No, I didn't. Anthony was the one who seemed to have a clear cut descent
from the Derbyshire Cowleys.
-Michael
On Sun, February 1, 2015 23:18, Mary Lou Cooley wrote:
> Actually, I did send a message to him. I actually thought that he was
> the one who you heard from...or did you hear from either one of the people
> I
> sent messages to?
>
> Mary C.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Cooley
> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 11:00 PM
> To: John Cooley Mailing List
> Subject: Re:
>
>
> Hi Mary!
>
>
> I'm not sure they were in Durham. Apparently, George was born in the Isle
> of Man. But who know what's correct in the lineage I found. No
> citations.
>
> And I have the two sons of Joseph and Leora. I didn't have Franklin's
> death. Thanks! He was married to a Denison.
>
> The 1747 baptism probably does fit somewhere. I'm going to sytart
> collecting those. Let me know if you find more!
>
> Did you send message to Anthony Cowley's ancestry box? I'd sure like to
> find him.
>
> -Michael
>
>
> On Sun, February 1, 2015 22:43, Mary Lou Cooley wrote:
>
>> I found this on Ancestry:
>>
>>
>>
>> *********
>> England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
>> Name: George Cowley Or Richardson
>> Gender: Male
>> Baptism Date: 1 Jan 1691
>> Baptism Place: Sedgefield, Durham, England
>> Father: William Cowley
>> Mother: Elizabeth Richardson
>> FHL Film Number: 91112
>> **********
>> Note that this is a baptism...so undoubtedly this birth was in 1690.
>>
>>
>>
>> I also found that Joseph Erwin Cowley (1898-1944) & Leora Mae Fairbanks
>> had two sons and a daughter by 1940: first son b. 1927; 2nd son:
>> Franklin
>> Clark Cowley (1929-1993) & 3rd child: Cynthia Leora Cowley (1932-2011).
>>
>>
>>
>> Nevada, Death Index, 1980-2012
>> Name: Franklin Clark Cowley
>> Birth Date: 24 Mar 1929
>> Birth Place: Iowa
>> Death Date: 4 Jan 1993
>> Death Place: Henderson, Clark, Nevada, USA
>>
>>
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> I am not sure who this is:
>>
>>
>>
>> England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
>> Name: George Cowley
>> Gender: Male
>> Baptism Date: 17 May 1747
>> Baptism Place: St. Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield, Derbyshire,
>> England
>> Father: William Cowley
>> FHL Film Number: 1752143
>> Reference ID: item 2
>> ~~~~~
>> Hope this makes sense!
>> Mary C.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Cooley
>> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 11:59 PM
>> To: John Cooley Mailing List
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> This will uses Cowley and Cooley interchangeably. The other day we
>> learned that poet Abraham Cowley pronounced his name Cooley. I'd never
>> taken Cowley seriously as an alternate spelling for our family but
>> there seems to be something to it. Probably not in the US, but in
>> England. If
>> John was
>> born a Cowley but pronounced it Cooley, and considering that he was
>> possibly illiterate, that would explain that the clerks, etc., would
>> spell it Cooley.
>>
>> http://ancestraldata.com/Notes/index.cgi?1422669383+/ahnentafel/256/lin
>> ea ges/derbyshire_cowleys-desc.html
>>
>> I haven't yet seen documentation that ties this George with his
>> supposed father, Wm Cowley, in Derbyshire. I half suspect this may not
>> be the right line. I wish I could find the Anthony Cowley who posted
>> about his descent. :(
>>
>>
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