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Sarah Thomas1

F, #1476, Deceased, b. about 1895
Family Explorer

Parents

  • Father*: John Thomas (b. about 1869, d. 19 March 1914)
  • Mother*: Agnes McMeiken (b. estimated September 1869, d. 9 March 1956)

Biography

  • She was born about 1895 in Chester Le Street, Co. Durham, England. (DOB estimated from census data).1

Census References

CensusSentence
1901She appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in John Street (21), Lanchester, Co. Durham, England. [Witness Role: Daughter].2
  • Last Edited: 11 January 2022 12:59:18

Citations

  1. [S514] Walton, Paul, The Family History reasearch of Paul Walton, E-mail Address: paul. email address. net
  2. [S617] Census 1901, Stanley, John Thomas & family, Census Type: National
    Head Of Household: Thomas, John
    Census Place: Stanley
    Household Address: 21 John Street
    John Thomas, Head, M, 31m, Coal Miner (Hewer) Worker, Durham, Seaham
    Agnes Thomas, Wife, M. 31f, Cumberland, Whitehaven
    Sarah H Thomas, Daur, 6f, Durham, Chester le Street
    Georgina S Thomas, Daur, 1f, Durham, Annfiled Pl
    Elizabeth M McMiken, StepDaur, 12 f, Cumberland, Chester Moor
    Albert R McMiken, StepSon, 7m, America

Georgina Swaile Thomas1,2

F, #1477, Deceased, b. about November 1899
Family Explorer

Parents

  • Father*: John Thomas (b. about 1869, d. 19 March 1914)
  • Mother*: Agnes McMeiken (b. estimated September 1869, d. 9 March 1956)

Biography

  • She was also known as Georgina Thomas.3
  • She was born about November 1899 in Annfield Plain, Co. Durham, England.2,1

Census References

CensusSentence
1901She appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in John Street (21), Lanchester, Co. Durham, England. [Witness Role: Daughter].4
  • Last Edited: 11 January 2022 12:59:18

Citations

  1. [S514] Walton, Paul, The Family History reasearch of Paul Walton, E-mail Address: paul. email address. net
  2. [S316] Index: Birth, GRO, Event Type: Birth
  3. [S616] Thomas, Nick, E-mail from Nick Thomas re McMeiken/Thomas, 18/5/2008, E-mail Address: email address. co. uk
    Extract from E-mail
    ------------------------------
    Just a note about the point on your web site about Agnes moving to
    Teesside. I think this may have been misinterpreted by Paul Walton as I
    understand that my grandfather and grandmother were brought up in and
    around Chester-le-Street (I believe Pelton Fell). I think it was my
    grandparents that moved to Hartlepool (possibly) to become licensees of
    a public house. There is a census record (1901) indicating Albert &
    Elizabeth living together with John Thomas and Agnes McMeikan. (See
    http: //freepages. genealogy. rootsweb. ancestry. com/~jeffpiper/p34. htm#i995
    ).

    The line goes something like this
    G Grandfather (unknown)
    Agnes McMEIKEN
    + Elizabeth
    + Albert Richard (1893 apparently Bessemer Michigan) [my paternal
    grandfather]
    John THOMAS
    Agnes McMeiken
    +Sarah
    +Mary
    +Jean
    +Edna
    +Warwick

    Albert Richard McMEIKEN (THOMAS)
    Margaret Wilson (b1896 Chester-le-Street, died Mauchline, Ayrshire about
    1984)
    +John Thomas McMIEKEN(b1920?, died 2006)
    +Sonia (b1928?, died about 1980)
    +Albert Richard McMeiken THOMAS(b1936, living my father)
    +Margot (b1936, living)

    If you are able to discuss with your mother in law, would it be possible
    to mention the information below?

    I'd be specifically interested in any information you may have about
    John Thomas as I know nothing about him. I do understand that Mary
    Herdman was a very close sister to Agnes so I believe there is a
    possibility that the marriage to John Thomas may be "verbally
    documented" in the Herdman family somewhere. Perhaps there is also some
    information about the birth of my grandfather - the information I'd
    really like to discover. He fought in the First WW 1 in the tranches I
    understand for the Durham Light Infantry and he is reported as saying
    that he could have fought for the Americans if he'd wanted to. This was
    probably materially of little importance as he was quite badly injured
    by shrapnel and was sent home. He was apparently quite an athlete and I
    understand he ran was a "good" middle distance runner in his youth. My
    father says he was a wily sort and he was always able to "find money" -
    I think that means entrepreneurial? He seemed to find his way as a
    publican (in Hartlepool) and later as a bookmaker travelling to the
    races over all of the North East. I can at least validate that bit of
    information as I remember my father taking me to "the races" aged about
    5.
    Nick Thomas
  4. [S617] Census 1901, Stanley, John Thomas & family, Census Type: National
    Head Of Household: Thomas, John
    Census Place: Stanley
    Household Address: 21 John Street
    John Thomas, Head, M, 31m, Coal Miner (Hewer) Worker, Durham, Seaham
    Agnes Thomas, Wife, M. 31f, Cumberland, Whitehaven
    Sarah H Thomas, Daur, 6f, Durham, Chester le Street
    Georgina S Thomas, Daur, 1f, Durham, Annfiled Pl
    Elizabeth M McMiken, StepDaur, 12 f, Cumberland, Chester Moor
    Albert R McMiken, StepSon, 7m, America

