{"id":13543,"date":"2019-07-21T15:11:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T15:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/paternal-grandfather-barnes-tree\/keech-james-william-2\/"},"modified":"2021-07-03T21:18:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T21:18:21","slug":"keech-james-william","status":"publish","type":"my_family_tree","link":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/my_family_tree\/maternal-grandfather-mayhew-tree\/keech-james-william\/","title":{"rendered":"[3GGP] James William KEECH & Joannah COTTON"},"content":{"rendered":"

My 3rd great grandfather James William KEECH<\/strong> was born 30th (or 16th) Jan 1830<\/strong> in Turvey, Bedfordshire. He was the last of five known children born to Thomas KEECH<\/strong><\/a> and Mary BURRIDGE<\/strong><\/a>, a lacemaker. There is another family by the name Keech in my tree, which so far are unrelated.<\/p>\n

My 3rd great grandmother Joannah COTTON<\/strong> was born 1822<\/strong> in Turvey, Bedfordshire. She was the fifth of eight children born to Reuben COTTON<\/strong><\/a>, an agricultural labourer, and Rachel STOCK<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nine years prior to Joannah and James’s marriage, Joannah gave birth to a child from an unknown relationship (unmarried). She was about 20.<\/p>\n

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  1. Henry Cotton<\/strong> (1842) – agricultural labourer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    James<\/strong> and Joannah<\/strong> married on 3rd Aug 1851<\/strong> in Turvey when they were 21 and 29, and had six children together (all born in Turvey). My 2nd great grandmother Eliza<\/strong> was their first. James worked as a master tailor and Joannah was a lacemaker, a career all five of their daughters also followed.<\/p>\n

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    1. Eliza Keech<\/strong> (3 Feb 1852 – 21 Apr 1841) – married Joseph James Cowley<\/strong> 1881; lacemaker<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
    2. Joannah Keech<\/strong> (1854 – 1921) – married John Law<\/strong> 1854 (a bricklayer’s labourer)<\/em>; lacemaker<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Mary Ann Keech<\/strong> (1857) – married Frederick Jones<\/strong> 1880 (a brewer’s labourer); lacemaker<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Emma Keech<\/strong> (16 Feb 1860 – 1945) – married James Sargent<\/strong> 1878 (a labourer); lacemaker<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. James William Keech<\/strong> (1863 – 1923) – married Annie Hardwick<\/strong> 1887; coachman and groom<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Jane Keech<\/strong> (26 Aug 1865 – 1936) – married Henry Spyer<\/strong> 1887 (a groom); lacemaker<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The family lived on Mill Green\/Mill Lane right next the River Great Ouse to the west and the corn mill at the end of the road. The Three Fyshes Inn is still there to this day.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t