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Looking for parents and siblings of Margaret COATES b abt 1858
Lawkland, Yorkshire who m abt 1880 William SEDGWICK b abt 1857
of Giggleswick / Settle area, Yorkshire who died bef the 1891 Census.
Margaret appears to have 2m abt 1899 John EDMONDSON.
Margaret COATES SEDGWICK may have had a younger sister,
Elizabeth 24 (also b Lawkland) who m John W LISTER 24 Silk Dresser
b Leeds, Yorkshire, because Margaret SEDGWICK 33 Wid Visitor
is enumerated with them in 1891, along with her 2 younger sons,
Thomas 4 (b abt 1886/7) and Harold 2 (b abt 1888/9).
Margaret's eldest son, George Coates SEDGWICK 9 (b Aug 1881)
is enumerated with his grandparents,
Christopher 66 and Alice 62 SEDGWICK, in Giggleswick.
George Coates SEDGWICK m Sarah Mary HUNT and they emigrated
to the USA in 1906/7, settling near Peeksill, New York where they
raised 7 ch.
The LISTER's had 2 sons: Albert 1 and George under 1 month,
both b Bentham.
There are sisters, Margaret COATES 13 and Elizabeth COATES 4,
listed as daurs of George COATES 5? Farm Servant b Mewith
and Agnes 35 b Bentham in the 1871 Census of Lawkland, Yorkshire.
Other children listed are:
Thomas 10 and William 1, both b Lawkland.
Most grateful for any additions or corrections to this information
and would like to contact living descendants of this family.
Janice ROBBINS SEDGWICK FREEMAN
from Maine, but currently in Tennessee, USA
Hello my name is Stephanie Wright. I am not a decendent of the Coates
family but did have an Aunt Nancy Medley who married a Samuel Coates in
Halifax VA 1811 if anyone has information on them please let me know I am
researching the Medley family
Stephanie