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Hello
I've just stumbled across your splendid site.
I've been doing some family history recently and have found some
antecedents hailing from Cottingham. I see on your established local
families list that you have a mention of the West family. This is my
connection: The William West on your site had at least five children. His
only (?)daughter Sarah (b Cottingham 1825 or 28) married a Parker (don't
know first name - does anyone? Is this a Cottingham family?) and they had
two sons: John (my great great grandfather) b Cottingham c.1846 and
Charles b Cottingham c.1848. Both ended up in Staffordshire as miners or
in related work (Silverdale Colliery near Newcastle under Lyme) in the
1870s.
John married my great grandmother Elizabeth at
Wolstanton, Staffs in 1875.He died before 1901. Even in the 1850s his
grandchildren were given West as a middle name. I wonder how they came to
travel so far? Is there a canal system nearby? John Parker is listed as
born in Cottingham, York (added by the enumerator) in 1891 - that red
herring cost me a few weeks! Poor handwriting also sent me to Collingham,
Northants!
Are there any records of the previous
generation to the one above? i.e. there could be a John Parker, baker,
married in Cottingham in about 1820 and he may have been born there in
about 1800?
It's very nice to look at pictures of the
village and find so much information.
Regards
Glyn Aubrey
22 November 2005
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