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Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 10,007 Send Message	Vera	Report	17 Sep 2008 14:47
	Johns occupation is a roadmaker.....so what happened to the farm !!! Regards Vera
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	CLW2005	Report	17 Sep 2008 14:45
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	Yes! just checking!! No Cuthbertson / Purvis marriages around the right time! Thank goodness! It is sad - life was very hard then. We don't know we're born today! Any news on that cert? I have to go out soon Christine
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 10,007 Send Message	Vera	Report	17 Sep 2008 14:44
	Good Find Christine :-) Regards Vera
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 269 Send Message	Carole	Report	17 Sep 2008 14:41
	I thought we found Margaret's father and he was a Lawson? C
	Researching: Murdochs - Ayrshire & Durham: Musgraves - County Durham: Lyth - around Whitby Yorkshire: Watsons and Thompsons - around Greatham and Hartlepool County Durham: Gills and Dawsons - Stow Park, Newport, Monmouthshire
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	CLW2005	Report	17 Sep 2008 14:38
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	Name: Jane Cuthbertson Purvis Year of Registration: 1876 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Newcastle Upon Tyne County: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Volume: 10b Page: 87 (click to see others on page) Name: Richard Potts Year of Registration: 1876 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Newcastle Upon Tyne County: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Volume: 10b Page: 87 (click to see others on page) think this is jane's marriage - so may well find margaret was a cuthbertson! Christine
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 10,007 Send Message	Vera	Report	17 Sep 2008 14:35
	Carole, What a sad life Elizabeth had? Regards Vera
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	CLW2005	Report	17 Sep 2008 14:33
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	Name: John Purvis Age: 60 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Margaret Gender: Male Where born: Creswell, Northumberland, England Civil Parish: Wallsend County/Island: Northumberland Country: England Street address: 1 Thames St Condition as to marriage: Married Education: Employment status: View Image Occupation: Roadmaker Registration district: Tynemouth Sub registration district: Wallsend ED, institution, or vessel: 3 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Jane Potts 30 Margaret Potts John Purvis 60 Margaret Purvis 58 1881 - Jane is their daughter born Harkworth and a butchers wife little Margaret is 4m born in Newcastle Christine
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 10,007 Send Message	Vera	Report	17 Sep 2008 14:29
	No Christine....I haven't found them...on the 1871 just the one you have found. Regards Vera
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	CLW2005	Report	17 Sep 2008 14:28
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	have you found John & Margaret after 1871?? C
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	CLW2005	Report	17 Sep 2008 14:26
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	was he a gambler perhaps??? lol!!!! C
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 10,007 Send Message	Vera	Report	17 Sep 2008 14:20
	Christine, Thats the one I found....is it the right one..... what happened to his farm !!! Regards Vera
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	CLW2005	Report	17 Sep 2008 14:11
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	OH NO!!!! this John is a 'cartman' !!!!!!!!! Christine
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	CLW2005	Report	17 Sep 2008 13:42
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	Carole - you have to let us know!! Christine
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 269 Send Message	Carole	Report	17 Sep 2008 13:41
	Well I can't thank you both enough. I think We have covered everything in an amazingly short space of time. Well done and a million thanks!!! I will know tonight if I have matched Elizabeth to the correct family, as her marriage certificate is sitting on my doormat as we type. I am in Spain but my daughter has promised to go into the house, open it, and email it to me. Fingers crossed!!! Carole
	Researching: Murdochs - Ayrshire & Durham: Musgraves - County Durham: Lyth - around Whitby Yorkshire: Watsons and Thompsons - around Greatham and Hartlepool County Durham: Gills and Dawsons - Stow Park, Newport, Monmouthshire
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	CLW2005	Report	17 Sep 2008 13:34
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	love it when a plan comes together Vera! good team work! Christine x
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 10,007 Send Message	Vera	Report	17 Sep 2008 13:32
	Very good find Christine :-) Regards Vera
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	CLW2005	Report	17 Sep 2008 13:30
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	Name: John Purvis Age: 53 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Margaret Gender: Male Where born: Northld, Woodhorn Civil Parish: Willington Ecclesiastical parish: Howden County/Island: Northumberland Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Disability: View Image Registration district: Tynemouth Sub registration district: Wallsend ED, institution, or vessel: 5 Household schedule number: 162 Household Members: Name Age Elizabeth Ann Purvis 15 John Purvis 53 Margaret Purvis 53 1871 census Christine have we covered everything now??
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	CLW2005	Report	17 Sep 2008 13:26
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	Name: John Parvis Age: 20 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821 Gender: Male Where born: Northumberland, England Civil Parish: Woodhorn Hundred: Morpeth (East Division) County/Island: Northumberland Country: England Street address: Occupation: View Image Registration district: Morpeth Sub registration district: Bedlington Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Edward Parvis 70 John Parvis 20 Margt Parvis 60 think this is John in 1841 he and Edward are both farmers! Edward could be father or g.father I suppose Christine
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 10,007 Send Message	Vera	Report	17 Sep 2008 13:23
	Hi, Just glad I found it....had another look at the image for the father in law....it could be Lawson and not Leason Regards Vera
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	CLW2005	Report	17 Sep 2008 13:22
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	Name: Margaret Lawson Age: 20 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821 Gender: Female Where born: Northumberland, England Civil Parish: Hartburn Hundred: Morpeth (West Division) County/Island: Northumberland Country: England Street address: Occupation: View Image Registration district: Morpeth Sub registration district: Morpeth Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Margaret Lawson 20 Thomas Wardle 15 think this is Margaret in 1841 she's a servant for a farmer named George Wardle Christine

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