THE HOUGHTONIAN | JUNE 2012 | VOL 2 ISSUE 2 | ISSN 1757-3890REF NO: HLS1854161420
THE HOUGHTONIAN | JUNE 2012 | VOL 2 ISSUE 2 | ISSN 1757-3890WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?Can you help solve these Genealogical& Heritage Quests?THE CHARLTONSHi, I am from Tiffin, Ohio, USA. I amlooking for information on myhusband’s family. We know his 4thgreat grandfather came from DurhamEngland. His name was MathewCharlton and his wife was Mary JaneKirt<strong>le</strong>y. So I am looking for info onthem plus George and ElizabethJohnson Charlton, then William andMary Roper Kirt<strong>le</strong>y. If you have anypictures of the stone and/or datesthat would be great! Any informationat this point would be so helpful!Thanks.Elizabeth CharltonOhio, USAJOHN MICHAEL WALKERPaul, My name is Lynne Westlake andI found your site by looking forHougton Le <strong>Spring</strong> on Wikipedia.Recently I discovered that my greatgreat grandfather, John MichaelWalker, was not an Irish Sea Captain(as my aunt had insisted) but a grocerfrom the Trimdon/Wingate area. I seethat he was born in Wingate in 1836.He married Charlotte Bainbridge(born Nov 12, 1842) in Apr of 1860.Charlotte's father, James Bainbridge,was born in <strong>Houghton</strong> on March 12,1814. I am looking for anyinformation on the Walkers,Bainbridges and the Sedgwicks asthey are all my great great plusancestors. When I was looking at thegrave site information, I noticed thatMargaret and William Wigham werelisted. My grandfather was JohnFrederick Wigham born Nov 22,1892 in Wakefield. Would he by anychance be related to the Wighams in<strong>Houghton</strong>? In looking at a ratherlarge sca<strong>le</strong> map of your area, I seethat many of the places I have listedas birth and death places are quiteclose together and therefore stand abetter chance of being the source ofmy ancestors. I realize that this is alarge undertaking that you haveshouldered and that you probably getall sorts of these requests. But if youwere ab<strong>le</strong> to point me in the correctdirection on this, I would appreciateit. I live in a litt<strong>le</strong> town in SW OntarioA RESPONSETo Whom it May Concern, I amcurrently researching family historyand searched a member of thefamily, Margaret Mawson intoGoog<strong>le</strong>. It came up with the<strong>Houghton</strong>ian Vol 1 Issue 4 (Sept2011) featuring information onthose trying to find answers aboutgenealogical <strong>issue</strong>s surrounding<strong>Houghton</strong>-Le-<strong>Spring</strong>. A lady cal<strong>le</strong>dFlora Borgese has written that sheis looking for information on hergreat grandmother cal<strong>le</strong>d MargaretMawson. I believe that she is acommon ancestor of us as she ismy 4th great grandmother. I wouldbe ab<strong>le</strong> to give her informationabout the family of the man whichshe married, William EdwardHusband. Kind regards.Jane OvertonPAUL LANAGAN REPLIED:Thank you, Jane. Your messagehas been passed on to Flora.JOSEPH BLAND PEARSONHello Paul, Regarding Joseph'ssecond name [artic<strong>le</strong> about JosephBland Pearson’s tragic death andsubsequent burial at HillsideCemetery], his Mother Anne Blandmarried Robert Pearson hence thename Bland. I am his Great GreatGranddaughter through his eldestson John Char<strong>le</strong>s Pearson, whoalso became a jewel<strong>le</strong>r-pawnbroker,then to Thomas Pickering Pearson,who went to South Africa with hisbrother also named Joseph BlandPearson continuing the familybusiness of pawnbroking. I have aphoto of a covered wagonadvertising Pearson Bros Jewel<strong>le</strong>rs& Pawnbrokers on its side. MyFather was William Henry PricePearson. I found your artic<strong>le</strong> sohelpful with my family research aswell as being very interesting so forthat I thank you. I forgot to mentionthat my grandparents sett<strong>le</strong>d inAustralia in Toronto New