1775-1824
Ralph 1778-1783

On This Day ... 10 June

1792     Alice Horsley was born in Hartlepool, Co Durham, England. She was the daughter of George and Elizabeth Horsley.

1821     Richard Hudson died in Sunderland, Co Durham. He was 51, and was my 3 x great grandfather.

1895     Sidney James Darby was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He was the son of William James Darby and Elizabeth Read.

On This Day ... 9 June

1782     Thomas Hudson married Mary Todner at Holy Trinity Church, Washington, Co Durham, England.

1809     Ann Hudson died in Sunderland, Co Durham. She was the daughter of Richard Hudson and Patience Todner and was a few weeks short of her first birthday when she died.

1840     Henry Darby married Ellen Haywood at Handsworth Parish Church, Handsworth, Stafforshire, England. They were my 3 x great-grandparents.

Wordless Wednesday - after the Hong Kong typhoon

Martha Clark and her grandson Peter Hudson view the damage after a typhoon hit Hong Kong in 1936

On This Day ... 8 June

1804     Thomas Taylor Lakinby was born in Hartlepool, Co Durham, England. He was the son of Thomas Lakinby and Martha Robson, born 5 months after his father's death.

1885     Hugh Pugh died at Llanbadarnfynydd, Radnorshire, Wales and was buried at Bwlch-y-sarnau. He was 73 years old.

1916     Lieutenant Colonel Gerard Chipchase Roberts died fighting in World War One in France. He was 42.

On This Day ... 7 June

1808     George Wren was born in Ryton, Co Durham, England. He was the son of John Wren and Ann Brown.

1830     Richard Davison married Mary Halliday at St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, Co Durham, England.

1847     Edward Darby died in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He was 79 years old and was my 4 x great-grandfather.

Amanuensis Monday - the will of William Henry Darby 1917

John Newmark, who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog, has a weekly theme each Monday called Amanuensis Monday to encourage the posting of transcriptions of documents to preserve and publish their contents.



This is the last of the wills I have. It formed part of the military records obtained for William Henry Darby from the Canadian Archives. William joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in May of 1915 and shipped to England in January 1916. He wrote his will while he was stationed at Shorncliffe Camp in Kent. At the time he made his will, he was a sergeant. He was subsequently demoted to private at his own request, and then shipped to France. After several months in the field, he was promoted to Corporal. He was killed in action on 13 November 1917.


His will is short and to the point:

No 551333

Cpl Darby, W. H.

Can Corps H Q S/Staff

Milit. Police

K in A

13/11/1917

WILL

In the event of my death I give the whole of my property and effects to my wife, Jessie Darby

4 Springfield Terrace

Spring Street

Edgbaston

Birmingham

Eng.

March 8th 1916

W.H. Darby,

Sergt #551333

3rd Canadian Divisional Cavalry.

On This Day ... 6 June

1641     Raph Sewell married Alis Maye at St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool, Co Durham, England.

1858     Frederick Milbanke Hudson died at East Boldon, Co Durham.  He was the son of Ralph Milbank Hudson and his wife Elizabeth Robson, and was only one year old.

1895     Maria Welthin Easton, nee Hudson, died at Sunderland, Co Durham.

The Face of Genealogy

This post was inspired by The Face of Genealogy on Thomas McEntee's "Geneabloggers" blog.

This photo isn't great quality - it was scanned from a photocopy - but it's the only picture of my great-grandparents Robert Hunter Hudson and Margaret Mossom, and without genealogy I'd never have seen it.

This is the face of genealogy.

On This Day ... 5 June

1822     Gabriel Makepeace married Elizabeth Pattinson at St Andrew's Church, Hexham, Northumberland, England.

1866     John Law married Ann Hunter Hudson at Christ Church, West Hartlepool, Co Durham, England. Ann was the daughter of George Hudson and Catherine Kerss.

On This Day ... 4 June

1798     Thomas Haddock was born in Netherton, Penshaw, Co Durham, England. His parents were Thomas Haddock and Anne Todner.

1801     Jemima Whitehouse was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. She was the daughter of Joseph Whitehouse and Ann Hobdey.

1934     Hubert Norman Stedman married Elsie Cameron at St Mary The Virgin Church, Longframlington, Northumberland, England.

David Powell 1810-1886 and Jane Thomas 1825-1876

David Powell was born in 1810 in Nantmel, Radnorshire, Wales, the son of John Powell and his wife Jane Owens. He seems to have lived the first half of his life at the family farm Gilfach in Nantmel, and was enumerated there in the censuses of 1841 and 1851 with his older brother Meredith and his widowed mother.

On 14 May 1852 David married Jane Thomas at St Clement's Church, Rhayader, Radnorshire. Jane was born in 1825 and was the daughter of Andrew Thomas and Mary Owen. I think that Mary Owen and Jane Owens were sisters, making David and Jane first cousins.

The couple lived initially in Nantmel, probably at Gilfach, which David was farming in 1861. They moved to St Harmon around 1862 and farmed Henrhiew. The couple stayed here for the rest of their lives.

David and Jane had 7 children together:

Jane Eliza Powell 1854-1922
David Powell 1856-1926
Mary Powell 1859-??
Margaret Powell 1861-1863
John Powell 1865-??
Arthur Powell 1867-1948
Thomas Pryce Powell 1869-1929

Jane died on 8 May 1876 at Henrhiew. She had been suffering from tuberculosis for over a year. David lived on for another 10 years, dying on 8 December 1886, also at Henrhiew.

On This Day ... 3 June

1805     Elizabeth Evis nee Herring died in Hartlepool, Co Durham, England. She was 62 years old.

1821     William Pugh married Margaret Pugh at St Teilo's Church, Llandilo Graban, Radnorshire, Wales.

1839     John Lamb was born in Roxburgh in the Scottish Borders. His parents were Alexander Lamb and Mary Rathie.

On This Day ... 2 Jun

1799     Hannah Moor (later Ann Pattison) was born at Whickham, Co Durham, England. She was the daughter of John Moor and Hannah Wren.

1809     Elizabeth Sarah Garrington was born in Bishopwearmouth, Co Durham. She was the daughter of Thomas Hawkins Garrington and Elizabeth Hudson.

1889     George Winlow Hudson died in Sunderland, Co Durham. He was 79 years old.

Wordless Wednesday - Mrs Clark with Gyp

Martha Ann Pattison Lamb Clark with her dog, Gyp. Not sure where or when this was taken.  

On This Day ... 1 Jun

1817     John Shepherd married Margaret Coulson at St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool, Co Durham, England.

1883     Ann Pattison nee Moor died in West Hetton Houses, Coxhoe, Co Durham. She was 83 years old, and was my 3 x great grandmother.