Its good to see where your relatives lived. I had a relation called Edward Charlton who lived at no 12 in 1851.
If anyone has any information about him and his family, please get in touch.
Derek, have you seen these burial entries for individuals called Casey buried in Oxbrige Cemetary Stockton. The other surname you mentioned: “Comaskey”, could be a phonetic spelling error. I found one near enough phonetic entry for a Cominskey – who was quite a famous baseball player in Chicago, and who in later life built Cominskey Park Baseball Stadium. A multi-millionaire so it looks to me that you could be in line for an inheritance! Any chance you can get us all a season ticket to the games?
(a) Charles Albert Comiskey (August 15, 1859 – October 26, 1931) was an American Major League Baseball player, manager and team owner. He was a key person in the formation of the American League and later owned the Chicago White Sox. Comiskey Park, Chicago’s storied baseball stadium, was built under his guidance and named for him. Comiskey was inducted as an executive into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.
OXBRIDGE CEMETARY
(b) Jeremiah Casey 1897 1949 Age 52
Edward Casey 1892 1975 Age 83
Louisa Casey wife of Edward Casey 1891 1984 Age 9
John Casey wife of John Casey 1895 1969 Age 74
Florence Casey 1902 1986 Age 84
James Casey 1896 1959 Age 63
Florence Martha Casey 1899 1971 Age 72 wife of James Casey
Andrew Casey 1908 2000 Age 92
Bob Wison, no mistake Comaskey in all spelling variations my 4x gt grandmother, yes lots of Casey’s in both Oxbridge and Durham Road cemetery, I know my own, but linking other Casey’s very very hard with out documents, so no, no tickets to any thing I’m afraid Bob. Found my 2x gt grandparents buried in Oxbridge Lane, no headstone not even together, must have been very very hard times. All the best Derek.
Gail Watson, you will remember me and my family living next door to your mam and dad,
funny how our families past lives are connected, Pat Sullivan was my grandad Robert Casey’s best mate, they both joined KOSB together, sadly Pat died 1916, my grandad Robert 1939, he was at that time living at 127 Swainby Road.
Your relative Michael Alison said you had old photos and one might have my grandad Robert on, will you please ask PictureStockton for my e-mail. Sad to hear about your father, we got on very well.
I had a g grandad, called William Sullivan lived in 5 Housewife Lane (1911) with Elizabeth Allison. My dad, Ken Allison (RIP), once told me that this couple never married, therefore all the children were given Elizabeth’s surname of Allison. Had they married, my dad’s name and those of his brothers would have been Sullivan! If anyone has further information on William Sullivan I would greatly appreciate it.
Patrick Gillespie (recorded as Gilsper) was living at 2 Housewifes Lane with his wife Ann (formerly Mrs Higgins, nee Britton) according to the 1871 census. They had a daughter called Mary, aged 3. Patrick was born in Ireland around 1838 and died in Stockton in 1882. Ann died in 1878. I have not been able to trace Patrick’s birth details. If anyone has any other information please contact me…..
Thank you.
