The Sunley Dynasty
The Family of William Sellars Cowton and Dorothy Simpson
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1. FROM SONLEY TO SUNLEY TO STUBBS AND BACK TO SUNLEY 2. SIMPSON 3. SELLERS
4. COWTON 5. DITCHBURN 6. THE FAMILY OF JOHN RICHARD COWTON AND MARION DITCHBURN


DENNIS GORDON COWTON (1927 - 2007)
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Dennis was born on the 17th September 1927 at Cayton,
the sixth child of
William and Dorothy Cowton.

Dennis was twin to George.

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When he left Ayton school he worked on various local farms.

Towards the end of WW2 Dennis was an auxiliary fireman at Snainton.


He eventually became a coal delivery driver for Chadwick’s.




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On the 19th January 1950 he was married to
GLENYS (Nicholson)
(born 1929 at Scarborough).
When they were married they moved into a newly built council house at 24 West End, Cayton and Glenys still lives there.

Dennis later worked at Cayton Garage until he retired. 

Dennis suffered from Parkinson’s disease for a number of years.
He died peacefully at home on the 26th January 2007.

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Dennis and Glenys had three children:-
SUSANv

born 1950 at Scarborough.

In 1967 at Cayton Church
she married JOHN TROTTER,
(born 1946 at
Newcastle upon Tyne).


They live in Newcastle and have the following children:-


Susan & Emma 1981

John & Susan
  Garry Trotter (Nicholson)_

born 1968
at Scarborough.

Garry married Tammy Nicholson and changed his surname by deed poll to Nicholson
and they have 3 children:-
Connie

Abigail and Joe


Gary & Connie 2001

Gary & Tammy
  Mark Trotter

born 1971 at Ashington.

sadly Mark died in 2006.

  EmmaTrotteremma
born 1981 at York.
CHRISTOPHERv

born 1951 at Scarborough.
Married to Diane (Lightfoot), Divorced.
They had a son:-

Martin Cowton born 1971 at Scarborough.

Christopher was married again to Helen (Rhodes),
born 1956 at York,
they later divorced.
They had the following children:-

James Cowton born 1979 at Scarborough.

Lee Cowton born 1984 at Scarborough.

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Chris, James & Helen
  In 2003 Christopher was married for a third time at Scarborough Register Office to
Carol Christine (Mathews),
born 1951 at Scarborough.
DEBORAHv

born 1962 at Cayton.
In 1981 at Cayton Church,
she married RUSSELL BLAND
(born 1958 in Ontario).
They live in Glenrothes, Scotland.


They had the following children:-

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Benjamin John Bland

born 1982 at Scarborough.
He and his partner Rachel Louis Leighton
have the following children:-


Grace Harry & Jack

    Jack William Bland born 2004
    Grace Louise Bland born 2005
    Harry Bland born 2008
Daniel Aaron Bland born 1984
at Scarborough.

In 2005 at Gretna,
he married Johanne Kate (Morrison)
(born 1980)

They have the following children:-
    Alyssa Kate Bland
    Charlie Elizabeth Bland
Matthew Bland born 1986 at Scarborough.
  Elizabeth Bland born 1989 at Harrogate.
  Amelia Rose Bland born 2001 at Kirkcaldy.
  Luke Russell Bland born 2003 at Kirkcaldy.
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