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Anthony COOKSON (about 1777)

   
Relationship to my wife: 4 gts. grandfather (Chart)
Born: 1777, in Woodplumpton, Lancashire.
Bapt: 16th Nov 1777 n Woodplumpton, Lancashire
Parents: Thomas Cookson and Jane (nee Rossall)
Marriage: He married Agnes Mitchell on 16 Dec 1799 at Woodplumpton.
Death: 1829 and buried 11 Oct 1829 at Woodplumpton
Occupation:
Children: 1. Betty... 1800...Woodplumpton, Lancs.
  2. Alice... 1801...Woodplumpton, Lancs.
  3. Thomas... 18 Oct 1803..(Chr. 6 Nov 1803) Woodplumpton, Lancs.
  4. William... 23 May 1805.Chr. 16 Jun 1805) Woodplumpton, Lancs.
  5. Richard..... 5 Apr 1807..(Chr. 26 Apr 1807) Woodplumpton, Lancs.
  6. John... Jan 1809..(Died 31 Jan 1809, Buried 1 Feb 1809) Woodplumpton, Lancs.
  7. John ..27 Apr 1810 at Catforth. Chr.13 May 1810 in Woodplumpton, Lancs.
  8. Robert ... 23 Oct 1812..(Chr. 15 Nov 1812) Woodplumpton, Lancs.
  9. Agnes .. 5 Jun 1813 Catforth. Chr. 15 Nov 1813 Woodplumpton.
Death of Wife:
General:

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Elizabeth Cookson (about 1898)

   
Relationship to my wife: Grandmother (Chart)
Born: About 1898 in Leyland, Lancs
Bapt:
Parents: Thomas Cookson and Elizabeth (nee Ferrie)
Marriage: She married William Cross Gregory on 27 Dec 1920 at St.Mary's Catholic Church, Towngate, Leyland, Lancs. ( Chorley Dec QTR 1920 8e 1151) (Witnesses: Richard Cookson and Martha Pascall)
Death:
Occupation: Weaver (aged 13) in 1911; and Rubber Worker in 1920 in Leyland
Children: 1. Jean GREGORY. born in Leyland, Lancs.
  2. Kenneth GREGORY in Leyland, Lancs.
  3. Colin GREGORY.. in Leyland, Lancs.
Death of Wife:
General: She was born and spent her early life at Herbert St, in Leyland, Lancashire. She moved to Coventry in 1939, with her husband and their 3 children. They lived at Courtland Avenue, Coundon, Coventry .


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Richard COOKSON (about 1807)

   
Relationship to my wife: 3 gts. grandfather (Chart)
Born: 5 April 1807, at Catforth, Lancashire.
Bapt: 26 Apr 1807 at Woodplumpton, lancs.
Parents: Anthony Cookson and Agnes (nee Mitchell)
Marriage: He married Margaret Harrison on 11 Jul 1830 at Longton.
Death:
Occupation: Wheelwright
Children: 1. Anthony... 1831..
  2. William... 1833.
  3. Thomas... 4 Jun 1836.. Longton, Lancs. He married Martha Sutton.
  4. Robert..... 1839 at Longton, Lancs. He married Alice Simmons on 15 Dec 1859 at Longton, Lancs. He died in 1905 aged 66.
  5. Elizabeth...1846 at Longton, Lancs
  6. John...1848..at Longton, Lancs.
Death of Wife:
General: Richard and wife Margaret lived on the main Liverpool Rd, Longton, also referred to as the turnpike road.
1841 Census Address: Liverpool Road, Longton.
1851 Census Address: Turnpike Road, Longton.
   
