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Name: Isabella Dickenson
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: William Dickenson
Gender: Female
Where born: Thorngrafton, Northumberland, England

Civil parish: Thorngrafton
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England

Street Address: Oats Close
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Occupation: Wife

Registration district: Haltwhistle
Sub-registration district: Haltwhistle
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 5110
Folio: 47
Page Number: 4
Household Members: Name Age
William Dickenson 36
Isabella Dickenson 35
Mary B. Atkinson 10
Thomas Atkinson 7
Robert R. Dickenson 2
Margaret Snowden 5

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1891
Name: Charles Dickinson
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William Dickinson
Mother's Name: Isabella Dickinson
Gender: Male
Where born: Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England

Civil parish: Ridley
Ecclesiastical parish: Beltingham
Town: Beltingham
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England


Registration district: Haltwhistle
Sub-registration district: Haltwhistle
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4250
Folio: 93
Page Number: 5
Household Members: Name Age
William Dickinson 46
Isabella Dickinson 45
Laranca Dickinson 12
Martha J Dickinson 9
John L Dickinson 6
Charles Dickinson 3
Jane Dickinson 30

I'm getting the certificates and will be ordering that marriage one - thanks for the ref!

1901

Name: Jessie Snowdon
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1897
Relation: Adopted Daughter
Gender: Female
Where born: Allendale, Northumberland, England

Civil parish: Allendale
Ecclesiastical parish: Allendale St Cuthbert
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England



Registration district: Hexham
Sub-registration district: Allendale
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 19
Piece: 4825
Folio: 83
Page Number: 3
Household Members: Name Age
Isabella Dickinson 55
Charles Dickinson 13
Jessie Snowdon 4

Exactly what does it say on Jessie snowdens birth cert? Have you seen it? I thik it ought to be your first stop really

If this is the William Atkinson from the 1871 census, his birth certificate will give Isabella's maiden name:
Births Jun 1869
Atkinson William Hexham 10b 269
or, if this is her marriage certificate, it will give her Father's name:
Marriages Mar 1867
Atkinson Isaac Hexham 10b 337
Bell Isabella Hexham 10b 337

Have you applied for any certificates, or are you trying to find the information just from the censuses and free sites and any with related families?
Thanks

Added:
Everybody was looking at the same time.
Sorry for any duplication.

Marriages Sep 1900

Snowdon Margaret Hexham 10b 555
Storey Robert Hunter Hexham 10b 555


How sad
Deaths Sep 1900
Storey Robert Hunter 23 Easington 10a 230

You are both amazing - thanks so much!

Fantastic! That may be the answer. Will order the marriage certificate.

PS thanks Penny - had forgotten about the double meaning of "in-law"

:-)

possibly

Marriages Mar 1867 -

Atkinson Isaac Hexham 10b 337 <<<
Bell Isabella Hexham 10b 337 <<<
Walker Susannah Hexham 10b 337
WILLIAMSON William Hexham 10b 337


which would mean that presumably annie was Isaacs sister in law, as we use the terminology today- his wife's sister

Marriages Mar 1867 (>99%)
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Atkinson Isaac Hexham 10b 337
Bell Isabella Hexham 10b 337

Hi Penny,

My great-grandmother was born (illegitimate) Margaret Snowdon but later went by the name Margaret Thompson and claimed her father was Thomas Thompson on a marriage certificate. She first married Robert Hunter Storey and then George Bell.

I have traced her side of the family back, but I am intrigued by the connection with Isabella Dickenson (formerly Atkinson) who fostered her from when she was a baby.

Was she somehow related to Margaret Snowdon's mother Esther or to the mysterious Thomas Thompson? Or was she somehow related to Margaret's later husband George Bell?

Unfortunately without a maiden name for her I am struggling to find out which is why I hoped someone might have her on their family tree and know more :-)

sister in law can mean one of a few things

1) wife of my brother

2) a girl that my parents raised as a daughter, although not technically their, but considered legally theirs

1871 for ref

Name: Isabella Atkinson
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Isaac Atkinson
Gender: Female
Where born: Northnd, Haydon
Civil parish: Haydon
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Registration district: Hexham
Sub-registration district: Allendale
ED, institution, or vessel: 17
Household schedule number: 67
Piece: 5149
Folio: 48
Page Number: 15
Household Members: Name Age
Isaac Atkinson 35
Isabella Atkinson 25
Annie Atkinson 4
William Atkinson 2
Annie Bell 19

Start with Jessie Snowden and work back.

Where when was jessie born?

How does Thompson come into the equasion?

I am searching for information about my great-grandmother's foster mother Isabella Dickenson.

Isabella fostered my great-grandmother (Margaret Snowdon/Thompson) from when she was a baby - and then adopted her illegitimate child (Jessie Snowdon) when my great-grandmother fell pregnant.

Isabella was born in Thorngrafton, Northumberland around 1846 and was previously married to Isaac Atkinson. Her maiden name may have been Robson (or possibly Liddle or Bell)

I have seen an 1871 census entry for her and Isaac Atkinson. Also in the house was 19 year old Annie Bell, listed as Isaac's sister-in-law. I am particularly keen to follow this up because my great-grandmother later married George Bell. At the time she was widowed and living with Isabella's daughter Annie Atkinson and I suspect they may have helped arrange the marriage.

I would love to know if Isabella was a Bell by birth OR if her sister Annie married into the Bell family.

Any information would be very gratefully received.