Anyone else into seeking their ancestors?

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I have become adicted to Ancestry.com and am lucky enough that one side of my family can be researched way back into the dim times.

The other side has hit a brick wall and I have to wait until someone else in the world may have more information.

How is everyone else going?

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....and so it came about that Hobart was the second city to be established in Australia and the only other largely convict built city.

Love your snippets flashie 🙂

I contacted someone in Durham who was into doing searches for lost ancestors, but after his first contact I haven't heard any more.  I did get this:

Starting point:

1851 Census of Darlington [HO 107/2382/390/56] Priestgate

Henry GIBSON hd m 70 Shoemaker DUR Heighington

Henry GIBSON so m 27 Plumber DUR Darlington

Mary GIBSON dl m 27 DUR Egglescliffe

1. Tried for baptism of Henry ca 1781 using BTs for the surrounding parishes:-

a. Heighington

searched baptisms 1775-1785

16 Mar 1777 George s John & Mary GIBSON

b. Gainford

searched baptisms 1775-1785

05 Nov 1775 Elizabeth d Thomas GIBSON of Piercebridge

19 Sep 1779 William s William GIBSON of Summerhouse

14 Nov 1779 William s Francis GIBSON of Pearsbridge

02 Apr 1780 Ann d William GIBSON of Gainford

11 Mar 1781 Elinor d Thomas GIBSON of Pearsebridge

19 Aug 1781 Petter s Richard GIBSON of Langton

30 Sep 1781 Elizabeth d William GIBSON of Gainford

12 Oct 1782 Margaret d Thomas & Elizabeth GIBSON of Piercebridge

15 Jun 1783 Sarah d Richard GIBSON of Gainford

19 Jul 1783 Sarah d Thomas GIBSON of Piercebridge

20 Mar 1784 Mary d William GIBSON of Gainford

c. Aycliffe

searched baptisms 1775-1785 

very poor records 1776-1778 & 1782-1785 only records available. No GIBSON entries.

d. Darlington

searched baptisms 1775-1782

10 Apr 1775 Peter s George GIBSON of Darlington, labourer

26 Jan 1776 Hannah d Joseph GIBSON of Grainge House, farmer

15 Jun 1776 Henry s Thomas GIBBONS of Blackwell, husbandman

10 Aug 1777 John s George GIBSON of Darlington, labourer

25 Nov 1778 Joseph s Joseph GIBSON, private soldier 38th Regt. Of Foot

14 Feb 1779 Sarah d Joseph GIBSON of Grainge House, farmer

9 Mar 1780 Elizabeth d George GIBSON of Darlington, labourer

12 Aug 1781 Mary d George GIBSON of Darlington, labourer

e. St. Helen Auckland

searched baptisms 1779-1783

1 Jan 1780 Hannah d John GIBSON of St. Helen Auckland

f. St. Andrew Auckland

searched baptisms 1776-1783

16 Dec 1777 John s John GIBSON of Windleston

In all of these searches there appear to be several families of GIBSON, as well as GIBBON (which stood out as a possible, although unlikely, alternative). I have listed those I found. There is a noticeable lack of Henry baptisms with any surname so it should not have been too difficult to have found your Henry.

Since Henry was married in 1805 I thought I would have a look at possible baptisms of his children to get a clue as these “Shute Barrington” registers are very full.

2. Barrington registers:-

Darlington St. Cuthbert BTs 

2 Feb 1806, 5 Feb 1806 James GIBSON 1st son of Henry GIBSON, cordwainer, native of Redworth in the parish of Heighington by his wife Mary SANDS native of the City of York.

This confirms Henry as being a native of Redworth, Heighington. As he does not appear in the Heighington registers and Redworth is up towards St. Andrew Auckland that missing 1781 page is very vexing. Contrary to that I was unable to find the baptism of any more GIBSON entries than the one shown.

Unfortunately, the Barrington registers only exist for the period 1798-1812.

3. Durham Records Online

I had a quick look at this relatively new site to see if they had any records of your Henry.

They list his presence in the 1851 census and his marriage as well as the baptism of son Henry in 1824. They do NOT have any Henry GIBSON baptisms for the period 1760-1800. The do have a Henry GIBBISON bapt 1767 at Windleston, Auckland which I will check out.

I had a look at their coverage for St. Andrew Auckland where they quote,Baptisms and burials are from the Bishop's Transcript except for several gaps which were filled in from the parish register.” 

This would seem to rule out Henry's baptism being in that year missing from the BTs.

I am beginning to wonder if the GIBSON family came to Redworth from “across the border” in the North Riding.

That will be a new tack for next week.

Just thought I'd copy it here just in the faint hope that something would spring out of the pages at you flashie... some thought or idea that would put me on another road.

I have to agree with him that I think the Gibsons came 'across the border' of Scotland and probably during one of the battles that raged there between England and Scotland... but it's sooooo frustrating :^O

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Monday, November 28, 1932. :   The 'Dog on the Tuckerbox' statue at Gundagai is unveiled.

