1787
Baptised
17 June 1787 at Wistow
June 17th 1787, Wistow, Yorkshire (Parish Records)— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
Dinah Cousans
1787 – 1865
Dinah Cousans was baptised on 17 June 1787 at Wistow, daughter of Robert Cousans and Mary Hunt. She married Thomas Caukill on 4 May 1808. Dinah died on 20 May 1865 at Cliffe.
A distillation, assembled from sourced records · 2026
- Baptism
- June 17th 1787, Wistow, Yorkshire (Parish Records)
- Marriage
- May 4th 1808 to Thomas Caukill in Hemingbrough (Parish Records)
- Death
- May 20th 1865, Cliffe, aged 78 years (M.I Hemingbrough.)
- Parents
- Robert Cousans and Mary Hunt
- Siblings
- Elizabeth Cousans baptised November 13th1785 Wistow Dinah Cousans baptised June 17th 1787, Wistow William Cousans baptised May 10th 1789 Wistow Lidia Cousans baptised February 5th 1792, Wistow
- 1808
- Marries Thomas Caukill in Hemingbrough
- Children
- Mary Ann Caukill baptised July 8th 1811 Hemingbrough Martha Caukill baptised February 7th 1813 Hemingbrough (n. v.) Lydia Caukill baptised September 10th 1815, Hemingbrough (n. v.) Thomas Caukill baptised June 26th 1818, Hemingbrough died May le 1819 Sarah Caukill baptised April 9th 1820, Hemingbrough Thomas Caukill, baptised October 3rd 1823 Hemingbrough (n. v.) William Caukill, baptised March 25th 1826 Hemingbrough Hannah Caukill, baptised November 16th 1828, Hemingbrough
- 1841c
- Living in Hemingbrough Thomas Caukill 1776 born Yorkshire Dinah Caukill 1791 born Yorkshire Thomas Caukill 1824 born Yorkshire William Caukill 1827 born Yorkshire Hannah Caukill 1831 born Yorkshire Occupation of Thomas: Farmer
- 1849
- Thomas Caukill dies aged 75 years
- 1851c
- Living in Cliffe (indexed as Cankill) Dinah Caukill (sic) Head, Widow aged 63, born 1788, Wistow Thomas Caukill, Son, aged 27, born 1824, Hemingbrough William Caukill, Son, aged 24,born 1827 Hemingbrough Ann Hare, aged 12,born 1839, Riccall, Servant George Hare, Lodger aged 77, born 1774, Riccall, Blacksmith Occupation: Farmer of 40 acres
- 1861c
- Living in Cliffe cum Lund Dinah Caukill, Head, Widow, aged 74 born Weston (sic) 1787 Thomas Caukill, Son, aged 37 born 1824, Hemingbrough William Caukill, Son, aged 35 born 1826, Hemingbrough William Coates, Servant aged 20 born 1841, Heminbro', Ploughman Occupation: Farmer occupies 34 acres
- 1865
- Death of Dinah at Cliffe aged 78 years
- 1881c
- Thomas and William remained unmarried, farming the land at Cliffe (1881 census)
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1808
Married Thomas Caukill
4 May 1808
May 4th 1808 to Thomas Caukill in Hemingbrough (Parish Records)— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1841
Census · 1841
1841
Living in Hemingbrough Thomas Caukill 1776 born Yorkshire Dinah Caukill 1791 born Yorkshire Thomas Caukill 1824 born Yorkshire William Caukill 1827 born Yorkshire Hannah Caukill 1831 born Yorkshire Occupation of Thomas: Farmer— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1849
In 1849
1849
Thomas Caukill dies aged 75 years— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1851
Census · 1851
1851
Living in Cliffe (indexed as Cankill) Dinah Caukill (sic) Head, Widow aged 63, born 1788, Wistow Thomas Caukill, Son, aged 27, born 1824, Hemingbrough William Caukill, Son, aged 24,born 1827 Hemingbrough Ann Hare, aged 12,born 1839, Riccall, Servant George Hare, Lodger aged 77, born 1774, Riccall, Blacksmith Occupation: Farmer of 40 acres
— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1861
Census · 1861
1861
Living in Cliffe cum Lund Dinah Caukill, Head, Widow, aged 74 born Weston (sic) 1787 Thomas Caukill, Son, aged 37 born 1824, Hemingbrough William Caukill, Son, aged 35 born 1826, Hemingbrough William Coates, Servant aged 20 born 1841, Heminbro', Ploughman Occupation: Farmer occupies 34 acres— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1865
In 1865
1865
Death of Dinah at Cliffe aged 78 years— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1865
Died
20 May 1865 at Cliffe
May 20th 1865, Cliffe, aged 78 years (M.I Hemingbrough.)— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1881
Census · 1881
1881
Thomas and William remained unmarried, farming the land at Cliffe (1881 census)— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.