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came across the following site by a lady interested in the history of Eastrington ( Margaret Calams birthplace )

www.btinternet.com/~susanebutler/east_main.html

1851 census
Eastrington Township
1. Eastrington

Sarah Calam 37 W head publican Sproatley Yorkshire
George do 10 son West Newton do
William do 6 son Withernwick do
Margaret do 4 dau Eastrington do
Mary do 3 dau do do
Mary Hunter 18 servant house servant Seaton Ross do
Wilson Thompson 28 U lodger butcher Balkholme do
Thomas Crisp 40 U lodger watchmaker Kirkella do

Father dead r not around

Alexander Calam f William Calam, m Eliza Goodham?goodhand, goodhave 1/10/1879

Lakeview Cemetary 4.s ½ blk 3 sec. 11 billed to William Calam

Not in 1891 census

Or 1901 census

July 22 1866 St Phillips Church Adjacent Wellington St Leeds

July 22 1866 St Phillips Church Adjacent Wellington St Leeds

Marriage of

Benjamin Parker Webster , age 22, Engineman , of Chatham St , Father- Benjamin Webster , Railway Porter
To
Margaret Calam age 20 , of Chatham St , Father - William Calam , Butcher

Witnesses Joseph Mellor , Mary Calam

Marriage of

Benjamin Parker Webster , age 22, Engineman , of Chatham St , Father- Benjamin Webster , Railway Porter
To
Margaret Calam age 20 , of Chatham St , Father - William Calam , Butcher

Witnesses Joseph Mellor , Mary Calam
Transcribed from copy of certificate - Paul Whiteley

obituary

dinner story

Mom's notes

William and Sarah Longhorn Calam

William born at Howden England July 14, 1849

William's father

Isaac Calam

All children Isaac, Thomas. Peter, Hannah, Mary Elizabeth and William

William's children

George, Robert, Peter, William, Margaret, Mary (married Peter Stephenson in London) Elizabeth Dead

Ross Benjamin Webster

picture of house

Margaret Longhorn Calam B Eastrington, Yorkshire.Burial 3/14/1923 Lakeview Cemetary, Bpt, CT

pictures

Sadly, all was not happy for some period of time.

As I was growing up my mother said that Edgar, Benjamin's Eldest son believed that he should inherit the major part of his father's estate as he would have inEngland. I suspect it was a little more complicated that that. I understand there wer one or more lawsuits over a number of years. Of course during that time the Maple Street house was not as well cared for -- it seems they still had borders some of the time, but later, being in a declining neighborhood, the house suffered vandalism which decreased the value further. I'm not sure whether it was always a nickname or something Mary Florence started at the time, but my mother recalled him being known as "King Edward". I believe this left some of the family on strained terms and may have estranged parts of the family for some time. Even more, all of it was public! Right there in the newspaper!

Here is one of the later newspaper clippings.

Mrs. Benjamin Webster (Maggie) died. 3/11/1923

IS this Bertha Mrs Edgar P. Webster?

Mary Florence had very long hair at some points as she was growing up -- influenced by the During the late 19th and early 20th centuries the seven sisters of the Sutherland family of Lockport, NY were a singing group who became very famous for the length of their hair. In the 1880s while traveling with the Barnum and Bailey Circus their father realized that people were more interested in the length of their hair than in their singing. The Seven Sutherland Sisters world-famous for their incredible hair, which reportedly had a collective length of 37 feet. I believe she had friends who also grew their hair long but I'm not sure if they were just friends, cousins or what.