My Family History

Thank you for the huge amount of information on these pages. Can I suggest a set of small corrections concerning the Churchills in the Cartwight Family section, as follows (additions marked in red):

Mary's eldest daughter, Mary Cartwright Churchill, had married Andrew Perston on 18 June 1833 at St Mary’s Church, Nottingham. They had 3 daughters: Charlotte Churchill Perston, Elizabeth Reid Perston and Mary Churchill Perston. …

However in 1838, a tragic event took place which would shake the family, and leave Esther a widow and her children without a father. On September 5, Daft Smith Churchill went on a business trip to Scotland, travelling with his friend, James Perston, the brother of Andrew Perston (the husband of his half-sister, Mary Cartwright Churchill). They boarded the Steamship SS Forfarshire at Hull, bound for Edinburgh and Dundee, sharing a cabin. …

45 people were drowned, including Daft Churchill and James Perston. Daft Churchill’s body was finally washed ashore, at North Shields, over a month later. James’s was never found. Daft Smith Churchill was buried at the Nottingham General Cemetery with the cemetery directors erecting an obelisk in his memory, near the entrance.

Regards.