Arthur Thomas COKER

Other Events and Attributes:

• _HEIG: 5ft 2ins
• Residence: 1921-23, 18 Bowyer St, Camberwell, London, England, UK
• Residence: 1887, 1 Kent Cottages, Lovegrove Street, Old Kent Rd, Camberwell, London, England, UK
• Census: 1891, 30 Thompson Street, Camberwell, London, England, UK
• Census: 1901, 31 Thompson Ave, Camberwell, London, England, UK
• Occupation: 1901; Printer
• Occupation: 1908; Hawker/Costermonger
• Census: 1911, 96 Sultan Street, Camberwell, London, England, UK
• Occupation: 1911; Printer's labourer
• Occupation: 1915; Rag sorter
• Residence: 1915, 3 Pinnock Terrace, Notley St, Camberwell, London, England, UK
• _MILT: 1915-1918; 9th Rifle Brigade, A Company, Labour Corps, British Army
• Census: 1921, 25 Bowyer St, Camberwell, London, England, UK
• Census: 1939, 9 Kingsbury House, Southwark, London, England, UK
• Occupation: 1939; Street hawker

Notes:

Birth:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Arthur Thomas Coker Registration Year: 1885 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: St Saviour Southwark
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1d Page: 99

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Residence:
London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965
Name: Arthur Thomas Coker Electoral Date: 1923
Street Address: 25 Bowyer Street Ward or Division/Constituency: Camberwell
County or Borough: Southwark, England

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Also given as address on Service record

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Census:
1901 census for 31 Thompson Ave, Camberwell, London:
In house headed by Susan Dunstan, Arthur Thos COKER, boarder, singled, aged 18, painter or printer?, born Camberwell, London

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Census:
1911 census for 96 Sultan Street, Camberwell, London:
First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Arthur Coker Head Married Male 26 1885 Printers labourer London Camberwell
Elizabeth Coker Wife Married Female 23 1888 Married 5 years, 3 children, all living None London Camberwell
Elizabeth Coker Daughter - Female 4 1907 - London Camberwell
Arthur Coker Son - Male 2 1909 - London Camberwell
Sarah Coker Daughter - Female 4 months 1911 - London Camberwell

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Residence:
Service record

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_MILT:
From his military service record he received his notice to serve on 23 April at Woolwich. His home address was 3 Pinnock Terrace, Notley Street, Camberwell : his occupation Rag Sorter (actually he was self employed as a costermonger ). Arthur served in France, with the 7 British Expeditionary force as a Rifleman. Was wounded in the right shoulder and foot and returned to England 14 April 1917. Later was posted to 6 Labour Corps as a Private to 6 Reserve Battalion, and discharged 29 March 1918, cause (No longer Physically Fit for War service). From his military medical file date 27 May 1917 ." Notice to Records officer in command Winchester Garrison." In a letter from Commanding Officer 3rd Scottish General hospital, Stobhill, Glasgow. " That Rifleman A Coker be reclassified by medical board to category to B3" . This seemed to be the actual reason for his discharge. The address on his discharge paper was 13 Bowyer Street.

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Census:
1921 Census for 25 Bowyer Street, Camberwell, London & Surrey, England
First Last name Rel. to head Sex Birth year Age Birth place Occ. Employer
Arthur Thomas Coker Head Male 1885 36 years 6 months Camberwell, London, England General Labourer Royal Arsenal Woolwich
Francis Elizabeth Julia Coker Wife Female 1888 33 years 6 months Camberwell, London, England - Home
Elizabeth Coker Daughter Female 1906 14 years 7 months Camberwell, London, England Laundry Hand Frederick Cresent Laundry
Arthur Coker Son Male 1908 12 years 11 months Camberwell, London, England - -
Sarah Coker Daughter Female 1910 10 years 7 months Camberwell, London, England - -
Alice Coker Daughter Female 1913 8 years 3 months Camberwell, London, England - -
Alfred Coker Son Male 1919 2 years 4 months Camberwell, London, England - -
John Coker Son Male 1921 3 months Camberwell, London, England - -
Mary Coker Daughter Female 1915 6 years 6 months Camberwell, London, England - -

