Thanks, Elisabeth -- it was always going to be a long shot! Dave Burton >My connection is that >Henrietta LEAY (1862) illegitimate daughter of Mary OXTON married James >EASTMAN born (1861) in Oldham Lancs. >father James Eastman >children >SQUIRE EASTMAN (1882) >JOHN EASTMAN (1887) >FRANK EASTMAN >LILY EASTMAN (1896) >ANNIE EASTMAN (1897) >ALBERT EASTMAN (1900) > >Afraid I know nothing else about this family > >Elisabeth > > -----Original Message----- >From: Dave Burton [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 10:33 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [BKHD-Wirral] ADMIN Roll Call -- EASTMAN >Elisabeth, may I ask about your EASTMAN connection? > >My greatgrandfather, Josiah EASTMAN (b 1822 in Portsea, Hampshire) >managed >a Cocoa Rooms establishment in Chester St, Birkenhead -- this from the >1881 >census. His wife Susannah (nee BASSETT, m 1844 in Stepney, London) was >dead by this date. Cocoa Rooms were part of an extensive temperance >movement of the time. > >His daughter, Sarah Louisa EASTMAN (b 1848, Islington, London) married >my >greatgrandfather, Thomas BURTON, in 1869 in Liverpool. > >Josiah also had a daughter, Esther Ann, who was 17 in 1881 and living >with >her father. Another EASTMAN, William (b1852, London, and probably >Josiah's >son) also operated a Cocoa Rooms on Price St, Birkenhead. William's wife >was named Hannah and, in 1881, they had one daughter named Louisa. > >Any connection possible? > >Dave Burton