Wayne and Linda Townsend's Family Home Page
Updated September 1, 2009
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"EVERY DAY IS A NEW BEGINNING"
Welcome to our Family Home Page. We are researching the following names : Townsend, Cottingham, Tewksbury, Beamish, Paddock, Pickering, Wood, Poole, Philips, Butler, Crosby, Freeman, Arnold, Hazard, Dillon, Anthony, Tripp, Groves, Potter, Sheldon, Sands (Sandys), Niles and Mohler.
I am particularly interested in Townsend information circa 1786 in the Barnstable MA area and the Southeast NY area. My "Brick Wall" was Stephen Townsend, the beginning of my particular branch of the tree, who married Mercy Crosby, daughter of Eleaser Crosby and Jemima Porter. Their son Isaac married Susan Butler probably around 1830. Fortunately I have been helped along by others and now have a fairly comprehensive single line back to John Townsend and his wife Elizabeth Montgomery who emigrated from England about 1645. I have recently been sent a copy of Stephen Townsend's will listing all 11 of their children. That information is in the report on this page.
I have added a number of old tin type pictures from our Family Bible but have no clue as to who most of the people are. I have indicated them as "Unknown". I do know that one of them is Mary Jane (Poole) Tewksbury, my Great, Great Grandmother. I also have one of Susan Butler. The rest are unknown. Please feel free to contact my regarding any of the above names .
Linda and I travelled through the North Eastern United States the summer of 2002 and visited a number of cemeteries doing what we affectionately call "The Graveyard Stomp". We took a number of pictures of Townsend and Cottingham gravestones. I have a good collection of photos from the Jerusalem Hill Cemetery at Litchfield NY (Townsend and Crosby) and others from the Evergreen Cemetery at Motley MN.(Townsend and Cottingham)
My current challenge is getting information on Lenor (my Great Grandfather) Townsend and his sister Emma. Emma married Thomas Groves and they had three boys; Cory, Earl and Carl. Evidently Thomas was killed in an accident in 1907. I have no information on any other possible siblings of Lenor and Emma. Their parents were Isaac Townsend and Susan Ann (Butler)Townsend. I am also working on finding information on my maternal Grandmother Rachel Wood who was evidently sent to Canada from England as a very young child under one of the programs at that time (similar to the Barnardo Children ). She is listed as a "domestic" in a farm home in Southeastern Saskatchewan at the age of 8 in the 1901 census. She had a sister, Amanda (whom my mother was named after) but I have no idea if she stayed in England or was sent to Canada or elsewhere.
I am presently working on a Family History Book (for our children and grandchildren) which I hope will be of interest. I have absolutely no intention of every having it published or printed but I thought it might be nice for our future families to read. I guess I just want my time to be proven valuable to someone other than myself.
The family photos are just some that I have run across and thought might be of interest to family members. I have added a few current family photos just for fun.
My Brother-in-Law David Pickering (who got me started in this hobby)has an very extensive library on the Beamish and Pickering families.
I have a fairly good selection regarding the Cottinghams (343 individuals) and Tewksburys and I am constantly getting more thanks to e-mail contacts. My Townsend information is also growing daily and includes 570 individuals at this point. I am more than willing to share information but I will not put my hard work on the internet to be captured and "sold" by anyone.
If you are interested, please contact me, I'd love to work with you.
Thank you for visiting our site.
Good Hunting!
Wayne Townsend
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- Wayne and Linda in Cruise Mode (140 KB)
Here we are all dressed up and enjoying our cruise in the Caribbean. What a great way to holiday!
- Townsend Home, Motley, MN 1886 (377 KB)
Left to right.. Lenor Townsend, Cora (Tewksbury)Townsend, Clarence and Claude on the fence, Jane Tewksbury (Cora's Mother), Pearl, Clyde and Max (note the dresses on the two young boys!) (See "Their First Pants")
- Susan (Butler) Townsend (40 KB)
Susan Townsend...wife of Isaac and mother of Emma and Lenor Townsend
- Unknown 1- Picture from Family Bible (23 KB)
No idea who this fellow is...do you know him?
- Seven Wonderful Grandchildren (325 KB)
Here are the whole bunch on the swing set in our back yard at our "good bye" brunch. Janice and James and their four wonderful children moved from Victoria to Halifax, NS shortly afterward.
Rob and Jen and their three boys are still here on the island.
- Lenor Townsend with his son Claude (155 KB)
Here is Lenor with Claude and Molly the horse. My grandfather, Clarence, Lenor's son claimed that Lenor was a jocky and to sweat his weight off he would have the boys bury him up to his neck in the manure pile and pour water on it to produce heat. Some sauna ! No thanks !
- Our new family member...Penny age 6 weeks (593 KB)
We picked Penny up in Pahrump Nevada the day before we were scheduled to leave for home in March 09. Fortunately she was a great traveler and slept most of the way in a milk crate.
- The Ichabod Niles Cottingham family around 1905 (119 KB)
Left to right Front row: (seated) Ichabod Niles, Daniel Omar (Dick), Melissa.
