Children of Edith and Francis Corder

01. Alice Mary Corder

1866-10-19 b. Sunderland, Durham GRO index; censuses; 1939 England and Wales Register (TNA: RG 101); Joseph Foster (1871) Pedigree of the Forsters and Fosters of the North of England. Privately printed
1871 living at 1 Ashbrook Ter., Bishopwearmouth, Durham, with her family and three domestic servants RG 10/5006 f32 p58
1881 scholar, boarder, of 9 Waterloo Rd, Birkdale, Lancashire RG 11/3746 f64 p28
1882-08-25 of Sunderland; with her family, staying at Goldrill House, Patterdale Lakes Chronicle and Reporter
1888-10-04 a member of the Ladies' Liberal Association; present in the Victoria Hall at a public meeting addressed by the Sunderland MPs Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1888-10-05
1890-03-13 a bridesmaid at the wedding of Herbert Corder and Mary Grace Dymond, at Ilkley fmh; bridesmaids "were attired in light green dresses of liberty silk, trimmed with daffodils; they wore hats to match, and carried a bouquet of daffodils each." Wharfedale & Airedale Observer, 1890-03-14
1891-02-04 received a certificate in the Cambridge University extension lectures for Michaelmas term 1890, on the subject of the 'Age of the Reformation in France and Netherlands Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1891 living at 1 Ashbrook Terrace, Bishopwearmouth, Durham, with her family, a cook, and two housemaids RG 12/4134 f79 p53
1892 Lent term awarded a distinction in the examination following the Cambridge University local lectures at Sunderland Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1892-06-13
1892-08-12 m. John Henry Robinson (1866–1933, flour miller, b. Lewisham, London, s. of Henry and Jane Love (Colgate) Robinson), in Cockermouth RD GRO index; censuses; The Descendants of Micah Corder
Children: Gerald (1895 – after 1939), Jean (1896–1970), Nana (1901–1901), and two others (b. & d. before 1911) GRO index; censuses; 1939 England and Wales Register
1899-06-26 with her husband, gave dessert knives and forks for the wedding of her sister Jessie Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1899-06-29
1901 living at 42 Dartmouth Row, Blackheath, Lewisham, with her family, a housekeeper, and a nurse RG 13/545 f131 p57
1902-07-24 of 42 Dartmouth Row, Blackheath; with her husband, elected Honorary Life Governors of the East London Hospital for Children and Dispensary for Women, Shadwell, E. Tower Hamlets Independent and East End Local Advertiser, 1902-07-19
1909-07-02 husband of 42 Dartmouth-row, Blackheath Kentish Mercury
1911 living in 10 rooms at Kenmuir, West Byfleet, Surrey, with her husband, a private secretary, a butler, and a domestic servant RG14PN3009 RG78PN105 RD32 SD2 ED14 SN200
1911-12-01 of 'Lanthwaite', 42 Dartmouth-row, Blackheath; had donated dolls and toys to the Miller General Hospital Woolwich Herald
1913-05-09 husband of 42 Dartmouth-row, Blackheath Woolwich Herald
1916-01-28 Woolwich Herald
1921 home duties; living with her husband, a nurse, a cook, and two general domestic servants, in 12 rooms at Milestones, West Byfleet, Surrey, with her sister Edith Frances Gibbs and one other as visitors RG 15/03152 RD32 SD2 ED15 SN313
1933-08-04/-05 husband d., of Cherry Trees, West Byfleet Surrey Advertiser
1939-09-29 private means, of 'Cherry Trees', Woking, Surrey, living with her blind daughter, a companion, a cook, and two H.P. maids [meaning of 'H.P.' isn't known] 1939 England and Wales Register
1951-12-21 of Cherry Trees, Thorley Close, West Byfleet, Surrey; d. Surrey North Western RD GRO index; National Probate Calendar
1952-01-31 will proved at London by Cyril Stanley Thomas, solicitor; effects £19,727 5s. 3d. National Probate Calendar


