Turnbull (Aug 08 Red)
Seeking the family of Thomas Turnbull and his daughter Dorothy Elizabeth Turnbull b. 1881. Dorothy married William Harrison 1900 at Brandon. Brothers believed to have lived in Cornsay or Cornsay Coliery.

Raven family in Cornsay Colliery (Oct 06 Red)
I am researching my family history and found that an ancestor, James Raven from Earls Colne in Essex married in Cornsay Colliery in 1873 (his wife was also from Earls Colne in Essex. Their oldest daughter Alice (my great aunt) was born in Cornsay in 1874. By 1881 the family were back in Essex so they do not show up on the census records as they were still in Essex in 1871. A branch of the family (cousins) called Turner also moved to Co Durham at around the same time (Quebec) and then returned south. Does anyone have any information about why these familes were in the area, and what they did (miners?), and why they returned south? Thanks, Nick