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Francis Geldart⁽¹⁾ was born on 29 Sep 1805 in Stanwick St. John, Yorks.. Parents: William Geldart and Lucy Prior.

He was married to Frances Raw on 30 May 1826.

Francis Geldart⁽¹⁾ was born in 1838. Parents: William Geldart and Jane Stevenson .

He was married to Agnes Tate in 1860. Children were: Matthew Henry Geldart, William Geldart.

Francis Geldart⁽¹⁾ Parents: William Geldart and Naomi Martin.

He was married to Hannah Davidson.

John Geldart⁽¹⁾

He was married to Priestman Mary on 27 Dec 1764 in Gainford, County Durham. Children were: Christopher Geldart.

Joseph Geldart⁽¹⁾ was born on 16 Oct 1855 in Aldbrough St. John Stanwick, Yorks. Parents: Unknown and Margaret Geldart.

]]]]]]]] Lucy Geldart⁽¹⁾ was born : 2 Jan 1844 in Aldbrough St. John Stanwick, Yorks. Parents: Christopher Geldart and Ruth Baxter.

Margaret Geldart⁽¹⁾ was born on 26 Apr 1835 in Aldbrough St. John, Yorks. She died on 8 Apr 1902 in New Raby, Staindrop, Co. Durham.. Parents: Christopher Geldart and Ruth Baxter.

She was married to Henry Burgess Bushby on 6 Jun 1857 in Great Smeaton, Yorks. Children were: Elizabeth Bushby, Ruth Bushby, Henry Burgess Bushby, Christopher Robert Bushby , Mary Bushby, Sarah Hannah Bushby , Annie Bushby, Emily Bushby .

She was married to Unknown. Children were: Joseph Geldart.

Margaret Geldart⁽¹⁾ was born between 26 Apr 1807 and Jan in Middleton Tyas, Yorks. Parents: William Geldart and Lucy Prior.

Mary Geldart⁽¹⁾ Parents: William Geldart and Jane Stevenson.

Matthew Geldart⁽¹⁾ Parents: William Geldart and Jane Stevenson.

Matthew Henry Geldart⁽¹⁾ Parents: Francis Geldart and Agnes Tate.

Thomas Geldart⁽¹⁾ was born between 25 Jun 1813 and Jan in Stanwick St. John. Parents: William Geldart and Lucy Prior.

William Geldart⁽¹⁾ was born on 19 Aug 1781 in Piecebridge, Gainford, Co. Durham. He died on 19 Jan 1839 in Stanwick St. John, Yorks. Parents: Christopher Geldart and Margaret Parkinson.

He was married to Lucy Prior on 13 Jan 1805 in Stanwick St. John, Yorks. Children were: Francis Geldart, Margaret Geldart, Christopher Geldart, William Geldart, Thomas Geldart.

William Geldart⁽¹⁾ was born between 13 Aug 1848 and Jan in Aldbrough St. John Stanwick, Yorks. Parents: Christopher Geldart and Ruth Baxter.

William Geldart⁽¹⁾ was born on 10 Oct 1811 in Stanwick St. John. He died in 1870. Parents: William Geldart and Lucy Prior.

He was married to Jane Stevenson on 22 Aug 1835. Children were: Matthew Geldart, Francis Geldart, Mary Geldart.

William Geldart⁽¹⁾ was born in 1861. Parents: Francis Geldart and Agnes Tate .

He was married to Naomi Martin in 1882. Children were: Francis Geldart.

Jane Gent⁽¹⁾ was born on 9 Dec 1818 in Whorlton, Yorkshire. Parents: John Ghent and Jane.

She was married to William Harwood on 17 Nov 1831 in St. Mary's Whorlton, Yorkshire. Children were: Ann Harwood, Sarah Harwood, Robert Harwood.

John Ghent⁽¹⁾ was born in Whorlton, Yorkshire. Gent, John of Gainford aged 18 - 15 Nov 1816 - Gainford

He was married to Jane. Children were: Jane Gent .

Alan Gibbins⁽¹⁾

Children were: Claire Georgia Gibbins, Matthew Gibbins, Jay Gibbins.

Claire Georgia Gibbins (Private). Parents: Alan Gibbins and Allison Wood.

Jay Gibbins (Private). Parents: Alan Gibbins and Allison Wood.