02. James Watson Corder

1867-11-02 b. Sunderland, Durham GRO index; censuses; Joseph Foster (1871) Pedigree of the Forsters and Fosters of the North of England. Privately printed
1871 living at 1 Ashbrook Ter., Bishopwearmouth, Durham, with his family and three domestic servants TNA: RG 10/5006 f32 p58
1881 scholar, living at 1 Ashbrook Ter., Bishopwearmouth, with his family, a teacher, a nurse, a housemaid, and acook RG 11/4994 f43 p80
1881-007-27 from Southgate House School, had passed the College of Preceptors exam and obtained a 2nd class, 1st division, certificate Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1882-08-25 of Sunderland; with his family, staying at Goldrill House, Patterdale Lakes Chronicle and Reporter
1882/1884 at Bootham School Old York Scholars' Association (1971) Bootham School Register. London: Oyez Press
1886-04-02 on the committee of the Sunderland Liberal Association, St Michael's Ward Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1886-04-03
1887-03-31 of 1 Ashbrooke terrace; on the committee of the Sunderland Liberal Association, St Michael's Ward Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1888-07-01 of 1 Ashbrook Terrace, Sunderland Manchester Evening News
1889-11-09 one of the forwards in the Sunderland first team, in the annual rugby match between Durham and Yorkshire Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1889-11-08
1890-09-13 one of the forwards in the Sunderland second team, playing rugby against Gateshead Institute Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1890-09-12
1891 foreman grocer, employed, living at 1 Ashbrook Terrace, Bishopwearmouth, with his family, a cook, and two housemaids RG 12/4134 f79 p53
1891-01-21 elected as a member of the Museum and Library Committee Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1891-01-22
1891-01-29 member, Museum and Free Library Committee, Sunderland Corporation Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette; Edgar B. Collinson (1935) Bootham School Register, 2nd edition, Scarborough: Old York Scholars' Association
1892-03-10 of 1 Ashbrooke-terrace; on the committee of the Sunderland Liberal Association, St Michael's Ward Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1892-03-11
1893-11-08 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1893-11-09
1894-10-29 had donated 5s to the fund for the widow and children of John Leviss, the life-brigadesman who had recently lost his life Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
  "His historical studies began when he was in his early 20s, after he was inspired by George Bain, a founder of Sunderland Antiquarian Society, to investigate Sunderland's history." Wikipedia
1898-03-01 presented about 800 specimens of coleoptera (beetles) from Brazil, to the Sunderland Museum Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1898-03-02
1899-06-27 had given a secretaire for the wedding of Jessie Corder and John Harold Mounsey Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1899-06-29
1899-09-27 a lay member of the Museum and Library Committee Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1900-02-19

FOR SALE, as a current-going concern, an old established GROCERY BUSINESS, High Street East, Sunderland.—Apply, Mr James. W. Corder, Phœnix Buildings, Union Street, Sunderland; or, Messrs E. Huntley and Foster, Solicitors, 47, John Street, Sunderland.

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1900-05-17 of Phœnix Buildings, Union Street, Sunderland; trustee under the deed of assignment for the benefit of the creditors of William Brantingham Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1900-05-18
1901 wholesale grocer, employer, of 1 Ashbrook Terrace, Bishopwearmouth, with his family, a cook, and two housemaids RG 13/4716 f171 p15
1901-06-22 a director of Messrs Pearman and Corder, Ltd Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1901-06-24
1903-03-04 had donated 60 specimens of moths and butterflies to the Museum Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1904-09-24 with a party from the Sunderland Society of Antiquaries, visited the meeting place of the Newcastle Society of Antiquaries, at the Old Castle Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1904-09-26
1907-03-15 among the principal mourners at the funeral of Francis Corder, at Bishopwearmouth Cemetery Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1907-03-16
1908-07-06 present at the interment of William Henry Holmes, in Old Jesmond Cemetery Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1908-07-07
  wholesale provision merchant Collinson (1935)
1910 retired
1910-08-18 present at the wedding reception of Sarah Spence and Guy Glephan, in the Grand Assembly Rooms, Barras Bridge Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1910-08-19
1911 not found in census  
1917-10-16 at a meeting of the Sunderland Antiquarian Society, in the Subscription Library, Fawcett Street:

Mr J. W. Corder showed to the members an old muniment chest which had been found in the course of the demolishing of some ancient buildings in the county. He mentioned that the chest was full of documents and deeds relating to the estates of the Shadforth family, formerly of Eppleton. They were of the Tudor and Stuart times, and the dates ranged from 1515 to 1692, and related to the properties of the family. In the course of a brief sketch of the Shadforths, Mr Corder said the estate was held by four generations, and the last one sold the entire estate in 1692 for £1,549. Even after receiving this sum the recipient was unable to free himself from debt, with the result that in a very few years he was a pauper, and being paid parish relief in Eppleton.—The various papers and the chest—still in a fine state of preservation—were examined with much interest by the members.—The customary vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Corder.

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1917-10-17
1916/1919 had been hon. treasurer of the V.A.D. hospital at Ashburne, for the whole period of its existence Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1919-05-15
1921 wholesale provision merchant, retired, employed by Pearman & Corder Limited, Sunderland; one of two boarders with Nora Marsh, in 6 rooms at Hillside, Barham, Bridge, Canterbury RG 15/04316 RD57 SD1 ED5 SN63
1921-12-08

SALE OF AUSTRIAN ART WORK.

