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WILLIAM COWTON (1838 -)
WILLIAM COWTON was baptised at Hunmanby on the 3rd October 1838 (IGI),
the first child of Francis & Jane Cowton.
In 1841 he was living In Bridlington Street, Hunmanby, with his parents and his sister:-
Mary Jane
baptised at Hunmanby on the 22nd October 1840 (IGI).
His mother’s sister, Mary Sutton (22) was also living with them as a lodger.
In 1851 the family had moved to Wold House, Muston Wold, where father Francis was working as a farm labourer, probably at Muston Wold Farm. As well as William, now 12 and Mary Jane, now 10, the family had increased with the addition of:-
Elizabeth
born c1843.
Peomla
born c1846. (Probably Pamela).
Francis
born c1848.
George
born c1850.
In 1861 the family were living at Wold Cottage, Muston Wold, but William was not listed (At the age of 22 or so he would no doubt be working on a farm somewhere in the area). The family had also increased with the addition of:-
Robert
baptised at Muston 23rd October 1856 (IGI).
Belle
baptised at Muston 23rd October 1856 (IGI).
Mark
baptised at Muston 6th April 1859 (IGI).
In 1871 William, now 32, was living in Bridlington Street, Hunmanby, with his wife Elizabeth (28) who was born at Cayton c1843. (She may have been Elizabeth Anne as recorded in IGI for baptism of son Francis William, although each census records her as just Elizabeth). No details of their marriage are yet available. Also living with them were their children:-
Francis William
baptised at Hunmanby 10th January 1865 (IGI).
Annie Jane
born at Hunmanby c1868 (IGI).(She was married at Hunmanby 28.11.1889 to George Stephenson).
Pamela
baptised at Hunmanby 16th February 1870. (IGI). (She was married at Hunmanby 28.1.1899 to David Cooper (PR) they had a daughter Kate who was baptised at Hunmanby 10.6.1900 (PR)).
In 1881 William (42) and Elizabeth (38) were living in Burlington Street, Hunmanby, with Annie Jane (13) and Pamela (11), and three more children:-
Mary E
baptised at Hunmanby 23rd May 1872 (IGI).
Harriet
baptised at Hunmanby 26th June 1874 (IGI). (Harriot Anna (IGI)). She was married as Harriett Hannah, at Hunmanby 21.10.1897 to Herbert William Wilson b. Buckton. c1871 (PR). They had a daughter Beatrice Elizabeth baptised at Hunmanby 19.4.1900 (PR).
Frederick
born at Hunmanby c1877. He was listed in the 1901 census at Flotamby Wold. (Died at Bridlington in 1931 aged 54yrs).
In 1891 Elizabeth (48) was a widow, living in Bridlington Street with Mary E. (18) and Fred (14). (Father William seems to have died between 1881 and 1891).
In 1901 Elizabeth (58),widow, was living in Gas House Yard, Hunmanby with daughter Harriett (26), her husband Herbert (30) & their daughter Beatrice E (1).
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