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YEY!
Just got in from work and seen this. Isn't it wonderful when you get results that actually fit together :-)

Janice

Hi Margaret

Have found a marriage in NSW

Edna Lambton Cotton
Charles Vernon Robinson
1937 Sydney
Reg No 17349/1937

Nora Cotton
John Haig Currie
1936 Sydney
17083/1936

If you go to this site you can buy the cert online
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/
Australian certs give you a lot of information

There is this death
Ann Marr Cotton 1952 Rockdale
F-Thomas Lambton


Have found a death for
Edna Lambton Robinson
D-1944 Paddington NSW
F-Thomas William
M-Ann Marr
So this fits in with the info that Janice found for you.

Sue

Janice, not the same generation.

Death in 1990 was born approx 1903.

Death in 1992 was born approx 1926.

Ozi.

How do these deaths tie in?

Wilson Cotton born 2 Mar 1903 died Jul 1990 87 Sunderland Durham

Wilson Cotton born 22 Nov 1926 died Dec 1992 66 Coventry Warwickshire

This is now confusing lol! Are there 2 Wilson Cottons in the same generation?

Sophie - thanks for that. It ties in with a birth:

Ann M Lambton
Septqtr 1866
Durham 10a 333

Margaret - this means that Wilson's parents are Thomas William Cotton and Ann Marr Lambton.

Janice

Janice - this is wonderful. I really have something to study now. As I said the next big hurdle is finding the Aussie link so that we can determine exactly who is Wilsons father. I'll sleep on it I think !!!

1851

John Cotton
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: abt 1829
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Margret
Gender: Male
Where born: Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, England

Civil parish: Bishopwearmouth
Ecclesiastical parish: St Thomas
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

Registration district: Sunderland
Sub-registration district: North Bishop Wearmouth
Elizebeth Cotton 4 Mo
John Cotton 22
Margret Cotton 20
Margret Jane Cotton 2

Love the name Mr Cotton for a master tailor!

1861

John Cotton
Age: 32
Estimated birth year: abt 1829
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Margaret
Gender: Male
Where born: Sunderland, Durham, England

Civil parish: Sunderland
Town: Sunderland
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

Registration district: Sunderland
Sub-registration district: West Sunderland

John Cotton 32
John George Cotton 1
Margaret Cotton 30
Margaret J Cotton 12

Thank you both - you've been a great help. Plenty to think about. My minds a bit addled at the moment. Will study this and then see if I can find out when and where they went in Australia. Thanks again.

And the next generation back

1871 census:

Thomas W Cotton
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Relation: Son
Father's name: John
Mother's name: Margaret
Gender: Male
Where born: Sunderland, Durham, England

Civil parish: Sunderland
Ecclesiastical parish: Trinity
Town: Sunderland
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

Registration district: Sunderland
Sub-registration district: West Sunderland

Dorothy Cotton 8
James Cotton 2
John Cotton 42
John G Cotton 11
Margaret Cotton 39
Thomas W Cotton 4
Wilson Cotton 6 months

Here's Thomas William's birth:

March qtr 1867
Thomas William Cotton
Sunderland 10a 546

OK just realised - these are the people on the census above.

If Edna is Edna Lambton Cotton then this marriage is connected somehow:

Sept qtr 1888

Thomas William Cotton and Ann Marr Lambton
Durham 10a 508

Thank you Sophie, thank you Janice for trying. have

Sophie,

How old is the mother?

Janice

Hi Margaret,

This Wilson Cotton was born in 1891 but there's probably a connection given the unusual name.

1901:
Wilson Cotton
Age: 9
Estimated birth year: abt 1892
Relation: Son
Father's name: Thomas W
Mother's name: Ann M
Gender: Male
Where born: Sunderland, Durham, England

Civil parish: Sunderland
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrew
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

Registration district: Sunderland
Sub-registration district: North Bishopwearmouth

Alfred Cotton 6
Ann M Cotton 37
Norman Cotton 2
Thomas W Cotton 34
Thomas W Cotton 11
Wilson Cotton 9

There's a Wilson Cotton birth in 1903 in Sunderland.

June qtr Sunderland 10a 729

Also a Wilson Cotton marriage in 1894.

I'll check the census to see which wife is his.

Janice

Hi Janice - thank you for that. My friend was under the impression that Nora and Edna were twins but I shall make a note of this in case the twin information is incorrect.

Sorry Sam from Stoke. It is Wilson Cottons parents and siblings I am trying to trace as they emigrated to Australia prior to Wilson and Amy marrying in 1925. Apparently Amy and Wilson were 'courting' and Wilson opted not to emigrate with his family.

West Country Lass - thank you. I will make a note of that but I was somehow expecting the whole family ie Thomas, Alfred, Edward and twins Nora and Edna to be listed somewhere together - the parents as well. Thanks anyway.

Sunderland 10a 767

June qtr 1909 birth of Nora Cotton

Edna L Cotton could be Edna Lambton Cotton born 1902
Sunderland 10a 648 Dec qtr