Thomas Armstrong 1797

Thomas Armstrong 1797-1830 (1^st Husband)

Thomas was born about 1797, the son of Robert Armstrong and Ann Potter, at Penshaw, County Durham. He married Mary Laws.
Mary Laws 1793-1856
Mary was born about 1793, at Houghton le Spring, County Durham.
I have identified the following children.

Robert	Born abt 1820	Penshaw	Died 1822
Ann	Born abt 1822	Penshaw
Mary	Born abt 1824	Penshaw
John	Born abt 1826	Penshaw	Killed in Mine explosion 5 Aug 1841
Ralph	Born abt 1827	Penshaw	Married Jane Graham

Birth of Parents

Thomas Armstrong

b: abt 1797 Penshaw, County Durham
son of Robert Armstrong and Ann Potter

Mary Laws

b: abt 1793 Houghton le Spring, County Durham

Marriage

No Date
Thomas Armstrong
Mary Laws

Children

Robert Armstrong

b: abt 1820 Penshaw, County Durham
son of Thomas Armstrong and Mary Laws

Ann Armstrong

b: abt 1822 Penshaw, County Durham
daughter of Thomas Armstrong and Mary Laws

Mary Armstrong

b: abt 1824 Penshaw, County Durham
daughter of Thomas Armstrong and Mary Laws

John Armstrong

b: abt 1826 Penshaw, County Durham
son of Thomas Armstrong and Mary Laws

Ralph Armstrong

b: abt 1827 Penshaw, County Durham
son of Thomas Armstrong and Mary Laws

Death

Thomas Armstrong

Died abt 1830 Shiney Row, County Durham

Thomas Dixon 1805- (2^nd Husband)

Thomas was born about 1805, at County Durham. He married the widow Mary Armstrong
I have identified the following child. Assumed to be from a previous marriage.

William

Born abt 1829

Houghton le Spring

Birth of New Husband

Thomas Dixon

b: abt 1805 County Durham

Marriage

No Date
Thomas Dixon
Mary Armstrong

Children

William Dixon

b: abt 1829 Houghton le Spring, County Durham
son of Thomas Dixon

1841 Census	HO107-313	7 June 1841	Easington, Kelloe, County Durham
Nile Street			Born in this County?
Thomas Dixon Mary Dixon Mary Armstrong John Armstrong Ralph Armstrong William Dixon	Age 35 Age 30 Age 15 Age 15 Age 13 Age 15	Coal Miner Coal Labourer Coal Labourer	Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes	abt 1805 abt 1793 abt 1824 abt 1826 abt 1827 abt 1825

Death

Thomas Dixon

No Date

John Manners 1801-1866 (3^rd Husband)

John was born about 1801, at Gateshead, County Durham.

I have identified the following child. Assumed to be from a previous marriage.

Elizabeth

Born abt 1830

Houghton le Spring

Married James Ovington

Birth of New Husband

John Manners

b: abt 1801 Gateshead, County Durham

Marriage

17 Dec 1849
John Marriner
Mary Dixon

St. Bartholomew's, Thornley, [As John Manners] 1849 4Q Easington 24 146
son of Patrick Marriner
daughter of Thomas Laws

1851 Census	HO107-2392	31 March 1851	Thornley, County Durham
Sea Row
John Manners Mary (Wife) William Dixon (Son) Ralph Armstrong (SonLaw)(M) Jane Armstrong (Dau) (M) Thomas (GrSon) John (GrSon)	Age 49 Age 57 Age 21 Age 23 Age 18 Age 2 Age 10 Mon	Coal Miner Coal Miner Coal Miner	Gateshead Houghton Penshaw Penshaw Plymouth Thornley Thornley	Durham Durham Durham Durham Cumberland Durham Durham	abt 1801 abt 1793 abt 1828 abt 1827 abt 1832 abt 1849 abt 1850

[The Census taker appears to be confused as to some relationships.]

Death

Mary (Dixon) Manners

Died abt 1856, Age abt 62, 1856 1Q Easington 10a 158

1861 Census	RG9-3750	8 April 1861	Thornley, Easington, County Durham
Nile Street
James Ovington Elizabeth (Wife) Ann John Mary J. John Manners (FathLaw)(W)	Age 32 Age 30 Age 11 Age 9 Age 4 Age 60	Coal Miner Coal Miner	Sunderland Houghton le Spring Thornley Thornley Thornley Gateshead	Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham	abt 1828 abt 1830 abt 1849 abt 1851 abt 1856 abt 1801

Death

John Manners

Died abt 1866, Age 66, 1866 1Q Easington 10a 199

SPECIAL THANKS to Melanie Burton, a descendant of Thomas Armstrong (1797-1830), for many of the details provided above.