Scarborough fishing families - the Johnson family

This page features articles on this site which mention the Johnson fishing family in some way. 

 

A to Z listing of Famous Scarborough people

SMHC Archive File information held on the following Scarborough People (non fishing). Updated 2010 :- Florence Balgarnie Bronte sisters Beauclerk - Lord Capt Browne-Bushall Ian Carmichael Sir Richard Chomley John Cole ...

Alfredo the accordionist

Alfredo the accordionist Alfredo Di Placido, 1920 – 2006 The President of the Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre, Martin Johnson, donated a 1930s poster of ‘Alfredo the brilliant accordionist’.  Alfredo ...

Allen - John Dale

John Dale Allen - 1784-1861 PREFACE About five years ago I developed an interest in the family’s history. I knew that my father Hugh Cecil Allan was born in Scarborough and that he lived there in his teens.  His mother Emma Allan ...

Allen and Truman Scarborough fishing families 

The Allen and Truman Scarborough fishing families The writer of this history did not leave his or her name. It is a family history which concerns one child - Alice Irene Allen. I was introduced to Alice Irene in the cosy kitchen of a little ho...

Allen family history - Scarborough fishing family 

The Allen family history I have compiled my family tree over many years until it now numbers 4640 persons and 1462 marriages. The ALLEN tree extends from my grandchildren back through ten generations and at the present time reaches the year 1680. ...

Blood hound trials at Ravenscar 

Blood hound trials at Ravenscar Edwin Brough of "Wyndgate" at Scalby was a famous breeder of bloodhounds and the acknowledged authority on that subject. He kept thirty couples of hounds at Scalby until 1897, exercising them daily through...

Cammish, Jenkinson and Sheader 

Cammish, Jenkinson and Sheader Familys A look at the electoral register in 1905-06 reveals quite a lot. If you look at certain streets within the old town then lots of the houses were taken by the fishing and seafaring families. A look at Quay...

Coble boats of Filey, Flamborough and Runswicks Bay 

The coble boats of Filey, Flamborough and Runswicks Bay Filey bay is famed for its coble boats with the slipway known as 'Coble Landing'. Its a beautiful site in the summer with the fishing pots stacked up on the little boats and tractors....

Cobles along the Scarborough and Filey coast

Cobles on the Yorkshire Coast This page features articles on this website that mention cobles.   1799 - a great storm off Filey Bridge and a famous rescue A great storm off Filey Bridge and a famous rescue in 1799 The following is a...

Crimlisk fishing family history in Scarborough Filey and Hull 

The Crimlisk fishing family There are many Crimlisk's in Filey,Flamborough, Hull and Scarborough. Yet they all are descended from just one man who came here from Ireland in 1842 - Thomas Crimlisk. He was born in Ardara in County Donegal in 180...

Fishermen of Scarborough and the U-Boats by Godfrey Arthur 

Scarborough fishermen and the U-Boats by Godfrey Arthur An Article by Arthur Godfrey This year has seen the seventieth anniversary of the darkest days that Yorkshire fishermen have ever known, for in the three years of World War 1 beginning w...

Foreshore in olden times 

The Foreshore in olden times Extract from Meadley's Memorials of Scarborough Page 78. "The Foreshore in olden times" Now that the Foreshore is an acknowledged improvement, it may perhaps be interesting to many readers of these &q...

Funnels of steam fishing trawlers

Each family & company had their own steam boiler funnel design.  Here are a few from Scarborough: ApplebyBrogden     Cammish    Connie Cooperative    Cra...

History - 11

Here is the eleventh  "position paper" for the Harbour Research project. Corrections and additions are welcomed. The purpose of the document is to seek people who will undertake serious research on aspects of the history of the ha...

History - 2

Here is the second  "position paper" for the 2012 Harbour Research project. Corrections and additions are welcomed. The purpose of the document, with others to come, is to seek people who will undertake serious research on aspects of t...

History - 3

Here is the  third  "position paper" for the 2012 Harbour Research project. Corrections and additions are welcomed. The purpose of the document, with others to come, is to seek people who will undertake serious research on aspects...

History - 7

Here is the seventh "position paper" for the Harbour Research project. Corrections and additions are welcomed. The purpose of the document is to seek people who will undertake serious research on aspects of the history of the harbour. ...

History - 8

Here is the eighth  "position paper" for the 2012 Harbour Research project. Corrections and additions are welcomed. The purpose of the document is to seek people who will undertake serious research on aspects of the history of the...

Hospital for mariners 

Scarborough hospital for mariners This article is entitled "Sewing a Safety Net:Scarborough's Maritime Community, 1747-1765" and was written by Charles R. Foy [note 1]. It appeared in the International Journal of Maritime History, XX...

Inns, smuggling and illicit stills

Scarborough's heyday of Inns, Smuggling and Illicit stills Since Roger the Vintner sold ale and wine in 1175 to the burgesses of the new borough of Scarborough this town has imported wine, and, until recent years, brewed ale. The early Norm...

Jenkinson family

Scarborough fishing families - the Jenkinson family This page features articles on this site which mention the Jenkinson fishing family in some way.  32 Sandside  My grandfather's house at 32 Sandside The following story was su...

