Caroline Malbon Lucas

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Louisa Caroline Malbon Lucas
Baptised 06 MAY 1840 Lower Peover, Cheshire, England

From: Teesdale Mercury, Wednesday, March 6th, 1861

"In the list also of the Mistresses of the Durham Female Training College, we find the name of Miss L. C. M. Lucas, recently appointed to the Girls' National School, first class with several prizes for proficiency in drawing."

In 1861 Census, working as a schoolteacher in Barnard Castle.

Married in Teesdale, May 1862 (Marriage Records)

First Head of Infants Department, Jarrow Grange School, in 1873

From: http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/Pages/AdvancedSearchCatalogueD...

Ref: EP/SS.SH 11/80

Testimonial of Miss E. Thompson, former teacher at St Peter's School, Jarrow, by the headmistress, L. Witter, 2 May 1894

In 1901 Census, Caroline Malbon Witter was living in Boldon, South Shields, County Durham. In the same household were living her daughter Elizabeth (Harrison) and son Raymond; her daughter Daisy (aka Alice Maud); her sons Harry and Charles Kingsley; and the lodger John Henry Hebron, later to marry Daisy. See Sources. In 1911 Census, living in Sunderland, with her son Charles Witter

From: http://www.malbon.co.uk/malbonhistory.htm

Malbon a Family History (pre 1066 to present)

The history of this branch of the family moves back through time to before the Norman invasion in 1066. Investigations by ourselves and others have placed our earliest known ancestors in a town by the name of Brecy northern France.

Once our ancestors set foot in this country, they like many other families who provided assistance to William the Conqueror, were allocated vast tracts of land; Ours being most of South Cheshire, parts of North Wales and North Shropshire. The Falaise Roll carries 315 names of all the Noblemen who were involved with William.

Once initially settled in the area our earliest ancestors took up residence in the area known as Wick Malbanc (Latin = Malbedeng (Within what is now Crewe & Nantwich Cheshire)) confirmed by the Domesday book. Given that in those days only the nobles (Norman surname protocol) used what we now call a surname they would in order to integrate with the local community take the a surname reflecting the local district, which in our case was 'de-Wick Malbanc ((Latin = Malbedeng)', meaning 'of Wick Malbanc'), with this then over time changing into 'Malbank' and eventually 'Malbon'. The remaining members retained their original surname 'de-Brecy ((Braceio)', or translated 'of Brecy') until they gained land or control elsewhere.

Other variants of the original Malbanc include Mallbone, Milbanks (Yorkshire), Milbanke(Baron Wentworth) and I hope to find others.

Over time the family spread its branches, some would fade due to no male heirs, others like mine have carried on to today. Along the way my ancestors have held public office in Congleton, Cheshire as Mayor Thomas Malbon (b.circa 1630 & d. 23/12/1711) , to his son John Malbon (b.06/1656 & d. 11/1746) a Curate & Teacher in Butterton nr. Leek to his son John Malbon (b17/12/1682 & d. 11/1746) a Parish Clerk again in Butterton.

There is also Malbon House Farm in Butterton.