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Census:
1939 England and Wales Register for 9 Kingsbury House, Southwark, London, England, UK
First name(s) Last name(s) Birth date Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule sub number
Arthur T Coker 28 Dec 1884 Male Street Hawker Married 63 1
Frances C Coker 21 Dec 1887 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 63 2
Alfred G Coker 11 Feb 1919 Male Packer (Clothing) Single 63 3
John Coker 17 Mar 1921 Male Messenger (Clothing Factory) Single 63 4
Lucy (A) (married name Hacker) Coker 04 Mar 1923 Female Packer (Chemicals) Single 63 5
Doris L (married name Purbrick) Coker 13 Feb 1925 Female At School Single 63 6
Two more records closed. These children would be daughters Jessie (married name Smith who died 2018) and Patricia.
Ref: RG101/0524E/004/20 Letter Code: AUMJ

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Died:
Details from family member via email.

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Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014
Name: Arthur Thomas Coker Death Date: abt 1953
Burial or Cremation Date: 2 May 1953
Burial or Cremation Place: Southwark, London, England
URL: https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch?DetsView=Summary&src=ext&fileid=10583033

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Buried:
Family information

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Arthur married Frances Elizabeth Julia SPARKS on 13 Apr 1906 in St Marks Church of England, Walworth, Newington, London, England, UK. Frances was born on 21 Dec 1887 in 24 Crown St, Camberwell, Surrey, England, UK; died on 20 Feb 1969 in St Thomas Hospital, Lambeth, London, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
1906 marriage solemnized at St Mark's, Walworth, Newington, London:
No 374. 30 Apr 1906, Arthur Thomas COKER, aged 22, bachelor, printer, of 7 King's Arch Place. Son of Charles Felix Coker, scaffolder
Frances Elizabeth Sparks, aged 21, spinster, of 7 King's Arch Place. Daughter of William Sparks, hawker
Witnesses: F.Amos? and A.Coker

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1. Elizabeth Alice COKER was born on 19 Nov 1906 in Camberwell, London, England, UK; died on 3 Oct 1964 in Lambeth, London, England, UK.
2. Arthur ("Sunny") COKER was born on 17 Jul 1908 in Camberwell, London, England, UK; died on 16 Sep 1977 in Feltham, Middlesex, London, England, UK; was buried in Sep 1977 in West Middlesex Crematorium, Hamworth, Middlesex, England, UK.
3. Sarah Margaret COKER was born on 19 Nov 1910 in Camberwell, London, England, UK; died on 1 Dec 2011 in Donegal, Ireland; was buried on 15 Dec 2011 in Chiselhurst, Kent, England, UK.
4. Alice Jane COKER was born on 22 Mar 1913 in Camberwell, London, England, UK; died on 24 Oct 1991 in Greenwich, London, England, UK; was buried on 1 Nov 1991 in Greenwich, London, England, UK.
5. Mary Frances ("Polly") COKER was born on 12 Apr 1914 in Camberwell, London, England, UK; died on 12 Jan 2001 in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK.
6. Alfred George COKER was born on 11 Feb 1919 in Camberwell, London, England, UK; died in Aug 1999 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.
7. John ("Boy") COKER was born on 17 Mar 1921 in Camberwell, London, England, UK; died on 12 Jun 1975 in Camberwell, London, England, UK.
8. Lucy COKER was born on 4 Mar 1923 in Camberwell, London, England, UK; died on 15 Dec 2020 in Hythe, Kent, England, UK.
9. Doris ("Dolly") Lilian COKER was born on 13 Feb 1925 in Camberwell, London, England, UK; died on 16 Feb 1948 in Camberwell, London, England, UK.
10. Jessie COKER was born on 13 Oct 1927 in 25 Bowyer St, Camberwell, London, England, UK; died on 10 Apr 2018 in Kent, England, UK.
11. Living

