On this day in JANUARY ...

[LizzieW]

Mary Millington (nee Brand) my 2nd cousin once removed was born in Rusholme, Manchester in1914

Martha Cawthorn my 3 x g.g.aunt was baptised in Pinchbeck, Lincs in 1796

John Howard my husband’s 4 x g.grandfather was baptised in St Nicholas Church, Liverpool in 1768, aged 13 days.

Miles Daintry my 8 x g.g.uncle was baptised in Haddenham, Cambs in 1635/36

Henry Middleton my 3 x g.g.uncle was baptised in Millom, Cumberland in 1807.  He died about a month before his 2nd birthday.

Margaret Pemberton (nee Hannon) my 3 x g.g.aunt died  in Lostock Graham, Northwich in 1841

[cjl]

My Great Grandmother was born in 1869.

My daughter was born in 1994.

[terry h]

1st Cousin 5 x R Thomas Hastie chr 11/01/1874, son of Thomas & Esther Hastie nee Hoy.

1st Cousin 5 x R Ann Cowe b 11/01/1829, daughter of Robert & Ann Cowe nee Crosby.

1st Cousin 4 x R Alexander Cowe b 11/01/1857 Ayton, son of John & Mary Cowe nee Wightman.

[Lydart]

My mother Millicent Mary Clark was born this day in 1907.   She was named after Millicent Garrett Fawcett, the English suffragist, for her parents were very politically minded.   She was the second daughter of Florence and George, and sadly born disabled.  She went on to have over 30 operations on her feet in the days when operations on club feet were still primitive (nowadays babies are put into plaster casts and cured within a year).   

However, she was an energetic, determined child and managed to walk, run and jump, much to the consternation of her parents for she continually broke her calipers in the pre NHS days, which had to be paid for then.    She didn't learn to read or write until she was about 11 - dyslexia running through the family - but trained to be a dressmaker, and made clothes for the rich and famous, including Fanny Craddock, Bebe Daniels, and minor royalty.

Always out-spoken and feisty, she ended her days at the age of 93, out-living her brothers and sister by 15 years .... 'Poor little Milly' as she was known, was made of stern stuff !     I miss her still ....

[mumjo]

Robert John Towler born 1886. He was my grandfather although i never knew him as he died 30 years before i was born.

[stonechat]

John Edward Stanley, proprietor of the Crown Hotel, Leamington died at Wellesbourne in Warwickshire in 1894.
He was husband of Martha Pierce Douglas, my great great aunt. She was his third wife, the other two had died. Martha herself died in 1900.

John had been declared bankrupt some years earlier
At the time he was an alderman on the council.

[LizzieW]

John Walker Blain my uncle was baptised in Northwich Cheshire in 1903

John Collett my 4 x g.g.uncle was baptised in Wilby, Suffolk in 1737/8.  His father was a tanner by trade.

Edward Hawkins my 5 x g.g.uncle was baptised in Spalding, Lincs in 1700/01

Sarah Hobson my 2 x g.g.aunt died in Almondbury in 1801 aged 8 months.

Elizabeth Gill (nee Pemberton) formerly Tatham my g.g.aunt died in Leek, Staffs in 1904.  When her 2nd husband died in 1894 she was left a substantial amount of money/effects in his will, however, when she died she left barely a third of the amount.  Presumably she had already shared most of the money with her 3 children and 10 grandchildren.

My Uncle Tom died in Burnham on Sea, Somerset in 1955 aged 55.   He and my aunt were not married, in fact he left a wife and children to live with my aunt when they were both in their 30s which is why I’m not giving either his real surname (which my mum told me a few months before she died when she suddenly started talking about secrets from the past) or his adopted surname.  My aunt and uncle never married and had no children of their own, although they did ask my mum if they could adopt me –  she declined!!!   I have very fond memories of my uncle so despite the fact that he left a wife and two young children, I can’t dislike him.

Seth Hobson my g.grandfather was buried in Phillips Park Cemetery, Blackley, Manchester in 1892, 5 days after his death.  He left a widow and 6 children ranging in age from 18 down to 9.

Thomas Tubbs my 3 x g.grandfather, (father of my illegitimate 2 x g.grandfather) was buried in Holbeach, Lincs in 1852.

[genjen]

Always out-spoken and feisty, she ended her days at the age of 93, out-living her brothers and sister by 15 years .... 'Poor little Milly' as she was known, was made of stern stuff !     I miss her still ....

It sounds as if she was a truly remarkable woman, Lydart. I can see why you would miss her so much.


My entry for the day is one 1st cousin x 3 removed, Frank Tom Cant, who died on January 11th 1946. I don't know how I know this, where he died or anything else about him. There is a death registration for a Frank T Cant in December 1945 - this would mean his death was registered before he died, poor man! Why do I not keep a closer note of my sources?

[genjen]

I'm doing my 12th January entries a few hours early because I shan't be around tomorrow.


Two fairly distant ancestors/relations:

Born 1923 Betty Cant, a 2nd cousin x 2 removed
Died 1948, John Cant, in Hull, a 1st cousin x 3 removed.

More importantly to me is that my nan, Ethel Margaret Raitt was born on January 12th 1897, in Aberdeen. She was a tiny ( 4'11"), extremely feisty woman, with a very sharp tongue. She married John McIntosh Howe, who was feckless and might have qualified as being a lovable rogue, though all I can remember is being a bit scared of both of them when I was a small child.