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I am new to tracing my family tree. I would like to know how I can trace my family back further. Catherine Coker is a widow and I do not know her husband's name. She was born c1795 and I do not know her maiden name.

Also in the 1851 census she lives with 3 unmarried daughters and 3 grandsons. I am trying to find out who the grandsons' mother and father are.

Linda

location?

surprisingly few Catherine Coker's on the census - could this be her?

Catharine Coker
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

birth: 1796
burial: 01 Dec 1853 —Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
residence: Hammersmith

record title: England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
name: Catharine Coker
gender: Female
burial date: 01 Dec 1853
burial place: Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
age: 57
birth date: 1796
indexing project (batch) number: B02180-7
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1966297

1851 this one ?
Name: Catherine Coker
Age: 56
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1795
Relation: Head
Gender: F (Female)
Where born: Hammersmith, Middlesex, England

Civil parish: Hammersmith
Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Kensington
Sub-registration district: St Paul Hammersmith
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 125
Piece: 1470
Folio: 252
Page Number: 32
Household Members: Name Age
Catherine Coker 56
Mary Coker 26
Catherine Coker 24
Frances Coker 20
William Coker 5
George Coker 3
John Coker 1

can you tell us all you know - location, names of the children and grandchildren etc.

Is this her? Always best to put the location as Ann has stated.

1851

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COKER, Catherine Head Widow F 56 1795 Laundress
Hammersmith
Middlesex VIEW
COKER, Mary Daughter Unmarried F 26 1825 Laundress
Hammersmith
Middlesex VIEW
COKER, Catherine Daughter Unmarried F 24 1827 Laundress
Hammersmith
Middlesex VIEW
COKER, Frances Daughter Unmarried F 20 1831 Laundress
Hammersmith
Middlesex VIEW
COKER, William Grand Son M 5 1846
Hammersmith
Middlesex VIEW
COKER, George Grand Son M 3 1848
Hammersmith
Middlesex VIEW
COKER, John Grand Son M 1 1850
Hammersmith
Middlesex VIEW

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RG number:
HO107 Piece:
1470 Folio:
252 Page:
32

Registration District:
Kensington Sub District:
Saint Paul's Hammersmith Enumeration District:
9 Ecclesiastical Parish:
Saint Paul's

Civil Parish:
Hammersmith Municipal Borough:
Address:
2, Queen Street, Hammersmith County:
Middlesex

Regards Vera

well we're all singing off the same hymn sheet here!!!

1841

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COKER, Catherine F 40 1801 Not Known VIEW Charwoman
COKER, Mary F 17 1824 Not Known VIEW
COKER, John M 13 1828 Not Known VIEW
COKER, Frances F 11 1830 Not Known VIEW
BROWN, Edward M 10 1831 Not Known VIEW

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RG number:
HO107 Piece:
690 Book/Folio:
2/14 Page:
22

Registration District:
Kensington Sub District:
St Paul Hammersmith Enumeration District:
Ecclesiastical Parish:


Civil Parish:
Hammersmith Municipal Borough:
Address:
King Street White Bear Yard, Hammersmith County:
Middlesex

Regards Vera

Could be same family 1841

1841 England Census
about Frances Coker Name: Frances Coker
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
Gender: Female

Civil parish: Hammersmith
Hundred: Ossulstone (Kensington Division)
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation: View image

Registration district: Kensington
Sub-registration district: Hammersmith St Paul
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 690
Book: 2
Folio: 14
Page Number: 22
Household Members: Name Age
Catherine Coker 40
Mary Coker 17
John Coker 13
Frances Coker 11


Andy

There is a baptism for a Frances Catherine Cocker in 1828 ?

Father John is a wheel wright

????

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CATHERINA COKER Pedigree
Female

Event(s):
Birth:
17 DEC 1826
Christening:
07 JAN 1827 Hammersmith-Rc, Hammersmith, London, England
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: GUILLELMI COKER Family
Mother: CATHERINAE BROWN

Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Frances Coker
Name: Frances Coker
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
Spouse Name: John Redknap
Spouse Age: 22
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 04 Apr 1853
Parish: St Peter, Hammersmith
County: Middlesex
Borough: Hammersmith and Fulham
Father Name: John Coker
Spouse Father Name: John Redknap

Possible marriage for her daughter

????

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FRANCESCA COKER Pedigree
Female

Event(s):
Birth:
23 DEC 1830
Christening:
09 JAN 1831 Hammersmith-Rc, Hammersmith, London, England
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: GUILLELMI COKER Family
Mother: CATHERINAE BROWN

Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.

Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
P015931 1710 - 1838 942 B4C V.26 Book 6903593 Film
Sheet: 00

Possible baptism for Mary

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MARIA ANNA COKER Pedigree
Female


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Event(s):
Birth: 02 JUN 1824

Christening: 03 JUN 1824 Hammersmith-Rc, Hammersmith, London, England

Death:
Burial:


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Parents:
Father: GULLELMI COKER Family
Mother: CATHERINAE BROWN


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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.

Andy

Think this marriage rules out the 1828 baptism

Name: Frances Catherine Cosher
Spouse Name: Henry William Thomas Bates
Spouse Age: Full Age
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 14 May 1850
Parish: St James, Clerkenwell
County: Middlesex
Borough: Islington
Father Name: John Cosher
Spouse Father Name: Henry Bates

Name: William Coker
Spouse Name: Catharine Brown
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 01 Feb 1819
Parish: St Marylebone
County: Middlesex
Borough: Westminster

(not sure if this fits? Richard Parkin, Thos Ellsey witnesses)...

Chris :)

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William Coker Pedigree
Male Family


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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:


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Marriages:
Spouse: Catharine Brown Family
Marriage: 01 FEB 1819 St. Marylebone, London, England



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Messages:
Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date.

Andy

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William Coker Pedigree
Male Family

Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Marriages:
Spouse: Catharine Brown Family
Marriage:
01 FEB 1819 St. Marylebone, London, England

Messages:
Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date.

Name: William Thomas Cucker
Record Type: Baptism
Estimated Birth Date: abt 1829
Baptism Date: 26 Jun 1829
Father's name: William Thomas Cucker
Mother's name: Catherine Cucker
Parish or Poor Law Union: Soho St Anne
Borough: Westminster

(occupation for William on image looks like Brick..same as Marriage above for daughter Frances, where he is described as Bricklayer deceased)

Name: Mary Coker
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
Spouse Name: William Cook
Spouse Age: 27
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 26 Apr 1852
Parish: All Saints, Fulham
County: Middlesex
Borough: Hammersmith and Fulham
Father Name: William Coker (Bricklayer)
Spouse Father Name: Thomas Cook

The family listed on the 1851 census is my family. Widow Catherine, daughters, Mary, Catherine and Frances. Grandsons William, George and John. All from Hammersmith. I am busy putting all this extra information onto my family tree and then I will have break.

The widow Catherine was Catherine Brown until she married William Coker so I am saving all this information on my family tree. Also adding marriages, births and deaths.

Still not sure who the grandsons' parents are. I guessed Mary as she is the oldest and appears on more family trees. John is not their father as he married Emily, I was given this information by Colin Dore who let me look at his family tree. Frances married John Redknap and is too young to be their mother.

I could trace William Coker, husband of Catherine Brown in the future and see if I can get further back in the family history. I will let Colin Dore know about his ancestor Catherine as he does not know her maiden name or her husband's first name.