Greetings

Luransman · #1 13-03-2014, 09:40 PM

This is from a newbie who hides as Luransman.
I'm pursuing my family history. There was a family
with the name Howey who suffered badly around
1881 in the TB epidemic. One girl, Sarah, survived
and married Edward Duncan Richardson. Another,
Esther moved away, a long way away, as she and
her husband, Alfred Henry Webb, emigrated to
Australia. I would be chuffed to hear from anyone
who knew Mabel Leslie Richardson and the shop she
had in Amble 50 or 60 years ago.

janwhin · #2 13-03-2014, 10:55 PM

Welcome newbie, hiding as Luransman......there are a few Howey farming families round the Amble area. Do you know if you are part of the same family?

Luransman · #3 14-03-2014, 07:10 AM

Thanks:-)
I can track family back to 1800 and there are no Howey's to that level still in the area. My ancestors were farm labourers with a few millers thrown in. Sarah's father worked as a miner when he came to Amble from Felton.
Sarah's aunt married a Thomas Rochester and they live in Refuge Cottage near Titlington.
Bye for now:-)