Margaret Wilson1

F, #1478, Deceased, b. 1896, d. about 1984
  • Relationships: Partner of Albert Richard McMeiken (1st cousin 2 times removed of Lynn Johnson)
Family Explorer

Family: Albert Richard McMeiken (b. August 1893)

Biography

  • She was also known as Margaret McMeiken.1
  • She was born in 1896 in Chester Le Street, Co. Durham, England.1
  • She married Albert Richard McMeiken about February 1921 in Lanchester, Co. Durham, England.2,1
  • She died about 1984.1
  • Last Edited: 11 January 2022 12:59:18

Citations

  1. [S616] Thomas, Nick, E-mail from Nick Thomas re McMeiken/Thomas, 18/5/2008, E-mail Address: email address. co. uk
    Extract from E-mail
    ------------------------------
    Just a note about the point on your web site about Agnes moving to
    Teesside. I think this may have been misinterpreted by Paul Walton as I
    understand that my grandfather and grandmother were brought up in and
    around Chester-le-Street (I believe Pelton Fell). I think it was my
    grandparents that moved to Hartlepool (possibly) to become licensees of
    a public house. There is a census record (1901) indicating Albert &
    Elizabeth living together with John Thomas and Agnes McMeikan. (See
    http: //freepages. genealogy. rootsweb. ancestry. com/~jeffpiper/p34. htm#i995
    ).

    The line goes something like this
    G Grandfather (unknown)
    Agnes McMEIKEN
    + Elizabeth
    + Albert Richard (1893 apparently Bessemer Michigan) [my paternal
    grandfather]
    John THOMAS
    Agnes McMeiken
    +Sarah
    +Mary
    +Jean
    +Edna
    +Warwick

    Albert Richard McMEIKEN (THOMAS)
    Margaret Wilson (b1896 Chester-le-Street, died Mauchline, Ayrshire about
    1984)
    +John Thomas McMIEKEN(b1920?, died 2006)
    +Sonia (b1928?, died about 1980)
    +Albert Richard McMeiken THOMAS(b1936, living my father)
    +Margot (b1936, living)

    If you are able to discuss with your mother in law, would it be possible
    to mention the information below?

    I'd be specifically interested in any information you may have about
    John Thomas as I know nothing about him. I do understand that Mary
    Herdman was a very close sister to Agnes so I believe there is a
    possibility that the marriage to John Thomas may be "verbally
    documented" in the Herdman family somewhere. Perhaps there is also some
    information about the birth of my grandfather - the information I'd
    really like to discover. He fought in the First WW 1 in the tranches I
    understand for the Durham Light Infantry and he is reported as saying
    that he could have fought for the Americans if he'd wanted to. This was
    probably materially of little importance as he was quite badly injured
    by shrapnel and was sent home. He was apparently quite an athlete and I
    understand he ran was a "good" middle distance runner in his youth. My
    father says he was a wily sort and he was always able to "find money" -
    I think that means entrepreneurial? He seemed to find his way as a
    publican (in Hartlepool) and later as a bookmaker travelling to the
    races over all of the North East. I can at least validate that bit of
    information as I remember my father taking me to "the races" aged about
    5.
    Nick Thomas
  2. [S314] Index: Marriage, GRO

John Thomas McMeiken1

M, #1479, Deceased, b. July 1922, d. October 2005
Family Explorer

Parents

Family:

Biography

  • He was also known as John McMeiken Thomas.2
  • He was born in July 1922 in Front Street, Stanley, Co. Durham, England.2,1
  • He died in October 2005.2,1
  • Last Edited: 11 January 2022 12:59:18

Citations

  1. [S616] Thomas, Nick, E-mail from Nick Thomas re McMeiken/Thomas, 18/5/2008, E-mail Address: email address. co. uk
    Extract from E-mail
    ------------------------------
    Just a note about the point on your web site about Agnes moving to
    Teesside. I think this may have been misinterpreted by Paul Walton as I
    understand that my grandfather and grandmother were brought up in and
    around Chester-le-Street (I believe Pelton Fell). I think it was my
    grandparents that moved to Hartlepool (possibly) to become licensees of
    a public house. There is a census record (1901) indicating Albert &
    Elizabeth living together with John Thomas and Agnes McMeikan. (See
    http: //freepages. genealogy. rootsweb. ancestry. com/~jeffpiper/p34. htm#i995
    ).

