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Lynne House wrote:Hi all
I appreciate you trying to clarify who the parents of Amelia Portman were. My confusion comes from there appearing to be two Amelia Portman's, but regardless of her parents and slightly different dates of birth, several sources seem to have both married to John Cooksey b 1854.
Amelia and John were my great grandparents, John was a stone miner at 17 and moved to Royston between 1879 and 1881 for coal mining work. Amelia was a nailer, and my grandfather's birth certificate shows she signed with an X. Several of John's relatives also made the move to Yorkshire, including his parents James & Ann Cooksey. John & Amelia had 14 children in total, 10 survived. I am descended from their son George Cooksey b 1897 in Royston who married Emily Hulson.
Thanks Mumbles for letting explaining your link to the Cooksey's. I'm sorry I don't have a Joseph Cooksey b 1818 on my tree to date (though the name Hipkiss sounds familiar), but you never know what more research will throw up.
Thanks to Northern Lass too, for seeing if anyone can help me decide who my great great grandparents are.
Lynne
rockyfowler wrote:I think she knows this having linked James in her tree,the only small doubt is this other Amelia Portman 1857 who disappears after 1871 if she could be found it would put the case at rest Kind Regards RF
rockyfowler wrote:Wether she believes Amelia 1857 is her rel or Amelia 1861 I think ?
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