Matthew Gibbins (Private). Parents: Alan Gibbins and Allison Wood.

Agnes Gibson⁽¹⁾ was born in 1679 in Askrigg, Yorks. Parents: John Gibson.

She was married to Metcalfe.

Hannah Gibson⁽¹⁾ Parents: John Gibson.

She was married to John Hoggett .

Jane Gibson⁽¹⁾ was born on 18 Oct 1676 in Askrigg, Yorks. She died on 13 Apr 1765 in Askrigg, Yorks. Parents: John Gibson.

She was married to John Bushby on 19 Jun 1702 in Aysgarth, Yorks. Children were: Christopher Bushby, Thomas Bushby, John [Jun] Bushby, Elizabeth Bushby.

John Gibson⁽¹⁾ died in 1729 in Sedbusk, Aysgarth, Yorks.

He was married. Children were: Jane Gibson, Agnes Gibson, Hannah Gibson.

Hannah Gledhill⁽¹⁾ was born in 1800.

She was married to Charles Sutcliffe.

Margaret GOWDEY⁽²⁵⁾⁽¹⁾

She was married to Joseph LUMSDON on 7 Mar 1855 in Bishopwearmouth, Durham, England.

May Gradwell⁽¹⁾ was born in Leicester. Parents: Ernest Richard Sharp and Winifred Lee.

Cynthia Anne Graham (Private). Parents: Thomas Wake Graham and Annie Ethel Gertrude Palmer.

Children were: Kim Julie Lee, Barbara Lee .

Edward Graham⁽¹⁾ was born on 12 Dec 1909 in Sunderland. He died in 1965 in 256 St. Lukes Road, Sunderland. Edward Grahm worked as a shipwright. he died of a Brain tumour in 1965. Parents: Robert Graham and Ann Whitfield.

He was married to Maureen Gray nee Smith on 14 Mar 1959 in Sunderland registry office.

Emma Graham⁽¹⁾ was born in 1900 in Sunderland. She died on 27 Feb 1949 in 32 Bell Street Sunderland. She was buried on 9 Mar 1949 in St. Peters Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland. Before Emmas death in 1949, she made a will in which she left everything to her younger broth er Edward. She also paid the sum of Five Pounds to obtain a burial plot at St. Peters churc h Bishopwearmouth where she was finally laid to rest on the 9th of March 1949. Her bequest t o her brother amounted to princly sum of £266.01 which in todays money would amount to the gr and total of Parents: Robert Graham and Ann Whitfield.

She was married to William Gordon Lumsden on 8 Apr 1933 in Sunderland registry office.

Gordon Graham⁽¹⁾ was born in Sunderland. Parents: Robert Graham and Ann Whitfield.

Margaret Whitfield Graham⁽¹⁾ was born in 1904 in Sunderland. She died on 12 Mar 1968 in Newcastle General Hospital- Wingrove. Margarets address at the time of her death was given as 9 Pickard Road, Sunderland. Her siste r Willa was the informant. Parents: Robert Graham and Ann Whitfield.

Rita Graham (Private). Parents: Thomas Wake Graham and Annie Ethel Gertrude Palmer.

Children were: Kerrie Wood, Martin Wood, Stephen Wood, Allison Wood, Amanda Jane Wood, Graham Scott Wood, Lesley Wood, Jonathan Craig Wood.

Robert Graham⁽¹⁾ was born in Sunderland, County Durham. Robert Graham was born in Sunderland and lived at 34, Bell Street in the Millfield area of Su nderland. For a time in the early 1900s along with his wife and children his family occupie d 3 properties on Bell Street. Unfortunately with the exception of 6 houses this street no lo nger exists and their houses have been replaced by a Primary School He married Ann Whitfiel d and they had 7 children including Thomas Wake Graham. During his life he worked as a labour er. His other children were Robert, Emma Gordon, Edward, Willa and Margaret. Following employ ment early on in his marriage as a labourer, he then worked as a Steam Hammer Driver at a loc al forge until his death sometime before 1929 when his son Thomas was married.
During the Steel Industry boom years,local people lived with the repeated thump of steam ha mmers echoing day and night across the town.The hammers had a variety of uses including forgi ng steel rings such as railway tyres, and massive bearings.. Steam Hammers were invented by J ames Nasmyth of Manchester in 1839. They superseded the water powered Tilt Hammer. A team o f five men worked the steam hammer, the ' Team Cod or Chargehand ' and three ' Tongsmen ' ma nipulated a red hot steel ingot on the anvil in the arch between the hammer legs. The ' To p or Hammer Head ' was driven down by the driving rod under steam pressure from the cylinde r and piston above. The ' Leverman and Hammer Driver ' controlled each blow with precision us ing their years of experience to deliver as much force, or delicacy, for the shaping of the metal as required.