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1861, 61 Broad St, Ratcliff, London, England, UK
• Census: 1871, 242 Hill Street, Walworth, Newington, London, England, UK
• Census: 1881, 117 Grange Rd, Bermondsey, London, England, UK
• Residence: 1884, 15 1/2 Arnott St, Newington, London, England, UK
• Occupation: 1886; Able seaman
• Residence: 1886, 1 Kent Cottages, Lovegrove St, Camberwell, London, England, UK
• Residence: 1886, 1a Lovegrove St, Camberwell, London, England, UK
• Residence: 1887, 1 Kent Cottages, Lovegrove St, Old Kent Rd, Camberwell, London, England, UK
• Census: 1891, 30 Thompson Street, Camberwell, London, England, UK
• Census: 1901, 12 Laurel Tce, Camberwell, Greater London, England, UK
• Census: 1911, 6 Wyndham Road, Camberwell, London, England, UK
• Occupation: 1911; Scaffolder

Notes:

Not with family on 1921 census.

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Birth:
No birth record yet found but baptism record and 1861 census records that he was born in Australia

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Census:
1861 census for 61 Broad St, Ratcliff, London:
Ref . RG 09 piece 285 folio 111 page 25 reg District Stepney Sub District Ratcliff Ecclesiastical District St James 61 Broad Street Ratcliff :
Coker William J, Head, Married 29, Ships Chandler
Coker Martha J, Wife, 29, both born Islington Middlesex.
Coker William F, son 7, Scholar, born Victoria St Kilda
Coker Elizabeth L, daughter 5, Scholar, born Victoria St Kilda
Coker Charles F, son 3, born Victoria St Kilda.

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Census:
1871 census for 242 Hill St, Newington:
William J.T.Coker, head, married, aged 39, grainer, born Limehouse
Martha Coker, wife, aged 38, born Islington
William F Coker, son, unm, aged 17, envelope stamper?, born Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Elizabeth L Coker, dau, aged 15, scholar, born Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Charles F Coker, son, aged 12, scholar, born Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Arthur E Coker, son, aged 8, born Mile End, Middlesex
Thomas J Coker, son, aged 6, born Mile End
John S Coker, son, aged 5, born Stepney
Ellen I Coker, daug, aged 1 month, born Newington, Surrey
Ann Clarke, mother-in-law, married, aged 49 (second wife of father-in-law), nurse, born Newington

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Census:
1881 census for 117, Grange Rd, Bermondsey
Piece: 569 Folio: 85 Page: 22 Registration District: St Olave Southwark Civil Parish: Bermondsey
Municipal Borough: Address: 117, Grange Rd, Bermondsey County: London, Surrey
Name Relation Cond Sex Age Birth Year Occ Disability Where born
COKER, Charles Head Married M 24 1857 Seaman London, London, Middlesex
COKER, Elizabeth Wife Married F 26 1855
COKER, Charles Son Single M 1 1880
COKER, Elizabeth Daughter Single F 0 1881


Residence:
Residence as recorded on baptism entries for daughters Alice and Lucy. As well, on son Charles' school admission entry for Mawbey Road School.

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Census:
1891 census for 30 Thompson Street, Camberwell:
Charles Coker, head, married, aged 32, waterside labourer, born Australia
Elizabeth Coker, wife, aged 30*, born Southwark
Charles Coker, son, aged 11, born Bermondsey
Elizabeth Coker, dau, aged 10, born Bermondsey
Alice Coker, dau, aged 8, born Newington
Arthur Coker, son, aged 6, born Newington
Lucy Coker, dau, aged 4, born Camberwell
Frederick Coker, son, aged 1, born Camberwell
*Age wrong but correct family given Charles was born in Australia