By the courtesy of Mr James Corder of 1 Ashbrooke Terrace, a sale of Austrian handicraft made by the needy residents of Vienna was held at that address. The Mayoress was to have presided, but was prevented through indisposition. Mr Herbert Corder introduced Dr and Frau Scheu, who are visiting all our chief cities and universities. Dr Scheu is a member of the municipality of the City of Vienna, chairman of the town planning and building schemes of his city, and is an accomplished musician. The sale realised over £77 towards the funds of the Friends War Victims Relief Work for Vienna.

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1922-12-09 member of the Libraries and Art Gallery Committee; presided at a talk on Baxter prints, in the Art Gallery Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1922-12-11
1923-10-09 a member of the grand jury at the Sunderland Quarter Sessions Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1924-12-11 present at the funeral of Alexander Corder, at Bishopwearmouth Cemetery Shields Daily News, 1924-12-12
by 1926-01-11 had donated £5 to the North Mail and Newcastle Chronicle Fund for the restoration of Durham Castle Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 1926-01-11
1927-02-01 present at the annual meeting of Sunderland Subscription Library and Literary Society, in the Library, Fawcett Street Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1927-02-02
1928-06-07 presided at a special general meeting of the Sunderland Subscription Library and Literary Society Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1928-06-08
1929-02-19 presented a paper to the Sunderland Antiquarian Society on 'The Sunderland Potteries', exhibiting over 200 examples of pottery, some of them unique Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1929-02-20
1931-03-31

Mr James W. Corder, who gave such an interesting lecture on old Bishopwearmouth last night, made an appeal for the loan or inspection of any deeds or documents dated prior to 1830, relating to Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth, Monkwearmouth, Southwick, and Fulwell.

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1931-04-01
1932-12-13 at the Sunderland Antiquarian Society exhibition in the Subscription Library, "Mr. J.W. Corder showed some photographs of old Sunderland including much Low Quay property that has recently been pulled down." Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1932-12-14
1933-02-02 had presented to Sunderland Museum a photograph of Ettrick's Quay and the old houses which stood on it Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1934-12-11 present at a talk to the Antiquarian Society on the ancient Minoan civilization Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1934-12-12
1935-01-31

An Ancient Deed

A DEED written on parchment and dated 1296, concerning the transfer of property in Sunderland, has just been presented to Sunderland Museum by James W. Corder, and will excite great interest among Sunderland antiquarians when it is placed on view.

It is probably the oldest document of its kind relating to Sunderland. Mr Corder bought it recently along with some other old documents in South Devon. He points out that the Elizabethan survey, taken nearly 300 years later, revealed only 30 householders in the town, and that therefore it seems fairly certain that no other deed of so early a date is in existence.

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1935 of 1 Ashbrook Terrace, Sunderland; hobbies—entomology, gardening, local antiquarian research work Collinson (1935)
1936-09-16 of Sunderland; among the principal mourners at the burial of James Watson, in Preston Cemetery, North Shields Newcastle Journal, 1936-09-17
1937-05-19 gave evidence at the inquest on George Bennett Gibbs:

Mr James Watson Corder, of Ashbrooke Crescent, Sunderland, who gave evidence of identification, said his brother-in-law's heart had been in an uncertain conditon for some time.

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1937-05-20
1938-01-18

Family Trees

MR J.W. Corder, who last night gave an address on the history of Bishopwearmouth Church to Sunderland Antiquarian Society, is an authority on trees.

But the trees are of the anthropological rather than the arboricultural type! They are family trees.

Mr Robert Hyslop, moving a vote of thanks, said he had always regarded Mr Corder as the leading authority on the histories of Wearside families.

It was always possible to "speak after him," as his knowledge of the subject was so exact. Now he had shown himself to be also an ecclesiologist of a high order.

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1938-01-19
1938-04-05 At the annual meeting of the Society of Antiquaries:

MR CORDER'S SERVICES

Mr Raine proposing the re-election to the presidency of Mr J.W. Corder, described him as a "profound antiquarian" whose management of the Society's affairs had been highly satisfactory. [ . . . ]

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1938-04-06
1939-02-21 one of the assentors to the nomination of Theodore Nicholson for the St Michael's Ward vacancy on Sunderland Town Council Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1939-09-29 merchants – wholesale provisions (retired), living at 1 Ashbrooke Terrace, Sunderland, with a house keeper, a housemaid, and a redacted individual 1939 England and Wales Register (TNA: RG 101)
1940-04-11 one of the vice-presidents of the Sunderland Antiquarian Society Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1941-06-05 had donated £1 to the Sunderland and Durham County Incorporated Royal Institution for the Blind Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1942-10-15 of 1 Ashbrooke Terrace Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1943-12-18 chairman of directors of the Northern Laundry, Chester Road, Sunderland Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1946-03-29 "our greatest authority" on the building of ships Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1946-11-04 of 12 Thornhill Park, Sunderland Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1947-03-19

MODERN VILLA RESIDENCE WITH POSSESSION

ANTIQUE MODERN FURNISHINGS.