    The line goes something like this
    G Grandfather (unknown)
    Agnes McMEIKEN
    + Elizabeth
    + Albert Richard (1893 apparently Bessemer Michigan) [my paternal
    grandfather]
    John THOMAS
    Agnes McMeiken
    +Sarah
    +Mary
    +Jean
    +Edna
    +Warwick

    Albert Richard McMEIKEN (THOMAS)
    Margaret Wilson (b1896 Chester-le-Street, died Mauchline, Ayrshire about
    1984)
    +John Thomas McMIEKEN(b1920?, died 2006)
    +Sonia (b1928?, died about 1980)
    +Albert Richard McMeiken THOMAS(b1936, living my father)
    +Margot (b1936, living)

    If you are able to discuss with your mother in law, would it be possible
    to mention the information below?

    I'd be specifically interested in any information you may have about
    John Thomas as I know nothing about him. I do understand that Mary
    Herdman was a very close sister to Agnes so I believe there is a
    possibility that the marriage to John Thomas may be "verbally
    documented" in the Herdman family somewhere. Perhaps there is also some
    information about the birth of my grandfather - the information I'd
    really like to discover. He fought in the First WW 1 in the tranches I
    understand for the Durham Light Infantry and he is reported as saying
    that he could have fought for the Americans if he'd wanted to. This was
    probably materially of little importance as he was quite badly injured
    by shrapnel and was sent home. He was apparently quite an athlete and I
    understand he ran was a "good" middle distance runner in his youth. My
    father says he was a wily sort and he was always able to "find money" -
    I think that means entrepreneurial? He seemed to find his way as a
    publican (in Hartlepool) and later as a bookmaker travelling to the
    races over all of the North East. I can at least validate that bit of
    information as I remember my father taking me to "the races" aged about
    5.
    Nick Thomas
  2. [S745] Personal memories of Jacqui Reed, E-mail Address: -- jacqui. email address. co. uk

Sonia McMeiken1

F, #1480, Deceased, b. about 1928, d. about 1980
Family Explorer

Parents

Biography

  • She was born about 1928.1
  • She died about 1980.1

Citations

  1. [S616] Thomas, Nick, E-mail from Nick Thomas re McMeiken/Thomas, 18/5/2008, E-mail Address: email address. co. uk
    Extract from E-mail
    ------------------------------
    Just a note about the point on your web site about Agnes moving to
    Teesside. I think this may have been misinterpreted by Paul Walton as I
    understand that my grandfather and grandmother were brought up in and
    around Chester-le-Street (I believe Pelton Fell). I think it was my
    grandparents that moved to Hartlepool (possibly) to become licensees of
    a public house. There is a census record (1901) indicating Albert &
    Elizabeth living together with John Thomas and Agnes McMeikan. (See
    http: //freepages. genealogy. rootsweb. ancestry. com/~jeffpiper/p34. htm#i995
    ).

    The line goes something like this
    G Grandfather (unknown)
    Agnes McMEIKEN
    + Elizabeth
    + Albert Richard (1893 apparently Bessemer Michigan) [my paternal
    grandfather]
    John THOMAS
    Agnes McMeiken
    +Sarah
    +Mary
    +Jean
    +Edna
    +Warwick

    Albert Richard McMEIKEN (THOMAS)
    Margaret Wilson (b1896 Chester-le-Street, died Mauchline, Ayrshire about
    1984)
    +John Thomas McMIEKEN(b1920?, died 2006)
    +Sonia (b1928?, died about 1980)
    +Albert Richard McMeiken THOMAS(b1936, living my father)
    +Margot (b1936, living)

    If you are able to discuss with your mother in law, would it be possible
    to mention the information below?

    I'd be specifically interested in any information you may have about
    John Thomas as I know nothing about him. I do understand that Mary
    Herdman was a very close sister to Agnes so I believe there is a
    possibility that the marriage to John Thomas may be "verbally
    documented" in the Herdman family somewhere. Perhaps there is also some
    information about the birth of my grandfather - the information I'd
    really like to discover. He fought in the First WW 1 in the tranches I
    understand for the Durham Light Infantry and he is reported as saying
    that he could have fought for the Americans if he'd wanted to. This was
    probably materially of little importance as he was quite badly injured
    by shrapnel and was sent home. He was apparently quite an athlete and I
    understand he ran was a "good" middle distance runner in his youth. My
    father says he was a wily sort and he was always able to "find money" -
    I think that means entrepreneurial? He seemed to find his way as a
    publican (in Hartlepool) and later as a bookmaker travelling to the
    races over all of the North East. I can at least validate that bit of
    information as I remember my father taking me to "the races" aged about
    5.
    Nick Thomas

Albert Richard McMeiken Thomas1

M, #1481, Living
Family Explorer

Parents

Family:

Citations

  1. [S616] Thomas, Nick, E-mail from Nick Thomas re McMeiken/Thomas, 18/5/2008, E-mail Address: email address. co. uk
    Extract from E-mail
    ------------------------------
    Just a note about the point on your web site about Agnes moving to
    Teesside. I think this may have been misinterpreted by Paul Walton as I
    understand that my grandfather and grandmother were brought up in and
    around Chester-le-Street (I believe Pelton Fell). I think it was my
    grandparents that moved to Hartlepool (possibly) to become licensees of
    a public house. There is a census record (1901) indicating Albert &
    Elizabeth living together with John Thomas and Agnes McMeikan. (See
    http: //freepages. genealogy. rootsweb. ancestry. com/~jeffpiper/p34. htm#i995
    ).

