A web log of my family history research
There are some fantastic resources about Gunnerside on the web. To read what is happening on the Census data Marion Hearfield has a wonderful website http://www.johnhearfield.com/Swale/USwD.htm This includes information about occupations, immigration and emigration, transport links…just fantastic. I have emailed her to say thank you. The site gives a superb feel for what it must […]
meredith Name Meaning and History Welsh: from the personal name Maredudd. In Welsh the stress is on the second syllable. The Old Welsh form is Morgetiud, of which the first element may mean ‘pomp, splendor’ and the second is iudd ‘lord’.
Why was Jennifer not called Susan? What connection has the family got have with the Vaudeville and Music Hall? And how old was Auntie Gertie/Trudy? Read on and all will be revealed…
In Fred’s possession is a family bible, printed in 1870 – although my reading of roman numerals isn’t the strongest. At the back of the bible is listed names of two generations of the Meredith family. The Edward referred is my grandfather (born 1876) and the first entry, Joseph Meredith (born 1840), is by great […]
1841…Thomas and Mary Sunter, knocking on a bit at 60, live in Lodge Green, Gunnerside, Melbecks, Yorkshire. They have a 15 year old son called William and the family earns its trade in the lead mining industry. Thomas and Mary Sunter are my great, great, great grandparents. 1851 William Sunter has married Hannah. They are […]
Now I’ve returned to the 1881 census. As noted previously Joseph doesn’t seem to appear on this census. But a search for his wife Isabella reveals that she has moved to West Derby, Lancashire and is living at 106 Edge Lane. The census entry reads: Isabella Sunter, head, 31, Milk Dealer William Sunter, son, 9, scholar, […]
1841 Census This is the earliest Census data availalbe. It is 1841 and again the Sunter family is strong in Lodge Green. Thomas Sunter, 60, Lead miner Mary Sunter, 60 Thomas Sunter, 30, Lead miner Christopher Sunter,25 Lead miner William Sunter, 15, Lead miner Ruth Peacock 15 There has to be a question mark […]
…and so we head towards the end of the trawl through the Sunter tree via the census. Here is the 1851 Sunter family: William Sunter, head, 27, Grocer and Drapers, Gunnerside abt 1824 Hannah Sunter, wife, 26, Blades Thomas Sunter, son, 6, scholar, Lodge Green James Sunter, Son, 4, scholar, Lodge Green Joseph Sunter, 2, […]
1871 Census..now in the post office at Lodge Green William Sunter, 47, head, Gunnerside, , 1824, Grocer , Draper and postmaster Hannah Sunter, 46, wife, Yorks, Melbecks, abt 1825, Grocer’s wife Thomas Sunter, 16, son, Gunnerside, abt 1845, Lead miner William Sunter,19, son, Gunnerside, abt 1852, Lead ore washer George Sunter, 17, son, Gunnerside, […]
Forgive me whilst I jump around a bit here. Stick with me and it will make sense. First of all in 1861 in the Hamlet of Lodge Green, Gunnerside, Melbecks (and each of these names are used to fill in census forms between 1841 and 1901) we have the following data: William Sunter, 37, head, […]