BARNES, WELCH & BATH

are instructed by J W Corder. Esq.

To offer FOR SALE BY AUCTION

on the premises, on WEDNESDAY MARCH 19. 1947,

at 12 NOON.

The Residue of the Superior

ANTIQUE AND MODERN FURNISHINGS AND APPOINTMENTS CHINA AND COLLECTION OF OLD ENGLISH GLASS

DETAILS LATER.

and at 3.0 pm.

The Most Desirable Modern Villa Residence,

12 THORNHILL PARK.

Occupying a Site of approximately Half an Acre and comprising on the Ground Floor, Commodious Entrance Hall, Cloak Room with w.c., three Reception Rooms, Kitchen, Housemaid's Pantry, Larders. Wash-house, w.c. etc. On the First Floor, Approached by a massive and well-lighted Staircase, Six Bedrooms, Dressing Room, Two Bathrooms, Two w.c.’s, and Linen Cupboard.

The Property is equipped with the "Ideal" Gas Boiler Heating System.

Garage for Two Cars

The Site is laid out with Sunken Rose Garden, Lawn, Herbaceous Borders, and Kitchen Garden

VACANT POSSESSION

Rateable value £80. No ground-rent.

ON VIEW TUESDAY MARCH 18, 2.0 to 4.30 p.m. AND MORNING OF SALE

Further details from the Vendor's Solicitors Messrs J.S. Nicholson & Son, 20 John Street. Tel 2476, or the Auctioneers, Athenaeum Street. Tel 4831.

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1947-03-13
1947-04-07

Family Trees

AMONG recent presentations to Sunderland Museum and Art Galleries are 36 volumes of manuscript records of Sunderland families and their pedigrees collated by Mr James W. Corder, who was a co-opted member of the committee and recently moved to Somerset.

Included in the volumes are extracts from local parish church registers and records.

Mr Corder has also presented two oil paintings to the Art Gallery. One is of Ronda, Spain, by Oliver Hall, and the other a marine scene by J. W. Carmichael (1800-1867).

The Museum's china collection is wealthier by four pieces of Sunderland pottery, also presented by Mr Corder.

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
by 1947-04-16 had moved to Over Stowey, Somerset Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1947-04-16
. . . and had resigned from the Sunderland Corporation Libraries Committee Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1947-06-26
1949-06-02 Sunderland Corporation Art Gallery and Museum had been given a microfilm of the Corder manuscripts, by by the Mormon church Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1951 a paper by him on 'Bishopwearmouth Church' included in the Antiquarian Society's Antiquities of Sunderland Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1951-11-20
1953-04-15 of Castle Meadow, Over Stowey, Somerset; d. Drummuir Nursing Home, Northfield, Bridgwater, Somerset GRO index; National Probate Calendar

Tributes Paid To Late Sunderland Historian

MEMBERS of two Sunderland committees have paid tribute to the later Mr James Watson Corder, whose cultural interest in Sunderland has been directed for many years at Sunderland Museum and Wearside antiquarians.

Sunderland Corporation Libraries Committee recalled that he was a co-opted member of the Committee from at least 1890 until he retired in 1947 to live at Over Stowey. His family was associated with the museum and art gallery since shortly after its foundation. He was a generous benefactor of the institution, making gifts of pictures, local documents and natural history specimens, and preparing copious notes on Sunderland potteries, glass works and shipbuilding.

His life's work comprised a set of volumes covering the history of Sunderland families, streets and buildings, together with transcriptions of the parish registers in the town.

And the Antiquarian Society, of which he was president for three years before the war, last night referred to the contributions he made to their knowledge. He was responsible for some of the most important papers printed in the records of the Society, particularly one of Bishopwearmouth Village in 1790.

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1953-04-30
1953-09-08 will proved at London by Barclays Bank Limited; effects £16,730 9s. 11d. National Probate Calendar
 

James Corder started his research at the end of the 19th century, by copying the registers of three ancient churches, including St Peter's, which was founded by Benedict Biscop. He also used information held by Presbyterian chapels in the town, as well as trade directories and marriage licence bonds.

