Northumberland

An USHER witch!!!

http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/wcwe/wcweapp3.htm contains lists of names of witches in covens.

Section 16. 1673 Northumberland
Anne USHER

Jarrow / Tynemouth

Jeanette Iredale
Jack USHER m. Alice, b. 1896, daughter of Alexander Boden EDGAR b: Dec 1866 in South Shields, Jarrow, Co. Durham and Alice SWINHOE b. 21 Nov 1868 in Backworth, Tynemouth.

Co. Durham

Marc Gentry
We are looking for info on the marriage in Co. Durham of John Anthony USHER and Barbara DAWSON about mid 1880s. Our g-father was their first son Robert b. 12 MAY1884. John came to U.S. alone to prepare a home. She sailed for the U.S. when the baby was about 18 months old. Family was and remains in coal mining both in England and U.S. We have lost track or relatives in England. Would like to re-establish same.

Durham to Victoria to NSW

Sheryl Homewood
A basic outline of my Ushers are John USHER married Elizabeth SIMPSON on 26 May 1827 Gateshead Fell, Durham, England. They had 9 children:

John 1829, Elizabeth 1830, Sarah Jane 1832, Mary Ann 1833, Robert 1836, William 1838, Simpson 1843, Charles 1850 all born Durham and Isabella 1855 born Tasmania Australia.

John Jnr. married Mary WEDDELL 17 April 1847 Brancepeth, Durham, England.

The whole family arrived in Victoria Australia onboard the Geelong in 1852. They then moved on to Tasmania in 1854 and then on to New South Wales were they settled in and around the Newcastle area.

Margaret McLeod

The same line as above, John USHER and Elizabeth SIMPSON.

FAMILY TREE build 24 February 2002. I have removed this tree as Margaret has informed me there were some major errors. Unfortunately I do not have Margaret's current email address for an update.

Corbridge

Monica Foggin. Eastwood, Sydney, Australia.

Jane USHER married Bartholomew LUMLEY on 12 Nov 1674 at Corbridge, Nbl.
Her children were named Ralph, Jane, John, Bartholomew.
There are lots of Ushers subsequently bpt or married in Corbridge, but the only clue to where Jane came from is "Broomhaugh", given as her place of residence. This is in the parish of Bywell St Andrew, but I can't find any Jane USHER there & no USHER bpt earlier than 1669. (unnamed male, son of John). She is only the 2nd USHER mentioned in the Corbridge PR.

Newcastle

Charlotte Usher

My grandfather William USHER was born in Newcastle in 1916. His first marriage was to Dorothy WILSON in York. They had two sons Michael and Peter. His parents were William and Anna. They had two other sons Fredrick and Arthur, I think they moved to Cumbria with their mother. Anna died in Penrith possibly in 1974. I don't really have enough information to get certificates, I am hoping someone might recognise the family.

Carlisle -> Newcastle -> Cowpen -> Blyth

A small Northumbrian twig of the Usher family still lives in Newcastle.

Descended from Thomas USHER and Margaret, a hatter from Carlisle, his son Thomas moved to Northumberland and as a Tailor and Innkeeper became sufficiently wealthy to own a street of houses. Thomas married Mary Ann SWINBURN in Newcastle in 1855. They ran a pub, the Black Bull in North Shields, then moved to Cowpen, near Blyth. They had 4 children, the youngest, my great grandfather predeceased him, and the trouble caused by the wills of Thomas, Matthew, and Matthew's wife split the family up until the present day. Matthew married Sarah Robinson and had 3 sons, Matthew Swinburn, William Robinson and Thomas. Matthew S was a railwayman, as a fireman he went on the Flying Scotsman from Newcastle to London. Married to Sarah CULLUM, he had 2 children, one also called Matthew Swinburn USHER. By time I came along, all the money from Thomas's property in Blyth had been dissipated between various members of the Usher family, Matthew USHER's wife's children from her second husband and last, but not least, the lawyers

FAMILY TREE build 30 October 2000

People to contact for this line:
Christine Usher

Durham USHER Family, on to USA
Pelton Fell, Newcastle, Bewicke Main, Horden

Descendants of Robert Coxon USHER

Generation No. 1

1. Robert Coxon¹ USHER was born February 11, 1845, and died 1920 in Newcastle. He married Elizabeth PATRICKSON. She was born November 21, 1846 in Pelton Fell, and died 1911 in Pelton Fell.

Notes for Robert Coxon USHER: Westcott Road, Newcastle.

Children of Robert USHER and Elizabeth PATRICKSON are:
2. i. Ann² USHER, b. September 09, 1883, Bewicke Main, Nr. Birtley, Durham; d. February 12, 1976, Maiden Law, Burnhope.
ii. Sarah USHER.
iii. Susan USHER.
iv. Mary USHER.
v. William USHER.
vi. Leonard USHER.
vii. John USHER.
3. viii. George USHER, b. Horden, County Durham; d. Pennsylvania, USA.
ix. Robert USHER.
x. Samuel USHER.

Generation No. 2

2. Ann² USHER (Robert Coxon¹) was born September 09, 1883 in Bewicke Main, Nr. Birtley, Durham, and died February 12, 1976 in Maiden Law, Burnhope. She married James ROBINSON February 27, 1904 in Chester-le-Street, son of ABC ROBINSON and Martha WILSON. He was born April 30, 1881 in Boldon Colliery, Durham.

Notes for James ROBINSON: Oldest son.

