On This Day in NOVEMBER .....

[LizzieW]

William Woodward my 3 x g.g.uncle married Sarah Spruce on 6 November 1810 at St Laurence Church, Frodsham, Cheshire.

[quest40]

On 6 November

In 1678 my 10 x great grandfather Thomas Bletsoe died in Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, aged 76.

In 1780 my 5 x great grandfather Cross Ashwell died in Cardington, Bedfordshire.

In 1807 my great great aunt Martha Brampton was born in Cople, Bedfordshire.

In 1842 my great grandmother Louisa Crowsley was baptised at Elstow, Bedfordshire, the daughter of William Crowsley and Catherine Ashwell.

[LizzieW]

On 7 November 
John Harper Howard and Sarah Howard my husband’s 2 x g.g.uncle and 2 x g.g.aunt (twins) were baptised at St Nicholas Church, Liverpool in 1819

Anne Mutton my 4 x g.g.aunt was baptised at the Abbey Church of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Botolph, Thorney, Cambridgeshire in 1738

Alice Catherine Cockett (nee Brand) my g.grandmother died at 13 Bednal Street, Manchester in 1900.  She was 53 and the cause of her death was 1. Intercranial  haemorrhage, 2. Paralysis.  In other words she had a fatal stroke.

James Cawthorn my 3 x g.g.uncle died in Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 1801.  He was nearly 3 years old

Elisabeth Uffindel (nee Plane) my 6 x g.grandmother was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Doddington, Cambridgeshire in 1757.  I haven’t got her date of birth, but her husband was 53 in 1757, so I guess Elisabeth would have been a similar age.

[genjen]

The folky in me can't resist the quotation to celebrate the fact that today we have managed a whole year's worth of family births, marriages, deaths and more.

"Ploughed, sown, reaped and mown, the year turns round again
 And like Barleycorn, who rose from the grave, the New Year will rise up again."

I started the thread with the anniversary of my great-uncle, Ernest Cooper Smith's death in Ypres, on November 8th 1914. This is now ninety-nine years ago. Next year will be the start of so many sad commemorations.  Ernest's's grand-daughter is visiting Ypres this weekend for the Remembrance Sunday service at the Menin Gate. I know exactly where she will be standing, right under his name, when the buglers sound the Last Post and I know that she will be most incredibly moved by the solemnity of the occasion and by the sheer number of people present. Through her, I have discovered so much about this man and his family and have begun to understand something of where my own musical inclination has its roots. When he died, his widow sent his musical instruments back to his family in Middlesbrough. When, in 1983, I started to play the concertina,  mum told me that there was one on the mantelpiece in 96 Croft Street when she was a child, with another similar instrument but different shape on the other end and that they had belonged to one of her great uncles and had been through army service with him. When I met Ernest's granddaughter, it turned out that she also plays a member of the generic "squeezebox" family - similar to the concertina but a different shape.  Neither of us knew about Ernest's musical history when we started to play these instruments. Call me a romantic and a fool but a bit of me feels that between us, we are keeping his memory alive almost a century after his death and that there is some relevance in the words of the song I quoted at the top of this post.

And so, forward into the next twelve months......

[LizzieW]

On 8 November 
William Collett my 2 x g.grandfather married Sarah Baldry in Cookley, Suffolk in 1817.  William was 24 at the time and the parish records show that he was a widow.  Neither I, nor other Rootschatters, have been able to find a previous marriage for him.  However, at some stage Sarah died and William married yet again in 1837 to the woman who became my 2 x g.grandmother.

Thomas Howard my husband’s 3 x g.g.uncle was baptised at St Nicholas Church, Liverpool in 1795

Elen Postlethwaite my 5 x g.g.aunt was baptised at St Mary Parish Church, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire in 1730.  I assume she must have died, because in 1742 another child also named Elen was born.  Unfortunately, she also died aged 2 months.

[quest40]

On 8 November 1927 my great grandmother Louisa Conquest, nee Crowsley, was buried at the Anglican Grace Church, Montreal.

[LizzieW]

9 Nov
My 5 x g.g.grandparents John Pake and Elizabeth Uffindel married in 1762 at Holy Trinity Church, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire

William Collett my 2 x g.grandfather died in 1877 at Barrack Yard, Halesworth, Suffolk.  He was 81 and the cause of his death was Natural Decay.

Gladys Suley (nee Cockett) my aunt died in Urmston, Lancashire in 1986, she was 86.  The cause of her death was Coronary Thrombosis, Ischaemic Heart Disease, Coronary Atheraema and Essential Hypertension.  As she died in her sleep there was a PM.

Ann Gilchrist my 3 x g.g aunt was buried in 1803 at St Mark’s Church, Frampton, Lincolnshire. She was only 3½ years old.

John Heaton my husband’s g.uncle died on 4 November and was buried on 9 November in Phillips Park Cemetery, Manchester in 1896 aged 59.  Strangely, his son Joseph aged 19 was also buried in the same grave on the same day.  I’ve ordered their death certificates to see if there is any connection between the deaths.

And last but not least one of our grandsons is 21 today.

[quest40]

Forgot to say yesterday, gengen, I enjoyed your musical story!

[LizzieW]

Some from yesterday, there were so many I've just picked out my direct ancestors and one who only died a few years before I was born.

Fanny Frost (nee Collett) my g.g.aunt was born in Halesworth, Suffolk in 1848.  My dad always said he was called after her, Francis, however, Aunt Fanny as my dad called her was baptised Fanny and not Frances, so I think that’s just another of my dad’s tall tales.

Elizabeth Baxter (nee Dalby) my 6 x g.grandmother was baptised at All Saints Church, Heapham, Lincolnshire in 1718.  She married aged 25 and had 7 children. 

Elizabeth Postlethwaite (nee Postlethwaite) my 4 x g.grandmother was baptised at St Cuthbert’s Church, Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire in 1759.   Although her maiden name is the same as her married name, I’ve not found a prior connection between her family and her husband’s family and as they lived more than 30 miles from each other when young, I think it’s just coincidence that they shared the same surname.

Alice Catherine Cockett (nee Brand) my g.grandmother was buried in Philips Park Cemetery, Manchester in 1900 and Enos Hobson my g.g.uncle was also buried in Philips Park Cemetery in 1887