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the Appleby DNA project

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Surnames covered in our DNA project:APPLEBYAPPLEBEEAPPELBYAPPELBEAPPELBEEAPELBY
plus any other variants

miners at haswell

The Applebys of Haswell were a family with strong connections to the coal mining industry of Durham. The oldest known family member was John Appleby, born in around 1786 in Lanchester. John Appleby was recorded in Pigot's Commercial Directory of 1834 as Colliery Viewer at North Hetton Colliery in East Rainton. In the 1841, 51 and 61 census his occupation was Mine Viewer - a very important job, with responsibility for giving directions as to the working and the ventilation of the mine. His sons, grandsons and great grandsons were all colliery workers, and in various censuses were found living in Crag Head, East Rainton, South Moor, Bishop Auckland, Thornley Colliery and Metal Bridge near Ferry Hill, with most of them settling in Haswell around the time of the 1881 census.

You can read more about the village and colliery of Haswell at the Haswell History Group's website  and there is also a wealth of information about mining and miners in Durham on the Durham Mining Museum website.

We know that Henry Appleby (1878-1938) and his wife Emma (Mortimer) emigrated to Australia in 1926/27 with their children as well as the two children of Henry's deceased sister Isabella Watson. They settled in Wollongong in New South Wales. But it is likely that there are many more descendants of this family - if you are connected to this line of Applebys, do please get in touch using the Contact Form on the left.

Applebys of Haswell, County Durham

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Appleby Research Organisation 
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DNA results

We have now received the yDNA results for a descendant of John Appleby, born in about 1786 in Lanchester, County Durham. These show that this line shares a common ancestor (who probably lived around 15 generations ago) with the line of Thomas Appleby of Embleton and that of William Appleby who sailed to Philadelphia in the 1770s (who we now believe originally must have come from the north of England even though he sailed from Ireland).

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NAME INDEX

Appleby Ann (Abt 1871- )
Appleby Argent Ann (Abt 1899- )
Appleby Elizabeth (Abt 1843- )
Appleby Elizabeth (Abt 1873- )
Appleby Ellen (Abt 1879- )
Appleby Emma (Abt 1903- )
Appleby Frances (Abt 1884- )
Appleby George (Abt 1824-After 1851)
Appleby George (Abt 1890- )
Appleby Gladys (1901-1967)
Appleby Hannah (Abt 1816- )
Appleby Hannah (Abt 1837- )
Appleby Hannah (Abt 1876- )
Appleby Harold (1907-1988)
Appleby Henry (1878-1938)
Appleby Henry (Abt 1890- )
Appleby Isabella (Abt 1891-1923)
Appleby James (Henry) (Abt 1854-After 1911)
Appleby John (Abt 1786-After 1863)
Appleby John (Abt 1819-1889)
Appleby John George (Abt 1841-After 1911)
Appleby John Thomas (Abt 1878- )
Appleby John William (Abt 1882- )
Appleby John William (Jack) (Abt 1905- )

Appleby Margaret (Abt 1821- )
Appleby Margaret (Abt 1839-Bef 1858)
Appleby Margaret (Abt 1858- )
Appleby Margaret (Abt 1887- )
Appleby Margaret (May) (Abt 1888- )
Appleby Maria (Abt 1880- )
Appleby Maria (Abt 1885- )
Appleby Mary Ann Isabell (1851- )
Appleby Mary Jane (Abt 1885- )
Appleby Robert (Abt 1883- )
Appleby Robert Jobson (1848-1863)
Appleby William Thomas (Abt 1845- )
Appleby Willie (Abt 1901- )
Barker Sarah (Abt 1845-After 1911)
Brannon James (Abt 1841- )
Lovett Sarah Jane (Abt 1860-After 1911)
Mortimer Emma (1878-1958)
Patterson Maria (Abt 1818-1886)
Pine Richard ( -Bef 1901)
Raine William
Watson John W (1914- )
Watson May (1920- )
Watson William
Wilson Mary Jane (Margaret) (Abt 1851-After 1911)