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Family: John Christopher Mathew Van Cooten / Martha Keane Smithers (F19)

m. 23 Jul 1808

• Father | Male John Christopher Mathew Van Cooten

  
  

  Born	Abt 1786	Demerara, West Indies
  Died	28 Feb 1875	Guernsey, UK
  Buried	5 Mar 1875	St Martins, Guernsey, UK
  Married	23 Jul 1808  [1, 2]	St Woolas, Newport, UK  [1, 2]
  Father	Hendrik Van Cooten | F18 Group Sheet
  Mother	Anna or Dorothy/Dorotheé/Dorothea Nicols | F18 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Martha Keane Smithers

  
  

  Born	24 Apr 1790	Surrey, England
  Christened	24 Apr 1790	St George Indep, Southwark, London, UK
  Died	8 Jan 1854	St Giles, London, England
  Buried
  Father	Henry Keane Smithers | F28 Group Sheet
  Mother	Sophia Unknown | F28 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male John Lucius Van Cooten

  
  

  Born	2 Nov 1809	Bristol, Gloucester, England
  Died	27 Dec 1890	Wallingford, Berkshire, England
  Buried	29 Dec 1890
  Spouse	Frances Mary Theresa Kent | F839
  Married	16 Oct 1833	St Peter Port, Guernsey, UK
  Spouse	Emma Griggs | F762
  Married	Abt 1854

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Maria Anna Van Cooten

  
  

  Born	Abt 1813	Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
  Died	12 Dec 1873	Gravesend, Kent, England
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Sydney Silicae Van Cooten

  
  

  Born	Abt 1815	England
  Died	Abt Sep 1899
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Hendrik Leodinas Van Cooten

  
  

  Born	25 Jul 1816	Saint Malo, Ille et Vilaine, France
  Died	4 Jan 1817	Saint Malo, Ille et Vilaine, France
  Buried	4 Jan 1817	Saint Malo, Ille et Vilaine, France

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Rosalie Virginia Van Cooten

  
  

  Born	25 Jul 1816	Saint Malo, Ille et Vilaine, France
  Died	4 Mar 1890
  Buried		Candie Cemetery, St Peter Port, Guernsey, UK
  Spouse	L /Gorman Garnham | F766
  Married	Aft 1861

  
  

  Child 6 | Male Eugene Celadon Van Cooten

  
  

  Born	Abt 1820
  Died	13 Mar 1851	Badagry, Yoruba, Nigeria
  Buried
  Spouse	Emily Primrose | F842
  Married	11 Oct 1849	St Clements, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  
  

• Notes

  ESG says four other children died as babies Marriage appears in transcript of Parish Register for St Woolos, Newport, Gwent. No record is found in the transcript of the Baptism Register for St Woolos 1769-1837 of any Van Cooten births, nor in the Burial Register for St Woolos 1769-1843 of any Van Cooten burials. Fiche of these registers is also contained as source 179. [2, 3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Letter to John Hughes Van Cooten, Ida Gorsuch. [S179] Marriage of John Van-cooten to Martha Smithers. [S77] Family list from Ida Gorsuch.

  
  

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