Cokers from Tring

[murielw]

Is anybody else researching the Coker family from Tring...Henry... father William in about 1834. He was my husband's GG Grandfather and we can find out very little about him.

murielw

[petercornish]

Hi Muriel,

Found two Coker families in the 1841 for Tring, one of which contained Henry aged 8.

HO107/442/5 F.17. P.29. Back Alley, Tring.
Sarah Coker 50
William Coker 20 Canvas Weaver
James Coker 15 Lab
HENRY COKER 8 All born in County.

Hope this will help.

Regards ... Peter

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[murielw]

Many thanks Peter,
That's the our Henry...now I have his mother's name....and another brother....wow

Murielw

[Trish]

Muriel,

Following on Peter's 1841 listing, do you have Henry in 1851?

1851 Census
HO107/1716 Folio 348 Page 24*
Church Lane, Tring, Hertfordshire
William COKER Head Mar 34 Canvass Weaver [born]Herts Tring
Elizabeth Do WIfe Mar 25 Bucks ?Bierton?
Sarah A Do Daur 5 Scholar Herts Tring
Rebecca Do Daur 2 Do Do
Henry Do Brother U 17 Silk ?Throwater? Do Do

...and James?

1851 Census
HO107/1572 Folio 500 Page 38*
79 East St, Lambeth, Surrey
John HOWLETT Head Mar 41 Labourer in Warehouse Bucks Hoddenham
Mary Do Wife Mar 44 Do ?Charsley?
Rebecca Do daur U 21 Do Do
James COKER Son in law Mar 25 Metropolitan Police Herts Tring
Athalia Do Wife mar 20 Bucks ?Taharsley? or ?Schanley?
Elizabeth Do daur 1 Middsex Marylebone

Also... if you don't already have this, there's a death record for a Sarah COKER in the September quarter of 1847 in Watford, Hertfordshire. [Reference: Volume 6, Page 409] Tring is in the district of Watford.

HTH,|
Trish

[b]*The transcription provided is an interpretation of the census image only and may be subject to error and/or omission. Please check the census records to verify the information.

[petercornish]

Hi Muriel,

I read the birthplace for Elizabeth as Bierton, Bucks a small village a few miles from Aylesbury and the occupation of Henry as a 'Silk throwster'.

The Hertfordshire Burial Record includes the following item ... 12 Nov 1843 Sarah Coker Age 53. St.Peter and St.Paul, Tring. FreeBMD quotes the certificate reference as December Quarter 1843, Berkhampstead District, Vol.6, Page 324.

Sorry to cloud the issue.

Regards ... Peter

[murielw]

Many thanks Trish and Peter,

Both of your replies are very helpful. Having been stuck on the Cokers for a long time it is good to get a bit further. I think Henry died in the Richmond, Surrey area, so once I have sorted myself out after moving house I shall get on that.

MurielW

[petercornish]

Hi Muriel,

There is no trace of Henry in the 1861 for Tring, but the entry for William reads ...

RG9/843 F.27. P.4. 18 Park Street, Nash, Tring.
William Coker Head M 43 Silk factory worker Tring
Elizabeth Coker Wife M 35 Bierton, Bucks
Rebecca Coker Dau 12 Tring
William W Coker Son 6 Tring
Fred Coker 4 Tring
Mary Ann Coker Dau 1 Tring

I searched the Tring PRs and traced the following christenings ...
13 Aug 1837 HENRY COKER s/o Sarah, singlewoman, Tring.
15 Mar 1818 WILLIAM COKERE s/o Timothy and Sarah, Labourer, Tring.

Regards ... Peter

Census information is Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

[Trish]

...There is no trace of Henry in the 1861 for Tring, but the entry for William reads ...Peter, you couldn't find Henry? Ancestry has him living in Tring in 1861 as follows:

1861 Census: RG9/843 Folio 33; Page 15*
39 Gravelly Furlong, Tring, Hertforsdhire

Henry COKER Head mar 27 Grocer's Porter [born] Herts; Tring
Sarah Do Wife mar 26 Bucks; Chesham
Harriett Do daur 3 Scholar Kent; Deptford

Judging by Harriett's birthplace, it appears that Sarah and maybe Henry were in Deptford, Kent for some part of the time between 1851 and 1861.

HTH,
Trish

*This transcription is an interpretation of the census image only and may be subject to error and/or omission. Please check the census records to verify the information.

[Trish]

By 1871, Henry and family have moved to Richmond, Surrey:

1871 Census: RG10/869 Folio 73 Page 18
No 6 Paved Court, Richmond, Surrey

Henry COKER Head Mar'd 40 Green Grocer [born] Tring
Sarah COKER Wife do 36 Cook + [at?] Eatery House Chessham [sic] Bucks
Harriett do Daur 13 Scholar Kent Deptford
Joseph do Son 11 do Tring
Sarah J. [or T.] Daur 9 do Tring
James do Son 4 Richmond

Trish

*This transcription is an interpretation of the census image only and may be subject to error and/or omission. Please check the census records to verify the information.

[murielw]

Hi Peter and Trish,
You are both working so hard on my husband's Cokers. It is interesting that Henry's mother was single. On his marriage certificate he gives his father as William Coker, a farmer!!!!! Henry Coker was my husband's GG Grandfather and his daughter Sarah J, in the 1871 census in Richmond, became the second wife of Raymond's G Grandfather, Frederick Nash, and his daughter Harriet, married his G Grandfather William Wallington. Thought you might be interested. Henry probably died, in Richmond, between 1871 and 1879 as Sarah remarried in 1880.

Thanks again,
MurielW