https://vc.id.au/blog2/2007/09/john-van-cooten-leaves-demerara/ Van Cooten family history progress and collaboration Thu, 30 Sep 2021 12:27:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://vc.id.au/blog2/2007/09/john-van-cooten-leaves-demerara/comment-page-1/#comment-27935 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 12:27:46 +0000 http://vc.id.au/blog2/?p=18#comment-27935 Hi Steven,
Thanks for the pointer. Since I have posted this I have learnt a bit more about John Van Cooten, and the Smithers. Are you a descendant? Have you done a DNA test. Feel free to reply by email.

]]> https://vc.id.au/blog2/2007/09/john-van-cooten-leaves-demerara/comment-page-1/#comment-27934 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 11:19:34 +0000 http://vc.id.au/blog2/?p=18#comment-27934 Hi,
see: http://writinguptheancestors.blogspot.com/search/label/Henry%20Keene%20Smithers for the wife; and for her father, see Wilkins, Charles. The South Wales Coal Trade and Its Allied Industries from the Earliest Days to the Present Time. United Kingdom: D. Owen and Company, Limited, 1888, p.164 Available in google books

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