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Census:
1901 census for 12 Laurel Tce, Camberwell:
http://tinyurl.com/ybkw3k3
RG Number, Series Piece Folio Page Schedule Number RG13 515 107 38 217
Charles Coker, head, married, aged 48, builder's labourer, born Melbourne, Australia
Sophia Coker, wife, aged 46, born Southwark (NOTE: Used her second name, Elizabeth, on previous and subseqent census)
Frederick Coker, son, aged 10, born Camberwell
Florence Coker, dau, aged 9, born Camberwell
Jessie Coker, dau, aged 5, born Camberwell

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Census:
1911 census for 6 Wyndham Road, Camberwell, London:
http://tinyurl.com/ycg4x2n
RG number: RG14 Piece: 2502 Reference: RG14PN2502 RG78PN84 RD27 SD3 ED18 SN8
Charles F COKER, head , married, aged 53, scaffolder, born Australia
Elizabeth COKER, wife of 32 years (9 children, eight living), aged 56, born Southwark, London
Frederick COKER, son, single, aged 21, warehouseman, born Camberwell, London
Florence COKER, daughter, single, aged 19, lampshade maker, born Camberwell, London
Jessie COKER, daughter, single, aged 15, lampshade maker, born Camberwell, London

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Charles married Sophia Elizabeth SEAGER on 18 Nov 1878 in All Saints Church, Newington, London, England, UK. Sophia was born in Oct 1854 in Southwark, London, England, UK; died on 24 Apr 1927 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1881, 117 Grange Rd, Bermondsey, London, England, UK
• Residence: 1887, 1 Kent Cottages, Lovegrove Street, Old Kent Rd, Camberwell, London, England, UK
• Census: 1891, 30 Thompson Street, Camberwell, London, England, UK
• Census: 1901, 12 Laurel Tce, Camberwell, Greater London, England, UK
• Census: 1911, 6 Wyndham Road, Camberwell, London, England, UK
• Census: 1921, 50 Dassett Rd, Lambeth, London, England, UK

Notes:

Birth:
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
Name Sophia Elizabeth Seager Event Date 1854 Event Place St. George Southwark, London, England Registration District St. George Southwark Event Type Birth Registration Page 134 Volume 1D Affiliate Line Number 31 Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec Registration Year 1854
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XST-YTV

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Census:
1901 census for 12 Laurel Tce, Camberwell:
http://tinyurl.com/ybkw3k3
RG Number, Series Piece Folio Page Schedule Number RG13 515 107 38 217
Charles Coker, head, married, aged 48, builder's labourer, born Melbourne, Australia
Sophia Coker, wife, aged 46, born Southwark (NOTE: Used her second name, Elizabeth, on previous and subseqent census)
Frederick Coker, son, aged 10, born Camberwell
Florence Coker, dau, aged 9, born Camberwell
Jessie Coker, dau, aged 5, born Camberwell

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Died:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Sophia E Coker Death Age: 72 Birth Date: abt 1855 Registration Date: Apr 1927 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Wandsworth
Inferred County: London Volume: 1d Page: 384

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Death cert: Sophia Elizabeth died 24 April 1927 age 72, cause Mitral Disease and Anasarca, information supplied by son Frederick.

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Notes:

Married:
No 298, marriages in Sussex, 18 Feb 1878 between Charles Felix Coker and Sophia Seager at All Saints Church, Newington, London, England, UK (cert difficult to read)

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England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
Name: Charles Felix Coker Registration Year: 1878 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration district: St Saviour Southwark Volume: 1d Page: 17
Charles Felix Coker Sophia Elizabeth Seager

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1841, 10 Henry St, York Square, The Tower Hamlets, Stepney, London, England
• Census: 1851, 10 Henry St, Stepney, London, England, UK
• Occupation: 1851; Apprentice grainer and decorator
• Occupation: 1852; Painter
• Residence: 1856, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Census: 1861, 61 Broad St, Ratcliff, London, England, UK
• Occupation: 1861; Ship's chandler
• Residence: 1862, 1 Clyde St, Stepney, London, England, UK
• Occupation: 1866; Plumber
• Residence: 1866, 9 High St, Stepney, London, England, UK
• Census: 1871, 242 Hill Street, Walworth, Newington, London, England, UK
• Occupation: 1871; Painter and decorator
• Census: 1881, Back 8, Ponton Terrace, Battersea, London, England, UK
• Census: 1891, 12 Rodney Place, Trinity, Newington, London, England, UK
• Census: 1911, 29 Lorrimore Road, Walworth, London, England, UK