    The line goes something like this
    G Grandfather (unknown)
    Agnes McMEIKEN
    + Elizabeth
    + Albert Richard (1893 apparently Bessemer Michigan) [my paternal
    grandfather]
    John THOMAS
    Agnes McMeiken
    +Sarah
    +Mary
    +Jean
    +Edna
    +Warwick

    Albert Richard McMEIKEN (THOMAS)
    Margaret Wilson (b1896 Chester-le-Street, died Mauchline, Ayrshire about
    1984)
    +John Thomas McMIEKEN(b1920?, died 2006)
    +Sonia (b1928?, died about 1980)
    +Albert Richard McMeiken THOMAS(b1936, living my father)
    +Margot (b1936, living)

    If you are able to discuss with your mother in law, would it be possible
    to mention the information below?

    I'd be specifically interested in any information you may have about
    John Thomas as I know nothing about him. I do understand that Mary
    Herdman was a very close sister to Agnes so I believe there is a
    possibility that the marriage to John Thomas may be "verbally
    documented" in the Herdman family somewhere. Perhaps there is also some
    information about the birth of my grandfather - the information I'd
    really like to discover. He fought in the First WW 1 in the tranches I
    understand for the Durham Light Infantry and he is reported as saying
    that he could have fought for the Americans if he'd wanted to. This was
    probably materially of little importance as he was quite badly injured
    by shrapnel and was sent home. He was apparently quite an athlete and I
    understand he ran was a "good" middle distance runner in his youth. My
    father says he was a wily sort and he was always able to "find money" -
    I think that means entrepreneurial? He seemed to find his way as a
    publican (in Hartlepool) and later as a bookmaker travelling to the
    races over all of the North East. I can at least validate that bit of
    information as I remember my father taking me to "the races" aged about
    5.
    Nick Thomas

Margot Thomas1

F, #1482, Living
Family Explorer

Parents

Citations

  1. [S616] Thomas, Nick, E-mail from Nick Thomas re McMeiken/Thomas, 18/5/2008, E-mail Address: email address. co. uk
    Extract from E-mail
    ------------------------------
    Just a note about the point on your web site about Agnes moving to
    Teesside. I think this may have been misinterpreted by Paul Walton as I
    understand that my grandfather and grandmother were brought up in and
    around Chester-le-Street (I believe Pelton Fell). I think it was my
    grandparents that moved to Hartlepool (possibly) to become licensees of
    a public house. There is a census record (1901) indicating Albert &
    Elizabeth living together with John Thomas and Agnes McMeikan. (See
    http: //freepages. genealogy. rootsweb. ancestry. com/~jeffpiper/p34. htm#i995
    ).

    The line goes something like this
    G Grandfather (unknown)
    Agnes McMEIKEN
    + Elizabeth
    + Albert Richard (1893 apparently Bessemer Michigan) [my paternal
    grandfather]
    John THOMAS
    Agnes McMeiken
    +Sarah
    +Mary
    +Jean
    +Edna
    +Warwick

    Albert Richard McMEIKEN (THOMAS)
    Margaret Wilson (b1896 Chester-le-Street, died Mauchline, Ayrshire about
    1984)
    +John Thomas McMIEKEN(b1920?, died 2006)
    +Sonia (b1928?, died about 1980)
    +Albert Richard McMeiken THOMAS(b1936, living my father)
    +Margot (b1936, living)

    If you are able to discuss with your mother in law, would it be possible
    to mention the information below?

    I'd be specifically interested in any information you may have about
    John Thomas as I know nothing about him. I do understand that Mary
    Herdman was a very close sister to Agnes so I believe there is a
    possibility that the marriage to John Thomas may be "verbally
    documented" in the Herdman family somewhere. Perhaps there is also some
    information about the birth of my grandfather - the information I'd
    really like to discover. He fought in the First WW 1 in the tranches I
    understand for the Durham Light Infantry and he is reported as saying
    that he could have fought for the Americans if he'd wanted to. This was
    probably materially of little importance as he was quite badly injured
    by shrapnel and was sent home. He was apparently quite an athlete and I
    understand he ran was a "good" middle distance runner in his youth. My
    father says he was a wily sort and he was always able to "find money" -
    I think that means entrepreneurial? He seemed to find his way as a
    publican (in Hartlepool) and later as a bookmaker travelling to the
    races over all of the North East. I can at least validate that bit of
    information as I remember my father taking me to "the races" aged about
    5.
    Nick Thomas

