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Emigrants from East Yorkshire to Natal, South Africa in 1850

I am trying to find information about ancestors of my wife, who emigrated from Yorkshire to the Colony of Natal in 1850.

Their names were WILLIAM and MARY GRANGER. They were in a party of emigrants from the East Riding of Yorkshire, which sailed from Hull in July 1850.

The party sailed on the ship HAIDEE. The party of about 240 persons, was originally put together by Mr. Henry Boast. Mr. Boast, however, died before the HAIDEE sailed from Hull. The party was then led by Mr. Boast's widow, and others.

The HAIDEE reached Natal in October 1850. Any information please to Alan Roth

The Bridekirk family

Mr. Hess R. Roorda, in Iowa writes:

Elizabeth Bridekirk was born on 30 June 1814 in Yorkshire, but the actual town or village is not known. She emigrated to the U.S.A. or Canada where she married James May. In 1841 she was living in Duoro Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada. She had at least two sisters who appear in a photograph taken in New York State. One of these siblings was called Mary Ann.

Any information regarding Elizabeth Bridekirk and her family would be very much appreciated.

Does anyone know her parentage or place of birth?

If you can help please contact the Mr Hess R Roorda

The Bright family

We have tried to sort out the work of the BRIGHT family who were domiciled in Hull at the turn of the twentieth century. The family was headed up by George Ignatius Penderel BRIGHT born 1856 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire. By 1895 they had moved to Hutt Street in the Spring Bank area of Hull. George had been a practising solicitor, but was now to try his hand at selling cash registers. By 1902 the family had moved to Woodford in Essex.

The basic four questions we asked were:

1. Where did George Bright actually work from 1895 until he became the unsuccessful sales agent for NCR cash registers in 1901? He MAY have worked in the Hull Brewery but that is pure speculation simply because his in-laws, The Emery family, were closely associated with Inde Coope and Allsopp, the brewers in Burton-on-Trent.

2. Where did the Bright children go to school - presumably, as Catholics, they attended Catholic schools near to Hutt Street?

3. Did George Penderel Bright jnr, who is mentioned in the 1901 census as Clerk C.C., actually work for the Hull City Council?

4. Does anyone know what happened to Emma Sleet the family maid-servant referred to in the 1901 census as "mainly sick nurse"?

Because of George's previous occupation as a solicitor and a tenuous link to the Hull Charterhouse then it may be that there was some mention of the BRIGHT family in their records. However, the Charterhouse records are not in a good state at the moment and we may have to wait for the new History Centre to open in late 2009.

If you can help with any of this please contact the EYGS webmaster

The Thompson family - Query from down under

Am trying to sort out some family mysteries. Thomas Thompson was born in Newcastle in 1826 and married Mary Ann Backhouse in Hull in 1851. They had nine children between 1854 and 1872, including Mary (married organ builder Layton), Thomas (went to USA?), George (married Eliza Hunter and had children Lowish, Letty, Grace, Hilda), and Charles (married Lottie Richardson and had children Grace, Lottie, Edith –Humber pilot at Grimsby). Mary T died Hull in 1917 aged 87.

Family lived in Regent St, Hull. TTsnr was a ship’s captain on foreign runs from Scotland and East coast England and supposedly died at sea in 1891 but can’t find any records. Seeking further family information.

If you can help in any way please contact Ron Layton

Looking for details on the HULL family from England

I live in Maryland, USA, and am researching my ancestors who emigrated from England to Newfoundland, where my parents were born. I would appreciate any information you may have on families with the surname "HULL." My HULL family tree of Newfoundlanders is quite large, and I shall be glad to share with your subscribers who are interested.

If you can help in any way please contact Cecil Hale (Jack) Hull

Is anyone related to this branch of the WILSON family from Holderness?

If you can help in any way please contact the EYGS Secretary

So how many Brits made it to be a Sheriff in the USA?

Well we know of one and we could do with a little help on him.

Do you know this man?	or this Crowell family?

He was ARTHUR PICKARD born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England in 1866.

He emigrated to the USA around 1883 and became a US citizen in 1888. Around 1889 he married CORA CROWELL in New York state.
They had three children RAYMOND born June 1890, HAZEL born April 1892 and REGINALD born July 1899.
In the Federal Census of 1920 ARTHUR is shown to be Sheriff of UTICA city jail in ONEIDA county in NEW YORK state. 33 prisoners were listed in the jail at that time.

Apart from obvious questions about members of this family, we would also like to know what qualifications were necessary to become a US sheriff? Arthur's previous jobs included Shipping Clerk in 1900 and Book Keeper (Wholesalers) in 1910.

