Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 1870 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Harrison and Whitehouse families of Croxdale
Covering Dates: c.1913-1936
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George Harrison and Margaret Ann Pattison married in 1900. They had one son, Sydney Allan (b. 1905). George worked for a vet in Bishop Auckland known as Jimmy Dean, or James Gowans Deans, in the 1920s, where he learnt to drive a car. He later became a chauffeur for Vaux Breweries.Frederick Whitehouse married Isabella Swinburn in 1903 and had 4 daughters: Gladys (born 26 August 1904, died 2006); Dorothy (b. 6 April 1909); Miriam (b. 24 September 1914); and Norah (b. 6 May 1919). The family lived in Croxdale and attended the Primitive Methodist Church there. Sydney Harrison and Dorothy married in 1933 and had 1 daughter.
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Photographs (Ref: D/X 1870/1)Ref: D/X 1870/1/1
Photographic postcard of 'Quckers trip from Close House nr B[isho]p Auckland', group photograph of women and children includes Sydney Allan Harrison aged about 9, his mother Margaret Ann Harrison nee Pattinson (b. 1873) and Evelyn Lowes (b.1897) holding a baby [see diagram], 1913 or 1914
taken by Oswin F. Kingley, Cotherstone
(1 postcard)
Ref: D/X 1870/1/2Photograph of Croxdale Sunday School winners of the Spennymoor P.M. [Primitive Methodist] Circuit Scripture Examination Shield, 1917
Sep Nichol was a local dentist, 1917
1st Row: Mr S. H. Nichol, H. Turner, J. Brewis, A. Hope , N. Jackson, Mr M. Cockburn
2nd Row: C. Whitehouse, F. Pollock, I. Fairley, L. Alker, Mrs. S. H. Nichol, J. Turner, E. Alker, J. Maughan, L. Hutchindon
Front Row: N. Mains, R. Fairley, R. Whitter, R. Maddison, W. Nichol, N. Wilson
Photograph taken by H. Osguthorpe, Spennymoor
(1 photograph, card mounted, sepia, 30cm x 25xcm)
Ref: D/X 1870/1/3Photograph of Croxdale Sunday School winners of the Spennymoor Circuit & District Scripture Examination Shields 1916-1918, n.d. [?1918]
J. Anderson, Mr. S.H. Nichol, E.Alker, N. Anderson, V. Alker, A. Wilson, R. Jackson, Mr M. Cockburn, J. Turner, N.Wilson
R. Maddison, E. Richardson, M.A. Richardson, L. Alker, Mrs S.H. Nichol, P. Anderson, G. Whitehouse, I. Fairley
J. Maddison, G. Wright, W. Maddison, W. Brewis, L. Cockburn, W. Nichol, W. Fairley
Photographer: H. Osguthorpe, Spennymoor
(1 photograph, card mounted, sepia, 30cm x 25xcm)
Ref: D/X 1870/1/4Photograph of Croxdale Cl. School, 1920
Includes back row: centre Gladys Whitehouse holding Nora Whitehouse; and 3rd from right, Dorothy Whitehouse
Front Row: 1st from right, Miriam Whitehouse
(1 photograph, card mounted, black and white, 22cm x 12cm)
Ref: D/X 1870/1/5Photographic postcard of the Sunday School at Croxdale Primitive Methodist Church, inlcuding Gladys Whitehouse holding Norah Whitehouse, n.d. [c.1921]
(1 postcard)
Ref: D/X 1870/1/6Photograph of George Harrison [Sydney's father] standing in front of a horse and flat bed cart, with 3 boys, a woman (possibly Evelyn Lowes) and a dog sitting on the cart, outside farm buildings., n.d. [1920s]
(1 photograph, sepia, 10cm x 8cm)
Ref: D/X 1870/1/7Photograph of Croxdale School netball team, including Nora Whitehouse front row 2nd from left, 1932
(1 photograph, card mounted, black and white, 22cm x 12cm)
Ref: D/X 1870/1/8Photographic postcard of the Croxdale Girls' Club, in a field with tents, including Norah Whitehouse back row, 5th from left, 18 August 1936
(1 postcard)