Miriam May Collett my 4th cousin was born this day in 1901. On the 1901 census she is shown as 1 day old and her name as N.K (Not known!).
Alice Catherine Cockett (nee Brand) my g.grandmother was born in Market Square, All Saints, Northampton in 1847. She was the first child of my 2 x g.grandparents, but on every census following her birth she was living with someone else.
Elizabeth Dameron my 10 x g.g.aunt was born in Westerfield, Suffolk in 1544. She was the 6th child of my 11 x g.grandparents. Unfortunately, although I know her father was called William, I cannot find out the name of her mother. In his will, William only refers to her, mainly as an afterthought, as “my wife”. I’ve contacted Suffolk Archives and they cannot find a marriage for William, mainly because I can only give an approximate date the it would be too costly for me to pay for one of the archivists to search through about 5 years of Parish records. Never mind, one day I might get back to Suffolk to conduct a search myself – our hopefully the Suffolk records will come on line.
Jeremiah Bagshaw my 6 x g.g.uncle was baptised in Bradfield, Yorkshire in 1684. He’s another one whose mother I can’t find. In this case, I have searched the Yorkshire records on Ancestry and on Familysearch without any luck. I also spent time in the churchyard trying to find graves, but most of them were so old the carving of the names was illegible.
Joseph Middleton my 3 x g.g.uncle was baptised in Millom, Cumberland in 1811. Joseph was the 6th of 12 children. No wonder when his mother died, her cause of death was given as Natural Decay!
Jane Middleton my 3 x g.g.aunt and sister of Joseph above, was baptised in 1818.
George Woodward my 4 x g.grandfather died in Norley, Cheshire in 1817. According to Cheshire parish records he was buried at St Laurence Church, Frodsham. This makes sense as his wife and various family members are buried there. Unfortunately, nobody seems to have got round to carving a gravestone with his name on it. I assume he is probably buried with his wife who died in 1805 – despite her gravestone showing she died in 1808!
Isaac Day my 3 x g.g.uncle died in Osbournby, Lincolnshire in 1785. Interestingly Isaac was his mother’s maiden name.
Edith Florence Cockett my g.aunt who died on 27 March 1894 was buried 3 days later on 30 March 1894 in Manchester General Cemetery. She was 5 years old. I cannot imagine what it must be like to have to bury a child at that age, and to make it worse she was buried on her mother’s birthday (Alice Catherine Brand the second person shown above).
Here is a photo of Alice Catherine Cockett (nee Brand)
