According to 1900 census: George b Jul 1842, 'knife temperer,' Selena b Aug 1847, Emlie b Oct 1870, John b 1872, all in England, resided Buckland, Mass. (part of which is in Shel. Falls), and arrived 1884 [? but] were in US for 6 years. According to Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910: Annie, dau of George & Selena (Spencer) Coward, of Buckland, d. Buckland, 4 Nov 1897, age 20-10-2, of pulmonary tuberculosis, buried Arms Cemetery, Shelburne. According to Boston passenger Lists, 1820-1943: John (age 23, hawker) & Anna Coward (age 18) arrived in Boston, Mass. on the 'Catalonia' 15 Oct 1894, having departed Liverpool, England via Queenstown, Ireland. Selma Coward of Sheffield (age 42) arrived in Boston, Mass. on the 'Pavonia' 29 Oct 1893, with friend S Oates, having departed Liverpool, England via Queenstown, Ireland. According to New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957: George (age 51, file forger) and Emily Coward (ae 24, servant) of England, destined for Shelburne Falls, arrived New York, New York 11 Sept 1895 on the 'Majestic,' having departed Liverpool, England. Hope this is some help. Joel ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <MAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 6:45 PM Subject: [MAFRANKL] Information about Coward > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Coward > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.franklin/2139/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Some members of my family left Sheffield in 1894/5 to live in Shelburne > Falls. Since they were cutlers by trade I assume they went to work at the > Lamson and Goodnow factory who I know recruited from Sheffield. The family > consisted of parents George and Selena and children, John, Anna and Emily. > I know that Emily returned to Sheffield but would love to find out what > happened to the rest of the family. Any help would be much appreciated. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am not familiar with your sources for the Ships passenger lists--I'm referring to the COWARD lookup information. Would they have any information on James SENIOR coming over about 1850 from Sheffield? This family was in Northfield, (Litchfield), CT working for the Northfield Knife Company before moving to Buckland. In 1860, they are listed ion the census with real property but I have not had a chance to follow up research on that property. At least some of them moved on to other knife making towns; son, Joseph SENIOR and his wife Hannah moved back to Northfield, CT. U.S. 1860 census in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts: James SENIOR, 48, M, Pocket Cutler, Real Estate=$1000, Personal Prop.=200, b. England Barbary SENIOR, 45, F, b. England Amelia SENIOR, 16, F, b. England Emma SENIOR, 13, F, b. England Ernest SENIOR, 8, M, b. Connecticut,, U.S.A. Arvina(?) SENIOR, 5, F, b. Connecticut, U.S.A. At the same house: Joseph SENIOR, 26, M, Pocket Cutlery, Personal Prop=$150, b. England Hannah SENIOR, 24, F, b. England Lydia J. SENIOR, 1, F, b. Connecticut, U.S.A. (note: every other reference calls her Nettie Jane SENIOR if this is the same person--maybe younger siblings couldn't say Lydia) Hannah SENIOR was formerly Hannah Marshall and she was in Beaver Falls, PA before she was in Northfield, Litchfield, CT. Joseph and Hannah SENIOR are buried in Northfield Cemetery in CT. I know that some of these family members moved to nearby states such as NY and CT, where there was work in other knife factories but I have no trail for James SENIOR and I'm wondering if he is buried somewhere in this area? Thanks for any leads. Ginny Echelberger