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Marriages Dec 1915 (>99%)

Cunningham Margaret Atkinson Newcastle T. 10b 406

I omitted Newcastle upon Tyne, but you found that.

Mother had elder sisters, May, Ethel, Nellie, Alice and a brother George

Ref Thomas Atkinson's occupation. He worked for Newcastle Council on the bins, then as a road sweeper.

Oddly my Mother Ella Atkinson lived at 200 Portland Road following her
marriage in 1945

I apologise if my incomplete question is irksome.

David
, who were the parents of the children you name? Atkinson and Stewart or someone else? because even if your mother knew them as siblings if they were half siblings or born under mothers name only then it makes it difficult to track them.

Nyx, I only knew my aunts by their married names,
May Wharton
Ethel Gustard
Nellie Saints

Ethel EDIT NOT THIS ONE

Marriages Mar 1924 (>99%)
Dodd Ethel Gustard Newcastle T. 10b 100
Gustard John Dodd Newcastle T. 10b 100

Gustard Household (2 People)
Avon Wold Spring Lane , Sedgefield R.D., Durham, England


Ethel Gustard 26 Aug 1908 Female Colliery Foreman Platelaye Married 182 2
John Gustard 23 Mar 1903 Male Male Nurse (Mental) Married 182 1

Nyx, aunt Ethel's married name was Gustard. She was married to Martin.
She was the Mother of Jean, Mary, Brian and Tony. Newcastle upon Tyne

Note the address

1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION

Household (3 People)
186 Portland Road , Newcastle-upon-Tyne C.B., Northumberland, England


Ellen Saints 08 Feb 1908 Female Unpaid Domestic Dutie Married 44 2
Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.
Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.

Same address Ethel Gustard birth date 28/9/1904

Ellen appears to have married Joseph Saints as Ellen Walker??

Marriages Mar 1928 (>99%)
Walker Ellen Saints Newcastle T. 10b 71

Which doesn't make much sense!

Aunt Nellie was married to Archibald Saints (I think he was from Bermuda)
They had a son Richard and a daughter Dorothy who married Renick had two children then they divorced. Dorothy went on to be a nurse at the RVI Newcastle

Didn't notice this tsk lol

Wharton Household (3 People)
186 Portland Road , Newcastle-upon-Tyne C.B., Northumberland, England


Margaret M Wharton 04 May 1920 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 42 2
John Wharton 08 Mar 1915 Male Plumber & Gasfitter Married 42 1
John H Wharton 06 Jun 1939 Male Under School Age Single 42 3

The surname for Nellie and Margaret M is definitely Walker,

Marriages Mar 1939 (>99%)

Walker Margaret M Wharton Newcastle T. 10b 151
Wharton John Walker Newcastle T. 10b 151

the birth of the Wharton son in 1939 confirms it ( see freebmd) and the marriage of Nellie ( Ellen) to Saints ditto

Saints Joseph A A Walker Newcastle 3b 71

Joseph's middle name Archibald?

So somewhere /how there is a connection between these girls and your mother and the Atkinsons...but what it is I am not sure!?

Possibly??

Births Jun 1920 (>99%)

WALKER Margaret M Stewart Newcastle T 10b 266

Interesting Nyx My aunt May and Uncle John and John jr lived at 200 Portland Road with my parents and GF when I was a child (post 1945)

Archibald Saints had been a sailor / mariner from Bermuda. I'm just going off long ago memory here. Think and Nellie separated. Nellie died in hospital.

Only connection I'm aware of is same Father, different Mother.

To recap, Thomas and Janet, Ella, margaret M Wharton , Ethel Gustard ( with children) and Ellen Saints all at 186 Portland Rd on the 1939 Register.

Re Dorothy and Richard Saints , they are both registered as having mother's maiden name Walker. So mother was definitely Ellen Walker.

Janet Atkinson my GM, died of bowel cancer in 1945.

Her funeral, embalming, hearse and other car, interment in All Saints Cemetery and notice in the local newspaper £24 - 10 shillings.
I had the CWS receipt. You could pay that for a bouquet these days.

Well if you hadn't found that I'd insist their name was Saints