Linda, could this be of any help? In the 1901 census there is a Mary Mintram, age 29, Widow living as a boarder at 15 Henry Street, Stockton-on-Tees together with Mary A Mintram age 12 Boarder, Elizabeth Mintram age 6 Boarder and a Michael Mintram age 2 Boarder all born Stockton. The head is a John McCarthy, single, age 26, Holder up Shipyard, born Middlesbrough RG13/4627 folio 81 page 48. 1891 census living at 4 Elgier Place George Minterham (it looks as if there was a correction) Head, age 30, Labourer shipyard, Born Southampton. Mary Wife, age 22, born Stockton. Daughter Mary, age 2, born Stockton RG12 / 4052 131 page 19. There was a death of a George Mintram age 37 registered in Middlesbrough in the June quarter 1897 Volume 9d page 394. 01/03/2012 17:11:09
Ken Salmon – I live in Billingham, could be walking past the lad who knows, but thanks for letting me know Comaskey’s were around. I can only hope he or a member of the family visit this wonderful site. Have been trying to find links to all the Casey who came here but so far no documents, its all to easy to say must be related but its not the same as proving it. Any Casey’s out there please get in touch, my family tree goes back to 1800 in County Monaghan, Ireland, into Scotland and down to England. 18/01/2012 15:51:10
Ref; Derek Casey’s comments. I went to school with a Peter Comaskey (see photos on website of St.Bedes school). Peter’s father was, I believe, a butcher and they lived in Hardwick. I also believe Peter lost his father whilst Peter was still a teenager. Peter had a photographic business next door to Frankey Flynn’s fishing tackle shop near Oxbridge. However, that business no longer exists. I also believe Peter lives in Billingham. I hope this is of some help to you.18/01/2012 13:33:21
My g g grandad James Casey first came to Stockton in 1862, he left his wife and children up in Glasgow whilst he came here to work in the iron works on Portrack lane. Always wondered how a man who had left Ireland in the 1840s with his parents and settled in Glasgow would have even known Stockton on Tees existed! I now know that in old Stockton in the area a lot of irish and irish decendents lived long before my g g grandad arrived, you only have to look on the great war memorial stones and you can read endless irish names. When, as a young kid growing up in Swainby rd, it didn’t mean any thing to me what a person was called (surname) but now all these years later the names have come to mean a great deal to me. Casey’s were here in Stockton before my g g grandad arrived in 1862, he was a pudler of iron, Murphy, Sullivan, Collins, Carbery – the list goes on and on. I would love to know if any Comaskey families are still in this area, first heard the name Comaskey just over 2 years ago when I got into my Casey ancestory, my g g g g grandmother was a Comaskey. Wherever my g g grandad worked a Comaskey family was either there before him or followed. Just learned about Bolton House Yard a couple of days ago, this was where my grandad Robert Casey’s best mate lived before moving into Housewife lane a few doors away from each other. Pat Sullivan joined the K.O.S.B before the great war, I think he influenced my grandad Robert to join as he was with him in 1912. Pat was a corpral, they both ended up on the Somme battlefield in July 1916. On the first day of battle my grandad Robert was very badly wounded with bullet and shrapnel to his leg, I wonder if Pat his best mate would have heard about Grandad. Pat only lived a few days more and was killed, he is buried in Meaulte, France just north of the Somme. One thing I have learned – when Housewife lane and old Stockton area’s were demolished friendships endured for many many years after, hard time but nice folks. Would love to hear from anyone who can connect with any of this, especialy if you are a Comaskey or if you think you are a relative. Please get in touch – Picture Stockton have my e-mail address.18/01/2012 11:04:08
Hi, as you can see my second name is Comaskey, i have read your post, and yes Comaskeys family still very much live in gorbals Glasgow and durtounfing areas, i have an uncle peter and quite sure him and my dads dad name was peter and he originally came from Ireland.
My husband’s maternal grandparents gave their address as 6 Housewife’s Lane when they married in 1888. They were George Mintram and Mary Micham. I’d love to hear from anyone who is connected to this family, as I’m struggling to trace the family history on this line.01/03/2012 09:44:50
Robert Riley – Ellen and Frederick’s marriage certificate may give you another clue to work from if you take a look at who the witnesses were – often, they are older brothers or sisters or cousins and they may show up on the 1901 Census. Hope this helps.
I’m trying to find information on Ellen Owens born 1903-1905 who married a Frederick Wilson (born 1897) in Stockton-on-Tees in 1927. On their marriage certificate, Ellen is stated as living at 12 Smithfield. Does anyone remember who lived there as I’m not sure if Ellen was a lodger there. Her father Thomas Owens had died before she married in 1927.
Ellen died in 1932 from heart failure aged 28 whilst working at the Stockton Union Workhouse. She was then living at 14 Swainby Road with her husband Frederick Wilson.
If anyone has information on Ellen, I would really appreciate your help. Please ask the PictureStockton team for my email address.
I have been very kindly sent the 1911 Census concerning my great aunt Mary Casey born Housewifes lane in 1911. She was a domestic servant for a family called Cockerill, head of the house was Ingram & Elizabeth Cockerill living at 76 Dovecot St, Stockton. Can anyone give me any information on this family, but in particularly my great aunt Mary Casey? She was 17 years old at the time of the census, trying to find out what became of her and her older sister Hannah. Please ask PictureStockton for my e-mail address if you can help.
