The Colonist: Van Cooten Genealogy

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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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