Corder documented his research in 25 volumes of manuscript books, taking 40 years to compile lists of the births, deaths and marriages of Sunderland families. His knowledge of intermarriage was immense, as documented in his volume on local Quaker families. He also interviewed people to help with the construction of the pedigrees of local families. He made notes of their origins in his manuscripts and traced their first entry into the town, the trades they were in and where they lived.

But he was also controversial. His books often contained potentially libellous comments on the people he met. One man was called a 'worthless nonentity,' by Corder, another 'a habitual drunkard.' It is said that his books were kept hidden at Sunderland library for some years, for fear of possible court action by those mentioned.

As well as his family records, Corder also chronicled Sunderland's streets, buildings, churches and industries in a further 36 volumes. Many of the streets, and most of the firms he listed, have now disappeared – hence his work is of great value.

Corder retired in the 1940s, donating his volumes of research to Sunderland's Central Library. He left Sunderland some years later, moving to Over Stowey in Somerset. He died in Over Stowey in a nursing home in 1953, at the age of 85.

Corder's unique record of Sunderland life is available to view at Sunderland's Central Library and provides a vital starting point for many genealogists.

Wikipedia


03. Edith Frances Corder

1869-03-14 b. 1 Ashbrook Terrace, Bishopwearmouth, Durham GRO index; censuses; Joseph Foster (1871) Pedigree of the Forsters and Fosters of the North of England. Privately printed; The Descendants of Micah Corder; 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101) gives DoB as 1870-03-14
1871 living at 1 Ashbrook Ter., Bishopwearmouth, Durham, with her family and three domestic servants TNA: RG 10/5006 f32 p58
1881 scholar, living at 1 Ashbrook Ter., Bishopwearmouth, with her family, a teacher, a nurse, a housemaid, and acook RG 11/4994 f43 p80
1882-08-25 of Sunderland; with her family, staying at Goldrill House, Patterdale Lakes Chronicle and Reporter
1887-07-26 at the Girls' High School, Sunderland, won the 2nd prize for Conduct Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1891-02-04 one of three students awarded an order of merit in the Cambridge University extension lectures for Michaelmas term 1890, on the subject of the 'Age of the Reformation in France and Netherlands Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1891 living at 1 Ashbrook Terrace, Bishopwearmouth, Durham, with her family, a cook, and two housemaids RG 12/4134 f79 p53
1892 Lent term awarded a distinction in the examination following the Cambridge University local lectures at Sunderland Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1892-06-13
1893-09-27 in the examination following the series of lectures on 'Problems of Life and Health', won 2nd prize, of £1 1s in the examination following the series of lectures on Geology, won 1st prize, £1 1s and a £5 scholarship from the Sunderland Students' Association Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1893-09-28
1894 Michaelmas term in the examination following the series of lectures on 'Gothic Architecture', passed with distinction Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1895-02-21
1899-06-26 gave a copper coal box for the wedding of her sister Jessie Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1899-06-29
1900-06-26 m. George Bennett Gibbs (1864–1937, cashier to water comp., b. Houghton le Skerne, Durham, s. of George Sleight and Isabella Smith (Binney) Gibbs), at Sunderland fmh GRO index; censuses; The Descendants of Micah Corder
1900-10-02 officiated at the piano, at the re-opening of the Friends Adult School Gymnasium Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1900-10-03
Children: Selina Katharine (1901–1975), Frances Marjory (1905–1987), and Patrick Bennett (1909–1998), all b. Sunderland GRO index; censuses
1901 living at 11 The Grove, Sunderland, Durham, with her husband and a general servant RG 13/4716 f167 p8
1911 living in 10 rooms at 3 Ashbrooke Crescent, Sunderland, with her family, a nurse, a cook, and a housemaid RG14PN30148 RG78PN1740 RD555 SD1 ED5 SN97
1915-06/1919-05-12 of 3 Ashbrook Crescent, Sunderland; quartermaster, V.A.D. Durham 98, 25th Durham V.A. Hospital, Ashburne, Sunderland; whole time, nil pay British Army, British Red Cross Society Volunteers
1917-10-22 Quartermaster, 25th Durham Aux. Hosp., Ashburne, Sunderland; included in a list of ladies whose names have been brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in connection with the war Newcastle Journal
1921 home duties; one of two visitors with her sister Alice Mary Robinson in 12 rooms at Milestones, West Byfleet, Surrey RG 15/03152 RD32 SD2 ED15 SN313
1923-12-14 on the platform at the prize-giving for Sunderland High School Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1923-12-15
1937-05-17 husband of 3 Ashbrooke-crescent, Sunderland, at the date of his death National Probate Calendar
1937-07-03 executor of her husband's will
1939-09-29 private means; living with her daughter Selma, another woman, the latter's presumed daughter, and a redacted individual, at Castle Meadow, Castle Hill, Bridgwater, Somerset 1939 England and Wales Register
1945-06-25 of Over Stowey; one of the seconders for the candidacy of Vernon Bartlett (Independent Progressive) in the Bridgwater by-election Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser, 1945-06-30
1950-09-08 of Castle Meadow, Over Stowey, Somerset; d. Bridgwater RD GRO index; National Probate Calendar
1950-11-29 will proved at London by Barclays Bank Limited; effects £8572 9s. 6d. National Probate Calendar


