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Cemetery Registers, Gateshead District - Record Number: 913598.12
Location: Gateshead, County Durham
Cemetery: East Cemetery
Denomination: any
18 Feb 1875 Isabella Wilkinson, of 2 Frank Terrace, age: 75, wife of Thomas Wilkinson

Oh, penalties for Births !! I knew it was somthing like that, just couldn't remember.

So, marriages ought (!) to be registered somewhere.....

Thanks.

By the way, I ordered a digital copyof Jane Hannah Wilkinson's death certificate - I believe it to be her!

She died Sunderland Workhouse aged 39yrs, died of Phtisis Certified (Which is T.B. !). Date of death 6 April, 1874.

Her middle name of Hannah is not mentioned in death certificate, but everything ties in with age and the 1871 &other census'.

At some point I will try the local archives for the workhouse, which evetually became a NHS hospital after the war, for any possible admission / patient detail etc.


Finally found her !!

1875 was when penalties came in for not registering BIRTHS.

KathleenBell, yes I agree wih you about the levels of Non Conformity in the area as a lot of my ancestors were non conformists, eg - Methodism crops up a lot in the family..

I have heard of the archives at Woodhorn, so will keep them in mind.


ErikaH, I know it doesn't look like they married from what you have found, it could be one of the many that the marriage was not registered, which I think only became compulsary in 1875?

The marriage should still have been registered with the civil authorities……..IF one took place.

An aweful lot of people in Northumberland in those days were non-conformist so if your couple were then you won't find the marriage in the ordinary parish records.

A lot of the non-conformist records are transcribed and reasonably easy to look up. The staff at Northumberland Archives at Woodhorn are very good and may do a look up for you (although these days they may charge).

Kath. x

George Brigham certainly didn't marry Margaret White in 1861 .
In that case - back to the assumption that "your" Margaret and William didn't marry.

Alviegal, Do you mean William Black?

Re the marriages. I think the extra name should be William White.

Marriages Sep 1861 (>99%)
Blackhall David Middelion Berwick 10b 455
Thomson Isabella Berwick 10b 455
WHITE Margaret Berwick 10b 455


Marriages Sep 1861 (>99%)
Black William Berwick 10b 453
Brigham George Berwick 10b 453
Gunn Hugh Berwick 10b 453
MURDIE Jane Berwick 10b 453
SPROTT Margaret Ann Berwick 10b 453

Gunn marries Sprott and Brigham marries Murdie.

David Middleton Blackhall marries Isabella.

Freebmd shows five names with the vol 10b and page number 453 - clearly this cannot be accurate - your supposition AG is certainly feasible..

The only Brigham bridegroom's marriage registered in Berwick in Sep qr 1861:

Marriages Sep 1861 (>99%)
Brigham George Berwick 10b 453

Perhaps the different page number is just a clerk's mistake on the handwritten Index?
But William using his father's name George . . . ?

Thank ErikahH, the baptism entry for William looks good.

I will try ordering the marriage cert soon, to see who is who etc....

1841 William is with family on Holy Island

Order the cert of the marriage posted by greyghost……..I think you can include both names on the form. Easily checked on the GRO site

Correction from me about census..... -
1851 William Brigham living in Chatton as Lodger aged 24, single

1861 & 1871 William 34 & Margaret 28, now living in Belford, as a couple (Presumed married) ?

1881 onwards, Family now in Gateshead, Co. Durham.

William states he is from Fenwick area, Margaret is from Barelees or Scremerston Hill nr Berwick.

Apologies should get my facts correct to start with.


The Brigham & White families seem to be rather numerous in the area...!!

William’s baptism is on FMP

26/12/1826
Father George….occ Joiner
Mother Elizabeth nee Brown

Fenwick Parish of Kyloe

I looked up Margaret's GRO entry, she is on page 291, the previous entry to George who is on page 292 ! Both are September 1859.

So, possibly twins??

?? Married post daughter Margaret's birth, but Margaret given the Brigham surname

Missing groom
No second male named via freebmd, same on FMP

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Sep 1861 (>99%)
Blackhall David Middelion Berwick 10b 455
Thomson Isabella Berwick 10b 455
WHITE Margaret Berwick 10b 455

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Several trees on Ancestry with the family - not looked at them all, but the first two show children born before Margaret

William White Brigham 1857-1858
George Brigham 1859 - 1859

Both registered Brigham mmn White as was Margaret

Thank, will take a look...

Perhaps one of them was married to someone else………………….

BTW, everyone can look at Scottish records on Scotland’s People website