FAMILY ALBUM: From John Lunn Dickinson to Barbra Young/Doxford
by JOHN DICKINSON
In this album, I only know a few people, which are stated, but some of you my have albums with same or similar pictures as Barbra’s side reflects several families in Whitburn such as Doxfords, Young, Reah/Reay, Hedley and Summers. The album was presented to Barbra (my grandmother) by John Lunn Dickinson (my grandfather) in the year 1900. One can only guess at the unnamed pictures and who each of them are but, I would expect that they started with Mothers and Fathers and then important family members. This is a picture of my Great Grandfather. Unfortunately, there are no pictures of my Great Grandmother, Margaret Ray.
William Joseph Frost Dickinson
BORN: 1844, Easington
DIED: 1900, 4 Hope Terrace, Whitburn
KNOWN PLACES OF RESIDENCE
1851: Lived with his Grandfather (Robert Dickinson) and Grandmother (Ann Anderson)
1861: Haswell, Easington
1871: Silksworth Colliery
1881: 3 Vane Street, Tunstall
1891: 4 South Row, Whitburn
1900: 4 Hope Terrace, Whitburn
He was the first son of Elizabeth Ann Frost/Simpson/Lunn/Bennet (who was known as Granny Bennet in Whitburn Village). Father unknown. He was a Master Shaft Sinker and served as Overman and Under Manager at Marsden Colliery in 1887. He came to Whitburn around 1881, after working at mines all around Durham. He visited Prussia with son William, for shaft sinking. William married Margaret Ray on the 14th of July 1865 in Ovingham. Margaret was the 8th child of Sarah Dodds and William Ray of Edgeware House, North Ovingham, Prudhoe.
Margaret Ray
BORN: 1848, Edgeware House, North Ovingham, Prudhoe
DIED: 1912, 24 Geoffrey Street, Whitburn. She was buried in Whitburn Cemetery.
KNOWN PLACES OF RESIDENCE
1851: Prudhoe Maine
1861: Ovingham, Prudhoe
1871: Silksworth Colliery
1881: 3 Vane Street, Tunstall
1891: 4 South Row, Whitburn
1900: 4 Hope Terrace, Whitburn
1901: 12 Charles Street, Whitburn
1911-1912: 24 Geoffrey Street, Whitburn
John Lunn Dickinson
John Lunn Dickinson was born in 1874 in Newbottle. He spent most of his 50-years working at Whitburn (Marsden) Colliery as an Overman. He was the son of William Joseph Frost Dickinson and Margaret Ray and was one of 10-siblings. John died in 1936, whilst living at 22 Arther Street, Whitburn and was buried in Whitburn Cemetery.
KNOWN PLACES OF RESIDENCE
1844: Hetton
1874: Easington, Houghton-le-Spring
1881: West Herrington, Houghton-le-Spring
1891: 4 South Row, Whitburn
1901: 12 Charles Street, Whitburn
1911: 3 Marsden View, Marsden Colliery
1911-1936: 22 Arther Street and 4 South Row (Whitburn)
Barbra Young
Barbra Young/Doxford was born on the 14th August 1874 in Whitburn. She was a General Domestic Servant and it’s also understood that she worked at The Jolly Sailor. She was one of 2-children. She died on the 26th April 1948, aged 73, in Whitburn and was also buried at Whitburn Cemetery. Her father, Thomas Young (born in 1843, Lowick, Northumberland) was a Cartman at Whitburn. Her mother was Mary Doxford (nee. Young, Robert-Reah and Reay).
KNOWN PLACES OF RESIDENCE
1874: Whitburn
1881: Town End (next to Lodge Preston or Reston Square), Whitburn
1891: Tinkers Yard (next to The Jolly Sailor), Whitburn
1911: 3 Marsden View, Marsden Colliery
1911-1936: 22 Arther Street and 4 South Row (Whitburn)
1936: 22 Arther Street, Whitburn
1939: 4 Millfield Terrace, Whitburn (and later at No. 9)
1948: 9 Millfield Terrace, Whitburn
Thomas Young & Mary Doxford
I believe these people to be the parents of Barbra Young.
If anyone has any further information about Thomas or Mary, I’d love to hear from you.
Robert Bennet & Elizabeth Anne Bennet
This is Elizabeth Ann Frost (nee. Simpson, Lunn and Bennett), My Great Great Grandmother. She was better known in Whitburn Village as Lizzie Ann or Granny Bennet. She was born in 1826 and died in 1901. She is pictured with her 3rd Husband Robert Bennet (born 1823 and died in 1887).
THIS IS WHERE WE NEED YOUR HELP...
The information shown above is all I have in relation to this Family Album. The other pictures (below) are also contained in this album. If anyone has any information, names, dates or birth, etc… we would be delighted to hear from you.