04. Jessie Corder

1871-12-18 b. 1 Ashbrook Terrace, Bishopwearmouth, Durham GRO index; censuses; Mount School admission register; The Descendants of Micah Corder
1881 scholar, living at 1 Ashbrook Ter., Bishopwearmouth, with her family, a teacher, a nurse, a housemaid, and a cook TNA: RG 11/4994 f43 p80
1882-08-25 of Sunderland; with her family, staying at Goldrill House, Patterdale Lakes Chronicle and Reporter
1887-07-26 at the Girls' High School, Sunderland, won the Upper School prize for Geography, and 2nd prize for German Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1887-09-21 applied for admission to The Mount School, York Mount School admission register
1887-12 in the Junior Local Examination, at the Girls' High School, awarded an honour certificate, class 2 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1891-10-09
1888-01/1890-06 of Sunderland; at the Mount School, York Mount School admission register; The Mount School, York. List of Teachers and Scholars 1784–1816, 1831–1906. 1906, York: Sessions
1891-02-04 received a certificate in the Cambridge University extension lectures for Michaelmas term 1890, on the subject of the 'Age of the Reformation in France and Netherlands Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1891 living at 1 Ashbrook Terrace, Bishopwearmouth, Durham, with her family, a cook, and two housemaids RG 12/4134 f79 p53
1892 Lent term awarded a distinction in the examination following the Cambridge University local lectures at Sunderland Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1892-06-13
1893-09-27 in the examination following the series of lectures on 'Problems of Life and Health', won 1st prize, of £1 11s 6d; in the examination following the series of lectures on Geology, won 2nd prize, a £5 scholarship from the Sunderland Students' Association Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1893-09-28
1894 Michaelmas term in the examination following the series of lectures on 'Gothic Architecture', passed with distinction Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1895-02-21
1898-11-08 one of two assistant secretaries to the Northumberland and Durham Union of the British Women's Temperance Association; present at their annual conference in West Hartlepool Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1898-11-09
1899-06-27 m. John Harold Mounsey (1874–1951, café manager, b. Sunderland, Durham, s. of John Wilfred and Mary Charlotte (Green) Mounsey) GRO index; censuses; The Descendants of Micah Corder

MARRIAGE OF MR J. HAROLD MOUNSEY AND MISS JESSIE CORDER.

Yesterday afternoon at the Friends' Meeting House, Nile Street, a marriage was solemnised between Mr J. Harold Mounsey, second son of Mr J.W. Mounsey, The Limes, and Miss Jessie Corder, third daughter of Mr Francis Corder, 1, Ashbrooke Terrace. The bride was given away by her father, and was attired in a gown of rich ivory duchesse satin, the bodice being arranged with a chemisette of white chiffon and duchesse lace applique, and elbow sleeves partly composed of the same. The train was attached to both shoulders, with a spray of orange blossom to the right. The veil was of tulle, arranged over a wreath of orange blossom, the gift of the bridegroom. She was attended by four bridesmaids, the Misses E.F. and R. Corder (sisters of the bride), Miss E.M. Corder (cousin), and Miss E.M. Mounsey (sister of the bridegroom), who wore pale yellow Liberty satin frocks, with white chiffon fichus and sashes, and black picture hats. They carried shower bouquets of white roses, and wore gold shamrock brooches, the gift of the bridegroom. The bridegroom's brother, Mr. W.A. Mounsey, acted as best man.

A reception was subsequently held at Ashbrooke Terrace, and was attended by more than 100 guests.

Mr and Mrs J.H. Mounsey left for Scotland in the course of the afternoon, the bride wearing a blue cloth coat and skirt, with collar and cuffs of white satin, covered with lace applique and a black hat.

THE PRESENTS.