Graham, Ambrose of Bill Quay aged infant - 17 Sep 1828 - Heworth
Graham, Anthony of Merrington aged 70 - 23 Mar 1814 - Merrington
Graham, Dorothy of Aycliffe aged 44 - 25 Sep 1834 - Aycliffe
Graham, Elizabeth of Old Elvet aged infant - 7 Oct 1825 - Durham St Margaret
Graham, Epsee of Bents aged infant - 3 May 1820 - St John's Chapel
Graham, George of Nicholson's Sq BWM aged 68 - 14 Jul 1833 - Sunderland
Graham, Isabella of West Holborn aged 11 - 12 Sep 1820 - South Shields St Hilda
Graham, Jane of Framwelgate aged infant - 19 Jul 1823 - Durham St Margaret
Graham, John of Carlton aged 31 - 27 Jul 1836 - Redmarshall
Graham, John of Johnson St aged 74 - 4 Jun 1822 - South Shields St Hilda
Graham, Margaret of Aycliffe aged 81 - 29 May 1836 - Aycliffe
Graham, Margaret of Jarrow Colliery aged 27 - 21 Apr 1813 - Jarrow
Graham, Mary Ann of Shore aged 41 - 25 Mar 1836 - Monkwearmouth
Graham, Mary of High St aged 2 - 29 Nov 1819 - Sunderland
Graham, Robert of Burleigh St aged 39 - 7 Feb 1821 - Sunderland
Graham, Thomas of Poor House aged 91 - 6 Jan 1820 - Darlington
Graham, William of Bishop Auckland aged 40 - 1 Aug 1813 - Auckland St Andrew
Graham, William of Killhope aged 41 - 23 Jul 1826 - Heathery Cleugh

Children were: Thomas Wake Graham, Robert Graham, Edward Graham, Gordon Graham, Margaret Whitfield Graham, Willa Graham, Emma Graham.

Robert Graham (Private). Parents: Robert Graham and Ann Whitfield.

Thomas Edward Graham⁽¹⁾ was born on 5 May 1930 in Sheffield. He died on 26 Dec 1987 in Leicester. Thomas Edward Graham was born on the 5th of May 1930 in Sheffield. His family returned to Lei cester during his childhood He spent several years in the Royal Navy serving aboard H.M.S. Vi ctory and on leaving trained as a carpenter, which he then made his trade. He courted Jean He rbert for many years and eventually they married with Tom taking on her two sons as his own . Sadly though the marriage failed after only a short time and ended in divorce soon after. T om was taken ill in 1987 with a brain tumour and died on 26th December 1987 at the hospice i n Leicester. He is buried along with his father at Saffron Hill cemetery in Leicester. Parents: Thomas Wake Graham and Annie Ethel Gertrude Palmer.

Thomas Wake Graham⁽¹⁾ was born on 19 Jun 1901 in Sunderland. He died on 1 Feb 1973 in Leicester. Thomas Wake Graham (Tom) was born on the 19th June 1901 at 34 Bell Street in Sunderland. Hi s parents were Robert Graham and Ann Whitfield. On leaving school he took up a career in th e food industry as a butcher, but soon decided that wasnt to be his vocation and he began wo rk as a shipwright and carpenter in Sunderland. following the untimely death of one of his br others whilst at work,Thomas decided to leave the shipyards and train as a Civil Engineer. Th is led to a move south where he lived foe a while at 21 Grasmere Street. It was there he me t and married Annie Ethel Gertrude Palmer who lived at 100 Guthlaxton Street on 16th of Novem ber 1929. This marriage was witnessed by Gladys Smart and a Mr Kirk. It was only a few year s after his wedding that Tom returned to the Northeast to take part in the Jarrow March to Lo ndon. Below are a few details concerning this event.

