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Julia

Julia Report 27 Feb 2012 17:16

Still at the same brick wall with Roseanna and her parents. I tried to look up her brother Arthur's birth record, as the 1851 census states that he was born in Newcastle and was a year old. Can't find any record of his birth at all, which is a shame, as this would give me his mother's maiden name. No luck with Roseanna's birth record either, but the census says she was born in Ireland. No record of the father's birthplace.
A family legend was that Roseanna was a titled lady who ran away with a servant, possibly a groom, but I have established that she lived in the building where her father's drapery shop was, in Clayton Street, Newcastle, at least till she was four years old. As she was in the Dewsbury workhouse at 22 with four kids and a missing husband, I doubt she was the "lady" in question! Her mother might be, however, which is probably why I'm having so much trouble finding out any details.
However, I do know that Roseanna had money, which she sensibly kept out of the way of her husband, and second partner, and which she left to her eldest son. He was apparently quite well off and rode around in a carriage, until he drank himself to death and ended up in the workhouse infirmary. My two late uncles both had the original will in their possession at some point, but it's long gone now and I can't find any record of that either.

Sorry for the long-winded ramble, but I'm desperate to get this story told, and get my research kick-started again; so if anyone at all is able to help me with finding out where Roseanna, Arthur and Sarah came from, I'd be hugely grateful. After Sarah and Arthur died, I don't know what happened to William, as Roseanna is living in a pub in Clayton street, being listed as the daughter of a Margaret Lawson, with dad nowhere in sight. :-(

Julia

Julia Report 15 Jun 2007 20:11

I'm trying to find out more about my great great grandmother, Rose Anna/Roseanna Waterson, who was born in 1849 in Newcastle on Tyne. She was the daughter of William Waterson and his wife Sarah, whose maiden name I don't know yet. Sarah was Irish, but I can't find a marriage certificate for her and William, so they may have been married in Ireland. Roseanna had a younger brother called Arthur, who died on the 21st September 1853 in a cholera epidemic, on the same day as Sarah.
Roseanna married James Michael O'Kaine in 1864 in Newcastle. One of her children was born in Castlewellan, County Down, and the rest in England. I am trying to establish the Northern Ireland connection, as I think James was from Dundrum or somewhere nearby.
Any information will be hugely appreciated!