James Cobley was one of Ari’s 3x great-grandfathers, born in 1846 in South Luffenham, Rutland. His father was William Cobley and his mother was Mary Davis. Corbel on St Mary’s church, South Luffenham I have just found his baptism at St Mary’s, listed as Calverley: He appears in the 1851 census, age 5, when the family were living in Barrowden. Inscribed stone at Appletree Cottage, Barrowden. Possibly an admonition to mourners passing in funeral processions. By 1861, at age 15,

One of Ari’s 5x great-grandmothers was Susanna Burton, the mother of William Cobley. Susanna was born in 1784. I am working on the theory that her parents were Francis and Susannah Burton, and if this is the case then she was born on 13 April and baptised on 10 June in the village of Ridlington in Rutland. The baptism record on Findmypast says that the parents live at Leigh Lodge, which is a listed building now. Of course once you identify someone’s parents you can start to f

William Cobley was Ari’s 4x great-grandfather, born in 1814 in Barrowden, a parish on the river Welland in Rutland, and also on the Jurassic Way. As I started looking at what I knew about him this morning, things got a bit confusing. I thought I’d found his marriage to Mary Davis in 1841 but then couldn’t find it again. What I found instead were the banns and marriage record for: That definitely says Coverley! Now I wasn’t sure. Is this the same person? Would Cobley and Cover