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COTTRELL Family of Late C18th - Mid C19th Ashbrittle, Appley/Stawley, & Taunton,
Somerset, with later families in Lincolnshire, Hertfordshire & Nottingham
Family name derived from low status
"cottagers" whose livelihood was based on a small cottage and
the small parcel of land attaching. Although this family is mainly spelt
COTTRELL, records can include the following spellings: COTTERELL, COTTERILL
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Distribution of the COTTRELL family
name in 1881Current head (ancestry sought) is William COTTRELL (c1770-1842), Mason and his wife Ann JANES, JAMES, JONES or GANES (depending or record source, 1780-1844) who were married in Ashbrittle, Somerset on 20.9.1801 (my 4xGGPs). William could be the c. 19.11.1771 s/o Thomas & Agnes at nearby Uffculme, DEV or the Thomas of nearby Oakford, DEV who m. Ann MELHUISH on 9.11.1795 (presumably his first wife). These may be one and the same person, although no death for 1st wife can be verified.
COTTRELL/COTTERELLs are still farming in the area today. Three sons of Appley/Stawley are known:
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William COTTRELL (1802-47) m. Mary PERRY (1802-38) on 28.6.1823 in Stawley. He was also a Mason in the same village. They had at least two sons:
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George COTTRELL (c1824-80 Stawley), probably married Elizabeth WARREN in 1852. They are not yet found in the UK census in 1861, were childless in 1871 Stawley, and missing again in 1881. At Stawley churchyard there is a monument to:
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George William Warren COTTRELL aka William G W COTTRELL (BMD 1856-89);
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James COTTRELL (c1830 Stawley) may have married Ann RAWLE in 1852 Wellington, Somerset, but are not found on any subsequent UK census;
As both parents had died in the 1840's, both sons were living with uncle Richard COTTRELL and family at the Globe Inn in Stawley in 1851 (below):
The Globe Inn, Appley taken in 2003
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John COTTRELL (c. 1819, d. <1841?) - based on IGI baptism (may be late), but no subsequent evidence of John by 1841 census;
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James COTTRELL (c1803 - rounded down age in 1841 with mother Ann);
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Richard COTTRELL (c1804-57 Stawley), Builder, married Edith HODDER (n. c1802) on 27.4.1831 at Street, SOM (my 3xGGPs). Richard was a Mason & Innkeeper in 1851 at the Globe Inn, Appley/Stawley. In 1851 he sold the Globe Inn to a man named HAWKINS. The area was 1 rod, 18 poles, with an orchard of 2 rods, 30 poles, totaling 1 sq. acre, 8 poles valued at 4 shillings and 8 pence. Richard died in 1858 and widow Edith was working as a servant in 1861. In 1871 she was living with her daughter Lavinia & family. She died in 1881. Richard & Edith had the following children surviving in 1851:
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Charles COTTRELL (c1832 Stawley). Charles is the family member with descent into the C20th and was much travelled. After being recorded in 1851 at the Globe Inn (above) he may have been the Charles who married Q1 1851 at Wellington to an unknown spouse. However, he did marry Verina KIRK in Marylebone, London in Q3 1857. Their family were first in Lincolnshire (1861/1871/1881) and then Nottingham (after 1881) where she died in 1891 and he in 1905. He was a Station Master for the Great Northern Railway and then a Railway Agent. Their children:
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Alfred J COTTRELL (1858 Sedgebrook, Grantham). Not found after 1871 to 1911 (no M or D on BMD), but possibly the Alfred James Richard COTTERELL (Q3 1858 in the Newark RD);
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Charles Henry COTTRELL (1859 Sedgebrook, Grantham), Railway Clerk in 1881 Islington, London. Married Mary Lumm BROWN in Hitchin, Herts., in 1887, with the family living in South Mimms, Middlesex in 1891 & Wellingore, Lincolnshire in 1901. In 1911, the family are in Ecclesall Bierlow (EB), West Riding, Yorkshire, where his death occurred in Q1 1913;