   

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Robert COOKSON (about 1839)

   
Relationship to my wife: Brother of gt.gt. grandfather. (Chart)
Born: about 1839 at Longton, Lancashire.
Bapt:
Parents: Richard Cookson and Margaret (nee Harrison)
Marriage: He married Alice Simmons on 15th december 1859 at St Andrews Church, Longton. Alice was the daughter of James Simmons, a Farmer.
Death: 13th May 1905 aged 66 and buried at St. Andrews, Longton.
Occupation: Robert followed the skilled family trade of Wheelwright.
Children: 1. Margaret COOKSON abt 1860 at Longton. She married Roger Bamber.
2.James COOKSON abt 1862 at Longton. He married Isabella Weatherall in 1893.
3. John COOKSON abt 1866 at Longton. John married Mary Peach and they later lived at Blackburn, Lancs.
4. Richard COOKSON abt 1868 at Croston.
5. William COOKSON abt 1870 at Croston.
6. Elizabeth COOKSON abt 1873 at Longton. She married James Hunter in 1893.
7. Hugh COOKSON abt 1878 at Longton.
8. Ann (Annie) COOKSON abt 1880 at Longton.
Death of Wife:
General:

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Thomas COOKSON (about 1700)

   
Relationship to my wife: 6 gts. grandfather (Chart)
Born:
Bapt:
Parents:
Marriage: He married Grace Graddwell on 7 Aug 1731 at Woodplumpton, Lancs.
Death: 3 May 1778 . Buried at Woodplumpton
Occupation: Carpenter
Children: 1. Richard... 21 Dec 1732..Woodplumpton, Lancs.
  2. Jane... 2 Dec 1739...Woodplumpton, Lancs.
  3. Thomas... 1745.. Woodplumpton, Lancs.
Death of Wife: Grace died 13 Feb 1768. Buried at Woodplumpton
General:


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Thomas COOKSON (about 1745)

   
Relationship to my wife: 5 gts. grandfather (Chart)
Born: 1745, in Woodplumpton, Lancashire.
Bapt:
Parents: Thomas Cookson and Grace (nee Graddwell)
Marriage: He married Jane Rossall on 7 Nov 1765 at Kirkham, Lancs.
Death: Thomas died aged 79 in 1824. Buried at 22 Feb 1824
Occupation:
Children: 1. Thomas...abt.1767..He married Jane Billington on 28 Jul 1784 atWoodplumpton.
  2. Ralph...abt 1769...Ralph marr. Betty Hall 16 Jan 1788 at Woodplumpton.
  3. Richard...Chr. 16 Jan 1771.. Marr. Betty Sergent 1794.
  4. Anthony...died 14 Dec 1772.
  5. Anthony ...12 Dec 1773 . He died 1 Dec 1775.
  6. Jane...1776. Chr. 11 Jan 1776. Died 26 Jul 1778.
  7. Anthony...1777. Chr. 16 Nov 1777 at Woodplumpton.
Death of Wife:
General:

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Thomas COOKSON (about 1836)

   
Relationship to my wife: Gt.gt. grandfather (Chart)
Born: 4 Jun 1836 (from Family Bible)
Bapt:
Parents: Richard Cookson and Margaret (nee Harrison)
Marriage: He married Martha Sutton ( a servant) at Penwortham, Lancs. on 2 Nov 1857. Both addresses "Longton". Witnesses Thomas Harrison and Jane Rawcliffe
Death: He died aged 71 on 30 Oct 1907. Buried: at Leyland Parish Church.
Occupation: Thomas was a Wheelwright's Apprentice in 1851, and a Wheelwright by 1857. Later in 1884 he was a Joiner
Children: 1. Matthew …8 Sep 1854 (from Family Bible). He married Emma Ellis Jun QTR 1879 at Prestwich and they later lived in Rawtenstall Lancs.
  2. Margaret... 10 Apr 1858...Longton, Lancs...Did not marry. Died 9 Aug 1919.
  3. Emma ...15 Jan 1860...Longton, Lancs....Emma married James Spiby 13 Sep 1884
  4. Agnes...20 Jul 1862 ...Leyland, Lancs.. She died 11 Feb 1863.
  5. Thomas...15 Jan 1864..Birkdale, Lancs...Married Elizabeth FERRIE on 18 Oct 1884.
  6. Agnes...12 Apr 1868...Leyland, Lancs....Agnes married John Chamberlain 25 Oct 1890
  7. Anthony ...22 Jan 1869...Leyland, Lancs...Anthony married Isabella Butcher in Dec QTR 1889 at Preston and was in Farington in 1901
  8. Martha ..... 5 Apr 1871...Leyland, Lancs....Martha married Jesse Barnes 8 Mar 1893
  9. Richard ... 29 Sep 1873...Leyland, Lancs....Died 22 Dec 1935. ..Richard never married.
  10. Elizabeth...25 Sep 1876...Leyland, Lancs. She died 5 Nov 1876.
  11. Elizabeth...15 Nov 1877...Leyland, Lancs.... Married Henry Moss. Died 29 Aug 1945.
  12. Ann...25 Oct 1878...Leyland, Lancs. ..did not marry.
  13. Susan..31 May 1880......Leyland, Lancs.... She died 9 Mar 1884.
  14. Jane ..25 Aug 1882...Leyland, Lancs. She married Thomas Turner in 1907.
Death of Wife: Martha died 5 Mar 1899 aged 63.
General:
1841 Census
1841 Census