The presents were numerous and beautiful. They included the following:—Mr and Mrs E.B. Mounsey, silver tea and coffee service and cheque; Misses L.E. and M.E. Mounsey, silver tablespoons and forks, dessert spoons and forks, teaspoons, sauce ladles, soup ladle, gravy spoon; Miss M.E. Mounsey, footstools; Mrs Backhouse, chiming clock; J.E., G.F., L.B., R.J., and A.E. Mounsey, two cruets; Mrs J.E. Backhouse, revolving bookcase; E.M., E, M., A.E., and E.L. Backhouse, afternoon tea table; B.H., J.R., K.J., M.A., and R.J. Backhouse, silver butter-dish and knife; T.W. and A. Backhouse, silver fish-slice and fork and fish-eaters; J.W. Mounsey, furniture and cheque; Mrs. J.W. Mounsey, dessert service, sofa blanket, and travelling bag; W.A. Mounsey, sideboard; Miss E.M. Mounsey, Japanese cabinet and embroidered chair-backs; Misses Marshall, six dessert forks and silver Jug (belonged to B.A. Ogden); Rev. and Mrs Brown, silver-handled paperknife; Mr and Mrs J.B. Hodgkin, set of four oak trays; J. Ed. Hodgkin, six afternoon teacups and saucers; Mrs W.L. Barclay, silver toast-rack; Mrs J.C. and Miss B.E. Mounsey, two water-colour paintings; Mr and Mrs E. Mounsey, pair of Swiss preserve and fruit spoons, in case; Misses G.S. and R. Mounsey, table centre (Armenian); Miss E.R. Green, silver-mounted tray; Mr and Mrs R.C. Green, picture; Mr and Mrs J.J. Green, Chinese tablecloth; Miss Ella Green, traycloth; Miss Constance Green, mats; Mr and Mrs H.D. Headley, two pairs carvers and steel, in case; Mr H.D. Headley, toilet and silk mats; Mr and Mrs H. Green, Japanese screen; Miss M.S. Hopkins, vase, Miss S.D. Hopkins, tablecloth and sideboard cloth; Misses E. and I. Robson, plant pot; Miss H. Green, silver butter dish and knife and table centre; coachman, groom, and maids at The Limes, silver-mounted salad bowl and spoon and fork; Mr and Mrs J. Fryer, silver mustard pot; Mr and Mrs C.W. Grimshaw, copper bowl.

The bouquets were supplied by Mr James Summers, Fawcett Street.

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1899-06-28
Children: Edith Ursula (1900–1920) and Wilfred Edmund (1902–1995), both b. Sunderland GRO index; censuses
1901 living at 9 West Lawn, Sunderland, with her family, a cook, and a nurse RG 13/4716 f170 p13
1902-12-18 had donated £1 10s. to the Christmas Fund Westminster Gazette
1902-12-31 . . . and a parcel of knitted things Westminster Gazette
1906-06-09 travelled with two Backhouse family members in the third coach at the funeral of Katharine Backhouse, the body being conveyed from Hexham to the Friends' burial ground in Bishopwearmouth Hexham Courant, 1906-06-16
1910-08-18 present at the wedding reception of Sarah Spence and Guy Glephan, in the Grand Assembly Rooms, Barras Bridge Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1910-08-19
1911 living in 11 rooms at 9 West Lawn, Sunderland, with her family, a governess, a cook, and a housemaid RG 14/30148 RD555 ED5 SN127
1914-09-02 had donated £5 to the Mayor's subscription list for the National Relief Fund Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1915-04-18 of West Lawn; had donated £2 2s. to the Mayoress of Sunderland's list for the Serbian Relief Fund Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1921 home duties; living with her husband, a cook, and a house-parlourmaid, in 12 rooms at 9 West Lawn, Sunderland RG 15/24826 RD555 SD1 ED6 SN108
1922-09-01 had donated £5 towards the 'Heather Day' collection for the Children's Hospital Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1923-11-19 had donated £1 to the Sunderland and District Needy Blind Treat Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1924-12-11 with her husband, among the principal mourners at the funeral of Alexander Corder, at Bishopwearmouth Cemetery Shields Daily News, 1924-12-12
1926-02-24 with her husband, present at the laying of the foundation stone of the Royal Infirmary Extension, by Princess Mary Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1926-12-21 of The Limes, Sunderland, at the date of their son's wedding to Muriel Grace Dymond, at Ilkley Friends' Meeting House Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 1926-12-22
1927-08-27 had donated 10s. for the White Heather day of the Royal Infirmary Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1928-04-26 with her husband, gave bon-bon dishes for the wedding of Marjorie Gladys Morgan and George Hylton Bartram, in Sunderland Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1929-01-30 with her husband, present at the funeral at Bishopwearmouth Cemetery of Mrs Wilson Jones Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1931-12-08 had donated 10s. to the Sunderland Children's Hospital Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1932 social work, of The Limes, Sunderland H. Winifred Sturge, ed. (n.d. [1932]) A Register of Old Scholars of The Mount School, York 1931–1932. Leominster: The Orphans' Printing Press
1932-09-21 elected to the Committee of Management of Sunderland and Durham County Royal Institution for the Blind Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1932-09-22
1933-09-08 with her husband, had donated 10s. for white heather, for the Sunderland Royal Infirmary's 'Heather Day' Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1934-01-22 present at a meeting of the Tuberculosis Care Committee of Sunderland Guild of Help Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1934-01-23
1939-09-29 unpaid domestic duties, living at Nanny Brow, The Lakes, Westmorland, with her husband, two redacted individuals, a cook, and a housemaid 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101)
1945-08-04 with her husband, among the chief mourners at the funeral at Penrith Cemetery of Joseph James Stout Penrith Observer, 1945-08-07
1945-08-26 wife of John Harold Mounsey, of Nanny Brow, Ambleside, Westmorland; d. Westmorland South RD GRO index; National Probate Calendar

