Colin Nichol

Phew! That must have taken ages to compose. I am very grateful for the time you have given to this and all of your help. I absolutely accept that, as well as great success, I have made lots of mistakes, while researching my family history. I also believe that Mary Alice Snowdon was not born in Scotland. The baby registered in 1869 at Bellingham is much more likely to be my paternal grandmother. Regards. Colin

This conversation has prompted me to revisit the information I have for Mary Alice Snowdon. On one of the Census records I have, she showed her place of birth as Northumberland. On another, it was Scotland. On another, it was Plashetts, Northumberland, which is the village that lies under Kielder reservoir. For some reason, years ago, I accepted Scotland as being correct. I may have been wrong to do so. I have searched on familysearch.org and there is a Mary Alice Snowdon, born in 1869. Her birthplace is shown as Bellingham, which is close to Plashetts. Have I been incorrect for all these years? Why did I accept Scotland as being correct? Colin

The mother of Mary Alice Nichol (nee Snowdon) was Alice Snowdon, who was also Scottish.

Wow! Thank you for this information. I was totally unaware of these obituaries. I am very grateful. Regards. Colin

loopyloo, I have revisited my family history documents and found out that William did die of tuberculosis on 23rd November 1914 in Wanstead Cottage Hospital.

loopylou, Thank you for your message. The most recent information I have for the family is the 1911 Census, when they were living at 39 North Row, West Sleekburn. William was 2 years old. I can't remember anyone mentioning an Uncle William Will, Bill or Billy, so I suspect that he didn't survive.

Ann, Yes, please. That would be amazing and thank you again for all of your help. Regards. Colin

Ann, Yes, please. That would be amazing and thank you again for all of your help. Regards. Colin

I apologise for my late reply. I got volunteered to tile our daughter-in-law's kitchen, which took a little while. Once again, I am extremely grateful for the trouble you went to and the information you have provided. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Canny Lass for this information. I appreciate the time you have spent, in answering my plea for help. So, I assume that Annie Margaret is buried in the cemetery of St Peter's Church at West Sleekburn. I have had a look at the web site of Northumberland Archives at Woodhorn but, to be honest, I am not sure how to navigate it. It doesn't seem to accept a person's name as a search criterion. As I said earlier, we live in Sussex, so I can't get to Woodhorn in person. I am intrigued by the mention of another child's death. I knew nothing about this. Can I be cheeky and ask if you have any information, regarding this? Thank you again. Colin

I have today discovered that my paternal grandparents (James Nichol and Mary Alice Nichol, nee Snowdon) had their first child (Annie Margaret) on 31st May 1891. Sadly, she did not survive. She was buried in Cambois Cemetery, January 1892. I am 76 now and I cannot get my head around the fact that I didn't know anything about this. I don't know where Cambois Cemetery was in 1892, nor if she even had a headstone. We moved to West Sussex in 1987 (worst thing we ever did), so I can't do any local research. Can anyone please fill in any blanks for me?