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« on: Thursday 14 August 14 21:53 BST (UK) »
Hi Emily,
I received your message today & cannot believe that I have found another link. My name is Helen & I am the granddaughter of Millicent E. Parker (Batterham after she married). Millicent's mother was Florence & Florence was the sister of George W. Coxhill. There were several children in the family...John Witham Buttery, Frances (Fanny), Florence, George, Jane & Beatrice. John married & had children he was the result of his mothers first marriage, his mother being Emma Ashton who married William Buttery. She then married for a second time & had Frances who married late, had no kids & lived for a while in the Isle of Wight. Then there was Florence my great grandmother who married & had 2 children Millicent (my nannan) & Raymond who died aged 21. George married, had kids & went to the USA. Jane never married as far as I know & lived for a while & I think died in London. Beatrice died as an infant. The story surrounding George is intriguing as he married Annie from Leeds & they had 3 kids, Beatrice, Jennie & William. According to family & the census it seems that only William & Beatrice went to the States with their parents. Jennie did not go which I find hard to understand because as a mother I cannot imagine taking only 2 of my 3 children with me to live abroad, but apparently this is what happened. Jennie lived with Frances (Fanny) & Jane for a while in Sheffield. They all went to London where Jane worked as a Hotel receptionist & Jennie went to a girls catholic school. However, none of this side of our family was catholic as far as I know. Anyway Frances (Fanny) married & I think Jennie must have stayed with Jane. Jennie married & had children. I am in contact with her descendants & have a lot of info. We have connections with the suffragettes but unsure if this includes Jane or Jennie. Please feel free to message me with any other info. or if you have any questions. This is so weird because the family are from Sheffield, some emigrated to the States, some have come back & have settled in or around Sheffield. You live in High Peak where I went to College years ago & I used to live in Derbyshire, but was born in Sheffield. I attended Sheffield University & live in Sheffield now & you work at Sheffield University...who'd of guessed it. Oh & I used to live in the States!!! If you like we could meet up as I have major amounts of info, family tree, photos etc. as I have been researching this for over 21 years.
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