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Hi all, I was wondering if anyone from the Fifield side of things has anything on James Stewart/Stuart? I only have his approx DOB - 1827, father Peter (a...
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Steve Hayes
hayesstw
Oct 27, 2010 3:05 am
Not a direct Cottam connection, but linked nonetheless... Does anyone have access to the 1851 census for Lancs? If so, would you mind looking up a John Bagot...
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Rick Cowey
RickCOWEY
Oct 27, 2010 3:37 am
Steve The image is very faint but will send it your email address. John Bagott Head age 73 Inspector of Houses bn Pilling Lancashire living with him is Betsey...
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Steve Hayes
hayesstw
Oct 27, 2010 8:21 am
... Thanks very much, Rick. Very interesting, because the Cottam kids were actually his grandchildren. I knew that "nephew" and "niece" used to have much more...
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Steve Hayes
hayesstw
Oct 31, 2010 2:39 pm
Here is a record from the 1881 census: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability John (Junr) COTTOM Head M...
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Rick Cowey
RickCOWEY
Oct 31, 2010 4:50 pm
Steve You are correct on both parts the Cottam/Cottom/Bagot families are very interwoven. The other John and Isabella married dec qtr 1879 in Preston District ...
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Rick Cowey
RickCOWEY
Oct 31, 2010 5:01 pm
Steve The search I said to do isnt your Jane or Elizabeth but could be a link to John Bagot. This Elizabeth was married to a Thomas Bagot and his mother was...
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Steve Hayes
hayesstw
Oct 31, 2010 5:11 pm
... Two Jane Bagots, both from Pilling. One married Robert Percy, the other married John Jackson, and somehow became the mother of a John Cottom! Unless she...
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Steve Hayes
hayesstw
Oct 31, 2010 5:18 pm
... Yes, they are related, all descended from a Roberrt Bagot who married a Margaret Preston. Things are falling into place nicely, including this: Surname...
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Rick Cowey
RickCOWEY
Nov 1, 2010 3:14 am
She was the mother of Isabella not John. In the 1881 census John and Isabella were living with his Father John and Mother Alice and John Jnrs sister Elizabeth...
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Chris
christhemorrow
Nov 17, 2010 12:13 pm
Ron is a member of this group so he may be reluctant to advertise this but I have just finished reading the book and lent my copy to Rick in Singapore and I...
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Ron Frew
thefrews@...
Nov 18, 2010 7:34 am
Thanks Chris for the plug for our book. Schools Of Thought. Pleased you enjoyed it. It was the loss of Bessie that was most emotional for us. Yes you are...
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Steve Hayes
hayesstw
Dec 7, 2010 5:46 am
Tombstone Tuesday: John Bagot Cottam and Adelaide Herbert of Durban, KZN http://su.pr/31cXV1 -- Keep well, Steve Hayes Web:...
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COTTAM_CONNECTIONS@...
Dec 14, 2010 5:43 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the COTTAM_CONNECTIONS group. File :...
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Kylea Hughston
kyleahughston
Jan 18, 2011 4:47 am
I am looking for any information about the Cottams.My great grandmother was Christina Grace ,daughter of Ralph and Susan Cottam,she married Thomas Langlands. ...
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kyleahughston
Jan 18, 2011 5:49 am
I have just joined this site and this is the first time i have seen any photos of this side of our family.It is very exciting.If any one would be willing to...
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RickCOWEY
Jan 18, 2011 8:19 am
Hi Kylea Welcom to the Cottam Connections. You can download the photos off the site, just right click and save image. My connection is through Ralph snr's son...
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kyleahughston
Jan 30, 2011 10:49 am
I was hoping someone maybe able to help i am trying to find who Seth Cottams parents were.I was lead to believe it was a James Cottam but i have had no luck in...
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Rick Cowey
RickCOWEY
Jan 30, 2011 11:02 am
Seths parents were James Cottam and Mary Livesay. His baptism and birth were confirmed. He had several siblings as well and these have been confirmed. I have...
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COTTAM_CONNECTIONS@...
Feb 1, 2011 3:52 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the COTTAM_CONNECTIONS group. File :...
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RickCOWEY
Feb 1, 2011 4:41 pm
For those that may be interested I have just uploaded a photo of Victor Cottam and wife Ida Dartnell. Courtesy of a relative of Ida Dartnell's mothers family...
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Chris
christhemorrow
Feb 11, 2011 1:18 pm
On the 1 to the 3 April there is going to be a reunion of descendants of Edmund Lyon Seth Cottam and Gertrude Doubleday. Has anyone got any material for...
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kyleahughston
May 3, 2011 2:01 am
I have added some photos of the Cottams taken around the Tumbarumba area they were sent to me from a lady in Canberra.Not much is really known about the photos...
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Chris
christhemorrow
May 14, 2011 12:36 pm
Just having a look on TROVE today and they have digitized another Sydney paper " the Empire" In it I found the announcement of Ralph Cottam snr and family...
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Chris
christhemorrow
May 14, 2011 11:20 pm
VISITS TO OUT OF-THE-WAY GOLD-FIELD. [BY A TRAVELLING MINER. ] No.VII.-MAIN ADELONG AND BAGO. THE country about the upper portion of the main branch of the...
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Chris
christhemorrow
May 15, 2011 1:20 pm
VISIT TO OUT-OF THE-WAY GOLD-FIELDS. (BY A TRAVELLING MINER.) NO. VIII.- BAGO AND TARCUTTA CREEKS. THE few days spent in the vicinity of Bago and Tar- cutta...
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cjrca54
May 27, 2011 3:53 am
My Husband Colin Grady is a direct descendent of John Joseph Pearce and Eliza Ann Cottam, their daughter Eliza married Joseph Grady and then the Grady line...
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Steve Hayes
hayesstw
Jun 30, 2011 8:22 am
Yesterday I was contacted by a cousin on my Cottam side whose existence I had never suspected. It was a very pleasant surprise. Mary Cottam (1838-1892) of...
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emlancaster62
Aug 7, 2011 1:08 am
Hi Chris, My Aunty gave me a copy of the book. Can you tell me how Ron is connected to the Cottams? Thanks, Elaine...
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Chris
christhemorrow
Sep 17, 2011 1:09 pm
I have just finished reading this new book by David Hill and it gives a fantastic account of the gold rushes in Australia but strangely omits any mention of...
