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Thomas I and Margaret Harle had illegitimate first child Mary in October 1798 at Jarrow;

Mary baptised at Heworth Parish Church, April 1799; 

Thomas I married Margaret Harle at Jarrow, Durham, in November 1801;

Thomas I & Margaret had 3 more children (Margaret, Thomas II & William) at Hebburn up to April 1806;
They had two more, Edward and Ann, at Murton, December 1807, and North Shields, January 1810;
Edward died at Murton in March 1809 & Ann died at North Shields in January 1810;
Margaret Harle died and buried at Christ Church, North Shields, Tynemouth, June 1810;

Thomas I then married Jane Elizabeth Spouse at Christ Church, Tynemouth, Oct 1811;

Their first child Jane born at North Shields, Tynemouth, Feb 1813;
Brother Nixon Michael born at North Shields, October 1814;

Robert I (my Great-Great-Grandfather) born in North Shields, Northumberland, May 1816;

Sister Ruth born at North Shields, Tynemouth, May 1818;
Brother Spouse Joseph born at Burton Main, Tynemouth, Jun 1820;
Mary Robinson (Robert I's future wife) born either in Chester le Street, Co Durham, or Sunderland about 1821;
Twins Benjamin and Ann born and died at North Shields, Tynemouth, July 1822;
Sister Elizabeth born and died at North Shields, Tynemouth, August 1823;

Jane Elizabeth Spouse buried at North Shields, Christ Church, Tynemouth, September 1826;
Jane Spouse (nee Browell ? - Jane Elizabeth's mother?) buried at Christ Church, Tynemouth, November 1828;

Jane married John Hair in January 1837 at St Peters Parish Church, Monkwearmouth;

Robert I married Mary Robinson in May 1842 at Sunderland Parish Church; 

Ruth married Joseph Wardle in December 1842 at Sunderland Parish Church;

Robert I's eldest son Thomas III born at Monkwearmouth Colliery, Sunderland, October 1842;

Robert I and Mary moved to Swindon between November 1842 and October 1844;

Robert II born on The Station, Swindon, Oct 1844;

Parents Robert I and Mary moved to Bristol between November 1844 and November 1846;

William born at 4 Edward Street, St Philip & Jacob, Bristol, November 1846;
Mary born at 15 Edward Street, St Philip & Jacob, Bristol, May 1848;

Spouse Joseph married Caroline Knapp at Bedminster Parish Ch, Somerset, in February 1849;

William and Mary Jane baptised at St Philip & Jacob, Bristol, May 1849;

Robert I & Mary et fam moved to Paddington, London, between May 1849 and January 1850;
Jane born at 42 Hampden Street, Paddington, London, January 1850;
Living at 42 Hampden Street, Paddington, London, April 1851 (1851 Census);
Michael born at 28 Waverley Road, Paddington, London, April 1852;

Robert's father Thomas I died at Monkwearmouth aged 83, August 1852; (Death Cert.)

Family moved to Cricklade, Wiltshire, between May 1852 and January 1854;
Margaret born at Common Purton, Cricklade, Wilts, January 1854;

Moved to 15 Exeter St, New Swindon, between January 1854 and April 1856;
Joseph born at 15 Exeter Street, New Town, Swindon, Wilts, April 1856;
Jane, Michael, Margaret & Joseph baptised at St Mark's, New Swindon, April 1856;
Daniel born at New Town (The Railway Village), New Swindon, Wilts, July 1858;
Daniel died at Highworth, Wilts, August 1858;
Ann born at New Town (The Railway Village), Swindon, Wilts, October 1859;
Living at Taunton Street, The Railway Village, Swindon, Wilts, April 1861 (1861 Census);

Moved to Dunstall Street, Wolverhampton, between March 1862 and January 1866;

Half-Brother William dies at Orchard House, Blackwall, Poplar, Middlesex, London, Dec 1866;

William married Emma Adderley at St George's Church, Wolverhampton, in January 1869;

Robert II married Emily Phillips at St Nicholas Church, Liverpool, in February 1871;

Robert I and Mary living at Stafford Road, Wolverhampton St Mark's, April 1871 (1871 Census);
Robert II and Emily living at 66 North Road, Wolverhampton in April 1871 (1871 Census);

Thomas III married Mary Ann Dance at Newton Abbot Register Office in September 1871;
Mary married Thomas Knight at St Jude's Parish Church, Wolverhampton, in October 1875;
Michael married Rosa Long at St Matthews Church, Liverpool, in February 1876;
Ann died in Wolverhampton, Staffs, about August 1876;

Robert I died in Wolverhampton 1st Quarter 1877;

Remaining Family probably at 7 Stafford Road, Wolverhampton, in May 1878;
Margaret married Grayson Wynne Baker at St George Parish Ch, Wolverhampton, May 1878;

Michael died from Yellow Fever at sea on the ship "Jerome", May 1879;

Mary (the mother) at 24 Sherlock Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire in April 1881 (1881 Census);
Joseph died at North Road, Wolverhampton, Staffs, in August 1883;
Jane married Richard Both in Tettenhall Parish Church, Tettenhall, Staffs, in September 1884;

Mary living at 208 Goldhawk Road, Shepherds Bush, London, Middlesex in August 1908    (Will);
Mary dies at 40 Ashchurch Grove, Shepherds Bush, London, Middlesex, age 90 years, Feb 1911.
Elizabeth Ruth at 40 Ashchurch Grove, Shepherds Bush, London, Middlesex, in March 1911.
Grayson Wynne and Margaret Baker (nee Chicken) at 17 The Green, Twickenham, London, in February 1911.

Elizabeth Ruth dies at Cuckfield, East Sussex, August 1943.

Robert II, my Great-Grandfather, died at Walton, Liverpool, June 1906;

Emily, his wife, died at Wallasey, Birkenhead, December 1926;

Their 8th child, Jane Chicken, married Robert Peel at St Matthias Church, Liverpool, October 1909;

My mother, Doris Jeanne Peel, born at Walton, Liverpool, January 1912;

She married Harri Matthews at St Phillip's Church, Nelson, Lancashire, September 1935;

Twins Geoffrey and Richard Matthews born in Nelson, Lancs, July 1942;

Harri & Doris Matthews died in July and August 2002 in Burnley General Hospital, Lancashire.