'When James KEAR married Sarah Ann COLE - one witness was Comfort BURCHER - Charles BURCHER married Comfort COLE - J/A/S Qtr 1843, Westbury & C'
- Comfort is James COLE's sister - christened 21 April 1822, at Blaisdon St Michael, parents Richard & Sarah COLE
+ at Blaisdon, Elizabeth - 12 November 1826, Esther - 17 July 1825 and (Harriet - 1823 - address given as Huntley)

1871 Census, Westbury on Severn

Charles BURCHER - 59. Ag. Lab. born Glos. Blaisdon
Comfort BURCHER - 49 - born ditto
Richard COLE - Lodger, Widower, age 71, late Toll Gate Keeper - born Hartpury - Comfort & James father....)

1851 Census, Westbury on Severn, Elton Tything

Richard COLE - 60 Labourer, born Westbury
Sarah COLE - 57 - born Hartpury

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1871 Census, Pitchen Green, Glos. East Dean

James KEAR - 25 - Stone Mason - born East Dean
Sarah - 26, born Brookthorpe
Eliza - 1 - born East Dean
Mary - two months, born East Dean
Emma KEAR - sister unmarried age 12

On the 1871/1881 census, James COLE, Widower- age 61, Ag. Lab. born Eastington, is next door to a TRIGG family ..... another witnesses at James KEAR and Sarah Ann COLE, in 1866 - was a Richard TRIGG.

The TRIGG family on the 1881 census, is Susan TRIGG age 38, Iron Miner's Widow, and children, Clara 11, Emma 10, Edith 8, Alfred 5 and Agnes 2. Richard TRIGG is on the 1871 census.

1861 Census, Brookthorpe
Near Pitchombe?

COLE

James - widower, age 42 - Ag. Lab. born Eastington
Daniel - son - age 11 - born Brookthorpe
Louisa - daughter age 8 - born Brookthorpe

1851 Census, Glos. Brookthorpe,
Winstones

COLE

James - 37, Labourer, born Eastington
Mary - 30 - all born Brookthorpe
George - 7
Sarah Ann - 6
William - 4
Daniel - 1

1841 Census, Brockthrop, Glos

James COLE - 20 Lab - born in County
Mary COLE - 20 - born in County

Eastington, (Stonehouse) St Michaels & All Angles

Only one COLE baptism

James COLE - 3 October 1819, parents Richard & Sarah