Edna Thomas1

F, #1483, Deceased, b. about May 1913
Family Explorer

Parents

  • Father*: John Thomas (b. about 1869, d. 19 March 1914)
  • Mother*: Agnes McMeiken (b. estimated September 1869, d. 9 March 1956)

Biography

  • She was born about May 1913. (DOB after 1901 census).2,3,1
  • Last Edited: 11 January 2022 12:59:18

Citations

  1. [S616] Thomas, Nick, E-mail from Nick Thomas re McMeiken/Thomas, 18/5/2008, E-mail Address: email address. co. uk
    Extract from E-mail
    ------------------------------
    Just a note about the point on your web site about Agnes moving to
    Teesside. I think this may have been misinterpreted by Paul Walton as I
    understand that my grandfather and grandmother were brought up in and
    around Chester-le-Street (I believe Pelton Fell). I think it was my
    grandparents that moved to Hartlepool (possibly) to become licensees of
    a public house. There is a census record (1901) indicating Albert &
    Elizabeth living together with John Thomas and Agnes McMeikan. (See
    http: //freepages. genealogy. rootsweb. ancestry. com/~jeffpiper/p34. htm#i995
    ).

    The line goes something like this
    G Grandfather (unknown)
    Agnes McMEIKEN
    + Elizabeth
    + Albert Richard (1893 apparently Bessemer Michigan) [my paternal
    grandfather]
    John THOMAS
    Agnes McMeiken
    +Sarah
    +Mary
    +Jean
    +Edna
    +Warwick

    Albert Richard McMEIKEN (THOMAS)
    Margaret Wilson (b1896 Chester-le-Street, died Mauchline, Ayrshire about
    1984)
    +John Thomas McMIEKEN(b1920?, died 2006)
    +Sonia (b1928?, died about 1980)
    +Albert Richard McMeiken THOMAS(b1936, living my father)
    +Margot (b1936, living)

    If you are able to discuss with your mother in law, would it be possible
    to mention the information below?

    I'd be specifically interested in any information you may have about
    John Thomas as I know nothing about him. I do understand that Mary
    Herdman was a very close sister to Agnes so I believe there is a
    possibility that the marriage to John Thomas may be "verbally
    documented" in the Herdman family somewhere. Perhaps there is also some
    information about the birth of my grandfather - the information I'd
    really like to discover. He fought in the First WW 1 in the tranches I
    understand for the Durham Light Infantry and he is reported as saying
    that he could have fought for the Americans if he'd wanted to. This was
    probably materially of little importance as he was quite badly injured
    by shrapnel and was sent home. He was apparently quite an athlete and I
    understand he ran was a "good" middle distance runner in his youth. My
    father says he was a wily sort and he was always able to "find money" -
    I think that means entrepreneurial? He seemed to find his way as a
    publican (in Hartlepool) and later as a bookmaker travelling to the
    races over all of the North East. I can at least validate that bit of
    information as I remember my father taking me to "the races" aged about
    5.
    Nick Thomas
  2. [S316] Index: Birth, GRO, Event Type: Birth
  3. [S617] Census 1901, Stanley, John Thomas & family, Census Type: National
    Head Of Household: Thomas, John
    Census Place: Stanley
    Household Address: 21 John Street
    John Thomas, Head, M, 31m, Coal Miner (Hewer) Worker, Durham, Seaham
    Agnes Thomas, Wife, M. 31f, Cumberland, Whitehaven
    Sarah H Thomas, Daur, 6f, Durham, Chester le Street
    Georgina S Thomas, Daur, 1f, Durham, Annfiled Pl
    Elizabeth M McMiken, StepDaur, 12 f, Cumberland, Chester Moor
    Albert R McMiken, StepSon, 7m, America

Warwick Hall Thomas1

M, #1484, Deceased, b. about August 1909
Family Explorer

Parents

  • Father*: John Thomas (b. about 1869, d. 19 March 1914)
  • Mother*: Agnes McMeiken (b. estimated September 1869, d. 9 March 1956)

Family: Margaret Steed

Biography

  • He was born about August 1909. (DOB after 1901 census).2,1,3
  • Last Edited: 11 January 2022 12:59:18

Citations

  1. [S616] Thomas, Nick, E-mail from Nick Thomas re McMeiken/Thomas, 18/5/2008, E-mail Address: email address. co. uk
    Extract from E-mail
    ------------------------------
    Just a note about the point on your web site about Agnes moving to
    Teesside. I think this may have been misinterpreted by Paul Walton as I
    understand that my grandfather and grandmother were brought up in and
    around Chester-le-Street (I believe Pelton Fell). I think it was my
    grandparents that moved to Hartlepool (possibly) to become licensees of
    a public house. There is a census record (1901) indicating Albert &
    Elizabeth living together with John Thomas and Agnes McMeikan. (See
    http: //freepages. genealogy. rootsweb. ancestry. com/~jeffpiper/p34. htm#i995
    ).

