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I'm a desendant of John Cato/Catoe and Jane Cooke. We have traced our family tree back
to 1525 on the cooke's and to John Cato/Catoe our first true ancestor. John Cato/Catoe
father was George Catour/Cater/Catoe/Cato I believe his birth year was 1625 -1650. I can
not find anything else on him. I had my son go to the achive's in England on a hunch I
would find George there. I did see a document I don't know if true. George Cater 1625
had two sons one George Catour and the other James Cato. I have been told back then people
did not keep records. Some couldn't read or write so people just spelled the name the
way it sounded. Also in the Civil War in the south the court house's were burned.
People tried to restore the records. They spelled names the way they could see it or read
it. I've searched about every angle. I'm about to give up on George? One of John
Cato's kids died in New Foundland. My next hunch would be Scotland,Finland,Sweden