Hi Jan, I don't know if this is the Charles you are referring to but there is the following record... Schedule C. - Deaths. Registration District of Simcoe, Ontario. No. 30 Name: Charles PLAXTON Date of Death: 14th Feb 1873 Gender: M Age: 77 Rank or Profession: Farmer Where born: Yorkshire, England Certified Cause of Death and duration of Illness: Unknown, 2 weeks Name of Physician: Dr. Hamilton Signature, description and address of informant: John Plaxton, On., When registered: 27th December, 1873 Religious Denomination of Deceased: W. Methodist Signature of Registrar: Geo. Tudhope D.K. Remarks: 009205 (I think) Gill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Holmes" <tigerjan775@hotmail.com> To: <eng-east-yorks@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:38 PM Subject: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] PLAXTON Cottingham > Hi All, > > I am trying to unravel a mystery surrounding my husband's GG grandmother > Ellen PLAXTON, I have been to the archives at Beverley today to check, and > have come back more confused than ever! > > Ellen's marriage to James MORLEY in 1855 gives her age on the certificate > as 19 and her father as George PLAXTON, which points to a birth in 1836. > The IGI and the Cottingham microfiche have a baptism for Ellen PLAXTON in > 1836, father Charles (!!) mother Ellen, and one in 1832 with a father > George and mother Ellen. Ellen's census shows her age matching a birth in > 1835/36, and she was buried in Cottingham cemetery in 1900, where the age > on her headstone is 65. > > The IGI has a marriage in 1827 of George PLAXTON and Ellen DOPER (on the > microfiche it definitely isn't DOPER, though it is difficult to tell > exactly what is does say) and a marriage of Charles PLAXTON and Mary TRAIN > (not Ellen!) in 1819. (I think this Charles is the older brother of > George). My FTM 2008 software brings up an Ancestry One World Tree match > for Charles suggesting he died in Ontario, Canada and I haven't been able > to find him on any English census. Ellen is living with George and Ellen > in 1851, in 1841 aged 5 she is living with William and Elizabeth > KIRMAN.....I haven't even begun to look at their connection with this > puzzle yet!! > > So I have 3 questions. > 1. Does anyone have any of these Cottingham PLAXTONS in their tree and can > shed any light on any of this? > 2. Is it likely the PR could be wrong? > 3. Does anyone know where I can find out if and when Charles went to > Canada, and who went with him? > > Hoping someone can help. > > Jan Holmes > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get Hotmail on your mobile. Text MSN to 63463 now! > http://mobile.uk.msn.com/pc/mail.aspx > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message