Notes:

William J.T.Coker emigrated to Australia about 1854 and had property in Argyle Street, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria.
First three children born in Australia but the family returned to England in June 1858 on the ship, Avon from Melbourne
Information from a church worker of St Dunstans about an entry under Coker/Stonehewer of monies spent on a building project within half a mile of Narrow Street for seaman in 1857. Known as Albert Gardens, the building its U-shaped. There is a note in the record that the "sons took over the building''. Perhaps that's the reason William Coker and family returned to England from Australia. On the 1861 census, William J.T. Coker, ship's chandler, is running the family operation. When living in Melbourne, Australia, William may have been working as a painter/decorator.

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Census:
1841 census for the Tower Hamlets, Stepney, London, England: No 10 Henry St, York Square:
Wm Coker, 35, rigger
Jane Coker, 35
William Coker, 9
Edward Coker, 2
Ann Jeaking?, 15, f.s.

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Census:
1851 census for 10 Henry Street, Stepney.
Jane Coker, head, widow, aged 44, Rigger's widow, born Wapping, Middlesex
William J. T. Coker, son, unm, aged 19, apprentice grainer & house decorator, born Limehouse
Edward Coker, son, aged 11, scholar, born Limehouse
James T Coker, son, aged 9, scholar
Caroline Livingstone, visitor, married, aged 33, born Islington
Charlotte Winbourne, nurse, married, aged 41, servant nurse, born Greenwich, Kent

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Occupation:
A grainer is described as one who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.

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Census:
1861 census for 61 Broad St, Ratcliff, London:
Ref . RG 09 piece 285 folio 111 page 25 reg District Stepney Sub District Ratcliff Ecclesiastical District St James 61 Broad Street Ratcliff :
Coker William J, Head, Married 29, Ships Chandler
Coker Martha J, Wife, 29, both born Islington Middlesex.
Coker William F, son 7, Scholar, born Victoria St Kilda
Coker Elizabeth L, daughter 5, Scholar, born Victoria St Kilda
Coker Charles F, son 3, born Victoria St Kilda.

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Occupation:
Mother's probate entry lists his occupation as plumber

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Census:
1871 census for 242 Hill St, Newington:
William J.T.Coker, head, married, aged 39, grainer, born Limehouse
Martha Coker, wife, aged 38, born Islington
William F Coker, son, unm, aged 17, envelope stamper?, born Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Elizabeth L Coker, dau, aged 15, scholar, born Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Charles F Coker, son, aged 12, scholar, born Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Arthur E Coker, son, aged 8, born Mile End, Middlesex
Thomas J Coker, son, aged 6, born Mile End
John S Coker, son, aged 5, born Stepney
Ellen I Coker, daug, aged 1 month, born Newington, Surrey
Ann Clarke, mother-in-law, married, aged 49 (second wife of father-in-law), nurse, born Newington

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Census:
1881 census for Ponton Terrace, Battersea:
William Coker, head, married, aged 49, house decorator and grainer, born Middlesex
Martha Coker, head, aged 40, born Islington
Elizabeth Coker, dau, unm, aged 25, dressmaker, born Victoria, Australia
Arthur Coker, son, aged 19, printer, born Mile End
Thomas Coker, son, aged 16, printer, born Mile End
John Coker, son, aged 15, printer, born Mile End
Ellen Coker, dau, aged 10, scholar, born Walworth
Florence Coker, dau, aged 9, born Brixton
Alice Coker, dau, aged 6, scholar, born Battersea

