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Looking for any information or relatives of the Proctor family of Bedlington. Thomas Bowen m Sarah Ann Gelear 1907 at Morpeth reg office; she stated her father was Charles Gelear - can't find a trace however Sarah's death cert in 1915 gives her brother as Charles Proctor. Full Proctor family incl Charles (head) Charles jnr, Sarah Ann at Walker Terrace Bedlington 1891 & 1901. Any Bedlington Proctors out there to help? Sarah Ann's children were Edward Bowen (m Hilda, b Seaham) William (ptnr of M E Watts, 2 children George & brian, Seaham) and Liza (poss Elizabeth?)

Researching my grandfather who was charles william gillear proctor born 1905, father also named charles, mother Margaret jane. He was a boxer known as the bedlington terrier 1924-1940, and a miner who worked across several collieries at bates, crofton, hartford and choppington. His mother went round the collieries with a grocery cart.

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1939 register

Charles W Proctor
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 13 Nov 1905
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 103 Burnside
Residence Place: Bedlingtonshire, Northumberland, England
Occupation: Colliery Stone man Be??
Schedule Number: 151
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: GCEM
Registration district: 564-2
Inferred Spouse: Alice E H Proctor
Inferred Children: Norman Proctor
Margaret J Proctor
Household Members:
Name
Norman Proctor
This record is officially closed.
Margaret J Proctor
Charles W Proctor
Alice E H Proctor



Charles William G Proctor
Death Age: 65
Birth Date: 13 Nov 1905
Registration Date: Oct 1971
[Nov 1971]
[Dec 1971]
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Northumberland South
Inferred County: Northumberland
Volume: 1b
Page: 1131

Ahhh misspelt surname


Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Dec 1905 (>99%)
Procter Charles William G Morpeth 10b 445


Gro record

PROCTER, CHARLES WILLIAM GALEAR CRANE
GRO Reference: 1905 D Quarter in MORPETH Volume 10B Page 445

So mmn Crane

Parents marriage

Marriages Mar 1905
CRANE Margaret Morpeth 10b 579
Procter Charles William Morpeth 10b 579

Surname still spelt ProctER

A sister


Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
PROCTOR, MARY JANE GELEAR CRANE
GRO Reference: 1909 D Quarter in CASTLE WARD Volume 10B Page 349

Can’t find them on the 1911 census but there were more children born after 1911

Births Dec 1913
Procter Margaret J G Crane Morpeth 10b 796
Births Jun 1916
Procter Stephen Crane Morpeth 10b 845
Births Sep 1917
Procter Norman Crane Morpeth 10b 732

Family stayed in the same area

Margaret J G Procter
Registration Date: Oct 1931
[Nov 1931]
[Dec 1931]
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Morpeth
Inferred County: Northumberland
Spouse: Robert W Welbury
Volume Number: 10b
Page Number: 745

1939 register

Margaret J Welbury
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 5 Sep 1913
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 46 Burnside
Residence Place: Bedlingtonshire, Northumberland, England
Occupation: Unpaid Domestic Duties
Schedule Number: 192
Sub Schedule Number: 2
Enumeration District: GCEM
Registration district: 564-2
Inferred Spouse: Robert W Welbury
Inferred Children: William S Welbury
Household Members:
Name
This record is officially closed.
Robert W Delbury born 30.11.1912
Robert W Welbury. Born 18.11.1938
Margaret J Welburyb born 5.9.1914
William S Welbury born .22.8.1932

Margaret J G Welbury
Death Age: 51
Birth Date: abt 1914
Registration Date: Jan 1965
[Feb 1965]
[Mar 1965]
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Northumberland Central
Inferred County: Northumberland
Volume: 1b
Page: 319




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Name: Mr William Sanderson Welbury
Gender: Male
Age: 72
Birth Date: 22 Aug 1932
Last Residence: Morpeth, Northumberland, England
Postal Code District: NE61
Death Date: 19 Mar 2004

Must be connected


View 1881 England Census
Name: Charles Wm. Galear
Relationship to Head: Son
Father: Charles Galear
Mother: Mary A. Galear
Gender: Male
Where born: Masbro, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Kimberworth
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address: No 4 Court 1 Mary St
Education:
Employment status:
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Registration district: Rotherham
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4675
Folio: 25
Page Number: 11
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Galear 28
Mary A. Galear 26
Charles Wm. Galear age 7 month

1891 census

Charles W Procter
Gender: Male
Age: 10
Relationship: Son
Birth Year: 1881
Father: Charles Procter
Mother: Mary A Procter
Birth Place: Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Bedlington
Residence Place: Bedlington, Bedlington, Northumberland, England
Sub registration district: Bedlington
ED, Institution or Vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4256
Folio: 86
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Procter 38
Mary A Procter 36
Charles W Procter 10
Ann M Procter 8
Susannah Procter 6
Mary Procter 4
Sarah A Procter 1
James Moore 57 lodger

They are in Morpeth by 1901

Census
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Name: Charles Procter
Age: 20
Estimated birth year: abt 1881
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Father: Charles Procter
Mother: Mary Ann Procter
Birth Place: Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Bedlington
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County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Morpeth
Sub-registration district: Bedlington
ED, institution, or vessel: 04
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4833
Folio: 50
Page Number: 12
Household schedule number: 69
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Procter 47
Mary Ann Procter 46
Charles Procter 20
Ann Maria Procter 18
Susannah Procter 16
May Procter 13
Sarah Ann Procter 11
Eliza Procter 6
James Moore 60

The daughter Sarah ann married as Galear


View England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
Name: Sarah Ann Gelear
Registration Year: 1907
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Morpeth
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Northumberland
Volume: 10b
Page: 786
Records on Page:
Name
Thomas Bowen
Sarah Ann Gelear


Mother is living with them in 1911

Mary Ann Proctor
Age in 1911: 55
Estimated birth year: abt 1856
Relation to Head: Mother-in-law
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Sholdam, Norfolk, England
Civil Parish: Bedlington
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County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Street address: Chapel Row Bedlington
Marital status: Married
Registration district: Morpeth
Registration District Number: 564
Sub-registration district: Bedlington
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Piece: 31018
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Bowen 26
Sarah Ann Bowen 21
Edward Bowen 3
William Bowen 2/12
Mary Ann Proctor 55
Eliza Proctor 16
Joseph Burn 18 boarder
John George Burn 16 boarder
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Source Citation
Class: RG14; Piece: 31018
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1911 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT,

There seems to be crossing between Galear and proctor

Some of the girls married as Galear but were reg as Proctor or the other way around

The parents don’t seem to have married but are Galear on the 1881 census and Proctor on the 1891 census

This is one of the births

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
GALARE, ANN MARIA PROCTER
GRO Reference: 1883 M Quarter in SUNDERLAND Volume 10A Page 606



It would seem that mum was mary Ann Proctor and she never married Charles Galear

He was the father though


Charles Galear
Registration Year: 1867
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Wolverhampton
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 514


He seems to have taken her name between 1881 and 1891

Thanks for your help. I now have a copy of the 1911 census and my grandfather the bedlington terrier is listed as Charles William proctor, son of Charles and Margaret Proctor. The reference to Gillier was in a news article from 'Sixtownships and Coal Mining Memories UK' so I assume its a mistake.
I am now retired (health reasons) so have time to conduct further research. What I find making research difficult is that both of my grandparents Proctor and Hancock named the firstborn sons in each generation with the same name - makes it all rather difficult.