Descendants of James Dewhurst and Elizabeth Drinkwater

Descendants of James Dewhurst and Elizabeth Drinkwater

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Family of James Dewhurst and Elizabeth Drinkwater

NAME BIRTH LOCATION DEATH LOCATION MARRIAGE LOCATION

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James DEWHURST         1764 England Elizabeth DRINKWATER
James DEWHURST         1788 England Jane GREENHALLS

Family of James Dewhurst and Jane Greenhalls

NAME BIRTH LOCATION DEATH LOCATION MARRIAGE LOCATION

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James DEWHURST         1788 England Jane GREENHALLS
John DEWHURST         1823 England Nancy WATSON

Family of John Dewhurst and Nancy Watson

NAME BIRTH LOCATION DEATH LOCATION MARRIAGE LOCATION

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John DEWHURST         1823 England Nancy WATSON
William DEWHURST abt. 1824 Welstan, Lancashire     19 June 1848 Bentham Parish, Yorkshire, England. Esther COOPER

Family of William Dewhurst and Esther Cooper

NAME BIRTH LOCATION DEATH LOCATION MARRIAGE LOCATION

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William DEWHURST abt. 1824 Welstan, Lancashire, England     19 June 1848 Bentham Parish, Yorkshire , England. Esther COOPER
James Dewhurst abt. 1849            
Ann Dewhurst abt. 1855            
William Henry Dewhurst abt. 1857            
Elizabeth Dewhurst [1] 2 March 1859 Bolton, Manchester? England 1940 Newburgh, New York March 20, 1880 England George DERHAM
Joseph Dewhurst 20 April  1861            
Jane Dewhurst 1864            
Esther Dewhurst abt. 1866            

[1] Elizabeth Dewhurst Derham moved to Newburgh, New York to work in the Newburgh Bleachery. In England, she and her girls were cotton winders.
Children of Elizabeth DEWHURST and George DERHAM are: Jane Ann b. Feb. 13, 1881 in Livesey, England d. 1962 Newburgh, NY; Nelly b. 1883 in Blackburn, d. 1884; William b. April 18, 1885 d. 1966 Newburgh,  NY; John (Jack) b. 1887 in Blackburn d. 1906 Blackburn; George b. Dec. 29, 1889 ( my grandfather) in Blackburn d. 1968 Newburgh NY, married Ethel SCOTT Nov. 22, 1922 in Newburgh NY; Elizabeth, sons Wm, George and daughter Jane,  w/husband Dick Parks emigrated to Newburgh NY in May 1912. We have a family story that Elizabeth was psychic and foresaw the doom of the Titanic. The family had tickets on the Titanic and exchanged them at the last moment because Elizabeth wouldn't get on the ship. She had a bad feeling about it. They took the ship Coronia over to the states.

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