My Maternal Grand parents were Edith Annie Beckwith (nee Fawell), Born in the Parish of Brancepeth, County Durham on Feb. 24, 1877.
Her parents were Mathew Fawell, Born in 1858 and Margaret Fawell, (nee Kidd), born in 1861 at Alston, Cumberland, County Durham. This is as far back as my records go.
Edith Annie Fawell married John George Beckwith,(born 1870) on March 18, 1901, in Crook, Durham.
My Mother was Elsie Beckwith, born in 1903 in Crook. She had 7 siblings. John George and Edith Annie emigrated to Canada in 1904.
My records show that Edith Annie had siblings: Mary J. Kidd, Maggie Fawell, Rachel Fawell, Charles Fawell, Thomas Fawell, Walter Fawell, Joseph Fawell and Mathew Fawell.
So, it would seem that we have the same great grandparents.
Who were your grand parents? I live in Winnipeg, Canada, where my grandparents originaly settled in 1904. Where are you? I am happy to find some more relatives, I knew that one of my aunts visited relatives in England several times and corresponded with relatives there.
Al Nelson
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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