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Yes. I know for sure the South Shields is not my John. I have the birth cert. Now trying to decide if I should spend another $40.00 to get the other John. Wish I could narrow it down a little more first.

Both births come up on freebmd


Births Mar 1848
Straughan John Durham &c 24 75


Births Jun 1848
Straughan John S Shields 24 241

John Straughan
mentioned in the record of John Colquhorn Straughan
Name: John Straughan
Gender: Male
Wife: Isabella
Son: John Colquhorn Straughan
Other information in the record of John Colquhorn Straughan
from England Births and Christenings
Name: John Colquhorn Straughan
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 26 Feb 1873
Christening Place: Durham, Durham, England
Father's Name: John Straughan
Mother's Name: Isabella

I wondered about that one Yvonne but Genuki doesn't give Leadgate as an area covered by that registration district - although that doesn't say it isn't the correct record.

Kath. x

this birth would cover leadgate area

John Straughan
England and Wales, Birth Registration Index
Name: John Straughan
Event Type: Birth Registration
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Year: 1848
Registration District: Durham Central
County: Durham
Event Place: Durham Central, Durham, England
Volume: 24
Page: 75
Line Number: 36

I have replied to a similar pm from Jackie and told her that there may not be a birth record to find for John Straughan as there were no penalties at that time for not registering a birth.

Kath. x

PM from Jackie - have asked her to come back to the thread and add not answered to her heading if that's the case.

I am Roberds /Rever on Ancestry. Thanks for your replies. Along with the Robert Straughan and Mary issue of finding the marriage record, I am not finding John's birth record. He was born in Leadgate . I know the John Straughan I find born in South Shields in 1848 is not my John. I'll keep on searching. Thanks.

I'll let Jackie know how to find her replies :-)

Clue to whereabouts on the Ancestry Tree. Stringham as a surname transcription didn't feature as a variant on FMP!!
1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
South Pit Houses, Waterloo Place, Cowpen, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Robert Stringham Head Married Male 36 1825 Coal Miner Durham, Durham, England
Mary Stringham Wife Married Female 34 1827 - Widdrington, Northumberland, England
John Stringham Son Unmarried Male 13 1848 Coal Miner Leadgate, Durham, England
Isabella Stringham Daughter - Female 11 1850 - Blyth, Northumberland, England
Mary Stringham Daughter - Female 8 1853 - Blyth, Northumberland, England

Not your tree is it? Roberd-4-2011 owner: rever ??

Same tree has parents as Robert b1825 Ryton, Co. Durham -d Jan 1901 Tynemouth RD and Mary Davison b1828 Widdrington, Northumberland -d1905 Morpeth RD (although no marriage Reg. found it says).Tree will take you back to Howe STRAUGH b 1710, no spouse shown

Marriage certificate on an Ancestry public tree shows them married 4 May 1870 at Morpeth Reg. Office. He 22 Bachelor, Coal Miner residing at West Sleekburn, Bedlington at time of marriage, Father Robert also a Coal Miner. Isabella age 21 Domestic Servant living at West Chevington, Father William also a Miner. Witnesses John ? Rutledge and Mary Straughan

Looks like him in 1871.

1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Crofton Mill, Horton, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John Straughan Head - Male 23 1848 - Northumberland, England <<<<<
Isabella Straughan Wife - Female 21 1850 - Northumberland, England

<<<<<<<<<Shows as Leadgate on original. (There is also a Leadgate in Co. Durham not far away)

Searching for information on John Straughan born about 1848 in leadgate England. He married Isabella Laws in 1871 and the came to the U.S. in 1873-4. Name change shows on Brittanic ship records. Name is Stratton in the U.S. records. His father was Robert Straughan according to Marriage certificate. isabella's father was William Laws married to a Swinborn.