As I've repied above, I can't find Robert and Margaret in 1911 and I also can't pin down a death for Robert.
That John Emmerson Stoker is a family thing (Emmerson is a surname from previous generations) and does take some working thru. These 2 are cousins, but the name goes thru 3 generations of oldest sons.
Here's a nice newspaper article about one of them - I've only found 14 of the 21 children so far
Cheers, MTS
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09-02-2018, 3:50 PM #24
almach - brilliant find! thanks.
A simple google of 'fred stokes clog dancer' gave this - https://insteprt.co.uk/world-clog-dan...w-london-1898/ - World Championships! including newsreel footage of the final.
- Seems Fred won his heat (on the Monday) but didn't make the final. The newspaper links at the bottom are worth a look too for gripping step by step accounts.
A biographical note on the same site says -
Stokes, Fred Clog dancer from Sunderland. Competed in the World Clog Championships in Bow, London 1898. Won his heat but was knocked out in the semi-finals. Untraced. Information from Era 22/1/1898, 12/2/1898.
Looks like another project in the offing now for his biography.
Cheers, MTSLast edited by emmteeyess; 09-02-2018 at 3:56 PM. Reason: biography notes added
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09-02-2018, 5:36 PM #25
I'm very pleased for you MTS. Always exciting when flesh can be put on the bones. Have fun researching Fred. Your link above is super, very informative, it's a dream find.
Now, if only we can find his marriage.Alma
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09-02-2018, 5:56 PM #26
I wonder if Fred/Thomas' wife's stage name was Maggie Ethlo, as a person of that name appears in many of the same productions as Fred Stokes.
Alma
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11-02-2018, 6:53 PM #27
I got carried away loooking up Fred Stokes and his career and learning about clog dancing and victorian musichall acts. There ARE lots of mentions in the Era, and he seems to have played nationwide.
Maggie Ethlo and sometimes a Maggie Francis is mentioned a lot too.
Passing on my finds to some of my cousins prompted one to reply that she'd looked at Thomas some years ago and found a marriage for him and a Margaret Kaglow (on FreeBMD for Mar 1885 in Lincoln)
Looks too complicated a trail of names for her be Robert's 2nd wife, but still fascinating.
As I've said before - now got 2 trails to follow up.
Cheers, MTS
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12-02-2018, 1:37 AM #28
Hi MTS, I suspect KAGLOW is a mistranscription and is probably KAYLOW. FreeBMD have only one Kaglow and that's the marriage of Margaret to Thomas Stoker, there's a few Kaylow's and the name seems to have its origins in Ireland.
Family Search has a transcript of the marriage.
Thomas Stoker/Margaret Kaylow, 30 Mar 1885, St Swithen, Lincoln, Lincoln, England
Father's Name: John Emmerson Stoker
Spouse's Father's Name: Hugh Mullen KaylowAlma
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12-02-2018, 5:13 AM #29
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I know you haven't got a current sub to FMP, so you might have to see if either the library have access to it or else indulge in a few credits (though you can take out a monthly sub).
Copy of PR entry on FMP.
Search, then from dropdown menu click on A-Z record sets.
Type Lincolnshire, and at bottom of results list select Parish registers browse.
Type year, marriages, parish is Lincoln St Swithin (two i's, not an i and an e).
Then choose page 155 of 262, press go.
Margaret's surname is clearly spelt Kaylow, and her signature is clear too.
Thomas's occupation is comedian.
I've put postems on FreeBMD re the incorrect spelling of Maragaret's name. (I do like my postems. )
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12-02-2018, 8:46 AM #30
In fairness to my cousin she did 'seem to remember' the details as Kaylow as you've quoted! It was me who found the Kaglow entry.
The FS transcription clinches it tho with John Emmerson Stoker popping up as the groom's father.
I do occasionaly take out a month's sub to FMP when I get a few leads. This will be one of them now.
Cheers, MTS
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