Joseph Aitchison

Abt 1861 - Abt 1948  (~ 87 years)

• Name	Joseph Aitchison  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1861	South Shields, Durham, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1948	Courtney, British Columbia, Canada
  Person ID	I385	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Jasper Aitchison,   b. Abt 1825, England d. Abt 1886, England (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Revell,   b. Abt 1838, England d. Abt 1891, England (Age ~ 53 years)
  Family ID	F293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lillian Fulbeck,   b. Abt 1880, Cowpen Quay, Northumberland, England d. Abt 1938, Courtney, British Columbia, Canada (Age ~ 58 years)
  Children	1. Ethel Mary Aitchison,   b. 22 Feb 1901, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England d. Abt Mar 1972, Denver, Denver Co, Colorado (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 May 2005

  
  

• Notes

  South Shields town (or locally known just as Shields) is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about 4.84 miles downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne. It is part of the metropolitan borough of South Tyneside, which includes the riverside towns of Jarrow and Hebburn and the villages of Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn. The first settlers of the area were the Brigantes, although there is no evidence they built a settlement within present town. Earlier Celtic inscriptions were found as evident in Caer Urfa, the original name for South Shields. The Romans built a fort here around AD 160, and expanded it around AD 208 to help supply their soldiers along Hadrian's Wall. The current town was founded in 1245 and developed as a fishing port. Salt-panning expanded as an industry in 1499. During the Civil War, parliament's Scottish allies captured the town and caused the royalists to flee south. In 1974 the administrative County Durham and the county boroughs were abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 and County Durham was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan county. The reconstituted County Durham lost territory to the north east (around Gateshead, South Shields and Sunderland) to Tyne and Wear and to the south east (around Hartlepool) to Cleveland. South Shields county is a metropolitan county in northeast England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. It came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. It consists of the five metropolitan boroughs of South Tyneside, North Tyneside, City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and the City of Sunderland. Prior to reforms in 1974, the territory comprising the county of Tyne and Wear straddled the border between the counties of Northumberland and County Durham. North Tyneside and Newcastle upon Tyne had previously existed within of Northumberland, whereas South Tyneside, Gateshead and Sunderland were all previously within the borders of County Durham, with the River Tyne forming the border of the two counties. Tyne and Wear is bounded on the east by the North Sea, and as a ceremonial county, shares borders with Northumberland to the north and County Durham to the south.

  
  

• Sources

  [S134] Alva Raymond Sears to Hubert Andrew Arnold, Alva - Hu. [S577] english census, (Census Returns of England and Wales, Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO). Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. ), 1871, 1881, 1901 (Reliability: 3). Name: Joseph Aitchison, Age: 39, Estimated birth year: abt 1862, Relation to Head: Head; Gender: Male; Spouse: Lilly Aitchison; Birth Place: South Shields, Durham, England; Civil Parish: Whitley; Ecclesiastical parish: Cullercoats St Paul; Town: Whitley; County/Island: Northumberland; Country: England; Registration district: Tynemouth; Sub-registration district: Whitley