My mothers ancestors came from Gateshead and moved to Denton, in Lancashire some time between 1893 and 1896. I have set out the family tree below.
John ?Simon Fraser born Bethnel Green 1833 died 1861 in Gateshead.
Mary Alice Jackson born 1838 in Middlesborough, Yorkshire. Mary Alice and John married in South Shields in 1853 and had 4 children.
Children of John & Mary Alice
John Joseph born 1855 in Gateshead
Sarah Isabella Fraser born 1856 in Gateshead
William Jackson Fraser born 1858 in Gateshead (my ancestor)
Mary Elizabeth Agnes Fraser born 1861 in Gateshead.
I will deal with each family member before I get onto my ancestor.
John's parents, I believe are John Fraser and Elizabeth. I believe (no proof) that they were born in Scotland in 1801. John sgnr is believed to have had something to do with the railway and I do know that John jnr was an engine fitter and he died from throat cancer in 1861 aged 28.
Mary Alice Jackson was the daughter of William Newton Jackson (1810-1881) and Ciciley Isabella Proud (1811-1899). They married in 1836 in Durham. Mary Alice was an only natural daughter but her family did adopt Mary F Oliver who was born in 1850.
When John died from throat cancer in 1861 aged 28, Mary Alice narried Thomas Bolam Thompson (1835-1871) in 1868 in Newcastle. They had no children and Thomas died in 1871 aged 36. In 1882 she married William Sparke (1818-1886). She was 44 years old. I can find no death for Mary Alice Sparke in Gateshead.
John Joseph Fraser married Jane Hanna Knott in in 1881 in Gateshead
Their children
John Frederick b 1882
Florence b 1884
Gilbert b 1888
Mary Alice b 1889
William S b 1891
Sarah Isabella Fraser married John Knott (brother of Jane Hannah Knott) in 1876 in Newcastle
Their children
Cicily J b 1877
Alice R b 1879
Jenny E b 1880
Jeannie E b 1881
Ernest W b 1883
Minnie F b 1887
Mary Elizabeth Agnes Fraser married John Hutchenson Mclardy in 1882 in Northumberland
Mary Elizabeth Agnes died in Australia in 1930. I know she had children but I have been unable to find much information about her life there.
William Jackson Fraser is my grandfather x 2 greats. He married Emma Jane Fawcett in Stockton On Tees in 1882. Emma Jane was born in 1866 and died in 1893, she was 27 years old and I think she may have died in childbirth, in Whitehaven, after the birth of her son John Robert. William moved his young family to Denton in Lancashire. William was a journeyman copperbeater and he was employed by Moores hat factory in Denton making copper kettles for the hats. I think he may have met Emma Jane because her brother was also a metal worker.
Their children
Ernest William b 1883 Gateshead
Mary Emma b 1886 Gateshead
Edith Elizabeth b 1887 d 1919 Gateshead
Ethel May b 1890 d 1956 Gateshead
John Robert b 1893 d 1916 Whitehaven
In 1896 William married Elizabeth Keenan the wife of the late Edward Keenan, who he had met in Whitehaven. Elizabeth was about 8 years older than William and she had a grown up family, 2 of who lived with her in Denton. Elizabeth died in 1906 and she is buried in the family grave in Denton Cemetry. In 1908 William married again. His new wife was from Peebles in Scotland. Mary Anne Moffat was the daughter of James Hood Moffat and Jane. When William died in 1936, Mary Ann returned to Scotland. An older family member says there is a story that Mary Anns' family were related to William Jackson Fraser and that he sent for her to come to look after him in his old age.
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Fascinating links. There seem to be a lot of young and tragic deaths in your family ancestry. It must have taken a lot of work finding out all that you have up to now.
ReplyDeleteIt has taken me 10 years of hard work but it would have been harder without the internet. That way I have had contact with family members who I didn't know existed. Those people have been invaluable because they have imparted information which is not accessable on the internet.
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You have the names Jenny E b 1880 and
ReplyDeleteJeannie E b 1881 in your post. The two names refer to the same person, who was my grandmother. Her name was listed as Jenny Elizabeth on her birth certificate, but she was always known as Jennie (misspelt as Jeannie on some census records). The correct date of birth is 16 September 1880. My mother was named Jennie Elizabeth after her, but has always been known as Jean.