CaswellFamily

John Caswell b.13 Feb 1825 in Coppice, Sedgley, Staffordshire, England married Elizabeth Wakelam on 14 Dec 1845 at
St. John's Church, Parish of Dudley, Worcestershire, England. Elizabeth was chr. 11 May 1828 in Sedgley, Staffordshire.
        1) Job Caswell b 13 Feb 1860 in Coppice, Sedgley, Staffs. d. 23 Jul 1933 in Taber, Alberta.
            married a woman born Sarah Ann Glover 29 Jan 1852 to John Glover and Rebecca Thompson in Wolverhampton.

              Sarah has a very tragic story. She was first married to Charles Astbury b .16 May 1844 in Bloxwich, Staffordshire and
              died in a mining disaster at the Pelsal Hall Colliery 14 Nov 1872. He had married Sarah 5 Oct 1868 in Walsall,
              Staffordshire, leaving Sarah with two small children,
                    1) Hannah Astbury b. abt 1865 in Walsall, Staffs, d. 10 Oct 1908, Heath End, Pelsall, Staffs
                    2) William Charles Astbury b. 1 Sept 1871 in Walsall, Staffs, d. 29 Aug 1923 in Pelsall, Staffs

               Sarah then married James B. Whitcutt b. 13 Jul 1845 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire in 1874 in Sedgley, Staffs.
                 James was also killed in a mining disaster in 1882 again in Pelsall, Staffs., with James, Sarah had 6 children
                        a) Jonah Whitcutt chr 27 Jul 1875, Pelsall, Staffs., d 28 Jul 1875 in Pelsall, Staffs
                        b) Clara Whitcutt chr. 16 Nov 1876 in Pelsall, d. 24 Aug 1880 in Pelsall, Staffs
                        c) Ada Mary Whitcutt chr 21 Jul 1878 in Pelsall, Staffs, died 12 Aug 1939, Taber Alberta.
                        d) Frederick Charles Whitcutt chr. 28 Nov 1880 in Pelsall, Staffs, died 15 Nov 1915 in Belgium during
                            World War 1.
                        e) James Jr. Whitcutt b. 1881 in Pelsall, Staffs., d Jun Quarter 1884 in Pelsall, Staffs
                        f) Kathleen " Kate " Whitcutt b. 17 Jan 1883 in Pelsall, Staffs., d. 15 Feb 1982, Taber, Alberta.

                After the death of her second husband, Sarah married Job Caswell 6 Sept 1886 at St. Michael's and All Angel's
                Church in Pelsall, Staffordshire. Job and Sarah had the following children
                                i) Walter Caswell ,b. 8 May 1887 in Walsall, Staffs.
                               ii) Maude Caswell ,b. 30 Jan 1890 in Pelsall, Staffs., d. March 1903 in Pelsall.
                              iii) Albert Henry Caswell, b. 21 Sept 1891 in Pelsall, died Mar 1904 in Pelsall
                              iv) Elizabeth May Caswell b. 25 Mar 1894, Walsall, Staffs., d. 8 Mar 1970 in Kelowna,
                                   British Columbia.
                               v) Ernest Harold Caswell b. 14 Aug 1896 in Staffordshire, died 10 Apr 1917 in Barlin, France
                                   in World War 1.

             See Notes for Job and Sarah Caswell.....

        2) John Jr. Caswell b. abt 1863 in Sedgley, Staffs.
        3) Sarah Ann Caswell b. abt 1866 in Sedgley, Staffs.

There were probably more children born to John and Elizabeth but I have not been able to find them.

Notes for Job and Sarah Caswell;

    In the early 1900's Job and Sarah emmigrated to Canada and settled in Taber, Alberta. He had been injured and walked with a limp. Current speculation is that Job was with the 80th of Foot, Staffordshire Regiment and saw action during one of the many African battles in the latter part of the 1800's. This has not been verified.
   Sarah's two children by Charles Astbury remained in England.
   Three of her children by James B. Whitcutt came to Canada, Ada Mary Whitcutt, Frederick Charles Whitcutt and Kate Whitcutt.
    Walter Caswell, Elizabeth May Caswell and Ernest Harold Caswell all came with their parents and settled in and around Taber and Bow Island, Alberta.
    Sarah Caswell / Whitcutt / Astbury passed away 18 Nov 1930 in Taber, Alberta. Both Job and Sarah are side by side in the Taber Cemetery, having lost to death 5 children before she came to Canada and 2 sons who sacrificed their lives during World War 1. I look at her picture and see an overwelming sadness and yet I see a warmth and tenderness sparkling through her eyes.

A great deal more family history will be posted as time permits