    The line goes something like this
    G Grandfather (unknown)
    Agnes McMEIKEN
    + Elizabeth
    + Albert Richard (1893 apparently Bessemer Michigan) [my paternal
    grandfather]
    John THOMAS
    Agnes McMeiken
    +Sarah
    +Mary
    +Jean
    +Edna
    +Warwick

    Albert Richard McMEIKEN (THOMAS)
    Margaret Wilson (b1896 Chester-le-Street, died Mauchline, Ayrshire about
    1984)
    +John Thomas McMIEKEN(b1920?, died 2006)
    +Sonia (b1928?, died about 1980)
    +Albert Richard McMeiken THOMAS(b1936, living my father)
    +Margot (b1936, living)

    If you are able to discuss with your mother in law, would it be possible
    to mention the information below?

    I'd be specifically interested in any information you may have about
    John Thomas as I know nothing about him. I do understand that Mary
    Herdman was a very close sister to Agnes so I believe there is a
    possibility that the marriage to John Thomas may be "verbally
    documented" in the Herdman family somewhere. Perhaps there is also some
    information about the birth of my grandfather - the information I'd
    really like to discover. He fought in the First WW 1 in the tranches I
    understand for the Durham Light Infantry and he is reported as saying
    that he could have fought for the Americans if he'd wanted to. This was
    probably materially of little importance as he was quite badly injured
    by shrapnel and was sent home. He was apparently quite an athlete and I
    understand he ran was a "good" middle distance runner in his youth. My
    father says he was a wily sort and he was always able to "find money" -
    I think that means entrepreneurial? He seemed to find his way as a
    publican (in Hartlepool) and later as a bookmaker travelling to the
    races over all of the North East. I can at least validate that bit of
    information as I remember my father taking me to "the races" aged about
    5.
    Nick Thomas
  2. [S316] Index: Birth, GRO, Event Type: Birth
  3. [S617] Census 1901, Stanley, John Thomas & family, Census Type: National
    Head Of Household: Thomas, John
    Census Place: Stanley
    Household Address: 21 John Street
    John Thomas, Head, M, 31m, Coal Miner (Hewer) Worker, Durham, Seaham
    Agnes Thomas, Wife, M. 31f, Cumberland, Whitehaven
    Sarah H Thomas, Daur, 6f, Durham, Chester le Street
    Georgina S Thomas, Daur, 1f, Durham, Annfiled Pl
    Elizabeth M McMiken, StepDaur, 12 f, Cumberland, Chester Moor
    Albert R McMiken, StepSon, 7m, America

Nick Thomas1

M, #1485, Living
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Parents

Citations

  1. [S615] Thomas, Nick, E-mail from Nick Thomas re Albert McMeiken, 22/4/2008, E-mail Address: email address. co. uk
    Extract from E-mail
    ---------------------------------
    I found out about your site from Paul Walton who I was in contact with a few years ago in connection with my Great Great grandmother Agnes McMeiken and my grandfather Albert (son of Agnes) McMeiken. I notice you have a John Thomas married to Agnes McMeiken which as I understand it, married Agnes sometime after her return from the USA where she had worked in service in Michigan. She had returned with my grandfather and it seems she had become pregnant by a member of the household where she had been working. It s said it was the son of the owner though I have no proof of this.
    Over time Albert seems to have adopted his step father s surname and became know as Albert McMeiken Thomas, though he is married Margaret Wilson as just Albert McMeiken. This was kept secret until it was uncovered fairly recently by myself and cousins trying to follow our line. My father had no inkling of this until I showed him my Uncle s birth certificate. It was clear from my Uncle s birth certificate that he was christened John Thomas McMeiken although the family passed off this apparent error as an aberration by the registrar! My grandfather/grandmother were recorded as Albert & Margaret McMeiken parents. Interestingly, by the time my father was born (in 1936), my grandparents had become Albert/Margaret Thomas.
    It s fairly clear that my grandfather was illegitimate and he has gone to some lengths to cover over the fact. I wondered if you ve come across in your search any information that may point to some McMeiken connections in Michigan (in particular Bessemer) where my grandfather is supposed to have been born.
    Nick Thomas

Mary Thomas1

F, #1486, Deceased, b. about August 1901
Family Explorer

Parents

  • Father*: John Thomas (b. about 1869, d. 19 March 1914)
  • Mother*: Agnes McMeiken (b. estimated September 1869, d. 9 March 1956)

Biography

  • She was born about August 1901. (DOB after 1901 census).2,3
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Citations