Jenkinson family tragedies

Tragedies in the Jenkinson fishing family in Filey From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd FILEY TRAGEDY - LOST AT SEA The risks involved in seafaring are horrendous. Yet with some justif...

Jenkinsons - Filey, a common ancestry.

The Filey Jenkinsons - a common ancestry From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd It would be expected in a community as closely related as the Filey fishing families there would be folk memo...

Kolberg lays a minefield off Scarborough 

Kolberg lays a minefield off Scarborough Many people in Scarborough know a great deal of the German bombardment upon the town in 1914. A lot less is known about the problem of mines which beset the town for weeks afterwards. There were three ships...

Loss of the Sincere in 1968 

The loss of the Sincere in 1968 The Sincere, registered in Aberdeen as A555 but fishing out of Scarborough, was lost on 28th May 1968. At 3 a.m. in the thick fog she ran aground onto rocks just south of Cayton Bay in an area called Black Horse Roc...

Losses amongst Filey fishing cobles 

Losses amongst Filey fishing cobles From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd The coble is for its size, one of the safest boats afloat. But if hit unexpectedly by very heavy sea, it is as vul...

Maps & Charts archive index

The Maritime Centre has a varied collection of maps and charts spanning several centuries. Below is a sample of how they are indexed. Please contact us if you are searching for anything in particular? DESCRIPTION DETAILS PUBLIC...

Maritime Art archive file listing

Prospect of Scarborough - Maritime Art Archive File List of Contents. Contact us for more information (updated 2015) Artist Allbon, Charles Fredrick 1856-1926 (i) Artist Bailey, Peter Article by Adam Steel (ii) Battl...

Merrie Islington - sunk by a U-boat off Whitby 

The Merrie Islington - sunk by a U-boat off Whitby Many of the articles involved on this site involve a personal journey. They link to someones family history which has been meticulously researched. This is one such article. I was contacted by a H...

Ranter Chapel revival in Filey 

Ranter Chapel revival in Filey From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd FILEY IS TAKEN! John Oxtoby was responsible for the great Christian revival which began in 1823. One of the first fa...

Scarborough's heydays of inns,smuggling and illicit stills

Since Roger the Vintner sold ale and wine in 1175 to the burgesses of the new borough of Scarborough this town has imported wine, and until recent years, brewed ale. The early Normans brought the taste for wine, after their conquest of England, an...

Sinking of HMS Esk 

Sinking of HMS Esk The following was written by Herbert Vaughan, and provides a first hand account of the sinking of HMS Esk. NO RETURN TICKET - At war with Germany, September, 1939. A diary written by Herbert Vaughn (Telman (Communications ...

Steam Trawler Owners

Scarborough Steam Trawler Owners This list of Steam trawlers is taken from the Cyril Prescott volumes in Scarborough Librarys History room. Its not a complete list. - Pre 1914 * - 1918-1940 # - 1945-1963 % G Alderson Smith (*) - Dalhousie ...

Tindalls the shipbuilders by John Rushton. 

Tindalls the shipbuilders by John Rushton. The Tindall family were major contributors to the maritime history of Scarborough. A University student could usefully produce a thesis on the family. We can only offer a preliminary glance. There is a st...

Trawlers sunk by mines in 1920 

Three Scarborough trawlers sunk by mines in 1920 Most trawlers were sunk by U-Boats in World War I after their crews were allowed to leave. Some fishermen were on board several sunken trawlers during the war. Very few died. Fishermen would rather ...

U-Boat log that sank 11 Scarborough trawlers in 1916 

Log of the German U-Boat which sank eleven Scarborough trawlers in 1916 The following is taken from the log of the German U-Boat which sank 11 Scarborough Trawlers in 1916. He was Ritter Karl Siegfried Von Georg. This log begins just after the U-B...

Watching for ships by the harbour walls

Watching for ships by the harbour walls in Scarborough The fishing industry was always dangerous. The sailing ships were always vulnerable to gales and bad weather which could come out of nowhere. These huge seas and treacherous storms could endan...

Women's work in the Filey fishing industry 

Womens Work In The Filey Fishing Industry From the book "Filey - A Yorkshire Fishing Town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd Women and daughters seemed to have have helped carry gear down to the boats. Kendall writing in 1870 su...

Wreck of the Mary Stoddart - Dundalk 

Wreck of the Mary Stoddart - Dundalk Particulars of the loss of the barque Mary Stoddart, of this port. Saturday April 17th Scarborough Mercury. Intelligence has been received of the shipwreck of the Mary Stoddart, of this port, Captain Aver...

WW1 mercantile deaths - Scarborough men

surname forename initials age date_of_death rank regiment unitshipsquadron cemeterymemorial gravereference additionalinformation APPLEBY JOHN ROWLEY J R 19 05/04/1918 ...

WW2 in Scarborough - article list

Second World War in Scarborough This page features articles on this site which mention World War Two in some way.  Attacks On Trawlers in Scarborough in WW2  Attacks On Trawlers in Scarborough in WW2 It was Scarborough's fi...

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