Slaughter family
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| Cousins, from left Jacob Porter, Iris Crowther and Florrie Gray. (We're not sure who the other two are) |
Margaret was a middle child of ten, four of whom died
young. Her parents were William Henry Slaughter, born 1855 in Brighton
and died 1925 in South Shields, and Bell Lowe, born 1859 in Kelloe, Durham and
died in 1933 in South Shields.
Grandma was born in October 1892. Although she was
christened Margaret, she was often called Meg. The address for her parents was
25 East St, Hebburn. She was 21 years old when she married Joseph Crowther,
just before the outbreak of WW1, in July 1914 in St Marks Church, Jarrow. She
died in North Shields aged 72 years in March 1965.
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| Grandma with her daughters and daughter in law l/r Iris, Alice, Grandma, Joan, Peggy, Audrey, Jean |
John Lowe Slaughter
John was born in Oct 1883 in Hebburn Colliery and died in
Newcastle in 1940. He was a Blacksmith by trade; in the 1901 census he is
listed as a Shipyard Blcaksmith. In
September 1906 he married Mary Todd at St Oswald’s Church in Hebburn. In the 1911 census they are living with her
parents, Henry and Mary Todd, at Argyle Street, Hebburn. Mary died in 1916 as a result of enemy action
during World War 1. In July 1916 a
German submarine approached off the undefended port of Seaham Harbour. Mary was visiting her cousin, Jennie Brown,
who lived at New Seaham, and they were walking through Seaham Colliery Yard
when several shells from the submarine fell in the area. Mary was severely injured and died the
following morning of her wounds. John
married again in 1919 to Charlotte Holmes. John was listed in the 1939 register
as living in Clara Street, Benwell. He died
in 1940 in Newcastle aged 56.
Edith Slaughter
Edith was born April 1888 in Hebburn and died
in 1974. Edith married Jacob Porter in August 1908 in St Oswald’s Church,
Hebburn. Grandma was a witness to the
marriage (aged 15). In the 1911 census Edith and Jacob were living in Phillip
Street, Hebburn and Jacob was working as a stoneman in a coal mine. They had
three children, Lilian (b1909), Edith (b 1911) and Jacob (b1919).
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| Lilian and Cliff 1945 |
Lilian
married Frederick Brown in 1931 and Edith married Francis Ramsay in 1936. We can find no further information about Jacob. Jacob Porter snr died in 1960 and his wife, Edith,
in 1974.
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| Iris with the Porters |
William Henry Slaughter
William was born in Aug 1895 and died in
1973. He attended St Oswald’s school, leaving in 1909 (listed in the Jarrow
Express 1915). He enlisted in the territorial force at Hebburn in 1913. At the time he was working for the Hebburn Mining
Company. In 1915 he was shipped to Le
Havre as a Gunner with the Royal Field Artillery. He was admitted to a Canadian Field Hospital
in May 1915 with a gunshot wound to the head and neck. He was appointed to the
rank of bombardier in May 1916 and he was confirmed in the rank of Corporal in
July 1917. He was finally demobilised in
January 1919 with medals 1914/15 star, the British War Medal and the Victory
Medal. He married Elizabeth McGibbon in
March 1918 in St John’s, Hebburn (he was given leave to attend his wedding!). His
sister Elizabeth was a witness at the wedding. William stayed with the Territorial
reserve (Royal Regiment of Artillery) until his final discharge in 1930. William
and Elizabeth had three children, William born August 1921, Irene born 1926,
and Elizabeth who sadly was born and died in 1928. William was living in Mons Avenue,
Hebburn in the 1939 register with his wife and father in law. William died in
1973 and his wife, Elizabeth, died in 1976.
Elizabeth Ann Slaughter (Great Aunt Liz)
Liz was born in Nov
1899 in Jarrow and died in 1970. She
married George William Gray in August 1920.
They had two children, George (b1921) and Florence (b1928). In the 1939 register George and Elizabeth are
living in Phillip St, Hebburn, with their two children. George (jnr) married Margaret (possibly
Margaret Sisterton in 1942) and Florence (Florrie) married John Stelling in
1951. George (snr) was a postman; he died in 1976. Liz died in 1970.
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| Great Aunt Liz and Grandma |
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| George Gray and Peggy |
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| Florrie, centre back with her husband John and son John in centre front |
Frederick
Slaughter
Frederick was born in 1905 and so far we have found very little information
about him. He was living with the family in the 1911 census.
Burridge Family
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| Grandma with grandchildren Helen, Celia (Terry) and Geoff |
Grandma Mac,
Elizabeth Ann Burridge
Elizabeth Ann
(sometimes called Cissie) was the eldest of six children. Her parents
were Frank Burridge, born May 1873 in East Castle, Tanfield, Durham and died in
November 1915 in Beamish, and Sarah Pinkney, born in Jun 1874 in Twizell
Colliery, Durham and died in 1946. In the 1939 register Sarah is living with
her son Frank in Wallsend, not far from the shipyards and near to Rawdon Road.
Elizabeth Ann was born in Janurary 1893 in West Pelton,
Durham and died in May 1972 aged 79 years. She was 19 years old when she
married Edward McAndrew in June 1912 in Newcastle Registry Office. One of the witnesses,
Sarah Melody, was Grandad’s sister. In the 1939 register the family were living
in Rawdon Road in Wallsend and they later moved to Norfolk Gardens.
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| Grandma and Grandad at Josie's wedding |
Ethel Burridge
Ethel was born in
1895 in Beamish. In the 1911 census she
was living in Stanley in the household of Robert Bell (a gas works cartman) as
a domestic servant aged 15 years. She married George W Ranson in 1918 and had 5
children. Norman (b1919), George William (b1921), William S (born and died 1923),
Violet (b1924) and Ethel (b1927). Ethel’s husband, George, died in 1928 and in the
1939 register Ethel is living with her son George (occupation Fire Brick
Machine Tenter) in a small village called Stone Chair, near Halifax. Ethel died in 1978 in Halifax.
Mary Ann Pinkney Burridge
Mary Ann was born in 1897 in Chester le Street. She married John Dott in Wallsend in July
1920. We haven’t been able to find any further information at this time.
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| Ellen and Ray - marriage 1946. Photo addressed to 'Aunt Cissie' - but we haven't worked out who they are yet |
Josephine Burridge
Josephine (Jessie) was born in August 1900 in Chester le
Street and died in 1980. She married Walter
Kinchley in 1929. They had a son, James Kinchley in 1933. In the 1939 register Josephine is living in
Willington with her son and either her father in law or brother in law,
James. She is described as a widow,
although we haven’t yet found the death of her husband. Josephine died in 1980.
William Pinkney Burridge
William was born in August 1902 in Chester Le Street and
died in 1972. He married Margaret Elanor Nicholson in Wallsend in 1926. They had two sons, William P J Burridge (b1926)
and Charles Nicholson Burridge (b1930).
In the 1939 register they were living in Shaftoe St, Willington and
William’s occupation was working in the antimony and lead works. William was a member of the Auxiliary
Military Pioneer Corps in 1940 when he became a prisoner of war in France until
the end of the war in 1945.
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| This has a label on the back saying Burridge - but no specific identity. |
Frank Burridge
Frank was born in January 1914 in Chester le
Street and died in 1997. He married Violet Strike in 1942. As mentioned above, in the 1939 register Frank
was living with his mother in Wallsend.
Violet was living a short distance away and appears on the same page of
the register. Frank was a pneumatic driller.
He died in 1997 and Violet died in 2003.