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Searching for COWGILL and DRAKE from Embsay and Thornhill/Bradford area
« on: Sunday 31 October 04 20:28 GMT (UK) »
I have just started looking for any COWGILL and DRAKE in the West Riding area. Both families were heavy on the weaving and spinning trade. Grandad John DRAKE retired from J Baines son, Bradford in 1965. Where was this and has it been demolished?? He married Jane COWGILL in 1925. anyone know them out there??
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Re: Searching for COWGILL and DRAKE from Embsay and Thornhill/Bradford area
« Reply #1 on: Monday 01 November 04 13:16 GMT (UK) »
There were Cowgills in the Cowling (nr Keighley) area in the 1800s try asking on CowlingWeb
http://www.cowlingweb.co.uk/
and on the Bradford Family History page at
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/bfhs/
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Barry Emmott
http://mysite.freeserve.com/emmott-family
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Re: Searching for COWGILL and DRAKE from Embsay and Thornhill/Bradford area
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 13 November 04 22:26 GMT (UK) »
I was looking through the records left to me by my late father and came across a photocopy of an Emmott (of Cowling) will from the 1700s and one of the witnesses was named Cowgill.
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Barry Emmott
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Re: Searching for COWGILL and DRAKE from Embsay and Thornhill/Bradford area
« Reply #3 on: Friday 03 December 04 12:49 GMT (UK) »
There are quite a lot more Cowgills in the 1881 census at Wilsden which comes under Bradford. There were a terrific number of weavers of various kinds in Wilsden at that time. I found them whilst searching familysearch.
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