Sunday 14 December 2008
Alison Wilson (nee Turner)
Hi, my name is Alison Wilson (nee Turner). I was born in Ushaw Moor in 1964 at 68 Broom Crescent. My father has very recently died and I am eager to learn/know more about my Fathers life in the communitty.I know that my Father hailed from 9 Cochrane Terrace, Ushaw Moor. My mother I think was from New Brancepath(nee Deighton). Can anybody please help me? Thank-you, Alison.
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Hi Alison,
ReplyDeleteI left Ushaw Moor in December 1960, so it is difficult for me to help too much, however I can offer the following:
[1]first a polite suggestion - give your father's forename to help jog memories of him and
[2] there were several Wilson families living in New Brancepeth in the early 1900s e.g. Joseph and Agnes lived at 55 Park Road with children William and George plus sister in law Alice, brother in law Matthew and nephew Henry. At 26 Jubilee there was John and Barbara with their dtr. Catherine. In Colliery View William and Matthew had at least six offspring - John, George, Wiliam, Thomas, Ann and Matthew.
I have just been doing some general research on Ushaw Moor and New Brancepeth and stumbled across the name Deighton. It relates to a Mr Albert Deighton who suffered a serious accident at New Brancepeth Colliery on 08/06/1914 and died, as a consequence, on 11/06/1914.This information was derived from the Durham Mining Museum. Was he a part of your family? If you want further assistance from me regarding this point please submit your request to this site.
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