My family

Where we came from

Old Northumberland

Many of my ancestors were Northumbrians, but have migrated round the county as their work dictated. From the border regions to South Northumberland as pits opened and closed. From the south to further north as agriculture changed and fishing fleets grew. Not all were Northumbrians though. The furthest north I have found so far was from Aberdeenshire. Heading south of the Tyne we have ancestors in Durham and Yorkshire and possibles in Lancashire, Cornwall, Staffordshire and Worcestershire. Migratory patterns often follow the mines: tin, iron, coal and the fishing fleets.

 

Where my family are now

I will not be publishing personal information about living members of my family in this blog. However, I do find it interesting to see where we have ended up. Just looking at the 96 years since my grandparents first became parents it is interesting to see that none of their descendants now live in Northumberland. You can find us in Southport, London, Glamorganshire, Norway, Italy, Denmark and Canada.

Where the extended family have spread to

Looking at the extended family  takes us to America, Australia and New Zealand. Technology compensates for being spread to the winds. My brother and I have recently had the pleasure of meeting a new 2nd cousin who grew up just a couple of miles away from us. We were put in contact with each other through a common distant relative on the other side of the world.

My ancestral lines

I started with my grandparents’ lines (Crackett, Turner, Webb and Henderson) as a kick-off point to track my great grandparents and as a result added Cracket, Parkinson, Carr, Davis and Thornton to the list of direct lines. Going further back I added Tait, Bainbridge, Murray, Stavers, Oliver, Corbett, Reay, Newton, Hall, Miller, Young, Thompson, Hedley and more all in the pedigree. Under the My family menu you can find an up to date list of all surnames in my tree and I plan to organise under pages to My family to give easier navigation for pedigree and none-pedigree lines.

My Ancestor Chart

This is a listing of the ancestors I have traced. The list is structured using the Eytzinger method of numbering known as Ahnentafel.

Generation	Numbering	People
1	1	Self
2	2 – 3	Parents
3	4 – 7	Grandparents
4	8 – 15	Great grandparents
5	16 – 31	Great great grandparents
6	32 – 63	3x great grandparents
7	64 – 127	4x great grandparents
8	128 – 255	5x great grandparents
9	256 – 511	6x great grandparents

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Ahnentafel no.	Name	Dates
1	Little Me
2	George William Crackett	1916-1978
3	Margaret Jane Webb	1921-1990
4	George Crackett	1890-1978
5	Ellenor Turner	1892-1976
6	Jonathan Doleman Webb	1899-1981
7	Margaret Jane Henderson	1899-1982
8	Leonard Crackett	1847-1929
9	Mary Parkinson	1852-1931
10	George Murray Turner, (born George Murray)	1861-1952
11	Sarah Ann Carr	1860-1941
12	Robert Webb	born between 1850 and 1861, died 1926
13	Mary Davis	1868-1902
14	Archibald Henderson	1867-1918
15	Margaret Jane Thornton	1871-1912
16	William Cracket	abt 1810-1880
17	Elisabeth Tait	abt 1811-1862
18	John Parkinson	1826-1861
19	Eleanor Bainbridge	abt 1829-1885
20	William Robinson Turner	1839-1882
21	Barbara Murray	1841-1901
22	Thomas Carr	1815-1900
23	Ellen Reed (Reid/Read)	abt 1822-after 1881
24	Edmund Webb
25	?
26	George Davis	1834-1895
27	Ann Corbett, (possibly Sarah Ann)
28	John Henderson	1834-1894
29	Margaret Stavers	1839-1895
30	Randle Thornton	1843-1907
31	Mary Oliver	1842-1911
32	?
33	?
34	?
35	?
36	Robert Parkinson	abt 1792-1843
37	Mary Ann Reay	1792-after 1841
38	John Bainbridge
39	Ann
40	John Thomas Turner	1797-abt 1866
41	Mary A. Robinson	1799-abt 1873
42	George Murray	1815-1896
43	Margaret Ironside	1816-
44	Caleb Carr	1772-1856
45	Rachael Smith	1785-1848
46	?
47	?
48	?
49	?
50	?
51	?
52	?
53	?
54	?
55	?
56	John Henderson	1811-1874
57	Harriet Miller Newton	1814-1893
58	Peter Stavers	1811-1833
59	Margaret Young	born between 1807 and 1812, died 1889
60	John Thornton	born 1794, died bet 1861 and 1871
61	Margery Hall	1803- 1859
62	Andrew Oliver	abt 1817-1888
63	Margaret Watson	1818-abt 1895
	?????
74	William Reay,	bef 1776
	?????
80	John Turner	1766-1846
	?????
84	George Murray	abt 1785-after 1864
85	Anne Ruddiman	1784-after 1864
86	John Ironside
87	Joanna Dow
88	Adam Carr	1748
89	Jane Nesbitt	1746
	?????
114	William Newton	abt 1791-after 1851
115	Elizabeth Miller	abt 1791-after 1851
	?????
122	Joseph Hall	abt 1767-after 1802
123	Eleanor Thompson	1769-1802
124	Thomas Oliver	bef 1800
125	Alice
126	William Watson	bef 1800
127	Mary
	?????
168	George Murray	abt 1756
169	Isabelle (Isobel) Anderson
170	George Ruddiman
171	Isobel Garden
	?????
174	John Dow
175	Margaret Tait
	?????
178	Caleb Nesbit	abt 1720-abt 1769
179	Susannah Chator	bef 1722
	?????
246	William Thompson	abt 1740- after 1769
247	Isabel Hedley	1744-after 1769
	?????
348	William Dow
349	Janet Stonehouse (Stenhouse)