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Cossburn/Pennycard

Cossburn/Pennycard

Posted: 3 Aug 2008 8:53PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Cossburn/Pennycard/Lunnbery
My grandmother was Alice Elizabeth Cossburn who married Edward Albert Pennycard on the 31/5/1903. Looking for any brothers or sisters of both grandparents, also great grandad and mum Thomas Pennycard and Rosina Mary Ann or just Mary Ann formely Lunnbery. mThanks, Kim

Re: Cossburn/Pennycard

Posted: 3 Jan 2010 9:45PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Cossburn
You have probably already sorted this but if not the following may be of interest to you.
Alice was the daughter of my Great Great Grandparents John William and Ann Susan Cossburn. The name was spelt wrongly on the census shown below.
1881 Rotherhithe Census
60 West Lane

John William Cosborn 41 General Lab Lambeth
Ann S 40 Lambeth
John W 13 Scholar Lambeth
Thomas 9 Scholar Lambeth
William J 7 Scholar Rotherhithe
Sarah A M 4 Rotherhithe
Alice E 2 Rotherhithe

Hope this helps.

Best wishes

John and Mel Cossburn

Re: Cossburn/Pennycard

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 8:36PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello John and Mel, Firstly sorry I,ve taken so long to reply, I,m only just getting back into it lately. Yes I had found out about my grandma,s siblings and there's one more, Jane. I hav,nt got dates for them as yet as I'm still working on my grandad Pennycard side. Some info you might, or might not know, grandma Alice and grandad Edward had 7 children, the eldest being my dad Edward. My dad went on to have 7 children himself and I'm the youngest. Fascinating this is,nt it, I've found out a lot today with the marriages of my grandad's siblings, now you can actually look at the certificates. If your interested I do have a photo of grandma Alice (who was blind in one eye in later life) and I will gladly scan a copy to you if you want.

Thanks again for contacting me and happy hunting.

regards
Kim Bowley

Re: Cossburn/Pennycard

Posted: 2 Feb 2010 8:04PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Kim

It was nice to hear from you. John is probably your third cousin.

We would love to see a copy of Alice's photograph if you can scan one in for us.

We have quite a lot of information about Alice siblings so if you would like to send us your e-mail address we will forward some schedules to you.

We have never been able to find John William Cossburn's birth, only his marriage in 1861, where he says he was born in Lambeth, but we have never found him on any census before 1871.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Love John & Mel

Re: Cossburn/Pennycard

Posted: 2 Feb 2010 9:45PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi John and Mel,
The attached is grandma Alice taken when she was in her 40,s. She caught german measles in later life and she went blind in one eye. She had a bit of a tough time in her married life, grandad was a docker and the work was a bit hit and miss and plus he did like a pint or two or three. Grandad caught the influenza that was rife just after the first world war and as he was getting a bit better wanted to go for his pint, this was november time and freezing and he got another infection and that killed him. Not only that she lost a 13 year old son a few months after grandad and she also lost another baby boy in 1906, he did,nt even live to be a year old. My uncle Albert used to tell me stories on how he and his brothers (including dad) used to go stealing from the barges on the river, he said it was the only way to survive as there was no benefits at that time. Granny used to scrub steps for pennies and Bert used to bring home the "bacon". Bert told me that if a body was washed up south side of the Thames, who ever found it reported it to the police and they would get "2 bob" (10p),
but if they swam across the thames with it to the north side they would get "half a crown" (12 1/2p). Bert never told me if he did this or not, and I won,t know now as all granny,s children have now gone. I think her later years was much better, she stayed with my Auntie Alice, her daughter, until she too died, and according to my cousin Doris (auntie Alice's daughter)she always wore the typical victorian dress with the high neck and brooch. I only got this picture myself about a year ago from one of my other cousins which I was really chuffed about as I had never seen her before. Granny died just before the 2nd world war and I was born in 53.
I have a small tree of the Cossburn,s, which I did pinch from someone, and I can,t remember who now, and John William does state that he was born in lambeth. Have you found out about Ann Steadman,s side?? I do have on that tree parents and the 2 sets of grandparents if you hav,nt.

My email address is kimbowuk@yahoo.co.uk it would be very nice indeed to hear anything on granny's side of things.

Looking forward to your reply.

Kim
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Re: Cossburn/Pennycard

Posted: 6 Feb 2010 6:28PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Kim

Did you receive the information I sent you. If not let me know and I will send it again.

Regards


John & Mel

Re: Cossburn/Pennycard

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 2:38AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: COSSBURN
Hi

I have lots of information on the COSSBURN family from Lambeth and that area of Surrey. Contact me privately by email peterpjw at ozemail dot com dot au if you would like to share research.

Cheers

Peter
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