We used to call him Nicky-Nack Grandad because of the name of the pub (since renamed to The Daleside Inn) at the junction when we travelled up to visit.
Here's an early photo of Eric, very proudly posing in his First Car Eric the Nicky-Nack Grandad
Eric Winston Armitage
We used to call him Nicky-Nack Grandad because of the name of the pub (since renamed to The Daleside Inn) at the junction when we travelled up to visit.
Here's an early photo of Eric, very proudly posing in his First Car
We used to call him Nicky-Nack Grandad because of the name of the pub (since renamed to The Daleside Inn) at the junction when we travelled up to visit.
Here's an early photo of Eric, very proudly posing in his First Car 
Armitage Elders
In the last post we were introduced to my great Grandfather Leo and his family in Thorne, West Riding, including an entry from the 1901 Census. We can go further back and learn more about them. (This post is way overlong just now, so I'm going to take you on a bit of roller-coaster, actually. Take your Joy-Rides tablets now...)
Canned Fosters
The Foster family
The family of Eric's mother, Marian Foster can be seen in the National Census, at Fishlake. Further info on this town from Genuki, here and from the DDFHS, here.
If you look at the bottom of this website, you'll see a family tree for this branch of the family (and all the others, of course!)
The family of Eric's mother, Marian Foster can be seen in the National Census, at Fishlake. Further info on this town from Genuki, here and from the DDFHS, here.
If you look at the bottom of this website, you'll see a family tree for this branch of the family (and all the others, of course!)
Foster & Allen - Underneath the Arches...
Now where are we...?
My great-grandmother was Marian Armitage (nee Foster), who was born in Fishlake (1887) and married Leo Armitage & lived in Thorne, Yorkshire. I have already talked about what I've found out about her parents and siblings (see earlier post).
I recently found that Genforum helped me make contact with a distant cousin, Julie, who is descended from Marian's older sister Betsy. You'll see that Julie and I had found out a similar level of information about the Fosters, but Julie had discovered more about the Kitchen family
My great-grandmother was Marian Armitage (nee Foster), who was born in Fishlake (1887) and married Leo Armitage & lived in Thorne, Yorkshire. I have already talked about what I've found out about her parents and siblings (see earlier post).
I recently found that Genforum helped me make contact with a distant cousin, Julie, who is descended from Marian's older sister Betsy. You'll see that Julie and I had found out a similar level of information about the Fosters, but Julie had discovered more about the Kitchen family
Kitchen Table Genealogy
Again, in this post we find out about the Kitchen family - courtesy of the research done by a cousin, Julie. I'm very grateful to her for sharing.
This time we are travelling back in time a little.
The name Kitching seems to be interchangeable with Kitchen & Kitchin (NB: spelling of names was very flexible until a while after 1837 when registration began).
James Kitching was born in 1781, in Brampton, Lincolnshire.
This time we are travelling back in time a little.
The name Kitching seems to be interchangeable with Kitchen & Kitchin (NB: spelling of names was very flexible until a while after 1837 when registration began).
James Kitching was born in 1781, in Brampton, Lincolnshire.
Ye Olde Yellow Pages, Thorne, Yorkshire
Here we find an entry for some Armitage Ancestors in Trade Directories for the Thorne area.
In a trade directory for 1822 in Thorne (busy place!!), a George ARMITAGE is listed as a Stonemason & merchant.
I searched the 1828-9 Pigot's directory & found no Armitages in Thorne.
In a trade directory for 1837 in Thorne, Mr Geo. ARMITAGE is listed under Bricklayers, King St. (I think that's our Walter's Father.)
In a trade directory for 1822 in Thorne (busy place!!), a George ARMITAGE is listed as a Stonemason & merchant.
I searched the 1828-9 Pigot's directory & found no Armitages in Thorne.
In a trade directory for 1837 in Thorne, Mr Geo. ARMITAGE is listed under Bricklayers, King St. (I think that's our Walter's Father.)
Germaine Leo Armitage certainly doesn't blot his copybook.
Germaine Leo Armitage (my Granddad's father) was not found in the family home on the night of the 1891 census, so I searched for Leo - he would be around 15 years old - in other areas of the country.
A likely match is a young Leo G. Armitage, 15, born Deepsas {sic Deepcar?}, Yorks), a pupil boarding at a school at Gildersome {Leeds/Bradford area}. In his later work as an engineer, Leo needed a very good education in physics & maths.
There are a few Google-mentions of boarding schools in Gildersome
A likely match is a young Leo G. Armitage, 15, born Deepsas {sic Deepcar?}, Yorks), a pupil boarding at a school at Gildersome {Leeds/Bradford area}. In his later work as an engineer, Leo needed a very good education in physics & maths.
There are a few Google-mentions of boarding schools in Gildersome
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