lydia cotgrove c.1869.

[wozzle]

can anybody tell me who were the parents of lydia cotgrove born abt 1869 in leigh-on-sea
i have her parents down in my tree as thomas cotgrove and elizabeth robinson i have their children down as susanah 1845, elizabeth 1848, hannah 1850-1852 and lydia 1869.
it seems like a big jump from hannah 1850 to lydia 1869 and i was wondering if lydia was maybe the granddaughter rather than the daughter of thomas-elizabeth.
mick.

[Barbara F]

Hello Wozzle

I have quite a few details of the Cotgrove family from Leigh on Sea as I have a distant connection with the family.
I will unearth the papers and see what I can find for you.

Barbara

[lizdb]

Here's her birth:

Jul/Aug/Sep 1868
Lydia Caroline Cotgrove
Rochford reg district
ref 10a 225

[lizdb]

FreeBMD has LOADS of Cotgroves born in Rochford district around that time - obviously a big clan of them!
There is a HAnnah in 1850, a Susannah in 1845, but no Eliz in 1848, nearest is 1851. But no telling of course, from the index, if these are from the same family. Or if any of the others in the list ARE from your family!

Where did your info about them come from?

[wozzle]

thanks a lot for that i did'nt have that.
i have put the date onto my tree and will post off for the birth cert. at the end of next month when i get paid.
would appreciate any other info. regarding cotgroves.
 
with regard to elizabeth i should have put abt 1848
most of the info if i can remember came from the IGI. it was quite a while ago. my interest was rekindled when someone from genes re-united got in touch with me the other day.
mick.

[lizdb]

In 1881 Lydia is with parents Thomas and Elizabeth, along with siblings Emliy (1856 ) and Thomas (1854), so there are other siblings after Hannah before Lydia - of course there may be more who have left home.
RG11 1770 68 34

Have you got the family in 1871, 61, 51 etc?

I'd ascertain a few Facts before making assumptions about Lydia's parentage.
With family history anything is possible, but assumptions are extremely dangerous, as it is easy to assume the wrong anything!
Better to establish facts - even if it means forking out on certificates, searching beyond the internet etc.

just about to press 'post', and see you have posted and are going to get cert!! Good for you. I'll post anyway!

[wozzle]

tried to get into ancestry for the censuses that you mentioned but it keeps going to internet explorer
page and saying it cannot display the page.
will try again later this evening.
mick.

[Barbara F]

Hello Mick
I found my papers on the Cotgrove family but they do not include your people. Sorry.
There is this website
http://homepages.tesco.net/~nhholding/
Norman Holding was very generous with information on my part of the Cotgrove family. I would certainly recommend that you email him although I note that the site has not been updated for quite a long time.
Barbara

[wozzle]

thanks for that link had a look and it is the same as what i have all the way down. unfortunately it does'nt state the names of the children of thomas-elizabeth.
will e-mail him
fingers crossed i will get a reply.
mick.