The Sunley Dynasty
The Family of William Sellars Cowton and Dorothy Simpson
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1. FROM SONLEY TO SUNLEY TO STUBBS AND BACK TO SUNLEY 2. SIMPSON 3. SELLERS
4. COWTON 5. DITCHBURN 6. THE FAMILY OF JOHN RICHARD COWTON AND MARION DITCHBURN


GEORGE ROBERT COWTON (1927 - 2010)
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 George Cowton
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Click To Expand Image George was born on the
17th September 1927 at Cayton,
the fifth child of
William and Dorothy Cowton.

George was twin to Dennis.
When he was 18
George began work
as a farm labourer at
Lower Deepdale farm,
near Cayton,
 
Towards the end of WW2,
whilst George was working as an auxiliary fireman at Ayton,
he met SELINA MAY HUTCHINSON
(born 12th May 1927 at Irton)
at a whist drive in Seamer Village Hall.

(She was the daughter of Fred Hutchinson (born 29 April 1900) and Emma Walker (born 23 July 1900) of Cayton House Farm, Irton. She has a brother, Leslie, who married Barbara in 1957, and they have three children Paul, Susan and Andrew).

George and May were married on the
18th February 1950.
George and May worked as managers of Middle Deepdale Farm from 1950 until the farm was closed in 1986.

In 1968 George suffered a severe accident when he fell whilst repairing a grain silo, but returned to work as soon as he was fit enough.

George and May had two children,
twin boys:-
ROBERT born 1951
LESLIE born 1951
Bob and Les early 1950's
 
George and May as 'Compo & Nora Batty'
  
40th Wedding Anniversary 1990
George and May in 2000
George & Bob Cowton
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George Retires as Umpire 2007
George’s great passion was cricket & in January 2007 he finally retired as an Umpire.

 

In 2007 George spoke at length to Roy Pledger about his life and Roy wrote this document.

May died in Scarborough Hospital on Saturday 12th December 2009, just a day after being admitted. 
She was 80 years old.  She was buried at Seamer churchyard on Monday 21st December 2009.

Sadly George died just a few days later on the 1st January 2010.
He had a massive heart attack and died at home in the early hours, he was 82 years old and is buried alongside May at Seamer.

Click on this link to see the tribute published in The Scarborough Evening News.

 
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