How common was it for persons of foreign birth to assume such positions in the USA? Maybe Pickard (pretty close to Jean Luc) had Earp ancestry!

Comments please to EYGS Webmaster

What do you know about EMILY CRUSHER?

Emily Crusher was my husband's grandmother. The story goes that she left her husband and small son, Robert Francis (Frank) born 27 February 1904, for a gardener from Warter Priory and moved to Hull. My father in law wouldn't talk about it at all but my mother in law once said that she had written when Frank was 21 and again when he married in 1932. A non relative told me years ago that Emily did, once at least, visit her parents / mother at Burnby, bringing with her her daughter. Frank did meet her there. How I wish that I had questioned this lady more - another lost opportunity! The only other news we have of her is in her father's will, he died in 1923. The will named her as Emily Crusher and she had to have her legacy on his death. the other children would have to wait until his wife died. Why was this? Perhaps Emily was in need of money or perhaps he thought she would be denied it when he had died. We have no idea whether there was ever a divorce or did she just change her name? We have so far found no trace. Does anyone reading this have any ideas or fresh leads
or contact EYGS Secretary

Can you help with the PINCHON family?

My g.grandfather was William Glenford Pinchon,master mariner,m.in Hull in 1849 and lived in Porter Street and Wilberforce Street.d.Hull 1894. My grandfather,Arthur Glenford Pinchon,b.1860 left Hull about 1895 and moved to London. He had eight siblings including William Henry Pinchon,master mariner,b.1856.d.1927 and lived at one time at Stepney Lodge,Stepney Lane and Harold Brown Pinchon,master mariner,b.1864 I would be very grateful for any information about what happened to the family and to discover if I have any living relatives.

Initial contact please either 02380 769204 or David.G.Pinchon, 25 Bassett Green Drive, Southampton SO16 3QF
or contact EYGS Secretary

The Shepherds Who Came in from the Sea

Joyce Shepherd writes from Urunga in New South Wales, Australia. She has spent many years trying to locate her ancestor, William Shepherd who married Margaret Richardson on 24th January 1794 in Ostend, Belgium. She is hoping that this marriage produced a son, George, and a grandson Henry. This is largely conjecture on her part, she admits, but she needs help with the supposed arrival of the Shepherd family into South Australia.

She confesses to two family legends which have influenced her search. One, from Henry's grandson, is that Henry was either Belgian or Prussian. He could have carried the name Heinrich Schaeffer in Europe. Exhaustive searches in Belgium have been frustrated by the fact that many records were destroyed, in that country, during World War II. Henry, aka Heinrich, together with his father George and another brother were all involved in ship building. They emigrated to South Australia in the middle of the nineteenth century. Upon arrival the family appears to have broken up.

The other legend, this from Henry's son William, indicates that George owned a shipyard in Belgium. The family built themselves a boat and they all sailed off to a new life in South Australia. Again they separated upon arrival.

Has anyone ever come across a story like this? We realise it is less than perfect but there is often "no smoke without fire". If you have a theory, we are certain Joyce would love to hear it.

Please contact EYGS Secretary

The Hunt for the Lost Emigrant

Richard Dale and Ann West left Newbald, East Yorkshire, and arrived in Canada in 1819. They had four children, Joseph (born 1810), Mary, Bessie and David. Despite searching the parish records for Newbald and the surrounding villages for Richard and Ann's marriage, nothing has been found to date. It is believed that Ann's father was William West. Any information concerning the family would be appreciated.

Please contact Les Dale - British Columbia, Canada.

The Case of the "Turned Up Stone"

The gravestone of one John Scaife who died in March 1819 aged 49 years. Did he come from Brantingham?

A couple of years ago a strange thing happened. Following a phone call, and subsequent visit, I became the guardian of fragments of a tombstone (as you do)!

The stone had been in the garden of the "Red House" at Wharram le Street in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The Red House once served tea and coffee to travellers using the B1248 road between Beverley and Malton. The stone formed part of a rose arbor in the garden some 10 or more years ago.

The house then underwent redevelopment and conversion into a number of smaller properties and the stone became surplus to requirements I guess.

Do you know anything about this stone? Do you know where its rightful place should be? My theory is that it could relate to John Scaife who was christened in Brantingham in 1771. Wharram le Street is 30 miles north of Brantingham and whilst it does have its own churchyard, there are no Scaifes recorded there. We don't have the time to do a full search of all East Riding burial registers to see where John of Brantingham perhaps ended up.

Until we do have that time do YOU know anything that can help.

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