Genealogy - Kathy's Family Tree

The Family of William John & Ann Armstrong

My Great Grandparents

The parents of Robert Armstrong were:
William John Armstrong	Ann (surname unknown)
Born: 10 Feb 1870 Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland Christened: 20 Mar 1870 St Bartholomew's Church, Newbiggin by the Sea Parents: Margaret (nee Dent) and William John Armstrong Siblings: Isabella Armstrong (born 1863) Jane Armstrong (born 1854) Margaret Armstrong (born 1866) Hannah Elizabeth Taylor Armstrong (1873 - 1887) Mary Ann Morton Armstrong (born 1876) Alice Dent Armstrong (1876 - 1876) Occupation: Coal Miner Died: 09 Sep 1938 Downie's Buildings Buried: 12 Sep 1938 St Bartholomew's Church, Newbiggin	Born: 1862 Christened: Parents: Siblings: Occupation: Died: c.1903 Buried:
Marriage details: Date: c. 1891 Place: Children: Isabella Armstrong (1892 - 1893) Margaret Armstrong (1892 - 1894) Jane Ann Armstrong (born 1896) William John Armstrong (1897 - 1941) Robert Armstrong (1900 - 1974)

William John Armstrong (1870 - 1938)

Born in February 1870, William was the only son of Margaret (nee Dent) and William John Armstrong of Newbiggin. William jnr had three older sisters: Isabella (b.1863), Jane (b.1864) and Margaret (b.1866), and three younger sisters Hannah Elizabeth (1873 - 1887), Mary Ann (b.1876) and Alice (1876 - 1876).

William died in September 1938 in Downies Buildings, Newbiggin, and was buried at St. Bartholomew's' Church.

Annie "Unknown", (possibly Armstrong)

I have been unable as yet to find out more information about Annie, other than that which is on my Grandfather's birth certificate, and is mentioned above.

"Ann" is hardly an unusual name, and in Newbiggin "Armstrong" is as rare as "Smith" - which all makes her very hard to trace!

It is thought that she was born in about 1862 and that she died in around 1903.

William John Armstrong and Annie "Unknown" (possibly Armstrong)

My Grandfather Robert "Bobby" Armstrong's parents were William and Annie.

I think that Annie and William would have been married sometime around 1890, finding a record isn't made any easier by their "less than unusual" names! My Grandfather, Robert, was their fifth child and his birth certificate gives Annie's name as "Armstrong, formerly Armstrong", but it's possible that she had been widowed by this time and that her maiden name was something else.
Their first two children, Isabella (1892 - 1893) and Margaret (1893 - 1894) didn't survive infancy.
Next came Jane Ann (b.1896), who married James "Jimmy" Taylor and had three sons: James, Ben and William.
Their fourth child, and first son was William John (1897 - 1941). He married Margaret Lockey, and had four children; Ethel, William John, Mary Ann and Florence.
Fifth was my Grandfather, Robert (1900 - 1974). who married Mary Alice Armstrong and had two daughters, Grace and Jean.

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