Hi Derek, It;s strange reading about your own past from someone I have never met. I have been told that my Grandmother Hannah Jobson nee Casey had a son whose name is on the war memorial in Stockton Parish. Either Christopher or Robert. Hannah is buried in Durham Rd Cemetery with her husband Robert. son Robert and a still born sister of mine. My mother Hannah is also buried there. The rest of the Jobson brothers and sisters are there too. There are a lot of Jobson’s still in Stockton descents of Hannah Casey. I have been told that Jimmy James the comedian is a Casey.
Derek – I have looked up your family in the 1911 census. They are in Housewife Lane but the address given is no 7. Hannah & Mary have left home but there are other children there with both parents. I can send a copy to you if you contact me. Please ask Picture Stockton to give you my email address.
I have the 1901 Census its shows my great grandparents Francis & Isabella { nee Lyons } Casey living at 9 Housewifes lane, thier children are Hannah age 14, Frank age 11, Mary age 8 Robert age 5 & Elizabeth age 3. I would love to know what happened to Hannah and Mary, please ask picturestockton for my e-mail if you can help.
Derek, I have my Grandfather’s war records. He joined the K.O.S.B. on the 1st of September 1914. Regiment no: 15501. I have just had a look and he joined in Manchester. He was wounded several times and was transferred to the Royal Engineers in 1917 as a locomotive engineer. He was a bit of a lad and spent a few months in a military prison in Rouen, France in 1916. He also changed the name of his father part way through service. Perhaps so his father wouldn’t find out about his prison sentence. After the war, he went to India to work on the railways for a few years. He returned to live in Stockton with his wife, Bridget Mary (Tishy) and their two daughters and worked in the chemical works as an engine driver. They lived in Camden St. Thank you for replying. I will ask picturestockton for your email address and contact you offsite.
Lesley Targett, my grandad had a mate called Patrick Sullivan, he was killed 1915 I believe.
Another man who I knew very well as a kid was Tom Bowes. Have your grandfathers war records survived Lesley? As you may know up to 50% lost during the blitz. I now have all my grandads war records. Please ask picturestockton for my e-mail if you wish to – all the best.
Derek, my Grandfather John Edwin/Edward HESELWOOD was also in the K.O.S.B. during WW1. I often wondered why the K.O.S.B? He originally lived in Manchester, but his grandparents, Thomas and Ann WHARTON lived in Stockton. May I ask if you know who the other Stockton lads were? I too would love to see some photographs my grandfather. He died in Stockton in 1935, aged 39.
Only yesterday, thanks to a dedicated man who is writing a book on the K.O.S.B 1914-18, I learned my grandad Robert Casey from Housewife lane, Snowdons yard & Swainby rd faught in Gallipoli before being sent to fight on the western front, he fell badly wounded on the 1st day of the Somme 1916, still searching for a photograph of my grandad. Hope for some small miracle one will turn up.
Housewife lane, Thistle Green, Snowdons yard and all the other old parts of Stockton when these old buildings were pulled down lots of the folks were moved to Swainby & Danby rd. My grandad, Robert Casey, lived at 9 Housewife lane, his mam and dad were Francis & Isabella Casey. Thought I had got most of my grandads history from his time with the K.O.S.B but still bits coming in. My grandad joined the K.O.S.B with several other lads from the same old parts of Stockton, I know how tall my grandad was but not a clue as to what he looked like. Seems he did have a photo taken with his mate Patrick Sullivan, perhaps taken just before out-break of the Great War, hoping this photo still exists, but would like to appeal to all family members, both Caseys
and Kirks, and anyone else if they have photo of my grandad Robert for copy.
My grandad Robert Casey was born in Housewife Lane in 1912, he was an apprentice rivetter for Ropner & Sons. He left in 1912 to joing the K.O.S.B and was sent to France at the start of the Great War. In 1917 he married gran at St. Marys church Stockton, she was Beatrice Warhurst Kirk and after the great war they lived in Snowdons yard before moving into Swainby rd. Would love to know if any of the Caseys or Kirks have any old photos of gran & grandad Casey.
This is where the Fitzsimmons family from my family tree lived for a good number of years. (1851-1881 census).It”s good to see a picture rather than imagining what it is like.
Its good to see where your relatives lived. I had a relation called Edward Charlton who lived at no 12 in 1851.
If anyone has any information about him and his family, please get in touch.
