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Norman Dunn's 'Hebburn and our Neighbours Forum'
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Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's

Posted by Christopher S. Lobban on 25/8/2024, 12:51:05

My sister and I will be visiting Hebburn to see the church where our great grandfather was minister at the turn of the 20th C. I believe there are still some second cousins there from Alexander's second marriage to Alice Bean. I've been tracing the deep Lobban ancestry (all one genetic group from NE Scotland) and will be talking about the Lobban DNA Project to the Aberdeen & NE Scotland FHS at 2 pm, Saturday 21 September. It will also go out on Zoom, contact elaine.petrie@anesfhs.org.uk to pre-register.
We will be in Hebburn the 23 and/or 24th of Sept. and would love to meet second cousins or Lobbans from the area. Contact me at clobban671@gmail.com.
Lobban DNA Project

Re: Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's

Posted by James Goring on 25/8/2024, 14:05:37, in reply to "Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's"
Edited by administrator Admin1 27/8/2024, 6:00:57

I took this Photo 2013 in the Cellar/vault of St Andrews

Re: Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's

Posted by Norman Dunn on 25/8/2024, 17:25:32, in reply to "Re: Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's"

Glad you took my advice to post on the Forum Christopher.Welcome to your great grandfather's 'Hebburn'.

View very familiar to my Great Grandparents Campbell

Posted by Allan Campbell on 25/8/2024, 19:30:16, in reply to "Re: Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's"

That view would be what my G G/Ptrs saw most days as their home was about 15 yards behind the photographer at 18 Church St.

Allan C.

Re: View very familiar to my Great Grandparents Campbell

Posted by Stan Wears on 25/8/2024, 20:26:27, in reply to "View very familiar to my Great Grandparents Campbell"

The church was built in 1872. Andrew Leslie the shipbuilder paid for it. That steeple is 190 ft tall which is somewhat unusual for the area. Nice to see it again!

Re: Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's

Posted by James Goring on 26/8/2024, 13:35:07, in reply to "Re: Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's"
Edited by administrator Admin1 27/8/2024, 5:59:18

This photo is looking down to the cellar/vault
The Plaque can be seen on the left..

Re: Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's

Posted by Margaret McD on 26/8/2024, 15:32:13, in reply to "Re: Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's"

Thanks James but one could hardly call that a prominent place,eh? Wonder if it's in the minutes somewhere?

The Plaque looks as if it’s been dumped there

Posted by Allan Campbell on 26/8/2024, 21:06:13, in reply to "Re: Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's"

Not happy about that being put there like it’s been dumped.

Allan C.

Re: Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's

Posted by Margaret McD on 26/8/2024, 11:05:52, in reply to "Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's"

As a member of the Aberdeen and NE Scotland FHS for many years I am sorry that, living in Hebburn, I will miss your talk Christopher. As the person who researched the names on St Andrew's Memorial Plaque for WW1 personnel I have information on Lobban members. If you ask Norman for my email address I would be willing to correspond with you until your visit.
Mary BULLOCK, maiden name ELLISON is still here and still involved in the very few members of St Andrew's congregation, although they meet with St Margaret's in South Shields now.
As regards the plaque in the cellar, I wonder what on earth it is doing down there. When St Andrew's closed a lot of bits and pieces were lovingly decided on. That should have gone to Mary or someone like her for safekeeping. It must have been up in the church originally surely.

Re: Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's

Posted by Margaret McD on 26/8/2024, 11:08:31, in reply to "Re: Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's"

Forgot to say that Mary ELLISON is a LOBBAN descendant

Re: Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's

Posted by Chris Lobban on 26/8/2024, 11:51:57, in reply to "Re: Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's"

You don't have to be in Aberdeen to hear my talk. If you are free at the time and can connect to Zoom, please contact elaine.petrie@anesfhs.org.uk to pre-register, as noted in my original post.
I have Mary Ellison in my tree and a photo of her mother Mary Wilson Lobban. It would be great to meet her.

Re: Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's

Posted by Brian on 26/8/2024, 12:04:55, in reply to "Re: Visiting Hebburn where GGF Rev. Alexander Lobban was Minister at St. Andrew's"

Myself and another forum member Steve both worked for Mrs Lobban at her newsagents as paper lads in the early 1970s, I presume she was a relative.

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