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Winifred Mary COTTRELL (c1889, Baldock, Herts) in EB in 1911;
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William Henry COTTRELL (1890, Barnet, Herts) in EB in 1911;
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Reginald COTTRELL (1893, Barnet) in EB in 1911;;
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Herbert Edward COTTRELL (1895, Barnet) in EB in 1911;
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Muriel Hannah COTTRELL (1896, West Ham) in EB in 1911 and boarding in 1901 Woodford, Essex (for unknown reason);
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Seymour COTTRELL (1862, Grantham). Not found in 1891, 1901 or 1911 index, but a Seymour did marry either Esther KING or Sarah Eliza SHEPPARD at Brentford, Middlesex in Q3 1893;
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Verina COTTRELL (1864, Grantham-1934). Died unmarried in Hailsham, Sussex. Not found in 1891, 1901 or on the 1911 index;
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Emma Jane COTTRELL (1866, Grantham), probably the one who married Q2 1890 in Nottingham to George OATES;
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Walter Benjamin COTTRELL (1868, Grantham). He was in West Bridgford, Nottingham in 1891 as a boarder (Shop man in hat trade, as COTTERILL) and in Newmarket, Suffolk in 1901 as an unmarried coachman/groom;
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Percy COTTRELL (1870, Grantham), Tobacconist's Assistant, was boarding with his sister Emma & husband George OATES in 1891 Nottingham. He may have married in Mansfield, NTT in Q4 1910 and be resident in Northampton in 1911;
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Alice Edith COTTRELL (1873, Grantham). Nothing known after 1881;
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Ernest Herbert COTTRELL (1876, Grantham) Nothing known after 1891;
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Lavinia COTTRELL (c1834 Stawley), m. Henry THATCHER in Q4 1855 Taunton. Large family in Taunton (1861), then Bedminster, Bristol (from 1871);
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Emma COTTRELL (c1837 Appley/Stawley) married Walter William LANE 31.12.1855 at Taunton (my 2xGGPs);
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Elizabeth COTTRELL (c1839 Stawley). Not found after 1851 census;
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Alfred COTTRELL (c1842 Stawley), Journeyman Painter & Plumber married Charlotte WELCH, a Glover, in Taunton in early 1861 and were resident there on the 1861 census. In 1871 the couple, without any natural children (but with 9 y.o adopted Jane P COLES), were resident in Weston Super Mare (as CATTERELL). Alfred was a Painter/Paperhanger & Charlotte a Medical Nurse. They are difficult to find after this time. Jane was a servant in Islington in London in 1881, and 60 y.o widow Charlotte is in Brighton, Sussex in 1901 as a Domestic Cook in the house of James & Jane CADMAN, possibly her adopted daughter and husband (Alfred & Charlotte not found in 1881 & 1891). An Alfred COTTERELL (34) is registered as having died in Axbridge, Somerset in Mar 1876 ;
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Frederick COTTRELL (c1846 Stawley). Not found on UK census after 1851;
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Three monument inscriptions in Ashbrittle churchyard read:
"In loving memory of Anne COTTRELL who died March
26th 1863 aged 20 years,
Also James, husband of the above died July 14th 1887 aged 44"
[James n. c1843 - parents unknown; marriage unknown ~1863. He was a Builder
& Farm Labourer in 1881 Ashbrittle]
"In memory of Fanny COTTRELL died January 16th
1868 aged 2 years 3 months
Fred COTTRELL died June 26th aged 7 months" [year not given]
[parents not known]
"In memory of Henry COTTRELL who died June 14th
1868 aged 23 years"
[n. c1845 - parents unknown]
Three monument inscriptions in Stawley churchyard read:
"In loving memory William George Warren COTTRELL"
[son of couple below]
"Elizabeth the beloved wife of George COTTRELL"
[Elizabeth WARREN above]
"Mary COTTRELL d. 20.6.1858 (36) & William d. 29.10.1847 (45). George d. (date unreadable)" [would appear to be part of family tree].
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