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Mike *

Mike * Report 17 Jul 2012 22:59

Not Frances Mary


Births Dec 1862 =
COCKAYNE Fanny = Worksop 7b * (Derbyshire)

Mike *

Mike * Report 17 Jul 2012 23:02

This one covers Stapleford but is spelt the male way ???

Births Dec 1861 -
COCKAYNE Francis - Shardlow 7b 339

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 17 Jul 2012 23:03

Tracy, if you're using Internet Explorer 8 it adds all that white space. To stop it, on the right of the website address bar there is a little icon that looks like a torn piece of paper (the compatibility mode icon) click it so it turns blue. Click it on any other tabs you have open.

You should then find that when you copy and paste between sites that the white space has gone.

If that fails then download a better browser!

JustDinosaurJill

JustDinosaurJill Report 17 Jul 2012 23:07

Well I have found that the name Cockayne exists in Nottinghamshire. Variations include Cockings, Cooking, Caking. There is a Cocking in Lincolnshire. Thinking of the strong accents from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire areas, no wonder that the name has so many variants.

How certain are you that she was born in Handley, Notts? Boundary changes not withstanding, Handley is in Derbyshire, sort of in the direction of Clay Cross and on into Chesterfield.

Trawling FreeBMD for all Frances Mary born between March 1858 and December 1865 in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire. Nothing even remotely similar surname.

Same search for Frances with no Mary having to split up into quarters so taking forever. FreeBMD is now telling me 'Service not available' so I suspect I have asked for too much.

Researching:
Birmingham: Wood,Benson,Eadie,Wassall. Barnsley: Eadie. Whalsay,Sheltland: Polson,Poleson. Chipping Norton: Busby. Winchcombe: Goodall/Goodhall. Kate MM (Eadie) Meteyard. Sidney Herbert Meteyard - English Pre-Raphaelite Painter and member of the Birmingham Group. Meteyard/Meatyard family.

Stevendeg

Stevendeg Report 18 Jul 2012 03:28

Hi Mike,

COCKAYNE, Female died in same time.

Deaths Mar 1861
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Cockayne Female Nottingham 7b 163

Researching:
Brion and Weller from Buckinghamshire. And Allen.

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