MERRITT & COCKBURN

[DaveHam9]

NSW Birth 16067/1891 MERRITT ROBERT - SAMUEL - MARY - HAMILTON

NSW Birth 2512/1901 COCKBURN PEARLY - WILLIAM - ELLENOR - CHARLESTOWN

The marriage of Samuel to Mary and the marriage of William to Ellenor are not in NSW index.

 

[DaveHam9]

The Newcastle Sun (NSW) - Fri 5 Jul 1946 p.13
FUNERALS
MERR1TT.-The relatives and friends of Mrs. R. MERRITT, Mr and Mrs. V. BENSLEY and FAMILY, Mr and Mrs. C. WOOD and FAMILY, Mr. and Mrs. D. FULLER and Miss SHIRLEY MERRITT, are invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved husband, father, father-in-law and grandfather, ROBERT MERRITT, to move from his late residence, Ocean Street, Dudley, tomorrow (Saturday) morning at 10 o'clock, for the Methodist Cemetery, Charlestown.
JAMES MURRAY, Funeral Director.

Merritt Robert 3 Jul 1946 55 h/Pearl Whitebridge NSW Ang Old

 

[DaveHam9]

NSW Death COCKBURN WILLIAM 7330/1929 EDMUND - ELIZABETH - CHARLESTOWN

So far I can't find anything in Trove for William.

NSW Death COCKBURN ELLENOR 2316/1947 WILLIAM 87 YRS DUDLEY - CHARLESTOWN

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/158244782

 

[DaveHam9]

Need the help of a tree, thanks.

 

[Bootzy]

Pearl Cockburn married 1918 Wickham NSW to Robert Merritt – 10963 – died 24 July 1955 Wallsend NSW buried Charlestown Lake Macquarie - findagrave
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/151862514:60528

William Cockburn (1860-1929) marriage Jan 1883 Durham Ellen Crozier Jordan Vol 10a page 488
William b Nov 1861 Wingate Durham – Edmund Cockburn (1839-1865) & Elizabeth Mitchell (1839-1867) baptised 22 Jan 1862 Wingate – FHL1514658 1862 pg.37-289

on 1871 grandson age 9 with brother Edmund 11 and grandma Catherine Cockburn age 60 – Spennymore Bishop Auckland & 1881 census 19 yr old boarder at Page Bank street Durham – coal miner.
Married 19 Feb 1883 Ellenor Crozier Jordan (1857-1947)
arrival:
William 24 labourer, Ellen 25, Edmund 2 & Elizabeth infant – all from Durham – Assisted Immigrant arrived 17 Sept 1886 on “Port Pirie”
William died 5 May 1929 Charlestown NSW

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks Val.

 

[Bootzy]

Robert Merritt b 1891 NSW – Samuel & Mary Merrett – reg 16067

Samuel Waterman b Jan qtr 1863 Portsea Island Hampshire Vol 2b page 409
married Oct qtr 1882 Houghton le Spring Durham Mary Ludman – Vol 10a page 682 – died 19 Sept 1937 Mayfield Newcastle – buried Whitebridge Cemetery Charlestown Newcastle NSW – reg 15918
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/134959379?searchTerm=samuel merritt

Mary Ludman b 1866 Low Spennymoore Durham – died 1933 Charlestown NSW – reg 1157
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165322979?searchTerm=samuel merritt

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks Val.

Births Mar Qtr 1863 MERRITT Samuel Waterman - Portsea 2b 409 mmn DAWSON

Births Mar Qtr 1866 LUDLAM Mary - Stockton 10a 120 mmn DAWSON

Marriages Mar Qtr 1840
MERRITT Richard Sunderland 24 212
DAWSON Hannah Sunderland 24 212

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Marriages Mar Qtr 1860
Dawson Hannah Houghton 10a 379
Seedlam William Houghton 10a 379

 

[DaveHam9]

I can't find Mary in 1871.

I can't find Samuel Merritt in 1871 or 1881.

1881 Mary
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q271-8ZT9

 

[emeltee]

No Mary Ludlam in 1871 - for some reason she is down as Anne - same birth year same birth place
RG10/4932/F53/p1
George Street, Whitworth, Auckland, Durham
William B Ludlam 38 Coal Miner Pentridge, Derbyshire
Hannah Ludlam 31 wife High Town, Durham
Joseph Ludlam 10 son Shotton Durham
Anne Ludlam dau 1866 Spennymoor

RG10/136/F16/p27
Richard Merritt 53 Mariner Portsmouth Hampshire
Hannah Merritt wife 50 Sunderland, Durham
Hannah Merritt dau 17 Seaham Durham
Thomas Merritt son 10 Portsmouth
Samuel Merritt son 7 Portsmouth
Frederick Merritt g/son 2 Portsmouth
Annie Merritt dau in law Portsmouth

RG11/4968/F85/p55
14 Albion Street, Murton East, Easington, Durham
Richard Merrit(sic) 67 Lab at coalmine Portsmouth
Hannah Merrit 65 wife Sunderland
Samuel Merrit son 18 Coal Miner Portsmouth
Margaret Williams Servant 30 Ireland

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks emeltee.

 

[DaveHam9]

RG10/136/F16/p27
Richard Merritt 53 Mariner Portsmouth Hampshire
Hannah Merritt wife 50 Sunderland, Durham
Hannah Merritt dau 17 Seaham Durham
Thomas Merritt son 10 Portsmouth
Samuel Merritt son 7 Portsmouth
Frederick Merritt g/son 2 Portsmouth
Annie Merritt dau in law Portsmouth

I tried to find that at the library and on entering the full ref there were no results. I tried different combinations of parts of the ref and different family members without surname and still no results.