Thread: St Patricks RC Church, Felling, Gateshead - Records

I'm looking for the baptism (and possibly marriage and death) records for Heworth/Felling area of Gatehead. Not sure which church they would have worshiped at but St Patrick's is my first thought.



I have an ancester who I have traced to the 1861 census living in Heworth Lane



Peter Cunningham (transcribed Coningham) 35 Ireland

Rosa wife 30 Ireland

Mary daur 11 born Scotland

Bartholomew son 5 Hewarth Lane, Durham

James son 8m Heworth Lane, Durham



I have identified James and have his birth certificate (15/7/1860 to Peter and Rosanna, formerly Murphy, registered 20/8/1860) but there is no record for Bartholomew in the civil registration system around 1855-6. The next generation of my Cunninghams are definitely Roman Catholic so I'm hoping these are also.



Also, as civil registration didn't start in Scotland until 1855, it may be that sister Mary was baptised once they arrived in Heworth. She doesn't appear with the family in the 1871c when they have moved to Widnes, Lancs, so there is a possibility that she married in the north east.



I have Peter and Roseanna's marriage entry at Old Monkland, Lanarkshire and the census entry for 1851 but if anyone has any ideas on how I can get them further back to Ireland, I'd be really graeful.



Any help very much appreciated. Paula

The Baptism for Mary is:-

02/05/1849 04/05/1849 CUNNINGHAM MARY - PATRICK CUNNINGHAM/ROSE MURPHY F GLASGOW, ST ANDREW'S
Handwritten copy shows birth 2nd May 1849 and baptized 4th May 1849, Baptized by Clergyman David Gallingham - Sponsor Ann Jordan