Marriage Notes for Ann USHER and James ROBINSON:
The Methodist Chapel, the day they married, the snow was as high as the hedges, a storm as bad as 1947.

Children of Ann USHER and James ROBINSON are:
4. i. Mary³ ROBINSON, b. August 15, 1912, Newfield, Pelton Fell, Durham.
ii. Martha ROBINSON, b. July 27, 1905.
iii. Elizabeth ROBINSON, b. March 26, 1905.

3. George² USHER (Robert Coxon¹) was born in Horden, County Durham, and died in Pennsylvania, USA. He married Nellie GOWER.

Notes for George USHER: All the lads were footballers, went to America. Union official, died of pneumonia.
Ganny Ann had a nightmare during the night, woke up and said she had had a terrible dream that George was drowning and the next day a cablegram came saying he had died.

More About George USHER: Emigration: 1926, USA, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Children of George USHER and Nellie GOWER are:
i. Leonard³ USHER.
ii. Ivy USHER, m. ABC KUNKLE.

Generation No. 3

4. Mary³ ROBINSON (Ann² USHER, Robert Coxon¹) was born August 15, 1912 in Newfield, Pelton Fell, Durham. She married Thomas Parker DODD May 19, 1934 in Pelton Church, Church of England, Durham, son of Robert DODD and Mary PARKER. He was born February 17, 1911 in South Moor, Stanley, Durham, and died November 15, 1988.

Child of Mary ROBINSON and Thomas DODD is:
5. i. Kathleen Mary⁴ DODD, b. July 04, 1942, Richard Murray Maternity Hospital, Black hill.

Generation No. 4

5. Kathleen Mary⁴ DODD (Mary³ ROBINSON, Ann² USHER, Robert Coxon¹)1 was born July 04, 1942 in Richard Murray Maternity Hospital, Black hill. She married John Trevor KELLY1 March 20, 1965, son of John KELLY and Nell GARDNER. He was born November 08, 1940.

Children of Kathleen DODD and John KELLY are:
i. David John⁵ KELLY1, b. June 07, 1967.
ii. Richard Trevor KELLY, b. 1970.

People to contact for this line:
D Kelly

Williamswick, Northumberland

1   George USHER Abt 1779 -
.. +Ann HETHERINGTON Abt 1790 -
........ 2   George USHER 1817 -
............ +Ann PEARSON 1834 - (parents Thomas & Elizabeth PEARSON)
................... 3   Ann USHER 1856 -
................... 3   William USHER 1 January 1858 -
................... 3   George USHER 16 March 1859 -
................... 3   Sarah USHER 25 February 1861 -
................... 3   John USHER 1865 -
................... 3   Matthew USHER 10 February 1868 -
................... 3   Robert USHER 16 October 1870 -
.......................... + Margaret Anne CLOSE from Hurst in Swaledale
.................................4 George Edward
.................................4 Isabella Anne
..................................... + ________ (issue)
.................................4 Thomas (never married)
.................................4 Robert
..................................... + ________
..........................................5 Mary
..........................................    + _____ PEPPER (issue 3 children)
.................................4 Margaret
..................................... + ________ (issue)
................... 3   Ralph USHER 16 October 1872 -
................... 3   James Williams USHER 1875 - 1951
....................... +Mary Ann HILLARY 1877 - 1950 b. Hurst near Reeth
........ 2   Matthew USHER 1809 - 1862 b. Halthwhistle, Northumberland. d. Kelso, Scotland
............ +Jane AWBURN 1813 - 1862 b. Halthwhistle, Northumberland. d. Kelso, Scotland
................... 3   Margaret USHER 1838 -
...................    + John THOMSON m. 28 Oct 1860 - Kelso, Scotland
................... 3   George USHER 1840/1841 - ??? b. Halthwhistle, Northummberland

James Williams [we think he was named for the place, as the other siblings don't have second names] was trained as a game keeper and estate manager, and amongst other things, skated down the North Tyne one very cold winter, and worked for the Duke of Northumberland at Keilder [before it was a lake] and met George V many times at shooting parties, where he was in charge. He married my Great Aunt Mary Ann Hillary, who worked as housekeeper at Scar House, Arkengarthdale for many years, before going to live at Malham Tarn, near Settle, in Yorkshire.

Mary Ann died in 1950 and six months later he died 1951. Both buried in Kirby Malham churchyard, very simple stone, wrongly ascribed, in his case, to James William Usher - they'd missed the 's' out and I remember my mother being very upset about it. James and Mary Ann had no children, but due to her sister's illness at the time of my mother's birth [she was a twin], they both agreed to rear my mother. Another aunt was involved in this process, Sarah Hillary, but she never married, her fiance being killed in the Great War. There is, in Malham Tarn Estate, a cottage known as Miss Hillary's cottage, she was living there when the Estate passed from the Colemans [of mustard fame] to the National Trust and became a Field Centre. She died in 1957.

In 1861 the family George Usher & Ann Pearson were living at Briarwood, Ridley, then 1871 at Castle Cottage, Willimoteswick [known locally as Williamswick]. In 1881 still at Williamswick Cottage. with wife, Robert 11 Ralph 9 James W 6. and 1891 at Allensgreen Cottage, Ridley with Annie 36, son Ralph 19, & Gson Thomas 16.


George Edward Usher: Uncle Jim's (James Williams Usher) nephew killed in 1914-18 war		Wedding photo: James Williams Usher and Mary Ann Hillary. Dark young woman at back Sarah Hillary [never married], and their parents, John Hillary [Junior] and Jane [Metcalfe