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| Martin and Sarah with unidentified grandchild |
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It took a while to track this family to Yorkshire. Eston is now a suburb of Middlesborough but at the time it was a rapidly growing town for a massive population of migrant miners at one end of the Cleveland iron ore seam. On their marriage certificate Martin is described as an engineer and both he and Sarah are said to reside at Tees Tilery which was a district rather than an establishment. Details of Sarah's family have been thoroughly researched by Catherine Ingham who is descended from one of Sarah's siblings and is therefore a distant cousin of mine. I wouldn't presume to repeat her research here but will add some further details. Sarah was christened 12 April 1837 at St. James the Less, Ashted, Warwickshire. At the time her father, John Heaney (1811-1881), was a Corporal in the 5th Dragoon Guards and lived in the local barracks with her mother Mary (nee Gilbin). John was born in Maldon, Essex where his father was stationed. Probably his family were Irish but this remains to be proved. Mary was Irish and Catholic and the couple were married 11 April 1834 at St. Paul's Church, Dublin while the Dragoons were stationed there.
Martin and Sarah did not stay in Eston but moved to Rosedale, high on the North Yorkshire Moors and at the other end of the Cleveland iron ore steam. Little is left of Rosedale now except some desolate ruined brickwork. I have identified 8 children of Martin and Sarah, 3 of whom died in childhood. They were:
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| Name | Event | Date | Detail | Source |
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| William John Burdon |
Christening |
24 Sept. 1862 |
Eston |
to follow |
| Charlotte Augusta Burdon |
Christening |
30 Mar 1864 |
Eston |
to follow |
| William John [Rowland] Burdon |
born |
17 Oct. 1865 |
Rosedale West, registered as William John, but christened Rowland 24 May 1866 at Rosedale Methodist church |
BirthCertificate and Parish Register |
| Louise Burdon |
buried |
14 Sept. 1867 |
Rosedale, aged 1 day |
Register |
| Annie Burdon |
born |
1869 |
Rosedale |
1871 and 1881 census |
| Mary Burdon |
Christening |
31 Jan. 1871 |
Lastingham (born Rosedale) |
Register |
| Louisa Jane Burdon |
born |
1871-1881 |
Annfield Plain [probably 1873] |
1881 Census |
| Emily Grace Burdon |
born |
1871-1881 |
Annfield Plain [probably 1874] |
1881 Census |
The family appear on the 1871 and 1881 censuses as follows:-
| 1871: PRO ref RG10/4840/2 fol.16 p.3 |
| Martin |
Head |
Married |
35 |
Engine Driver |
Durham, Barlow |
| Sarah |
Wife |
Married |
34 |
- |
Warwickshire, Birmingham |
| Charlotte |
dau. |
- |
7 |
- |
Eston |
| Rowland |
son |
- |
5 |
- |
Rosedale |
| Annie |
dau. |
- |
2 |
- |
Rosedale |
| Mary |
dau. |
- |
2 Months |
- |
Rosedale |
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| 1881:Transcript from Dr Douglas Burdon, no PRO reference |
| Martin |
Head |
Married |
45 |
- |
Barlow, Durham |
| Sarah |
Wife |
Married |
44 |
- |
Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| Charlotte |
dau. |
- |
17 |
- |
Eston, Yorks. |
| Roland (sic) |
son |
- |
15 |
- |
Rosedale, Yorks |
| Annie |
dau. |
- |
11 |
- |
Rosedale, Yorks |
| Louisa Jane |
dau. |
- |
? |
- |
Annfield Plain, Durham |
| Emily Grace |
dau. |
- |
? |
- |
Annfield Plain, Durham |
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Note that Mary, 2 months old on the 1871 census, is not with the family on the 1881 census. So far as I understand it, Martin and Sarah moved to Annfield Plain when he was offered a job there.
My director ancestor in this family is William John [Rowland].
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