Robert Rule and Mary Davy

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Parents               John Rule and Mary Anderson                            John Davy and Margaret Grey

Robert Rule (b 1773, m Mary Davy 1799 Wooler Northumberland, d 1846 Glendale)
Mary Davy (b 1772 Wooler, d 1850 Glendale)
    Mary Rule (b 1799 Wooler, m Thomas Waugh Thompson 1825, d 1878)
        John(Snr) Thompson (b 1833 Newcastle-on-Tyne), m Mary Ann Graham 1865  Newcastle-on-Tyne, d 1896)   
             John  Thompson (b 1865 Newcastle-on-Tyne, m Mary Louisa Turner 1887 Newcastle-on-Tyne, d 1893 Newcastle-on-Tyne)
                 Norman Thompson (b 1888 Newcastle-on-Tyne,  m Winifred Emma Farr 1918 Northcote Vic, d 1932 Thornbury Vic)
    John Rule (b 1801 Wooler, d 1870 Wooler)  
    Margaret Rule (b 1803 Wooler, d 1812 Wooler)    
    Isabella Rule (b 1806 Wooler, d 1882 Wooler)  
    Jane Rule (b 1808 Wooler, d 1876 Humbleton Mill Wooler)  
    Barbara Rule (b abt 1813 Wooler, d 1886 Wooler)
    Robert Rule (b 1812 Wooler, d 1812 Wooler)  
    Margaret Rule (b 1815, Wooler d 1816 Wooler)    

The interesting question of Wooler

    Wooler is a small town 47 miles NNW from Newcastle on Tyne. Current population is about 2,000.  See notes in Thomas Waugh Thompson's page
    Glendale is a valley consisting of two sub-districts, Wooler and Ford

1841 Censua

Wooler, High St
Robert Rule                  68    slater
Mary Rule                     68
John  Rule                     40     slater
Barbara Rule                 27
and the two Thompson grandsons
Thomas Thompson        12
John Thompson              6

1851 Census

High St Wooler
John Rule Head unmarried              49 Slater (master employing 8 men) b Wooler
Barbara Rule    Sister unmarried     30  b Wooler
Robert Thompson nephew               23 Slater Journeyman b Wooler
Thomas Thompson Nephew            21 Slater journeyman b Wooler

High St Wooler, only a few houses away, possible relatives
Andrew Davy                                  30 Head Carrier      b Wooler
Margaret Davy Wife                       30    b Wooler
Margaret Davy Daughter                 6      b Wooler

1861 Censua

High St Wooler
John Rule Head unmarried                  60 Slater employing 9 men b Wooler
Barbara Rule Sister unmarried            51 b Wooler
Robert Thompson nephew                   32 Slater and plasterer b Gateshead Durham
Thomas Thompson Nephew                30 Slater  b Wooler

Family Search Reference

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Acknowledgements

The new work on this page follows on from contact with Gillian Wild via Ancestry.
She pointed us to an excellent Thompson tree in Family Search
Many thanks
This has been supplemented by the Young Family Tree in Ancestry
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