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Census:
1891 census for Rodney Place, Newington:
http://tinyurl.com/ydupr6k
William Coker, head, married, aged 59, grainer and house decorator, born Limehouse
Martha Coker, wife, aged 58, born Islington
Thomas J. Coker, son, aged 27, printer's machine builder, born Stepney
Ellen Coker, dau, single, aged 20, envelope folder, born Walworth
Florence Coker, dau, single, aged 19, envelope folder, born Walworth
Alice Coker, single, aged 17, born Battersea

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Census:
1911 census for 29 Lorrimore Road, Walworth, London:
http://tinyurl.com/ycollrg
RG number: RG14 Piece: 1824 Reference: RG14PN1824 RG78PN65 RD23 SD5 ED6 SN46
*Charles Robert TILLER, head, married, aged 39, railway carman, born Lambeth, Surrey
Florence Clara TILLER, wife of 8 years, aged 39, born Lambeth, Surrey
Francis Stephen TILLER, son, aged 5, at school, born Walworth, London
Herbert Frederick HUMBY, boarder, single, aged 23, hosiery assistant, born Dorking, Surrey
William John Tyler COKER, grandfather (of Florence), married, aged 80, born Limehouse, London
*On census record but crossed out is a son, Charles William TILLER, aged 7, born Walworth, London. There is a notation that he is in hospital.

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William married Martha Jessie CLARK on 14 Aug 1852 in London, England, Middlesex, England, UK. Martha was born on 13 Mar 1833 in Islington, London, Middlesex, England, UK; died on 22 Apr 1893 in London, Middlesex, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Martha Jessie CLARK, daughter of William Hobbs CLARK

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Birth:
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Indexes

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Died:
England & Wales, Death Index

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Notes:

Married:
Page 72, 1852 marriage solemnized at the parish church in the parish of St Anne, Limehouse, Middlesex:
No 144, 14 August 1852, William John Tyler Coker, a minor, bachelor, painter, of Henry Street, son of William Coker, rigger Martha Jessie Clark, a minor, spinster, of Aston St, daughter of William Hobbs Clark, merchant. Witnesses: WH Clark and Elizabeth Louisa Clark.

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On the 14th inst., at Limehouse Church, William John Tyler Coker, Esq., to Martha Jessie Clark, youngest daughter of William Hobbs Clark, Esq., both of that parish.
The Morning Herald, 18 Aug 1852

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Seaman, Rigger, Ship Chandler
• Census: 1841, 10 Henry St, York Square, The Tower Hamlets, Stepney, London, England
• Will: 1851, London, England

Notes:

From Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives: TH/4618: Re property in Narrow Street: Admission in fee of William Coker, William John Tyler Coker, Edward Coker, James Thomas Coker, Francis Thomas Coker and John Septimus Coker as sons and heirs of W. Coker deceased, 23 Jul 1867 TH/4903: re property in Narrow Street: Admission in fee of W. Coker, 15 Feb 1850 TH/6534: re property in Queen Street, Ratcliff: Assurance of property 1 Dec 1849 (mentions Wm Coker the Younger) and Lease of warehouse and other premises (mentions Jane Coker, widow), 22 Feb 1856 TH/7267: re property in Narrow Street: Admission of Jane Coker, James Swinton and John Stonehewer in fee upon trust by the will of William Coker, re part of a rigging house, 17 Jul 1851 TH/7268: re property in Narrow Street: Admission of Henry Vane in fee on surrender of James Swinton, John Stonehewer, William John Tyler Coker, Edward Coker, James Thomas Coker and Francis Thomas Coker, of part of rigging house, 23 Jul 1867. Borough Archivist Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives Bancroft Library 277 Bancroft Road London E1 4DQ
Link to 1868 map of the area: http://london1868.com/weller47.htm

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Birth:
Tower Hamlets St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney 1802-1812
1881 March 3, William son of William Coker, Racliffe, rigger, and Elizaberth, born 3 Nov 1806.
Francis, son of the above, born 12 June 1810.