Mounsey.—Nanny Brow, Ambleside, on Aug. 26, aged 73, Jessie Mounsey, wife of John Harold Mounsey formerly of "The Limes," Sunderland.

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1945-08-30
1945-11-29 will proved at Llandudno by Wilfred Edmund Mounsey, schoolmaster; effects £4082 4s. 10d. National Probate Calendar


05. Ruth Corder

1875-05-07 b. Sunderland, Durham GRO index; censuses; 1939 England and Wales Register (TNA: RG 101); Mount School admission register; The Descendants of Micah Corder
1881 scholar, living at 1 Ashbrook Ter., Bishopwearmouth, with her family, a teacher, a nurse, a housemaid, and acook TNA: RG 11/4994 f43 p80
1882-08-25 of Sunderland; with her family, staying at Goldrill House, Patterdale Lakes Chronicle and Reporter
1888-09-01 applied for admission to the Mount School, York Mount School admission register
1889-07-23 at the prize-giving at the Girls' High School, Mowbray-road, won 1st prize for Class V, as well as the Natural Science prize Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1889-07-24
1890-01/1891-12 of Sunderland; at the Mount School, York Mount School admission register; The Mount School, York. List of Teachers and Scholars 1784–1816, 1831–1906. 1906, York: Sessions
1891 scholar, of Driffield Terrace, St Mary Bishophill Junior, York RG 12/3887 f119 p4
1892 Lent term awarded a distinction in the examination following the Cambridge University local lectures at Sunderland Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1892-06-13
1893-09-27 in the examination following the series of lectures on 'Problems of Life and Health', won 3rd prize, of 10s 6d Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1893-09-28
1894 Michaelmas term in the examination following the series of lectures on 'Gothic Architecture', passed with distinction Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1895-02-21
1899-06-26 gave an afternoon tea stand, travelling bag, and carved stool, for the wedding of her sister Jessie Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1899-06-29
1901 living at 1 Ashbrook Terrace, Bishopwearmouth, with her family, a cook, and two housemaids RG 13/4716 f171 p15
1907-03-15 among the principal mourners at the funeral of Francis Corder, in Bishopwearmouth Cemetery Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1907-03-16
1911 living in 16 rooms at 1 Ashbrook Terrace, Sunderland, with a housemaid, a cook, and a retired cook as a visitor RG 14/30148 RD555 ED5 SN109
1914-08-20 had given £2 2s. to the Sunderland subscription list for the National Relief Fund Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1921 home duties, working at home; living alone in 7 rooms at Greenbank, Skelwith, Ambleside RG 15/20894 RD481 SD2 ED5 SN1
1927-12-15 among the principal mourners at the funeral of Anna Caroline Spence, at Preston Cemetery Shields Daily News
1929-01-30 attended the funeral of Mrs Wilson Jones, at Bishopwearmouth Cemetery Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
1932 water-colour painting, of Ruthwaite Skelwith Bridge, near Ambleside, Westmorland H. Winifred Sturge, ed. (n.d. [1932]) A Register of Old Scholars of The Mount School, York 1931–1932. Leominster: The Orphans' Printing Press
1939-09-29 unpaid domestic duties, living alone at Ruthwaite, Ulverston, Lancashire 1939 England and Wales Register
1958-01-22 of Wanslea Lake Road, Ambleside, Westmorland; d. Westmorland South RD GRO index; National Probate Calendar
1958-03-20 will proved at Carlisle by Wilfred Edmund Mounsey, schoolmaster; effects £8691 12s. 1d. National Probate Calendar


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