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I am trying to find any information on John Moore who married Elizabeth Blenkinsopp in 1866 Co Durham I know of one son called James born May 1888 any help would be gratefull
Thanks Lynn

Hello Lynne, are you trying to trace his ancestors or descendants, or both?

James was my grandfather so John and Elizabeth would of been my great grandparents

If you order a copy of his marriage certificate from GRO it should confirm his age, occupation, address and father's details:

Marriages Jun 1866
BLENKINSOPP Elizabeth Durham 10a 501
Moore John Durham 10a 501

This information will help track him and his family in any census. Have you already found him in any census?

Thank you so much I am in the process of doing this now

Lynn - might I ask where you got James parent's details from?

I've just had a look on Ancestry and there are a couple of trees that have John & Elizabeth but not James as their son.

They may not be right, but I'd hate you to be following the wrong line!

I have got Jame's birth certificate and it says his mother was Elizabeth Blenkinsopp and father John Moore. So I looked on Free BMD for their marriage. And I know my grandfather was born in Stokton his father was from Scotland. This family is proving hard to find so any leads I can get I try to follow

Lynn, what was John's occupation on James' birth cert and where were they living at that time?

Also, who did James marry, and where and when?

This will all help us make sure we're tracking the right line.

Is this them in 1911?

MOORE, John Head Married M 64 1847 Coal Miner Shifter Haddingtonshire
MOORE, Elizbeath Wife Married 45 years F 64 1847 Durham Thornley
MOORE, James Richardson Son Married M 22 1889 Bank Man Above Ground Stockton Durham

Registration District: Durham Sub District: Durham
Enumeration District: 28 Parish: Coxhoe

Address: Kelloe Durham County: Durham

**It says on the original that John & Elizabeth had 13 children, 8 of whom survived. Also says that James had been married 3 years, and they'd had 1 child which had died. No mention of where James' wife is.

The 1901 shows us that they'd obviously spent some time in Scotland as 2 children born there:

MOORE, John Head Married M 53 1848 Slater Scotland
MOORE, Elizabeth Wife Married F 53 1848
MOORE, Ralph Son Single M 21 1880 Rivett Heater Ship Yard Scotland
MOORE, Jane Daughter Single F 20 1881 General Day Domestic Servant Scotland
MOORE, George Son Single M 15 1886 Rivett Heater Ship Yard Stockton Durham
MOORE, James Son Single M 12 1889 Stockton Durham

Registration District: Sunderland Sub District: Monkswearmouth Enumeration District: 5 A Ecclesiastical Parish: Monkwearmouth St Peters
Civil Parish: Sunderland

Address: 63?, Dock Street, Sunderland County: Durham

This looks like the family in Scotland in 1881, but no mention of John:


1881 Scotland Census

Name: Ralph Moore
Age: 1
Estimated birth year: abt 1880
Relationship: Son
Mother's name: Elizabeth Moore
Gender: Male
Where born: Montrose, Forfarshire
Registration Number: 312
Registration district: Montrose
Civil Parish: Montrose
County: Angus
Address: 32, Union St

ED: 21 Household schedule number: 107 Line: 23
Roll: cssct1881_96

Household Members:

Elizabeth Moore 34
John T Moore 13
Maggie Moore 11
William Moore 8
Ralph Moore 1
Jane Moore 7 MO

Thanks for the information.
On James's birth certificate it states that John was a journeyman slater and then lived at 6 Gray St Stockton James was born 25th May 1888.

On James's marriage cetificate it says that he was married to Ester Jane Blakelock 14th Dec 1907 they lived at 63 Dock St and it states that John was a coal miner.

I believe that there was a child and it died at birth or shortly after, but the marriage didn't work.

We always thought he was married to our grandmother Maud Carney but we have found no record at all to verify this.

There was an Ester who lived with my grans sister but we don't know who she was

As you can see it is a complicated family.

Here's Ester back with her parents in 1911:

BLAKELOCK, William Head Married M 60 1851 Miner Engine Plane Whitehaven Cumberland
BLAKELOCK, Elizabeth Wife Married 37 years F 55 1856 Cassop Co Durham
MOOR, Esther Daughter Married 3 years F 23 1888 Monkwearmouth Durham

Registration District: Sunderland Sub District: Sunderland North Enumeration District: 2 Parish: Sunderland

Address: 11 Mill Row Southwick Road Sunderland
County: Durham
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In those days divorce was not usually an option to working class people so James may not have been free to legally marry Maud.

Just had a look at the original of the 1911 census MarieCeleste has posted above for Esther Moor nee Blakelock

it says married 3 years 1 child born to marriage by 1911, 0 still alive 1 has died

on the original of the 1911 census for James Richardson Moore, it also says married 3 years 1 child born to marriage by 1911, 0 still alive 1 has died

Thank you so much for this information, I wonder what happened to Ester?? was she the one who lived with my Great Aunt my mum never knew who she was.

My uncle James was born in 1917 in Birkenhead but we can't find out any information re marriage for James and Maud

Thanks again I will keep digging with the information that I have got.