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Thomas COOKSON (about 1864)

   
Relationship to my wife: Gt. grandfather (Chart)
Born: 15 Jan 1864 at (Birkdale), Lancs. (From Bible...Possibly may be 1863)
Bapt:
Parents: Thomas Cookson and Martha (nee Sutton)
Marriage: He married Elizabeth Ferrie at Leyland, Lancs. on 18 Oct 1884. Witnesses Robert Hesketh and Elizabeth Kerfoot.
Death:
Occupation: At the age of 17 he was a Cotton Weaver on the 1881 Census as he was in 1884. By 1891 he was a Fireman and in 1901 he was a Fire-beater at a mill.
Children: 1. Thomas... Chr. 9 Nov 1884...Leyland, Lancs....Died young.
2. Edward ... Chr. 14 Feb 1886...Leyland, Lancs. Married Amy Thomas in 1915 at Burnley and they lived in Burnley. Died about 1938.
3. Mary ... Abt.1888...Leyland, Lancs.....Did not marry. Died about 1969.
4.William ..... About 1890...Leyland, Lancs.....Died young.
6. Richard...Abt. 1892..Leyland, Lancs....Married Jane Ellen Hunt...Died 26 Sep 1969.
7. Martha.....Abt. 1896..Leyland, Lancs....Married Reg Patterson.
8. Elizabeth ... Abt. 1898...Leyland, Lancs. ... Married William Cross Gregory ..later moved to Coventry, Warwickshire for work.
Death of Wife:
General:
1871 Census :12 Heaton Street, Leyland with parents and siblings
1881 Census 10 Hough Lane, Leyland with parents and siblings
1891, 1901 Census 7 Herbert Street, Leyland with wife and children

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Edward FERRIE (about 1822)

   
Relationship to my wife: Gt.gt.grandfather (Chart)
Born: About 1822 possibly in Glasgow, Scotland or Ireland. **
Bapt:
Parents: James Farey, a fisherman and Ellen (nee McBRIARTY).
Marriage: He married Mary TORLEY, a fish seller, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, on 5 October 1851.
Death: Edward died a pauper on 26th October 1872 at 14 Broomknoll St, Airdrie.(stated age 50) No cause of death stated.
Occupation: From 1851 - 1859 Edward was a Coal Miner in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Children: 1. James 1854 in Glasgow;
2. Edward 1858 in New Monkland, Airdrie;
3. Elizabeth 1859 in Well Wynd, Airdrie;
4. John 1861 in New Monkland, Airdrie;
5 and 6. Mary and Margaret (twins)1864 in New Monkland;
7. Peter 1869 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire.
General: Some of the FERRIE children moved to Leyland, Lancashire by about 1884. The family say they walked there !
Margaret, Mary and Elizabeth married there.
1861 Census Broomknoll, New Monkland, Airdrie, Lanarkshire
1871 Census 109 High Street, Airdrie
1881 Census  
   
  ** Edward's date of birth is approximate only as his age varied wildly on censuses.

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Edward FERRIE (about 1857)

