In October 2020, Ian received a private message via WikiTree from a first cousin on his paternal side, seems his eldest cousin Jane was also trying independently to solve the family mystery. Jane had been trying to solve the mystery of Joseph Leigh Hunter and Leigh Hunter for a few Read more
Many thanks to Jane and her father Joseph for sharing this photo of Thomas Hunter and Jessie Forrest McCallum on their wedding day on 5th August 1932, which took place in Bathgate, Scotland
Miss S. Leigh (daughter) Sarah Lee 1873 – 1933 Mr. J. Leigh (son) John Lee 1863 – 1918 Mrs Cotton, London (daughter) Mary Lee 1861 – 1946 Mr. and Mrs. J. Gilliland, (son-in-law and daughter) Ada Isabel Lee 1879 – 1950 Mr. Ellison (son-in-law) Son of Annie Lee 1865 – Read more
Jane and Ian are now 100% certain of our paternal lineage, so on to solving the next mystery. A previous post we made was this one – It means nothing to me, an unexpected relative Ian has been a huge fan of this musician since he was a teenager. The Read more
When Jane and Ian initially suggested to Bill how we thought we were related via DNA, Bill was very sceptical, Ian recalls that he thought Bill was slightly “hostile” to our suggestion, he told Ian to prove it with records! Proving it with records was something Jane and Ian knew Read more
The photograph below is of Hannah Lee born on 20 July, 1870 Stanhope, Durham. She was the daughter of Thomas Lee b.1844 & Jane Ann Featherston. Hannah is a 2nd cousin, 3x removed to Jane and Ian. She married John George Nattrass (1875 – 1947) on 01 September, 1895 – Read more
We posted back in September 2021 about a mystery post card that Jane’s father has in his possession, click here to read that post. The earlier post mentions the names Sarah, Jack and Ada. Now we know for certain the real identity of Joseph Leigh Hunter; we know who the Read more
A shared match has recently appeared on MyHeritage showing that they share DNA with Jane, her father Joseph and Ian. Joseph shares the most DNA with the lady, he shares 105 cM as shown be below: We have removed some identifying information and presented the lady’s family tree below. Please Read more
CottonHistorian posted the following information and photographs on findagrave.com Some photographs of Mary taken at different points in her life CottonHistorian – Was John Nicholas Cotton 1958- 31 May 2021. Nick, as he was known, descended from Mary Cotton nee Lee. Jane corresponded with Nick by email in early 2021. Read more
