Northumberland Group

How hardy people were in those days, now we only like to travel by car, even for short distances. I must walk further! - not that distance though, how lovely to have a journal though, I did a course on family history once and part of it covered diaries/journals & autobiographies. I have none of those not even many photo's, I guess we are lucky if our ancestors could read & write -so many could only make their mark or just sign their name. It must be so interesting to read something that an ancestor wrote over 130yrs ago! I wonder if he hoped one day someone would read it or if he ever gave it a thought. It seems to be out of fashion these days, and if we did keep one it would be on a computer.

Just reading on further. Yes they did sail from Greanock and it was wet which spoiled the view of the Highlands as they were passing and likewise Paddys Milestone a rock that stands midway between Ireland and Scotland. He gives their mileage and longitude and latitude daily and what they ate and who died A bit of humor though sometimes." One day they had to send for the doctor and the police to an old woman that has turned jelous of her husband she say that the woman in the next berth to us is persuading him away which is nothing but jelousy but it made sum fun" (no punctuation and spelling...well.)He was a bit poetic too,as he describes his first sight of NZ.. (spelling again)
We went into Port Chalmers harbour this morning and dropped anchor at 10 o'clock am Port Chalmers is the pretiest bays my eyes ever beheld it is enclosed on both sides by mountains and they are studded allover a great number of beautiful white cottages and they look so well in thir fronts of beautiful green even the worf itself is enlosed by high mountains the ships lyes as snug as if they were not connected with the water at all. He goes on to make comparisons with prices and availability of food and footwear and wages. He refers to his wife as Mrs Grainger all the time. They were married with two children when they left.

Hi - What a wonderful thing to have, they must have been very hardy to walk so many miles.There is a Greenock quite near Glasgow I think.did they sail from there I wonder? however what a long way to travel - from what is south Northumberland through to Scotland. you would think they could perhaps get a sailing from somewhere like Newcastle, or Tynemouth. - Just had a thought - were they married when they walked this far? o rcould they have had a border marriage? it seems I may have an ancestor who had one of those, as did her brothers, and from what I understand, it is virtually impossible to trace any records!

Pejay I have just found gggfathers dairy on his trip They started from North Seaton and walked to Ashington stayed there with his brother for a couple of days and then went to Morpeth and on to Glasgow.stayed at Temperance hotel then started off for Greanock. It it terribly far?????? This was September 1875. Hardy devils !

Hi there Ashazoe, do you think they walked to Tynemouth? , I agree with you, most of my family history stufff is in a mess, a bit here - a bit everywhere but where I need it. How times change at least we can now catch a plane even if it does take a whole day and night to get there. it must have taken 3 weeks or so for them?

pejay I have just been looking through my "stuff" and have Laverick Tynemouth and Dixon around Earsdon.I think Howden pans is in Wallsend. I must look up a map. Just remembered that my Gggrandfather and family walked from Morpeth to catch a boat to New Zealand. I must get some order to all this. My stuff is a mess.

Hi there Ashazoe great to have you with us, not sure I know where Howden Pans is, most of mine[the ones i know about] seem to be Bedlington, Morpeth, & Newbiggin by sea/Cresswell, hope we all have some luck in our research

Hi pejay
I have interest in Rutherford Newcastle on Tyne
and Ewart Newcastle on Tyne
Grainger Howden Pans

To Sharron01 I came across this website -
http://www.genuki.org.uk/search/ type in police & see what comes up, you never know there may be something that will help with your research.

HI i Bitez05 welcome.I am not sure where Foresthall is - hopefully you will find lots of ancestors.