FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS
THE MARRIAGES OF RICHARD COTTAM:
| GROOM: | |
| Name: Richard Cottam, age 24, bachelor, labourer | |
| Father: John Cottam, deceased | |
| Mother: Ann "Nanny" Norris | |
| Birthdate: 3 May 1827 | |
| Birthplace: Croston, Lancashire, England | |
| FIRST MARRIAGE: BRIDE: | |
| Name: Sarah Iddon, age 28, spinster | |
| Father: James Iddon | |
| Mother: Sarah Ryding | |
| Birthdate: c. 1823 | |
| Birthplace: Croston, Lancashire, England | |
| THEIR WEDDING: | ||
| Date: 25 December 1851 | ||
| Place: St. Michael & All Angel's Parish Church (C. of E.) | ||
| Location: Croston, Lancashire, England | ||
| Priest: William Robert Pallet Waudby, Curate | ||
| Witnesses: James Norris | ||
| HER ILLEGITIMATE CHILD: | ||||||||
| Nancy Iddon | Born: | 24 | Jun | 1844 | Her Family | |||
| THEIR FOUR CHILDREN: | ||||||||
| John Cottam | Born: | 19 | Feb | 1854 | His Family | |||
| Sarah Ann Cottam | Baptized: | 9 | Sep | 1855 | Her Family | |||
| Elizabeth Ellen Cottam | Baptized: | 11 | Apr | 1858 | Her Family | |||
| James Cottam | Baptized: | 5 | Feb | 1860 | His Family | |||
| DEATHS: | ||||||||
| Sarah Cottam (Mrs) | [49 yrs] | Died: | 27 | May | 1873 | |||
| NOTE: | |
| 1: | Sarah Cottam apparently suffered for some time before dying but I have not found her cause of death. |
THE MARRIAGES OF RICHARD COTTAM
SECOND MARRIAGE:
| SECOND MARRIAGE: BRIDE: | |
| Name: Elizabeth Iddon | |
| Father: George Iddon | |
| Mother: Grace Wiggans | |
| Birthdate: c. 1845 | |
| Birthplace: Ulnes Walton, Lancashire, England | |
| THEIR WEDDING: | ||
| Date: 16 October 1873 | ||
| Place: St Mary the Virgin Parish Church (C. of E.) | ||
| Location: Eccleston, Chorley, Lancashire, England | ||
| Priest: Richard Anderton, Curate | ||
| Witnesses: John Cottam and Janet Iddon | ||
| THEIR FOUR CHILDREN: | ||||||||
| Richard Cottam | Born: | 11 | Apr | 1875 | His Life | |||
| George Cottam | Born: | 28 | Oct | 1877 | (infant) | |||
| Thomas Cottam | Born: | 16 | Oct | 1880 | (infant) | |||
| Arthur Cottam | Born: | 6 | Nov | 1882 | His Family | |||
| DEATHS: | ||||||||
| George Cottam | [ 4 mos] | Died: | 24 | Feb | 1878 | |||
| Thomas Cottam | [ 4 mos] | Died: | 4 | Feb | 1881 | |||
| Richard Cottam Sr. | [60 yrs] | Died: | 12 | Oct | 1886 | |||
| John Cottam | [38 yrs] | Died: | 22 | Mar | 1892 | |||
| Sarah Ann Roocroft (Mrs) | [58 yrs] | Died: | 10 | Jan | 1913 | |||
| Elizabeth Cottam (Mrs.) | [77 yrs] | Died: | 8 | Dec | 1922 | |||
| Elizabeth Ellen Iddon (Mrs) | [81 yrs] | Died: | 13 | Nov | 1939 | |||
| Arthur Cottam | [67 yrs] | Died: | 22 | Jan | 1950 | |||
| Richard Cottam | [75 yrs] | Died: | 1 | Feb | 1951 | |||
| James Cottam | Died: | |||||||
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Elizabeth and Janet Iddon signed the marriage register with their marks. |
| 2: | The above information is taken from Baptism, Marriage and Burial records held at the Lancashire Record Office in Preston, and from the monument inscriptions at Croston Parish Church. |
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