  1. [S615] Thomas, Nick, E-mail from Nick Thomas re Albert McMeiken, 22/4/2008, E-mail Address: email address. co. uk
    Extract from E-mail
    ---------------------------------
    I found out about your site from Paul Walton who I was in contact with a few years ago in connection with my Great Great grandmother Agnes McMeiken and my grandfather Albert (son of Agnes) McMeiken. I notice you have a John Thomas married to Agnes McMeiken which as I understand it, married Agnes sometime after her return from the USA where she had worked in service in Michigan. She had returned with my grandfather and it seems she had become pregnant by a member of the household where she had been working. It s said it was the son of the owner though I have no proof of this.
    Over time Albert seems to have adopted his step father s surname and became know as Albert McMeiken Thomas, though he is married Margaret Wilson as just Albert McMeiken. This was kept secret until it was uncovered fairly recently by myself and cousins trying to follow our line. My father had no inkling of this until I showed him my Uncle s birth certificate. It was clear from my Uncle s birth certificate that he was christened John Thomas McMeiken although the family passed off this apparent error as an aberration by the registrar! My grandfather/grandmother were recorded as Albert & Margaret McMeiken parents. Interestingly, by the time my father was born (in 1936), my grandparents had become Albert/Margaret Thomas.
    It s fairly clear that my grandfather was illegitimate and he has gone to some lengths to cover over the fact. I wondered if you ve come across in your search any information that may point to some McMeiken connections in Michigan (in particular Bessemer) where my grandfather is supposed to have been born.
    Nick Thomas
  2. [S316] Index: Birth, GRO, Event Type: Birth
  3. [S617] Census 1901, Stanley, John Thomas & family, Census Type: National
    Head Of Household: Thomas, John
    Census Place: Stanley
    Household Address: 21 John Street
    John Thomas, Head, M, 31m, Coal Miner (Hewer) Worker, Durham, Seaham
    Agnes Thomas, Wife, M. 31f, Cumberland, Whitehaven
    Sarah H Thomas, Daur, 6f, Durham, Chester le Street
    Georgina S Thomas, Daur, 1f, Durham, Annfiled Pl
    Elizabeth M McMiken, StepDaur, 12 f, Cumberland, Chester Moor
    Albert R McMiken, StepSon, 7m, America

Mary Wilson1,2

F, #1487, Deceased, b. about 1849
Family Explorer

Family 1: Job Thomas

Family 2:

Biography

  • She was also known as Mary Swale.2
  • She was also known as Mary Thomas.2
  • She married George Swale. (This is Mary's second marriage).2
  • She was born about 1849 in Sunderland, Co. Durham, England.2
  • She married Job Thomas in 1869 in Sunderland, Co. Durham, England.1

Census References

CensusSentence
1891She appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in Pine Street (25), South Moor, Co. Durham, England. (John is living with his mother, Mary and stepfather George Swale. This has to be the family connection since John's second daughter was called Georgina Swaile Thomas)
[Witness Role: Wife].2
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Citations

  1. [S745] Personal memories of Jacqui Reed, E-mail Address: -- jacqui. email address. co. uk
  2. [S618] Census 1891, Lanchester, John Thomas living with stepfather George Swale, Census Type: National
    Head Of Household: Swale George
    Census Place: Lanchester
    Household Address: 25 Pine Street, South Moor
    Household of George Swale, Colliery Labourer, with wife Mary, and stepson John Thomas
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    George Swale, Head, M, 6m, Colliery Labourer, Yorkshire
    John R Swale, Son, S, 31m, Coal Miner, Durham, Northside
    Mary Swale, Wife, M, 42f, Durham, Sunderland
    John Thomas, Stepson, S, 21m, Coal Miner, Durham, Sunderland
    Joseph Thomas, Stepson, S, 16m, Coal Miner, Durham, Easington
    Thomas Swale, Son, S, 13m, Coal Miner, Durham, Chester le Street
    George Swale, Son, 11m, Scholar, Durham, Chester le Street
    Hannah J, Daur, 8f, Scholar, Durham, Chester le Street

George Swale1

M, #1488, Deceased, b. about 1831
Family Explorer

Biography

  • He married Mary Wilson. (This is Mary's second marriage).1
  • He was born about 1831 in Yorkshire, England.1

Census References

CensusSentence
1891He appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in Pine Street (25), South Moor, Co. Durham, England. (John is living with his mother, Mary and stepfather George Swale. This has to be the family connection since John's second daughter was called Georgina Swaile Thomas)



[Witness Role: Head of Household].1
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Citations

  1. [S618] Census 1891, Lanchester, John Thomas living with stepfather George Swale, Census Type: National
    Head Of Household: Swale George
    Census Place: Lanchester
    Household Address: 25 Pine Street, South Moor
    Household of George Swale, Colliery Labourer, with wife Mary, and stepson John Thomas
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    George Swale, Head, M, 6m, Colliery Labourer, Yorkshire
    John R Swale, Son, S, 31m, Coal Miner, Durham, Northside
    Mary Swale, Wife, M, 42f, Durham, Sunderland
    John Thomas, Stepson, S, 21m, Coal Miner, Durham, Sunderland
    Joseph Thomas, Stepson, S, 16m, Coal Miner, Durham, Easington
    Thomas Swale, Son, S, 13m, Coal Miner, Durham, Chester le Street
    George Swale, Son, 11m, Scholar, Durham, Chester le Street
    Hannah J, Daur, 8f, Scholar, Durham, Chester le Street

