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Robert was born about 1773, in Sunderland, the son of John Thompson and Elizabeth Wainman. He was a Keelman when he married Elizabeth Beaney on 25 November 1796 at Holy Trinity, parish church of Sunderland. Robert was listed as a Master Mariner, when he died of "old age", at West House, Fulwell, on 6 March 1854. A Keelman ran a keelboat, a shallow draft boat that could |
navigate far up the shallower parts of the river. Some keelboats were used to haul away the sand ballast that was brought in by the early seagoing sailing ships, The sand keels could carry between 50 and 60 tons of sand. Other keelboats were used to haul coal from far up the river down to the waiting brigs. Each coal keel, by law, should carry 21 tons of coal. |
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Elizabeth Beaney Elizabeth was from Bishopwearmouth Panns, a small area of Bishopwearmouth near the river, not a separate parish. |
Robert Born 21 Sep 1797 Sunderland Married Sarah Lowes Margaret Born 4 Mar 1800 Sunderland Elizabeth Born 6 Jan 1802 Sunderland Died 21 Nov 1802, Age 10 Mo.'s Edward Born 30 Aug 1806 Sunderland Ralph Kirton Born 8 Jun 1808 Sunderland Married Ann Pickering John Born 13 Jan 1810 Sunderland Died 1 Oct 1811, Age 2 Barbara Born 17 Sep 1811 Sunderland John Born 4 Sep 1813 Whitburn Thomas Born 1 Jul 1815 Monkwearmouth Joseph Born 5 Jul 1820 Monkwearmouth Shore Married Isabella White
| Robert Thompson |
b: abt 1773 c: 8 May 1774 Holy Trinity, Sunderland son of John and Elizabeth Thompson |
| Elizabeth Beanie |
No data |
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25 Nov 1796 Robert Thompson Elizabeth Beeney |
Holy Trinity, Parish Church of Sunderland both of this Parish, by Banns, by John Hampson Rector Wit: Mills Beny and Thomas Ailot |
| Robert Thompson |
b: 21 Sep 1797 c: 20 Jan 1799 Holy Trinity, Sunderland 1st Son of Robert Thompson, Keelman, of this Parish, and Elizabeth Bieney, of this Parish |
| Margaret Thompson |
b: 4 Mar 1800 c: 2 Nov 1800 Holy Trinity, Sunderland 1st daughter of Robert Thompson, Keelman, of this Parish, and Elizabeth Beaney, of this Parish |
| Elizabeth Thompson |
b: 6 Jan 1802 c: 6 Jun 1802 Holy Trinity, Sunderland 2nd daughter of Robert Thompson Mariner, native of Sunderland, and Elizabeth Bainey, native of Panns Elizabeth died 21 Nov 1802 Age 10 Mos. |
| Edward Thompson |
b: 30 Aug 1806 c: 4 Sep 1808 Holy Trinity, Sunderland 2nd son of Robert Thompson, Keelman, of this Parish, and Elizabeth Beaney, of this Parish |
| Ralph Kirton Thompson |
b: 8 Jun 1808 c: 4 Sep 1808 Holy Trinity, Sunderland 3rd son of Robert Thompson, Keelman, of this Parish, and Elizabeth Beaney, of this Parish |
| John Thompson |
b: 13 Jan 1810 c: 5 Jul 1810 Holy Trinity, Sunderland 4th son of Robert Thompson, Keelman, native of Sunderland and Elizabeth Beany, native of Bishopwearmouth Died 1 Oct 1811, Age 2 Yrs, Convulsions, Buried: 3 Oct 1811 |
| Barbara Thompson |
b: 27 Sep 1811 c: 3 Oct 1811 Holy Trinity, Sunderland 3rd daughter of Robert Thompson, Keelman, of this Parish, and Elizabeth Beaney, of this Parish |
| John Thompson |
b: 4 Sep 1813 Whitburn, County Durham Son of Robert Thompson, and Elizabeth Beaney |
| Thomas Thompson |
b: Jul 1815 c: 23 Jul 1815 Holy Trinity, Sunderland Son of Robert Thompson, and Elizabeth Beaney, Golden Alley |
| Joseph Thompson |
b: 5 Jul 1820 c: 30 Jul 1820 Holy Trinity, Sunderland Son of Robert Thompson, and Elizabeth Beaney, Golden Alley |
| Elizabeth Thompson |
Buried 6 Jun 1828 Age 57 Bishopwearmouth Burials 1824-1853 Vine Place |
| 1841 Census | HO 107/321/7 | 7 June 1841 | Bishopwearmouth, County Durham | |
| George Street | Born in this County? | |||
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Robert Thompson Joseph |
Age 65 Age 20 |
Mariner Shipwright |
Yes Yes |
abt 1773 5 Jul 1820 |
| 1851 Census | 31 March 1851 | Sunderland | |||
| 4 Trafalgar Square "Merchant Seaman's House" | |||||
| Robert Thompson (Wdr) | Age 77 | Mariner | Durham | Sunderland | abt 1773 |
| Plus 10 other residents. Built in 1840 at a cost of about £3,000, obtained from the money of the Muster Roll Fund, together with £600 subscribed by the friends of the sailors. It is built upon the site of The Old Workhouse Garden of Sunderland Parish and made over to the Trustees, for the sum of £5 per annum as nominal rent which initially was paid by the Governors of the Orphan Asylum. In 1903 there were 104 rooms each occupied by a man and his wife, or widower, or the widow of a sailor. | |||||
| Robert Thompson |
Master Mariner, Died 6 March 1854, Age 81, West House, Fulwell Informant: Robert Thompson Buried in Sunderland Churchyard |