[List-Cumbria] Schoolbook 1909

[Ang Gibson]

Hi Peter - that’s great.

Apparently, according to Diocese of Carlisle records of Bowness
(1814-1855), there were six schools in Bowness Around that time educating
approx 20-30 children each. This wasn’t uncommon, when we moved into our
last house we discovered that it too had been a school in the 1850s and
were lucky enough to find advertisements placed by the head of the
establishment , and of course the census held the names.

 I’m not sure how long ‘your’  school lasted, as John died In 1844 the year
after his daughter Martha Jane ( later to become Martha Jane Milbourne) was
born. He was just 33 yrs old.  Johns wife Martha died in 1882.

I’ve enjoyed delving about! Thanks for filling in an afternoon for me!

Angela

On Thu, 14 May 2020 at 21:22, Peter Graydon via List-Cumbria <
list-cumbria at cumbriafhs.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Thank you all for the information, it has triggered a flurry of activity
> on various search sites by my own genealogist, my wife!
>
> Liz has spent over twenty years researching her side of the family
> mainly around Kent and Sussex, where we are now based and, at times
> adding some of my rather feeble research into the mix. We both did DNA
> tests and this has rekindled my own interests as well as a nudge to get
> sorting out the stuff I had from my parents hence my query.
>
> When Dad died in 1996 we found out that Mum had dementia so I recovered
> what family material was around in preparation for her move from
> Liverpool down to Barnet near my late sister. The book came in to my
> care along with another book, which is dated and named and belongs to
> one of my known predecessors William Sewell Nicholson.
>
> The Mrs.Graydon mentioned in the front is, we are now certain, my Great
> grandmother Margaret Jane Graydon nee Nicholson, a widow for 3 years,
> who was living in marine Villas, Port Carlisle at the time with my
> grandfather. The research done by my wife has tracked both Martha Jane
> and Margaret to the same area of Manchester and both of roughly the same
> age. We can only assume that this is where their friendship began. I
> have a list of the children and their ages in 1838 and the one of
> interest to me is Margaret Irving, my great great grandmother which is
> why we think Margaret had the book.
>
> List of children and ages
>
> Jane Wood, 10
>
> Mary Pattinson, 12
>
> Mary Backhouse, 11
>
> Anne Backhouse, 14
>
> Margaret Irving, 13
>
> Mary Anne Wood, 12
>
> Robert Littleton, 12
>
> David Thomson, 15
>
> William Carruthers, 12
>
> John Lawson, 14
>
> William Logan, 14
>
> The book is in a reasonable state considering it is over 100 years old
> but I won't be able to copy any pages as I don't think there is any way
> of scanning them without risking damage to the spine and bindings.
>
> I am fascinated and amazed at how much knowledge there is in the groups
> and, having been retired about four years, I think I might need to add
> extending my family tree, guided as always by my wife, to my list of
> 'things to do in your retirement'!
>
> Thank you to all those who have helped
>
> Stay safe and keep well
>
> PeterG
>
>
>
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