     The "Dog on the Tuckerbox" is an historical monument situated in southern New South Wales, Australia. Celebrated in Australian folklore, poetry, and song as being either five or nine miles from Gundagai, the Dog on the Tuckerbox sits approximately 5 miles, or eight kilometres, from Gundagai. Gundagai's Dog on the Tuckerbox originated out of an incident from the mid-1800s, when some travellers' bullock carts became stuck in the mud near Gundagai. The bullockies were unable to free their carts, and everything ended up coated in mud. The romanticised version of the story goes that the bullocky departed for help, and the dog stayed to faithfully guard his master's tuckerbox (food box). However, the reality is that the dog was in fact relieving itself directly above the tuckerbox, which was the only thing not submerged by the mud.

The story was originally captured by an unknown poet writing under the pseudonym of Bowyang Yorke and published in the Gundagai Times in the 1880s. A later version was written by Gundagai journalist and poet Jack Moses. The tale was then popularised in 1937 in the song "Where the Dog Sits on the Tuckerbox" by Australian songwriter Jack O'Hagan who also wrote "Along the Road to Gundagai" and "When a Boy from Alabama Meets a Girl from Gundagai". Ironically, O'Hagan never visited Gundagai himself.

The statue of the Dog on the Tuckerbox was created by Gundagai stonemason Frank Rusconi, and unveiled on 28 November 1932, by Joseph Lyons, then Prime Minister of Australia. The unveiling occurred on the 103rd anniversary of explorer Charles Sturt's crossing of the Murrumbidgee River at the place where Gundagai now stands.

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Monday, November 29, 1948. :   

Australian Prime minister Ben Chifley launches the first mass-produced Australian car, the Holden FX.

     "Made in Australia, For Australia".

These are the words spoken by Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley when he launched the Holden FX on 29 November 1948. The real name of the Holden FX is 48/215. '48 was the year it started production, and 215 indicated a Standard Sedan. The name "FX" originated as an unofficial designation within Holden after 1953, and was a reference to the updated suspension of that year.

The Holden company began as 'J.A. Holden & Co', a saddlery business in 1856, and moved into car production in 1908. By 1926, Holden had an assembly plant in each of Australia's mainland states, but due to the repercussions of the great Depression, production fell dramatically, from 34,000 units annually in 1930 to just 1,651 units in 1931. In that year, it became a subsidiary of the US-based General Motors (GM).

Post-World War II Australia was a time when only one in eight people owned an automobile, and many of these were American styled cars. Prior to the close of World War II, the Australian Government put into place initiatives to encourage an Australian automotive industry. Both GM and Ford responded to the government, making proposals for the production of the first Australian designed car. Although Ford's outline was preferred by the government, the Holden proposal required less financial assistance. Holden's managing director, Laurence Hartnett, wished to develop a local design, but GM wanted an American design. Compromises were made, and the final design was based on a previously rejected post-war proposed Chevrolet. Thus, in 1948, the Holden was launched - the first mass-produced Australian car.

Although the automobile's official designation was the 48/215, it was marketed as the "Holden". This was to honour Sir Edward Holden, the company's first chairman and grandson of J.A. Holden, who established the original Holden saddlery. Other names that were considered included the 'Austral', 'Woomerah', 'Boomerang', 'Melba', 'GeM', 'Emu' and even the 'Canbra', a name derived from Australia's capital city. The original retail price was AU£760.

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He could have even been murdered they keep talking about the accused but I can't read it all

It says "caught the accused by the hair" "but lost his hold on the accused" etc

lol it's not the accused, it's the deceased, this persons d's look like a's

He was drowned while bathing in the creek

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Wednesday, December 4, 1872. :   

The 'Mary Celeste' is found abandoned, with its cargo intact, but no sign of its crew or passengers.

     The Mary Celeste was a ship found abandoned off the coast of Portugal in 1872. Originally named 'The Amazon' when it was first built in Nova Scotia in 1861, the 103-foot, 282-ton brigantine was renamed the 'Mary Celeste' in 1869 after changing hands several times.

Early in November 1872, the ship set sail from New York to Genoa, Italy, under the command of Captain Benjamin Briggs. A month later, on 4 December 1872, it was found adrift and abandoned, yet its cargo of 1700 barrels of alcohol was intact. None of the Mary Celeste's crew or passengers was ever found. Theories have abounded as to what happened. The most logical was that the ship was hit by a seaquake, common in the Azores, where the ship would have been at that time. Evidence indicated that the quake had dislodged some of the alcohol barrels, dumping almost 500 gallons of raw alcohol into the bilge. The galley stove shook so violently that it was lifted up from its chocks, possibly sending sparks and embers flying. This, mixed with the alcohol fumes, could have caused the crew and passengers to fear for their safety. They may have taken to the lifeboats, but were unable to catch up to the brig when the quaking subsided. Regardless of the theories, the mystery endures as to why the 'Mary Celeste' was abandoned.

[clair.de.lune]

flashie on the ancestry site do you get pop up advertising when you hover over certain words? Or is it just me? I've done all virus checks and cleaned cache and history. Thanks

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I don't see any advertising on there Clair.

[clair.de.lune]

That's ok my husband did further checks see how it goes

[2chappies]

I don't have any either but I have ad blockers installed. Makes browsing so much better, even on here. ]:)

[flashie*]

I like Ancestry's new feature.

You can merge duplicate people on your tree now.

That will save me a bit of time.:O