Henry Aldridge’s memoirs

From Hertfordshire to Australia *Following is a transcript of recollections that Henry Aldridge wrote about his life. In the original handwritten pages, Henry wrote in a very legible script, but due to the poor condition of some pages with tattered and soiled edges...

Charles Cyril Coker (1918-2004)

Charles Cyril Coker (1918-2004) married Lil Sleaford. His older sister, Edna,  married Lil’s brother John, while his eldest brother, Fred, was married to another of the Sleaford siblings, Rovena. He was known as Cyril.

Edna May Coker (1908-2000)

Edna May Coker (1908-2000) married John Sleaford and they had six children. Edna’s eldest brother, Fred, married John’s sister, Rovena, while her youngest brother, Cyril, married another Sleaford sibling, Lil.

Archibald Aldridge Coker (1907-1980)

Archibald Aldridge Coker (1907-1980) had three marriages; his first two wives pre-deceasing him. He had one child with Edith Mabel Bedford (1914-1946), one with Mary Catherine Hanrahan (1905-1954) but none with Thyra Gladys Till (1913-1989). He was known as Archie...