Derek, have you seen these burial entries for individuals called Casey buried in Oxbrige Cemetary Stockton. The other surname you mentioned: “Comaskey”, could be a phonetic spelling error. I found one near enough phonetic entry for a Cominskey – who was quite a famous baseball player in Chicago, and who in later life built Cominskey Park Baseball Stadium. A multi-millionaire so it looks to me that you could be in line for an inheritance! Any chance you can get us all a season ticket to the games?
(a) Charles Albert Comiskey (August 15, 1859 – October 26, 1931) was an American Major League Baseball player, manager and team owner. He was a key person in the formation of the American League and later owned the Chicago White Sox. Comiskey Park, Chicago’s storied baseball stadium, was built under his guidance and named for him. Comiskey was inducted as an executive into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.
OXBRIDGE CEMETARY
(b) Jeremiah Casey 1897 1949 Age 52
Edward Casey 1892 1975 Age 83
Louisa Casey wife of Edward Casey 1891 1984 Age 9
John Casey wife of John Casey 1895 1969 Age 74
Florence Casey 1902 1986 Age 84
James Casey 1896 1959 Age 63
Florence Martha Casey 1899 1971 Age 72 wife of James Casey
Andrew Casey 1908 2000 Age 92
Bob Wison, no mistake Comaskey in all spelling variations my 4x gt grandmother, yes lots of Casey’s in both Oxbridge and Durham Road cemetery, I know my own, but linking other Casey’s very very hard with out documents, so no, no tickets to any thing I’m afraid Bob. Found my 2x gt grandparents buried in Oxbridge Lane, no headstone not even together, must have been very very hard times. All the best Derek.
Gail Watson, you will remember me and my family living next door to your mam and dad,
funny how our families past lives are connected, Pat Sullivan was my grandad Robert Casey’s best mate, they both joined KOSB together, sadly Pat died 1916, my grandad Robert 1939, he was at that time living at 127 Swainby Road.
Your relative Michael Alison said you had old photos and one might have my grandad Robert on, will you please ask PictureStockton for my e-mail. Sad to hear about your father, we got on very well.
I said the same thing about our families. Yes I do have a photo, I will somehow get your e-mail and forward a copy to you.
I had a g grandad, called William Sullivan lived in 5 Housewife Lane (1911) with Elizabeth Allison. My dad, Ken Allison (RIP), once told me that this couple never married, therefore all the children were given Elizabeth’s surname of Allison. Had they married, my dad’s name and those of his brothers would have been Sullivan! If anyone has further information on William Sullivan I would greatly appreciate it.
Patrick Gillespie (recorded as Gilsper) was living at 2 Housewifes Lane with his wife Ann (formerly Mrs Higgins, nee Britton) according to the 1871 census. They had a daughter called Mary, aged 3. Patrick was born in Ireland around 1838 and died in Stockton in 1882. Ann died in 1878. I have not been able to trace Patrick’s birth details. If anyone has any other information please contact me…..
Thank you.
Linda, could this be of any help? In the 1901 census there is a Mary Mintram, age 29, Widow living as a boarder at 15 Henry Street, Stockton-on-Tees together with Mary A Mintram age 12 Boarder, Elizabeth Mintram age 6 Boarder and a Michael Mintram age 2 Boarder all born Stockton. The head is a John McCarthy, single, age 26, Holder up Shipyard, born Middlesbrough RG13/4627 folio 81 page 48. 1891 census living at 4 Elgier Place George Minterham (it looks as if there was a correction) Head, age 30, Labourer shipyard, Born Southampton. Mary Wife, age 22, born Stockton. Daughter Mary, age 2, born Stockton RG12 / 4052 131 page 19. There was a death of a George Mintram age 37 registered in Middlesbrough in the June quarter 1897 Volume 9d page 394. 01/03/2012 17:11:09
The Elizabeth that you have found on the census aged 6 was my nanna.