SouthWa<strong>le</strong>s.Australia. Regards.C<strong>le</strong>lla (Pearson) Jenningscal<strong>le</strong>d Palmerston. I thank you inPAUL LANAGAN REPLIED:advance for any help that you couldThank you, C<strong>le</strong>lla. Joseph’s midd<strong>le</strong>give me.name had always puzz<strong>le</strong>d me and itLynne Westlake was the reason I remembered hisPalmerston name which I discovered how heSW Ontario had had his head severed in thattragic railway accident in 1897.OLD HAUNTSHi Paul, Many thanks for puttingthe Grammar School photosonline. The picture on the <strong>le</strong>ft Irecognise no prob<strong>le</strong>m , but theone on the right is puzzling; I can’tthink which part of the school itwas? If you come across anymore I would love to see them.When I enquired about BurnsideSchool I was hoping you mayhave had some pictures of how itwas rather than what it is today. Ihave seen it but it’s changed a lotsince I was there (1971-75). I amfifth generation of my family wholived in <strong>Houghton</strong> (I now live inTrimdon). My father, grandfather,great-grandfather lived inProspect Row – I don’t supposeyou have any pictures of ProspectRow, which I understand waslocated near Kerr’s Garagebordering Grasswell? I'mannoyed with myself for nottaking pictures of the schools Iwas at or the places I used tofrequent when I was older i.e. theworld famous Birds Nest!! Youdon’t realise how poignant theseplaces would become in later life.Your web site on <strong>Houghton</strong> isreally interesting and extremelywell put together. Well done ontaking the time to do it!Wishes.BestIan CoulsonTrimdonCo DurhamDOWN HETTON WAY?Hi there - I have come acrossyour lovely website, whilstresearching my family tree. My 4x great grandparents (John andAnn Thorrington) lived at FourLane Ends, <strong>Houghton</strong>-<strong>le</strong>-<strong>Spring</strong>in the 1841 Census, and althoughI haven't found a death record formy 4xg grandfather his wife wasinterred at St Nicholas 12 January1853. I have street Goog<strong>le</strong>d andobviously that area does not existas it did in those days, but arethere any old photographs orsketches availab<strong>le</strong> before FourLane Ends was developed? I lookforward to your reply. Kindregards.Shelagh AshfordTHE BURDIS QUESTHello, A quest in the<strong>Houghton</strong>ian Vol 1 Issue 2 (March2011) drew my attention. Mrs K.Gillinder of Cambridge hasrequested information about the"Burdass, Burdess, Burdisfamilies. I have quite a bit of info.on a branch of this family startingwith Edmund Burdasse (Hexham1600s) aka Edward Burdis andending with Frank C. Burdis inNewcast<strong>le</strong> (1966). The familylived at various times inBellingham, Hexham andCorbridge districts includingBelsay, Bolam, St. John Lee,subsequently moving toNewcast<strong>le</strong> and Gateshead. Couldyou kindly forward this email toMrs. Gillinder? Many thanks inadvance. Regards.Jane BurdisPAUL LANAGAN REPLIED:Thank you, Jane. Your email hasbeen forwarded.GILPIN'S RELATIVESIn going through the old books atthe Kepier School, <strong>Houghton</strong>-<strong>le</strong>-<strong>Spring</strong>, lately, I found a Cicerowith the name "Arthurus Laton"on the fly-<strong>le</strong>af, together with anautograph inscription in Latin,stating that the book belonged toBernard Gilpin by the gift ofArthur Laton. One of the Gilpinbooks in Queen's Col<strong>le</strong>ge, Oxford,bears the autograph of WilliamLayton, an unc<strong>le</strong> of Gilpin's, aswell as that of Gilpin himself. Canany of your readers give me therelationship between Gilpin andArthur Laton?R.W.R.Northern notes and queriesdevoted to the antiquities ofNorthumberland,Cumberland, Westmorland,and Durham : v.1, no.1-8,Jan. 1906-Oct. 1907* * * * * * * * * * *More FamilyTree Quests in the next<strong>issue</strong> of theHOUGHTONIAN!
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