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The Colonist
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Title The Colonist Author Tikwis Begbie DATE 12 July 1998 DATE 18 January 1850 & 9 October 1850 PAGE p1 & p2 Place Demerara SOID VAN1850002 Source ID S190 Text 1. The Colonist newspaper Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana, Saturday
January 18 1850 Vol II No.198 p1
Petition for a Council & House of Assembly, British Guiana
31 August 1849 includes the names:
Spencer G. Hackett, ... H.J. Ferguson, ... Matthew Steele, ... James A.
Glendinning, ... Wm. Van Cooten, ... Eugine Van Cooten and Lucius Van Cooten.
[Note: Hackett, Ferguson & Steele - I think are related to me.]
2. The Colonist newspaper - Georgetown, British Guiana, Saturday October 9
1850 Wednesday p 2
Memorial for Constitutional Reform included the following names:
George Bagot, Archibald Ferguson, George Loxdale, H.T. Ferguson, Chas.
Lyness, John David Steele, J. Van Cooten, Wm Van Cooten, F.A. Van Cooten,
Hughen S. Steele, Hy. Van Cooten, jnr.
[Note: with the exception of the Van Cootens and Chas. Lyness, I believe
that all the others are related to me mainly through marriage to Bagot girls.]
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