The Jarrow Crusade
A town called Jarrow in the North of England was one of the places hit badly by the Depressio n of the 1930's. There were many people unemployed. Thousands of men volunteered to march t o London in October 1936 to protest against unemployment, and to show how much they wanted t o work. The dole money they received for being out of work was just £1.50, barely enough to f eed a family.

The men from Jarrow also wanted to hand in a petition to the Government, asking for help. Tw o hundred men were chosen to march. One of the marchers was John Harney. He wrote a poem abou t his experience:-

"We started off from Jarrow town,

a pale faced hungry band.

With all the population out,

to shake us by the hand.

But as we left our homes behind,

determination grew.

On every face to show the world

what Jarrow lads could do."

The public were kind and generous to the men who marched. They were given food and shelter. I n Wakefield they slept in a church, and in Leicester their boots were mended free of charg e . Rushdenin Northamptonshire was on their route and they stopped outside the Compass publi c house at mid-day on a Sunday, just as people were getting their Yorkshire puddings from th e bakehouse. The people of the 'top end' (as that part of Little Street was known), immediate ly took their puddings to the marchers and gave them a good meal More than £600 was given t o them throughout their march, a lot of money in those days

.At the time of the marriage Annie worked as a Welter for a hosiery firm.Tom's job as a forem an for a civil engineering firm made him partly responsible for many of the huge cooling tow ers erected around the country before, during and after the war. Sadly many of these have no w been pulled down to make way for roads, new superstores or, as in the case of the Leiceste r cooling towers new sports facilitiesand a Morrisons superstore. On a couple of occasions h e was lucky to escape with his life. In one instance he became ill close to the top of one o f the towers in Peterboroygh and was left dangling! Needless to say a major rescue operatio n followed and he lived to tell the tale. Tom and Annie had 3 children, Thomas, Rita and Cynt hia. In later years, not happy with the thought of retirement he worked for Mansfield Hosier y Mills making sure the factory was clean and in good order for the other employees. It was o n his way from work one day in 1973 that he sadly died. He was buried at Saffron Hill Cemeter y on Stonesby Avenue in Leicester. Parents: Robert Graham and Ann Whitfield.

He was married to Annie Ethel Gertrude Palmer on 16 Nov 1929 in Leicester Registry Office. Children were: Cynthia Anne Graham, Thomas Edward Graham, Rita Graham.

Willa Graham⁽¹⁾ was born in Sunderland. Parents: Robert Graham and Ann Whitfield.

Maureen Gray nee Smith (Private). Parents: George Hodgson Smith.

She was married to Edward Graham on 14 Mar 1959 in Sunderland registry office.

She was married to Gray in unknown. Children were: Arthur Gray.

Gray ⁽¹⁾

He was married to Maureen Gray nee Smith in unknown. Children were: Arthur Gray.

Arthur Gray⁽¹⁾ was born in Sunderland, County Durham. Parents: Gray and Maureen Gray nee Smith.

Susan Green⁽¹⁾ was born in Manchester.

She was married to Bryan Harwood in Salford Registry Office. Children were: Katherine Harwood, Michael Harwood, David Harwood.

Ann Hadeon⁽¹⁾ was born in unknown.

She was married to William Harwood on 1 May 1737 in Whorlton, Yorkshire. Children were: Peter Harwood, Thomas Harwood.

Ann Halstead⁽¹⁾ was christened on 29 Sep 1763 in Heptonstall, Halifax, Yorkshire. She died before 1815. Parents: George Halstead and Mary Walker.

She was married to William jennings.

George Halstead⁽¹⁾ was christened on 9 Jan 1742 in Hougham, Erringden, Halifax, Yorkshire. Parents: George Halstead and Elizabeth Crossley.

He was married to Mary Walker on 27 Jan 1763 in Heptonstall, Halifax, Yorkshire. Children were: Martha Halstead , Ann Halstead, Sarah Halstead , George Halstead, Mary Halstead .

George Halstead⁽¹⁾ Parents: George Halstead and Grace Wadsworth.

He was married to Elizabeth Crossley on 22 Nov 1730 in Todmorden, Lancashire. Children were: George Halstead.

George Halstead⁽¹⁾ was christened on 22 Dec 1678 in Heptonstall, Yorkshire.

He was married to Grace Wadsworth on 18 Jan 1692 in Heptonstall, Yorkshire. Children were: George Halstead.

George Halstead⁽¹⁾ Parents: George Halstead and Mary Walker.

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