Instant Cousins

Month: May 2023

  • John Cook 1952 -2023

    My close friend and former colleague at the Caldecott Community has died. He was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease early last year. He was advised immediately that there was no cure. He spent the remainder of his life preparing for death and receiving love and attention from all those who knew him, his daughters and…

  • London calling…..

    I’m continuing the progress of my Great Grandfather from his home town of Towcester in Northamptonshire, to London. John Thomas Wilcox arrived in London by 1871. I have previously traced him in the 1861 Census return. He was 9 years old and living in a house in Lake Lane, Towcester. Like many streets and lanes…