   
Relationship to my wife: Brother of gt. grandmother. (Chart)
Born: 2nd February 1857 at 9 Maxwelton Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Bapt:
Parents: Edward Ferrie and Mary (nee Torley)
Marriage: He married Annie Rodgers on 11th February 1882 at St Margarets Catholic Church Airdrie, Scotland
Death:
Occupation: Edward was a Miner in 1871 but not known after that date.
Children: (Annie had an illegitimate son Edward born 7 Nov 1880 who might possibly have been Edward's. He was named FERRIE on Censuses)
1. Mary FERRIE abt 1883 in Scotland... She married Daniel Mc Dade in 1906 in Lancashire and later moved to Australia where she died in Sydney on 23rd July 1949.
2. Elizabeth FERRIE abt 1885 in Scotland . Elizabeth married Matthew Wiggans on 30 Mar 1907 at Farington near Leyland, Lancs.
3. Margaret FERRIE abt 1887 in Scotland .
4. Ellen FERRIE on 20th March 1889 at Airdrie, Scotland. Ellen married John Ellis on 23rd October 1909 at Preston, Lancs.
5. Annie FERRIE abt 1893 in Scotland. Annie married John Henry Redhead and died 25th June 1958 .
6. Agnes FERRIE abt 1895 in Leyland .
7. Catherine FERRIE abt 1897 in Leyland. She married Joseph Barber and had two children Joan and John.
8. James FERRIE abt 1899 in Leyland.
9. John FERRIE abt 1901. John married Mary Ada ? and had no children .
Death of Wife:
General: Edward and Annie moved to Leyland, Lancashire between 1893 and 1895. Three of Edward's sisters were already living there.

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Elizabeth FERRIE (about 1859)

   
Relationship to my wife: Gt. gt. grandmother. (Chart)
Born: 1859 at Well Wynd, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Bapt:
Parents: Edward Ferrie and Mary (nee Torley)
Marriage: She married Thomas Cookson at Leyland Parish Church on 18 Oct 1884. (Witnesses Robert Hesketh and Elizabeth Kerfoot.)
Death: About 1934
Occupation: As a young girl she was a Bleacher
Children: 1. Thomas COOKSON... Chr. 9 Nov 1884...Leyland, Lancs....Died young.
2. Edward COOKSON ... Chr. 14 Feb 1886...Leyland, Lancs. Married Amy ?? Died about 1938.
3. Mary COOKSON ... Abt.1887...Leyland, Lancs.....Did not marry. Died about 1969.
4. William COOKSON ..... About 1890...Leyland, Lancs.....Died young.
6. Richard COOKSON...Abt. 1892..Leyland, Lancs....Married Jane Ellen Hunt...Died 26 Sep 1969.
7. Martha COOKSON.....Abt. 1896..Leyland, Lancs....Married Reg Patterson.
8. Elizabeth COOKSON ... Abt. 1898...Leyland, Lancs. ... Married William Cross Gregory
Death of Husband:
General: She was raised in Airdrie. In her early 20s she and several other young women walked from Scotland to Leyland, Lancashire for work sometime between 1881 and 1884. Her twin sisters Mary and Margaret later joined her there, as did her brother Edward with his wife and family.
After their marriage the couple lived at 7 Herbert Street, Leyland, Lancs.

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Margaret HARRISON (about 1811)

   
Relationship to my wife: 3 gts. grandmother (See place in family tree)
Born: about 1811
Bapt: 21 Jul 1811 at Longton, Lancashire.
Parents: Thomas Harrison
Marriage: She married Richard Cookson on 11 Jul 1830 at Longton.
Death:
Occupation:
Children: 1. Anthony COOKSON... 1831..
  2. William COOKSON... 1833.
  3. Thomas COOKSON... 4 Jun 1836..(Chr. 6 Nov 1803) Longton, Lancs.
  4. Robert COOKSON..... 1839 at Longton, Lancs. He married Alice Simmons on 15 Dec 1859 at Longton, Lancs. He died in 1905 aged 66.
  5. Elizabeth...1846 at Longton, Lancs
  6. John...1848..at Longton, Lancs.
General: Richard and wife Margaret lived on the main Liverpool Rd, Longton, also referred to as the turnpike road.