I went to Northfield school 77-82 and there was an Andrea Casey in my class, she’d be 46 now.18/01/2012 22:53:36
Ken Salmon – I live in Billingham, could be walking past the lad who knows, but thanks for letting me know Comaskey’s were around. I can only hope he or a member of the family visit this wonderful site. Have been trying to find links to all the Casey who came here but so far no documents, its all to easy to say must be related but its not the same as proving it. Any Casey’s out there please get in touch, my family tree goes back to 1800 in County Monaghan, Ireland, into Scotland and down to England. 18/01/2012 15:51:10
Ref; Derek Casey’s comments. I went to school with a Peter Comaskey (see photos on website of St.Bedes school). Peter’s father was, I believe, a butcher and they lived in Hardwick. I also believe Peter lost his father whilst Peter was still a teenager. Peter had a photographic business next door to Frankey Flynn’s fishing tackle shop near Oxbridge. However, that business no longer exists. I also believe Peter lives in Billingham. I hope this is of some help to you.18/01/2012 13:33:21
My g g grandad James Casey first came to Stockton in 1862, he left his wife and children up in Glasgow whilst he came here to work in the iron works on Portrack lane. Always wondered how a man who had left Ireland in the 1840s with his parents and settled in Glasgow would have even known Stockton on Tees existed! I now know that in old Stockton in the area a lot of irish and irish decendents lived long before my g g grandad arrived, you only have to look on the great war memorial stones and you can read endless irish names. When, as a young kid growing up in Swainby rd, it didn’t mean any thing to me what a person was called (surname) but now all these years later the names have come to mean a great deal to me. Casey’s were here in Stockton before my g g grandad arrived in 1862, he was a pudler of iron, Murphy, Sullivan, Collins, Carbery – the list goes on and on. I would love to know if any Comaskey families are still in this area, first heard the name Comaskey just over 2 years ago when I got into my Casey ancestory, my g g g g grandmother was a Comaskey. Wherever my g g grandad worked a Comaskey family was either there before him or followed. Just learned about Bolton House Yard a couple of days ago, this was where my grandad Robert Casey’s best mate lived before moving into Housewife lane a few doors away from each other. Pat Sullivan joined the K.O.S.B before the great war, I think he influenced my grandad Robert to join as he was with him in 1912. Pat was a corpral, they both ended up on the Somme battlefield in July 1916. On the first day of battle my grandad Robert was very badly wounded with bullet and shrapnel to his leg, I wonder if Pat his best mate would have heard about Grandad. Pat only lived a few days more and was killed, he is buried in Meaulte, France just north of the Somme. One thing I have learned – when Housewife lane and old Stockton area’s were demolished friendships endured for many many years after, hard time but nice folks. Would love to hear from anyone who can connect with any of this, especialy if you are a Comaskey or if you think you are a relative. Please get in touch – Picture Stockton have my e-mail address.18/01/2012 11:04:08
Hi, as you can see my second name is Comaskey, i have read your post, and yes Comaskeys family still very much live in gorbals Glasgow and durtounfing areas, i have an uncle peter and quite sure him and my dads dad name was peter and he originally came from Ireland.
My husband’s maternal grandparents gave their address as 6 Housewife’s Lane when they married in 1888. They were George Mintram and Mary Micham. I’d love to hear from anyone who is connected to this family, as I’m struggling to trace the family history on this line.01/03/2012 09:44:50
My nanna was Elizabeth mintram,who was George mintram and Mary micham daughter.
Robert Riley – Ellen and Frederick’s marriage certificate may give you another clue to work from if you take a look at who the witnesses were – often, they are older brothers or sisters or cousins and they may show up on the 1901 Census. Hope this helps.
I’m trying to find information on Ellen Owens born 1903-1905 who married a Frederick Wilson (born 1897) in Stockton-on-Tees in 1927. On their marriage certificate, Ellen is stated as living at 12 Smithfield. Does anyone remember who lived there as I’m not sure if Ellen was a lodger there. Her father Thomas Owens had died before she married in 1927.
Ellen died in 1932 from heart failure aged 28 whilst working at the Stockton Union Workhouse. She was then living at 14 Swainby Road with her husband Frederick Wilson.
If anyone has information on Ellen, I would really appreciate your help. Please ask the PictureStockton team for my email address.
I have been very kindly sent the 1911 Census concerning my great aunt Mary Casey born Housewifes lane in 1911. She was a domestic servant for a family called Cockerill, head of the house was Ingram & Elizabeth Cockerill living at 76 Dovecot St, Stockton. Can anyone give me any information on this family, but in particularly my great aunt Mary Casey? She was 17 years old at the time of the census, trying to find out what became of her and her older sister Hannah. Please ask PictureStockton for my e-mail address if you can help.