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Census:
1841 census for the Tower Hamlets, Stepney, London, England: No 10 Henry St, York Square:
Wm Coker, 35, rigger
Jane Coker, 35
William Coker, 9
Edward Coker, 2
Ann Jeaking?, 15, f.s.

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Will:

This is the last will and testament of me William Coker of Henry Street, York Square East Stepney in the County of Middlesex but carrying on business at Number 12 Narrow Street Southwark in the said Country said chandler and rigger. I hereby nominate and appoint my dear wife Jane Coker and my friends James Swinton of Lower Sarswell? in the County of Middlesex in the County of? Middlesex gentleman and John Stonehewer of 86 Queen Street ??? in the City of London Pattern Designer executrix and executors in trust of this my will hereby revoking all former and other wills by me at any time heretofore made.
First I direct that all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses be fully paid and satisfied by my said executors as soon as conveniently may be after my decease and my will is and I hereby swear that my said executors and trustees and (the?) survivors of (thereto?) and shall permit and suffer my said wife to carry on and manage and transact my trade or business of a ship chandler and rigger (saving?) her natural life or until such time as the same may become unproductive and to permit and suffer my said wife to take and (revise?) for profits and emoluments thereof for her own use and benefit to partly enable her to maintain (_?) and support such of my children as may be living at the time of my decease until they respectively attain the age of twenty three years and _ and so soon as my said business shall become unproductive shall my will is and I so hereby _ by said executors to sell and dispose of the same _ by public auction or private contract and to lay out and invest the amount to be realised by such sale in the public trust to form part of my personal estate. I give, devise and bequeath unto my said wife Jane Coker, James Swinton and John Stonehewer said heirs and assigns all my singular my _ estates, messuages, lands and establishments whatsoever and wheresoever the same may be at the time of my decease with their and every of their (rights?) (members?) and (apparatuses?) as also all and singular my leasehold estates, lands and tenements together also with all and singular my goods, chattels and effects, money and annuities for (money?) debts, stock in trade and all other my personal estate and _ whatsoever and wheresoever upon the trusts and for the aids, intents and purposes hereinafter deposed and declared of and concerning the same. That is to say upon trust that they the said trustees and the _ of same shall pay or otherwise _ and suffer my said wife Jane Coker to (receive?) and take the (commission?) and profits of my said lands and establishments _ before _ and also of all and singular my leasehold estates and the interest dividends and produce of my estate and effects of _ interest dividends and produce of my estates and effects of _ _ or mature sooner the same may be for and during the term of her natural life. But it is my will and I so hereby direct that in the event of my said wife Jane Coker marrying again (that?) interest _ and annual produce together with all other interests given to or _ this my will shall be for her own sole use and benefit _ _ of any such husband and I so hereby direct that the receipts of my said wife shall be (good?) and _ _ charges to my said trustees after the decease of my said wife upon trust to collect, get and recover and I waive such part of my estate and effects as share _ of debts or money or securities for the same and to sell and dispose of my said freehold and leasehold estate and my said business should that not have been previously disposed of together also with my said goods, chattels and effects and invest the produce thereof in some or one of the public funds in trust for all and every my present and future bord children _ to all attain the age of twenty three years to be equally divided between them as tenants in common and not as joint tenants as I so hereby direct that my said trustees (so?) and shall pay, transfer and assign the said shares respectively to waive my said children shall become entitled after the decease of my said wife as and when they shall respectively attain the said aged of twenty three years and I hereby direct and declare that if on the decease of my said wife any of my said children shall not have attained the age of twenty three years it shall be lawful for my said trustees or trustee for the time being to pay such part of the yearly interest and dividends and annual produce of my said trust monies stocks funds and securities as may or at _ think proper for and towards the maintenance and (_tion) of such child or children for the being and shall apply the revenue of such income if any in augmentation of the share of respective shares from waive tax same shall have arisen but so nevertheless that my said trustees or trustee for the time being shall and may at their or his discretion apply such invested income or the proceeds thereof for the benefit of such child or children respectively provided always and I hereby further declare that the several trustees hereby appointed shall be answerable and accountable for such money at only as at or they respectively shall actually _ by virtue of the trusts hereby in (them?) deposed notwithstanding them or either of them giving or signing a receipt or receipts for the sake of conformity and the one of them shall not be answerable or accountable for the either of them but for his own acts, goods and defaults only nor be answerable or accountable for any broker with whom any of the trust monies may be deposed from safe custody or otherwise or for any other damage that may happen in the situation the said trust unless through their _ _ _ own wilful neglect and also that it shall be lawful for them or either of them with an out of the monies which shall come and other respective hands by virtue of the trust aforesaid to retain and _ themselves respectively all such cost charges and deposits as put into in or about the execution of the trust aforesaid or in the relation hereto In witness whereof I the said Wm Coker have to this my last will and testament contained in this and the previously pieces of paper to the first and second hereof set my hand and to the said and last hereof my hand as seal the twenty ninth day of march in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one _ W Coker. Signed sealed published and declared by the within named Wm Coker the testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witness G.C.Livingstone, H.G.Herbert. Jane Coker. Proved at London the 3rd June 1851 before the worshipful Thomas Spinks doctor of Laws an surrogate by the oaths of Jane Coker widow ___ and John Stonehewer two of the executors to whom it was granted have been first sworn duly to administer power reserved of making the like grant to James Swinton the other executor when it shall apply for the same.