Left to right Back row: Guy, Ada, Lucy, Mary, Tacy, Bertha and Clinton
- Unknown 2 - Picture from Family Bible (16 KB)
No idea of this person's identity but he has his elbow on my bible! Do you know him?
- Our new family member...Penny 07 months old (491 KB)
As you can see, she has grown just a bit! She still wants to be a "lap dog". Her life consists of eating, sleeping and playing so it's no wonder she is gaining weight! This picture was taken August 31, 2009 on our sun deck.
- Morgan Lewis Townsend (22 KB)
Eldest son of Stephen and Mercy Townsend
- Wayne and Jonathan at the beach (71 KB)
Here we are enjoying a day at the ocean not far from our home. Jonathan (I call him Bumper) is almost sleeping. He has had a busy day.
- Unknown 4- Picture from Family Bible (15 KB)
Who is he?
- Linda and Jessica looking for "Critters" (84 KB)
Here they are searching the tidal pools for little critters. What a great way to enjoy grandchildren! We are blessed to have them living so close to us.
- Unknown 5 - Picture from Family Bible (14 KB)
Who is he?
- Wayne and his horse Taurus..summer of 2000 (162 KB)
Here we are getting ready to go for a ride through the bush. I'm not sure which of us enjoys it more. We are blessed with silence and beauty all in one while we are in the forest and on the beach.
- Unknown 6 - Picture from Family Bible (19 KB)
So who's children are these?
- Four tough "Cottingham" guys (15 KB)
Ralph Townsend, Clint Cottingham, Donald Cottingham and Paul Hayner 1976
- At Clint Cottingham's 1946 (22 KB)
Here are Jim and Joyce Cottingham, Dad, Grandpa Townsend and me at Uncle Clint's in Fairview Montana.
- Unknown 7 - picture from Family Bible (11 KB)
Anyone know who this lady and her children are?
- Unknown 8- picture from Family Bible (10 KB)
Anyone know who this young lady is?
- Unknown 9- picture from Family Bible (9 KB)
Anyone know who this young lady is?
- Great Grandma Cottingham (9 KB)
Melissa Rowena Mohler married Ichabod Niles Cottingham in 1866 and had 9 children. She was a school teacher.
- Unknown 9- picture from Family Bible (17 KB)
Anyone know who this young lady with the interesting hair is?
- At the Hayner Farm circa 1926 or thereabouts (12 KB)
Here are Grandma Townsend, Dad, James Cottingham (in the car) Lillian Cottingham and Grandpa Townsend at the Hayner farm near Admiral, Saskatchewan.
- Clarence Sidney Townsend age approximately 1 year (50 KB)
Here is Gramps in his carriage at about the age of one year or less. I wish I had that carriage now.
- At the Hayner farm around 1926 (11 KB)
Grandma Tacy Townsend, Ralph Townsend, James Cottingham (in the car), Clinton Cottingham and Clarence Townsend at the Hayner farm near Admiral Saskatchewan.
- Clarence Sidney Townsend age about 16 to 18 (79 KB)
Here is Gramps as a young man. It is hard to tell wheather this is a picture of my father or my grandfather except for the style of clothes and the name on the back of the photo.
- Linda and Chandler (24 KB)
It is always fun playing with grandchildren. Here are Linda and Chandler Townsend having a laugh about something. Who knows what...they are just having fun together.
- Mary Jane Tewksbury (35 KB)
Jane Tewksbury, wife of Ira B.
- Wayne and Zachary (35 KB)
It is always fun playing with grandchildren. Here are Wayne and Zachary Townsend having a game of checkers. Zachary won!
- Ira B. Tewksbury (209 KB)
Ira B. Tewksbury was a soldier in the Union Forces during the civil war. He was captured and died in Salisbury Prison Camp, NC.
- Zachary Townsend and the Bubble Gum machine (97 KB)
Zachary has a problem..."I can see it in there, but....."
- Clifton and Max Townsend (300 KB)
Photo of two of the Townsend brothers, Clifton and Max. Probably taken sometime in the 1940's.
- Wayne 1945 (322 KB)
Wasn't he cute??
- Max and Clyde Townsend in their new pants (207 KB)
Here they are, their FIRST pair of pants. Up until this time they had been wearing dresses which was the common practice in those days. Both girls and boys wore dresses until the age of about 5 years.
- Wayne , Zachary and Chandler (700 KB)
Here we are camping. It was a semi-miserable day and Zachary really wanted to be at the playground,not just sitting around. Chandler is having fun anyway.
- Linda and Megan Smyth (our 6th Grandchild) (41 KB)
Megan is our second wonderful granddaughter. What a doll. I call her Tinker Bell because she was so tiny when she was born.
- Great Grandma Townsend and family (76 KB)
Great Grandma Cora (Tewksbury) Townsend with her family. Unfortunately Lenor had left them by the time this was taken and she was a single mom with six children. Back Row L-R are Max, Claude and Clarence. Front Row L-R are Pearl, Cora, Ruth and Clyde.
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