On this day ... 27 January

1823 Lancelot Hudson Wallace was born in Sunderland, Co Durham, the son of Dent Wallace and Margaret Hudson.

1835 Thomas Reaveley Halliday was born in Sunderland, Co Durham, the son of Lancelot Hudson Halliday and Margaret Nixon.

1844 Ralph Hardy and Hannah Pattison married at St Helen's Church, Kelloe, Co Durham. Hannah was the daughter of Thomas Pattison and Ann Moor.