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Family links with Wheatley Hill area - The Family Bible is now in my possesion and the entries about births marriages and deaths together with the old photographs found in it indicate that my grandparents and relatives lived in Wheatley Hill, Thornley, Ludworth and Haswell area.||For some reason there was a family upset about the time my Grandparents married which meant I have no idea if I have any relatives still in the area. Having traced a cousin, from my Mother's side,on the other side of the world it has given me hope that I may have the same good luck in the North East.||My Father's mother was called Margaret Ward and her parents lived at 4 Gowland Terrace, Wheatley Hill in the late 1800s. Her sister was Whihelmina, known as Mina and from an other entry their parents could have been Margaret d.1947,Elias Ward d.1949.||Rawlings is my Grandfather's family name.|Great grandfather Frank married Alice Cooper. Their daughter Margaret Jane died aged 1 day. Their son William was my grandfather.||Alice Rawlings was buried in Thornley in 1913. Her husband at Seaton Hirst in 1925.||William Rawlings married Margaret Ward. Children Mary Alice and Leslie - my father.|William died 1948, Margaret Rawlings 1965, Mary Alice and Leslie in 1968.||I would love to know if the house and road still exist and if I do have any kin in the area. ||... Collapse