Glenwright Name Study - Geordies

Date: [unknown]
Location: England, United Kingdom
Surname/tag: Glenwright

This page follows the migration of the Glenwright families down from the South Tyne valley to the coal mining regions of Northumberland and Durham.

The following heads of families moved from the upper Tyne Valley to the coalfields of Tyneside.

• The children of Thomas Glenwright of Knarsdale.
  • John Glenwright (bef.1781-bef.1829), Knarsdale, Northumberland, to Ponteland before 1806, then Gosforth, Coxlodge, West Brunton and East Heddon. Records do not list him as a miner, but rather as a Hind, a Labourer, and a Husbandman.
  • John
  • Matthew
  • William
  • Robert

• Thomas Glenwright (1785-1846), Allendale, Northumberland to Medomsley, Durham circa 1840. One son's family emigrated to Canada, the rest to Australia. No male lines remain in Tyneside.

The following heads of families moved from the upper Tyne valley to the Northumberland coast:

• John Glenwright (1808-1882), Allendale to Blyth circa 1835, then to Tyneside circa 1848.
• Joseph Glenwright (1854-1913). Allendale to Bedlington 1870s by way of Newcastle, then on to Nova Scotia, Canada in 1906..

The following heads of families moved from the upper Tyne valley to the Durham coast.

The following family members moved back to Durham from overseas:

• Jean Ellanor (Glenwright) Athey from Nova Scotia, Canada.