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Martha SUTTON (about 1836)

   
Relationship to my wife: Gt.gt.grandmother (See place in family tree)
Born: 24 Aug 1836
Bapt:
Parents: Matthew Sutton and Emma .
Marriage: She married Thomas Cookson at Penwortham, Lancs. on 2 Nov 1857. Both addresses "Longton". Witnesses Thomas Harrison and Jane Rawcliffe
Death: 5 Mar 1899 aged 63 and buried at Leyland Parish Church.
Occupation:
Children: 1. Matthew COOKSON…8 Sep 1854 (from Family Bible)
  2. Margaret COOKSON... 10 Apr 1858...Longton, Lancs... Possibly married Roger Bamber in 1882. Died 9 Aug 1919.
  3. Emma COOKSON ...15 Jan 1860...Longton, Lancs....Emma married James Spiby 13 Sep 1884
  4. Thomas COOKSON...15 Jan 1864..Birkdale, Lancs...Married Elizabeth FERRIE on 18 Oct 1884.
  5. Agnes COOKSON...1866...Leyland, Lancs....Agnes married John Chamberlain 25 Oct 1890
  6. . Anthony COOKSON ...22 Jan 1869...Leyland, Lancs...Anthony married Isabella Butcher in 1889 and was in Farington in 1901
  7. Martha COOKSON ..... 5 Apr 1871...Leyland, Lancs....Martha married Jesse Barnes 8 Mar 1893
  8. Richard COOKSON ... 29 Sep 1873...Leyland, Lancs....Died 22 Dec 1935. ..Richard never married.
  9. Elizabeth COOKSON...25 Sep 1876...Leyland, Lancs. She died 5 Nov 1876.
  10. Elizabeth COOKSON...15 Nov 1877...Leyland, Lancs.... Married Henry Moss. Died 29 Aug 1945.
  11.Ann COOKSON...25 Oct 1878...Leyland, Lancs. ..did not marry.
  12. Susan COOKSON..31 May 1880......Leyland, Lancs.... She died 9 Mar 1884. 13. Jane ..25 Aug 1882...Leyland, Lancs. Possibly married Thomas Turner in 1907.
  13. Jane COOKSON ..25 Aug 1882...Leyland, Lancs.
General:
Census
Census

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Matthew SUTTON (about 1800)

   
Relationship to my wife: Gt.gt.gt. grandfather (See place in family tree)
Born:
Bapt:
Parents:
Marriage: He married Emma ? (marriage not found)
Death: Between 1841 and 1851
Occupation: He was a Brewer
Children: 1. Susanna SUTTON , in Longton, Lancs. 1832
  2.William SUTTON in Longton, Lancs, Abt 1833.
  3. Martha SUTTON in Longton, Lancs, 1836.
  4. Jane SUTTON in Longton , Lancs, about1838.
  5. Emma SUTTON in Longton, Lancs, aboutt 1840.
  6. Margaret SUTTON in Longton, Lancs, about 1842.
General:
1841 Census The family were living at Marsh Lane South, at Longton in 1841
1851 Census Emma was a widow at Marsh Lane .

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Mary TORLEY (about 1830)

   
Relationship to my wife: Gt.Gt.grandmother (See place in family tree)
Born: Leith, Edinburgh about 1830 **
Bapt:
Parents: Robert Torley and Mary
Marriage: She married 2 times:
1. Edward Ferrie in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, on 5 October 1851.
2. James MURPHY at Airdrie in 1877 (she used her maiden name of Torley!).
Death:
Occupation:
Children: 1. James FERRIE ..1854 in Glasgow;
2. Edward FERRIE 1858 in New Monkland, Airdrie;
3. Elizabeth FERRIE 1859 in Well Wynd, Airdrie;
4. John FERRIE 1861 in New Monkland, Airdrie;
5 and 6. Mary and Margaret FERRIE(twins)1864 in New Monkland;
7. Peter FERRIE 1869 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire.
Death of 1st Husband: Edward died in 1872
General: In 1881 Mary and James and most of the children were living at 26 Aitchison St, Airdrie.
In 1881 the twins Mary and Margaret aged 17 were Bleachfield Workers at Renfrew in a Womens Hostel.
Some of the FERRIE children moved to Leyland, Lancashire by about 1884.
Margaret, Mary and Elizabeth married there.
Mary married James Cross in 1884 (reg. Chorley, Lancs)

Edward married Annie Rodgers in 1882. They were in Leyland in 1901 with their children.
1861 Census Broomknoll, New Monkland, Airdrie, Lanarkshire
1871 Census 109 High Street, Airdrie
1881 Census 79 Aitchison St, New Monkland, Airdrie, Lanark. (mary had re-married and was under the name Mary Murphy.
   
  ** Mary's date of birth is approximate only as her age varied wildly on censuses.
   


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