Person:Joseph Westmorland (1)

Joseph William Westmorland was born in 1851 at South Hylton in the township of Ford in the parish of Bishopwearmouth, County Durham. He was the son of Ann Westmorland, formerly Bradshaw, and her husband Robert Westmorland, a joiner. Sadly, Joseph died as a baby, being buried at South Hylton on 14th August 1851, when he was just one month old.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Joseph William WESTMARLAND, September Quarter 1851, Sunderland Registration District, Vol. 24, page 344

2.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Joseph William WESTMARLAND, September Quarter 1851, Sunderland Registration District, Vol. 24, page 204

   Joseph's birth certificate would be necessary to confirm that he was Robert and Ann's son. However, Ann reported in the 1911 census that she had had three children, all of whom had died. The family lived at South Hylton and there are only three Westmorland burials there - all children in the 1850s. Joseph was also Robert's father's name. In no census did Ann or Robert have any children living with them, suggesting none of the three children lived very long. It therefore seems highly likely that Joseph was Robert and Ann's son.

3. ↑ St Mary, South Hylton, burials transcript, in South Hylton Local History Society, accessed 11 Aug 2013.

   bur. 14 Aug 1851: Joseph WESTMORLAND of South Hylton, aged 1m