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William Charlton was born at Burnt House, Chester le Street, County Durham in 1855. The youngest of two boys listed in the 1861 census, his birth predated his parent’s marriage by 3 years. His mother Eleanor died in 1863, the same year that William went to work at the Edmondsley Pit Coal Mine. He was eight years old at the time.
William Browell Charlton was born on July 20, 1913 in Macklin, Saskatchewan to Rev. Robert Charlton and Helen Lottie Good. He married Della Jean Connell on May 21, 1941 in Alexandria, Ontario.
1841 Census, Chester le Street District
Family Number: 12259.4
Plawsworth, Plawsworth Village
Thomas Nixon, 60, Agricultural Labourer
Mary Nixon, 45
Ruth Nixon, 20
Martha Nixon, 11
Ellen Nixon, 9
1851 Census, Chester le Street District
Family Number: 15778.5
Plawsworth 1851 Census, Plawsworth Village
Thomas Nixon, Head, married, 71, Agricultural Labourer, born Arkengarthdale, Yorkshire
Mary Nixon, Wife, married, 60, born Crawcrook, Durham
Thomas Nixon, Son, 25, born Plawsworth, Durham
Eleanor Nixon, Daughter, 19, Agricultural Labourer, born Plawsworth, Durham
Thomas Nixon, Grandson, 2, born Plawsworth, Durham
Source: Durham Records Online
1841 Census, Gateshead District
Family Number: 45028.4
1841 Census, Gateshead Township, New Row (HO107/296/12 folio 7)
John Charlton, 55, Labourer, N
Dorothy Charlton, 55, Y
Robert Charlton, 25, Coal Miner, Y
Thomas Charlton, 15, Coal Miner, Y
Dorothy Charlton, 15, Y
Source: Durham Records Online
Sarah Loretta Bradley was born in Howick, Huron County, Ontario in 1860. She was my maternal Great Grandmother on my Mother’s side. Her parents, Samuel Bradley and Charlotte Tackaberry seem to have died when she was just a baby as she was taken in and raised by The Chamneys of Elizabethtown township who may also have been relatives. She married twice. The first marraige was to James Henry Craig on May 3, 1881 in Elizabethtown. The second marriage was to my Great Grandfather, Jemuel Connell on Feb 23, 1887. She lived to be 84 years of age.
Robert Merritt (son of Thomas Merritt and Mary Underhill) was born 10 Mar 1728/29 in Rye Westchester Co. New York, YSA, and died Dec 1802 in Hampstead, Queens Co, N.B. Canada. He married Elizabeth Robinson on 1762 in Long Island, New York, USA.
Marriage Record
Parish Houghton-le-Spring, alternatively Houghton le Spring, in county Dur, Married on 17/06/1812, Groom Robert Green, Bride Mary Nesbitt, Source: Family History On-line
Baptisms, Houghton le Spring District
Record Number: 161264.0
Parish/Church: Houghton le Spring (St. Michael & All Angels) 1813-1841
7 Oct 1827 John Green, son of Robert & Mary, abode Success Row
Source: Durham Records Online
1841 Census, Houghton le Spring District
Family Number: 8859.4
Newbottle, Newbottle Village, Success Row
Robert Greene, 45, Waggonman
Mary Greene, 45
Isabella Greene, 25
Mary Greene, 16
John Greene, 14, Coal Miner
George Greene, 11, Coal Miner
Elizabeth Greene, 8
John Nesbitt, 75, Independent Means
Source: Durham Records Online
