{"id":26509,"date":"2025-02-04T21:42:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T21:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/?p=26509"},"modified":"2025-06-13T12:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:21:15","slug":"following-my-fathers-cousins-recent-shared-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/2025\/02\/04\/following-my-fathers-cousins-recent-shared-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Following My Father’s Cousin’s Recent Shared Matches"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my previous Blog, I looked at two of Joyce’s recent shared matches. I will continue on.<\/p>\n

Angela and Joyce<\/h2>\n

Angela comes with a bonus:<\/p>\n

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It appears that Angela and Jaqueline should be fourth cousins to each other if this tree is correct. As this is the main line that I am interested in, I feel obgligated to look into the connection. This Hartley Line has been difficult to deal with.<\/p>\n

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Angela also has a Hartley on her maternal side which makes me skeptical. Here is Jaqueline’s Tree:<\/p>\n

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Here tree has a lot of John Hartleys, but I do not see James Hartley in her tree. I will take these two back to see if I can get them both to James Hartley born 1813. In the unlikely chance that happens, I will then look further back.<\/p>\n

A Floating Tree for Angela<\/h3>\n

Angela’s grandparents lived in Barrowford in 1939 according to Angela’s tree:<\/p>\n

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Here is the family in 1921:<\/p>\n

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We are interested in Ann who was born in HIgham:<\/p>\n

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Here is the non-conformist wedding record at the Weslyan Chapel. Ann’s father was a farmer in 1871:<\/p>\n

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The marriage record shows Henry to be a widower:<\/p>\n

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As the marriage is in 1867, all three daughters listed in the 1871 Census must be from Christiana. So far, my research agrees with Angela and Jocye’s Thrulline.<\/p>\n

Here is the family in 1861 in Higham:<\/p>\n

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Henry’s first wife is Jane. Henry is a shoemaker and father James is a shoemaker and farmer.<\/p>\n

The 1851 Census has James born at Sagar Hill:<\/p>\n

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My guess is that Sagar HIll is part of HIgham.<\/p>\n

Here is the Census for 1841 for Sagar HIll, Padiham:<\/p>\n

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I am not making a lot of sense of it.\u00a0 I will Robert the same as Henry Robert in the 1851 Census? Is Dinah the wife of James or a daughter of John?\u00a0 Is Robert the son of an unmarried daughter of John? Due to the vagueness of the Census, I would be willing to stop this line of pursuit for now.<\/p>\n

I think that one problem is my tree:<\/p>\n

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Ancestry is trying to find mathes that fit my tree. However, I do not know if Robert Hartley’s parents were James Hartley and Betty Baldwin or not. I picked them because they seemed to fit. If I were to de-link James Hartley and Betty Baldwin from Robert Hartley, I may get other suggestions. I tried that and I will wait to see if I get other suggested ancestors.<\/p>\n

I see that Angela went away when I took away the link between known Hartley ancestor Robert Hartley and what I thought may have been his parents:<\/p>\n

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Joyce and TJ<\/h2>\n

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The Cowen or Cowing Line should be easier to trace. I see that TJ’s tree goes back to a Zenas Cowen:<\/p>\n

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I will assume that TJ had his maternal grandmother right. TJ also has this record:<\/p>\n

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Social Security is helpful here:<\/p>\n

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This gives a specific birth date and place. However, the father’s name is given as Joseph Tyson rather than Walter Butts.<\/p>\n

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In 1940, Patricia is living with her family on Collette Street, New Bedford. Patricia’s mother is shown as married but also the head of household. I think that the suggestion is that the Walter who was the lodger was the father of Patricia. Walter is still there in 1950, so I will go with that.<\/p>\n

This is probably Walter in 1900:<\/p>\n

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Here is the birth record for James D Butts:<\/p>\n

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His mother, Polly Cowin was born in Dartmouth.<\/p>\n

I see I already have Polly in my tree, so I will have to merge the two people:<\/p>\n

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However, I have this Polly as being the daughter of Zenas Cowen rather than Israel Cowen or Cowing. That means that this is another dead end.<\/p>\n

Shared Matches with TJ and Joyce<\/h3>\n

One interesting thing is that Joyce and TJ have these two shared matches:<\/p>\n

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Perhaps the connection is on another line.<\/p>\n

Summary and Conclusions<\/h2>\n