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Died:
Death entry registrar's district ?ton (Eton?), Vol VI, page 270

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William married Jane Elizabeth LAWSON on 1 Mar 1827 in St Anne's Limehouse, London, Middlesex, England, UK. Jane (daughter of Edward LAWSON and Jane ANDREW) was born about 1806 in Wapping, Middlesex, England, UK; died on 31 Jul 1866 in 10 Henry St, Stepney, London, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1841, 10 Henry St, York Square, The Tower Hamlets, Stepney, London, England
• Census: 1851, 10 Henry St, Stepney, London, England, UK
• Probate: 20 Aug 1866, England and Wales probate wills

Notes:

Jane the daughter of Captain Edward Lawson born 1779 London wife Jane born 1783 (Information via a Lawson family website and confirmed in the 1851 census).

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Census:
1841 census for the Tower Hamlets, Stepney, London, England: No 10 Henry St, York Square:
Wm Coker, 35, rigger
Jane Coker, 35
William Coker, 9
Edward Coker, 2
Ann Jeaking?, 15, f.s.

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Census:
1851 census for 10 Henry Street, Stepney.
Jane Coker, head, widow, aged 44, Rigger's widow, born Wapping, Middlesex
William J. T. Coker, son, unm, aged 19, apprentice grainer & house decorator, born Limehouse
Edward Coker, son, aged 11, scholar, born Limehouse
James T Coker, son, aged 9, scholar
Caroline Livingstone, visitor, married, aged 33, born Islington
Charlotte Winbourne, nurse, married, aged 41, servant nurse, born Greenwich, Kent

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Probate:
1866- COKER, Jane Elizabeth. Effects under £200. 20 August. Letters of administration of the person estate and effects of Jane Elizabeth Coker late of 10 Henry-street Stepney in the county of Middlesex widow deceased who died 31 July 1866 at 10 Henry-street aforesaid were granted at the Principal Registry to William John Tyler Coker of 9 High-street Stepney aforesaid plumber the son and one of the next of kin of the said deceased he having been first sworn.

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Died:
Death certificate states Jane Elizabeth Stonehewer died 10 Henry Street, Stepney on 31 July 1866 age 60. Wife of John Stonehewer, Designer. Informant William J. T. Coker who was present at death and lived at 9 High Street, Stepney. Death is registered on the 4 August. She is recored as dying
of cholera.

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Notes:

Married:
London Metropolitan Achives record for marriage of William Coker and Jane Lawson
at St Annes, Limehouse, 1 March 1827, Witnesses J Livingston and Sarah Clough