January 12th 2007
Hello Julie,
Glad to see you have taken the initiative to reactivate the rootsweb
CATTERMOLE list.
I am not able to help you with your personal research problem, but I
just hope that you find you are linked to the schoolmaster and his
wife Anne FLOWERDEW.
It must have been fun for a girl to be surnamed Flowerdew, don't you
think ! (But if she had brothers I expect they would have been
subject to some teasing...)
I'm not sure if you saw my enquiry quite some time ago, about Mabel
Cattermole ? In case you didn't, here it is again.
I seek information on two sisters whose maiden names were Doris and
Mabel BEDFORD. They were the only children of the couple Thomas
Benjamin BEDFORD (born 1871 St Pancras, London - died 1958 New York,
USA) and his first wife Liza (maiden name unknown). They were married
circa 1895 and they seem to have separated round about 1900, which
was when we think Thomas emigrated to the USA leaving Liza, Doris and
Mabel in England.
I was told that Liza Bedford subsequently kept a sweet-shop in North
London, while Thomas remarried in the USA and lived in Brooklyn. It
is thought he had no children from his second marriage.
When Thomas died, in 1958, a NY attorney wrote to a list of members
of his family, presumably likely heirs, to advise that Thomas's Will
bequeathed nothing to them.
The list included one of his brothers, two sisters, his nephews and
nieces, and several unidentified relations. Amongst these we note
Doris HOLLAND and Mabel CATTERMOLE. It seems possible that these
ladies were his daughters under their married names, but no addresses
were shown, and they could have been either Americans or English.
Mabel Cattermole could also have been one of his nieces. I do not
have a copy of the American Will.
Since BEDFORD is such a common name, and since the birth years of
Doris and Mabel are not known with precision, and since we do not
know where they were living in the UK, it is not easy to find out
what became of these three ladies. But Cattermole seems a less common
name...
The 1881 census gave Thomas (at 10 yrs old) living at 49 Praed
Street, Central London.
Ellis Island immigration lists show that he arrived in NY on a ship
from the UK in 1907. The entry stated that he was already a US
citizen at that time, and that is why we think he must have arrived
in the USA several years earlier. He had travelled with his American
wife, possibly having taken her to meet his parents in London during
a summer vacation. On this return trip they were accompanied by
Thomas's young brother George, who also settled in the USA.
If your files show a gentleman named Cattermole who married a Mabel
Bedford I would be most pleased to hear from you.
Kindest regards,
Kenneth Birbeck (in France)
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kenneth.birbeck(a)wanadoo.fr
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Le 12 janv. 07 à 17:32, julie holmes a écrit :
For all of you researching Cattermole lines, the Cattermole email
list has been reactivated.
We are back in action.
Im still looking for a Caroline Cattermole born c1823 in Norfolk.
Her father we believe is William Cattermole (Schoolmaster) and her
mother Anne Flowerdew. They married in 1815.
we are trying to confirm out of a few William Cattermoles exactly
which is her father because we cant find her birth registered.
I believe it to be the Schoolmaster above he was born between
1786-1788 and is possibly William Cattermole born Poringland. He
died 1866 aged 78.
It had on his death cert "former schoolmaster and on his sons
marriage cert "son of William Schoolmaster"
His parents were William Cattermole and Sarah Farrow.
But,
or it could be William Cattermole b1791 St George Colegate his
father William Cattermoule and Mother Mary Ward
or it could be William Cattermole b1787 St Stephen his father Isaac
Cattermoule and Mother Mary Fox
Can any anyone help with further info?
thanks
Julie
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