Joseph1

M, #1489, Deceased, b. about 1872
Family Explorer

Parents

Biography

  • He was born about 1872 in Sunderland, Co. Durham, England.1

Census References

CensusSentence
1891He appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in Pine Street (25), South Moor, Co. Durham, England. (John is living with his mother, Mary and stepfather George Swale. This has to be the family connection since John's second daughter was called Georgina Swaile Thomas)





[Witness Role: StepSon].1
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Citations

  1. [S618] Census 1891, Lanchester, John Thomas living with stepfather George Swale, Census Type: National
    Head Of Household: Swale George
    Census Place: Lanchester
    Household Address: 25 Pine Street, South Moor
    Household of George Swale, Colliery Labourer, with wife Mary, and stepson John Thomas
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    George Swale, Head, M, 6m, Colliery Labourer, Yorkshire
    John R Swale, Son, S, 31m, Coal Miner, Durham, Northside
    Mary Swale, Wife, M, 42f, Durham, Sunderland
    John Thomas, Stepson, S, 21m, Coal Miner, Durham, Sunderland
    Joseph Thomas, Stepson, S, 16m, Coal Miner, Durham, Easington
    Thomas Swale, Son, S, 13m, Coal Miner, Durham, Chester le Street
    George Swale, Son, 11m, Scholar, Durham, Chester le Street
    Hannah J, Daur, 8f, Scholar, Durham, Chester le Street

James Herdman1

M, #1490, Deceased
Family Explorer

Family: Susannah

Biography

Census References

CensusSentence
1901He appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Lower Killead, Townland, Co. Antrim, Ireland. Charles Herdman was enumerated as the son of James Herdman in the 1851 census at Lower Townland, Killead, Co. Antrim, Ireland.1
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Citations

  1. [S515] Piper, Jeff, The Family History research of Jeff Piper, E-mail Address: email address. freeserve. co. uk

Susannah1

F, #1491, Deceased
Family Explorer

Family: James Herdman

Biography

Census References

CensusSentence
1901She appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Lower Killead, Townland, Co. Antrim, Ireland. Charles Herdman was enumerated as the son of James Herdman in the 1851 census at Lower Townland, Killead, Co. Antrim, Ireland


[Witness Role: Wife].1
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Citations

  1. [S515] Piper, Jeff, The Family History research of Jeff Piper, E-mail Address: email address. freeserve. co. uk

Lillian Atkinson1

F, #1492, Living
Family Explorer

Parents

Citations

  1. [S195] Personal memories of Vera Johnson in various interviews

George Atkinson1

M, #1493, Living
Family Explorer

Parents

Citations

  1. [S195] Personal memories of Vera Johnson in various interviews

Grace Atkinson1

F, #1494, Living
Family Explorer

Parents

Citations

  1. [S195] Personal memories of Vera Johnson in various interviews

Michael John Proctor1

M, #1495, Living
Family Explorer

Parents

Citations

  1. [S613] Notes from E-mail correpondence with Cathleen Cairns., E-mail Address: email address. co. uk
    Cathleen is the daughter of William Proctor & Elizabeth Sykes.

Robert Charles Proctor1

M, #1496, Living
Family Explorer

Parents

Citations

  1. [S613] Notes from E-mail correpondence with Cathleen Cairns., E-mail Address: email address. co. uk
    Cathleen is the daughter of William Proctor & Elizabeth Sykes.

Anthony Andrew Cardiff1

M, #1497, Living
Family Explorer

Parents

Citations

  1. [S613] Notes from E-mail correpondence with Cathleen Cairns., E-mail Address: email address. co. uk
    Cathleen is the daughter of William Proctor & Elizabeth Sykes.

Walter Robert Cardiff1

M, #1498, Living
Family Explorer

Parents

Citations

  1. [S613] Notes from E-mail correpondence with Cathleen Cairns., E-mail Address: email address. co. uk
    Cathleen is the daughter of William Proctor & Elizabeth Sykes.

Audrey Cardiff1

F, #1499, Living
Family Explorer

Parents

Citations

  1. [S613] Notes from E-mail correpondence with Cathleen Cairns., E-mail Address: email address. co. uk
    Cathleen is the daughter of William Proctor & Elizabeth Sykes.

Alexandra Cardiff1

F, #1500, Living
Family Explorer

Parents

Citations

  1. [S613] Notes from E-mail correpondence with Cathleen Cairns., E-mail Address: email address. co. uk
    Cathleen is the daughter of William Proctor & Elizabeth Sykes.

Notes:

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