SOUTHERN Isabella Jane (1849 – 1912)
POET Situated in the Unconsecrated/East Section of Jesmond Old Cemetery. Isabella Jane Southern was the only daughter of Thomas Pallister Barkas and Isabella Barkas nee Gow. In 1876, she married James Proctor Southern and her children, Mary, was born in 1877, and William, in 1879. They lived in Granville Road, Jesmond. James worked in the […]
TWEEDY Thomas Hall (1816 – 1892)
CARVER AND GUILDER Situated in the Unconsecrated/East Section of Jesmond Old Cemetery. Thomas Tweedy was born in Manor Chare, within All Saints Parish, Newcastle upon Tyne and was baptised there on 7th April 1816. His Father, also named Thomas Tweedy, was a sawyer born in Embleton, Northumberland, son of Joseph Tweedy, a farmer. His Mother was […]
WILSON Joe (1841 – 1875)
SONGWRITER AND RELUCTANT PUBLICAN Situated in the Consecrated/West Section of Jesmond Old Cemetery. Considered by many to have been Newcastle’s most successful songwriter, Joe Wilson focussed on working-class life and wrote over 360 songs, including well-known titles such as Keep Yor Feet Still Geordie Hinny, Sally Wheatley and Geordy Haud the Bairn. Born in 49, Stowell Street (now […]