Hi Derek, It;s strange reading about your own past from someone I have never met. I have been told that my Grandmother Hannah Jobson nee Casey had a son whose name is on the war memorial in Stockton Parish. Either Christopher or Robert. Hannah is buried in Durham Rd Cemetery with her husband Robert. son Robert and a still born sister of mine. My mother Hannah is also buried there. The rest of the Jobson brothers and sisters are there too. There are a lot of Jobson’s still in Stockton descents of Hannah Casey. I have been told that Jimmy James the comedian is a Casey.
Derek – I have looked up your family in the 1911 census. They are in Housewife Lane but the address given is no 7. Hannah & Mary have left home but there are other children there with both parents. I can send a copy to you if you contact me. Please ask Picture Stockton to give you my email address.
I have the 1901 Census its shows my great grandparents Francis & Isabella { nee Lyons } Casey living at 9 Housewifes lane, thier children are Hannah age 14, Frank age 11, Mary age 8 Robert age 5 & Elizabeth age 3. I would love to know what happened to Hannah and Mary, please ask picturestockton for my e-mail if you can help.
Derek, I have my Grandfather’s war records. He joined the K.O.S.B. on the 1st of September 1914. Regiment no: 15501. I have just had a look and he joined in Manchester. He was wounded several times and was transferred to the Royal Engineers in 1917 as a locomotive engineer. He was a bit of a lad and spent a few months in a military prison in Rouen, France in 1916. He also changed the name of his father part way through service. Perhaps so his father wouldn’t find out about his prison sentence. After the war, he went to India to work on the railways for a few years. He returned to live in Stockton with his wife, Bridget Mary (Tishy) and their two daughters and worked in the chemical works as an engine driver. They lived in Camden St. Thank you for replying. I will ask picturestockton for your email address and contact you offsite.
Lesley Targett, my grandad had a mate called Patrick Sullivan, he was killed 1915 I believe.
Another man who I knew very well as a kid was Tom Bowes. Have your grandfathers war records survived Lesley? As you may know up to 50% lost during the blitz. I now have all my grandads war records. Please ask picturestockton for my e-mail if you wish to – all the best.
Derek, my Grandfather John Edwin/Edward HESELWOOD was also in the K.O.S.B. during WW1. I often wondered why the K.O.S.B? He originally lived in Manchester, but his grandparents, Thomas and Ann WHARTON lived in Stockton. May I ask if you know who the other Stockton lads were? I too would love to see some photographs my grandfather. He died in Stockton in 1935, aged 39.
Only yesterday, thanks to a dedicated man who is writing a book on the K.O.S.B 1914-18, I learned my grandad Robert Casey from Housewife lane, Snowdons yard & Swainby rd faught in Gallipoli before being sent to fight on the western front, he fell badly wounded on the 1st day of the Somme 1916, still searching for a photograph of my grandad. Hope for some small miracle one will turn up.
Housewife lane, Thistle Green, Snowdons yard and all the other old parts of Stockton when these old buildings were pulled down lots of the folks were moved to Swainby & Danby rd. My grandad, Robert Casey, lived at 9 Housewife lane, his mam and dad were Francis & Isabella Casey. Thought I had got most of my grandads history from his time with the K.O.S.B but still bits coming in. My grandad joined the K.O.S.B with several other lads from the same old parts of Stockton, I know how tall my grandad was but not a clue as to what he looked like. Seems he did have a photo taken with his mate Patrick Sullivan, perhaps taken just before out-break of the Great War, hoping this photo still exists, but would like to appeal to all family members, both Caseys
and Kirks, and anyone else if they have photo of my grandad Robert for copy.
My grandad Robert Casey was born in Housewife Lane in 1912, he was an apprentice rivetter for Ropner & Sons. He left in 1912 to joing the K.O.S.B and was sent to France at the start of the Great War. In 1917 he married gran at St. Marys church Stockton, she was Beatrice Warhurst Kirk and after the great war they lived in Snowdons yard before moving into Swainby rd. Would love to know if any of the Caseys or Kirks have any old photos of gran & grandad Casey.
This is where the Fitzsimmons family from my family tree lived for a good number of years. (1851-1881 census).It”s good to see a picture rather than imagining what it is like.