WHITBY, SCARBOROUGH & NORTH YORK MOORS, NORTH YORKSHIRE
My late, first wife's family were from Whitby, hence I have a strong
interest in the families and history of this area.
I have a good collection of books about the area, many copies of old photos and postcards, and some census and other genealogical data. I am prepared to look up information. Please e-mail me.
For a list of the books I have click here.
For a list of genealogical data click here.
For a list of the families I am interested in click here.
To see a Family Tree of my late wife's Yorkshire ancestry click here (she was Agnes White)
Amongst the families connected to my wife's family were the STORMs of Robin Hoods Bay. Roy Storm, a distant cousin, has an excellent website which includes the Storm family pedigree and a transcript of the 19th Journal of Captain Jacob Storm.Click here to go to Roy's STORM family website.
Roy has started an informal mailing group for those with an interest in the STORM family and in Robin Hoods Bay families connected to the STORMS (Probably most families from that area are related !). If you wish to join e-mail Roy at storm04@globalnet.co.uk
There is also a new mailing list for those with Whitby family interests.
This group is at " thewhitbygroup " on YAHOO !
Steve Whitaker has transcribed the 1837 Whitby
Valuation Lists
I also have a general interest in Whitby shipping, shipowners and seamen & in Whitby fishermen & lifeboats. I have detailed fleetlists of the ships of Turnbull & Co & Rowland & Marwood, the two main local shipping companies. These can be viewed via my fleet list pages I also hold copies of Lloyd's Captains Register 1869 & The SoG Index to Trinity House Petitions, both of which contain details of many Whitby & Scarborough seamen & masters.
Some Master Mariners or wives of Masters in the 1851 Census for Whitby are listed on my Whitby Master Mariners 1851 Page
Whitby was, of course, an important Arctic Whaling port. I have compiled a list of Whitby Whaling ships with some additional notes which include names of captains.
An excellent site for Whaling history, which includes some Yorkshire data is
MUSTER ROLLS FOR WHITBY SHIPS 18th - early 19th Centuries -
Muster rolls for the ship "Volunteer" of Whitby
Muster rolls for several 18th & 19th Century Whitby ships
EXTRACTS FROM THE TIMES NEWSPAPER RELATING TO WHITBY (Mostly shipping related)- NEW
Extracts from The Times relating to Whitby - Contents Page
Extracts from The Times relating to Whitby Shipping 1785 to 1789
Extracts from The Times relating to Whitby Shipping 1790 to 1799
Extracts from The Times relating to Whitby Shipping 1800 to 1829
Extracts from The Times relating to Whitby Shipping 1830 to 1835
There were strong links between Whitby and my home town of Cardiff in the late 19th & early 20th centuries because of the sea. Turnbull set up a Cardiff based branch of their shipping company and Rowland & Marwood ships used Cardiff frequently. My indexes to Cardiff Crew Agreements include a few Whitby masters and there were certainly a number of Whitby seamen who made their homes in Cardiff.
On my Maritime website, too, is a searchable database of Ships in Port in 1881. This will eventually cover the whole of England & Wales. There are many North Yorkshire seamen listed in various ports across the country. You can search the index by personal name or by ship or by port or any other keyword.
SHIPS IN PORT IN ENGLAND & WALES 1881
EXTRACTS FROM A DIARY OF NORTH EAST SHIPPING EVENTS c.1200 - 1870
Some extracts from a book on North East shipping transcribed by Yvonne Leck
SOME SHIPPING DISASTERS IN THE WHITBY AREA
A couple of stories of disasters off Whitby which resulted in action by the Whitby Lifeboats
Another interest is the Jet Industry in Whitby. A branch of my wife's ancestors (the Devonshire & Paling families) were involved in the industry for around 150 years from about 1840 to the 1990s. The last of the family to make jet jewellery having died a couple of years ago.
Go to a list of Whitby Jet Workers in 1851
Go to a list of Whitby Jet Workers in 1899
Yet another interest is in the Catholic families of Whitby & the North York Moors area. My wife's family had been recussants from early times, changing to Congregationalists in the mid 19th century.
I have copies of the Catholic Registers for St.Hilda's, Whitby, St.Hedda's, Egton Bridge & St.Anne's, Ugthorpe from the late 18th century to mid 19th.
.A List of some
Yorkshire Catholics from the 1730s & 1740 transcribed by Mike Foster
Whilst on the subject of Religion, the following is a very useful site on
Yorkshire Quakers - University of Hull Yorkshire
Quaker Heritage
These very useful transcripts give information on events relating to people from various parts of North Yorkshire including Whitby and the surrounding area.
1854
1855
1856
January
to June 1857
July
1857 to Decmber 1857
January
1858 to June 1858
July
1858 to December 1858
January
1859 to June 1859
July
1859 to December 1859
January
1860 to June 1860
July
1860 to December 1860
Useful transcripts giving information on events in Malton, Norton and the
surrounding area.
1873-75
Whitby Literary & Philosophical
Society Hearts of Oak -
A study of Recussancy in North Yorkshire by J.L.O'Connor. Includes notes on
various Catholic families around Whitby & transcripts of catholic
registers. Hoggarth Homepage - Lots of
references to the Hoggarth surname in North Yorkshire plus other associated
names Dave King's
Yorkshire Probates etc - Transcripts of Wills relating to the Hamilton,
Hoult, Porritt & Prissick surnames, but with references within them to many
other surnames Geoff's excellent Whitby site
with sections on lifeboats, whaling, Captain Cook, Dracula etc.
Yorkshire Births, Marriages &
Deaths
January
1861 to June 1861
July
1861 to December 1861
January
1862 to June 1862
July
1862 to December 1862
January
1863 to March 1863
April
1863 to June 1863
July
1863 to September 1863
October
1863 - December 1863
January
1864 - March 1864
April
1864 - June 1864
July
1864 - September 1864
October
1864 - December 1864
January
1865 - March 1865
April
1865 - June 1865
July
1865 - September 1865
October
1865 - December 1865
MALTON HISTORY - An excellent
site on Malton which includes some transcripts from other Malton newspapers as
well as information on other aspects of the town. Well worth looking at if you
have Malton connections.
BAKER'S CHRONOLOGY - Transcripts by Jenny Buckle
SOME WHITBY & NORTH YORKS LINKS
SOME GENERAL YORKSHIRE GENEALOGY LINKS
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