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Diddymiller & davidrigg3,

Thanks for the updates and for your kind and generous time at Loughborough library today diddymiller.  The search will continue although it looks as though davidrigg3 has been having some luck, welcome to my search and many thanks for everything you've been able to find out for me so far.

I agree with the marriage Eliz Kilby (Kerby) although strangely I had found that date to be possibly 13th October, so probably a transcription error, interesting news about the witnessess being John's parent's though.  The Kilby family appear to be from Kegworth, I have her parents William b.1748 and Mary.

Very interesting to hear about a possible child to Eliz & John Cotterill (Ann 10 Oct 1794).  I am guessing John must have died somewhere other than Kegworth or their marriage ended and they went their seperate ways.  The children born to Eliz Cotterill at Billesdon were Maria 1806, Thomas 1809, George 1812 and William 1816.  Their father may be Joseph Haywood? from Kegworth whom Eliz Cotterill marries in Feb 1856, just two years before she dies.  I also have an Elizabeth possibly born abt 1800 to Elizabeth Cotterill, whom later marries Thomas Brigstock.  I know it gets very very confusing in the years between Kegworth and Billesdon.

I agree also that there would appear to be at least two if not more Cotterill couples/families living in Kegworth at this time and hence the numerous Cotterill birth's and similar names.  Would be nice to trace them back another generation to find out how they all fit in together, although that looks to be quiet a challenge based upon diddymillers findings today.   Another possibility is that they came from the Castle Donnington area circa 1750-60, where there is also Cotterill connections.

Many thanks

S.J Detective

Hi mysubee,

Welcome to Roots Chat and thanks for posting your message on this thread about the Cross family in Cambridgeshire. 

Henry Cross was a 2nd Grt Granduncle to me and Fuller Cross was a 1st Cousin 3 times removed.  These people are on my family tree but are some what distant, so I have little or no information about them at present.

Please feel free to drop me a personal message.  I might be able to help in some way with your family research.   Thanks for your interest.

S.J Detective

Hi Everyone,

I am researching an individual who could have been a resident of the Mansfield workhouse.  I am wondering what documentation might exist either online or at local archives about admissions and discharges, deaths and burials of those associated with the workhouse circa 1892-1914. 

Did the Mansfield workhouse have it's own cemetery or burial ground?

S.J Detective

Hi Everyone,

I am researching the Cotterill's that originated from Kegworth around the late C18th and I am wondering if any other Rootschat members have links to Cotterill's from Kegworth or Leicestershire.  I would be very interested to hear from you.  I have the following Cotterill's that I am most interested in knowing more about.  All born Kegworth to William and Mary Cotterill.  The spelling of Cotterill varies alot, just to make it more interesting.

Mary 1769, John 1778, Joseph 1778, William 1787, Mary 1790, Ann 1792, John 1797, Henry 1803.

Do any of these sound familiar to you?

The most important one for me is finding out what happened to John Cotteril b.1778 who married Elizabeth Kilby on 13th October 1793 at Kegworth.  He disappears completely and Elizabeth turns up in 1841 in Billesdon, Leicestershire living with a Joseph Haywood also of Kegworth.  My biggest problem is not knowing who was the father of Elizabeth's children, the first of which is confirmed born in 1806.  So that's a 12 year gap with no children and a change or partner from her marriage in 1793.

Any help greatly appreciated, e.g places to look and ideas to forward my research.

Thanks for looking

S.J Detective