1. | Archibald Aldridge COKER was born on 9 May 1907 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia (son of Harry COKER and Emily Helen Sophia ALDRIDGE); died on 18 Aug 1980 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. Notes: Known as Dukes Archibald married Edith Mabel BEDFORD on 28 Jan 1939 in Queensland, Australia. Edith was born on 5 Apr 1914 in Queensland, Australia; died on 18 Jan 1946 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia; was buried on 19 Jan 1946 in North Rockhampton Cemetery, Rockhampton, Qld, Aust. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Notes: Married:Children: Archibald married Mary Catherine HANRAHAN on 26 Jun 1948 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. Mary was born on 16 Oct 1905 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia; died on 4 Jun 1954 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Notes: Married:Children:
Archibald married Thyra Gladys TILL on 4 Feb 1966 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. Thyra was born on 14 Mar 1913 in Queensland, Australia; died on 27 Oct 1989 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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Notes: Birth: Harry married Emily Helen Sophia ALDRIDGE on 31 May 1899 in Methodist Manse, East St, Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia. Emily (daughter of Henry ALDRIDGE and Harriet PHILLIPS) was born on 20 Jun 1876 in Logan Village, Queensland, Australia; died on 23 Jun 1970 in Kabra, Queensland, Australia; was buried on 24 Jun 1970 in Grave 4 North Rockhampton Cemetery family plot, Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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Notes: Emigrated 30 July 1870 from London, England. Arrived on ship Royal Dane in Rockhampton 19 November 1870. With him were his wife Emily Lee and children Jane (11), Emily (9), Ada (7), Leonard (5), Arthur (4) and Henry (2). Lived in Upper Glenmore Rd, Rockhampton. Employed as a clerk 1882; as an accountant (1903-1916). James married Emily LEE on 7 Jun 1858 in St Margaret's, Barking, Romford, Essex, England, UK. Emily (daughter of Thomas LEE and Emma ALLEN) was born on 24 Apr 1841 in Barking, Essex, England; died on 12 Feb 1924 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia; was buried on 13 Feb 1924 in Anglican Cemetery, Karrakatta, Perth, Western Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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Notes: Her younger sister Sarah married her husband's brother Frederick. Notes: Married:
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Notes: First arrived in Australia, July 1859 on the Glentanner. He went back to England in 1883 on the Liguria. With money he inherited from his uncle Harry Aldridge's estate, Henry went back to Welwyn, Hertfordshire At Welwyn, he bought back the Black Horse Inn, a pub his father had owned 30-odd years earlier. Thereafter Henry ran a carrying business from Hertford and conducted gold panning displays at the Indian and Colonial Exhibition at Crystal Palace in London in 1886. Returned to Australia on Chimborazo in 1886 (arrived Sydney 9 September). Henry married Harriet PHILLIPS on 16 Jun 1870 in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. Harriet (daughter of George Daniel PHILLIPS and Sophia BYGRAVES) was born in Jan 1848 in Pancras, London, Middlesex, England, UK; died on 15 Dec 1892 in Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia; was buried on 16 Dec 1892 in Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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Notes: Have yet to satisfactorily trace Harriet's family. She may have been born about 1848 and not 1850. There is a Harriet Phillips on the 1851 census at Knottisford St, Tower Hamlets, Bethnal Green, the daughter of George Phillips (weaver) and Sophia. By 1861, they are at Park St, Bethnall Green and the household is George Phillips, head, aged 39, weaver, born Spitalfields; Sophia Phillips, wife, aged 33, seamstress, born Surrey, Harriett, dau, aged 13, born Shoreditch; Thomas, son, aged 5, born Bethnal Green; Henry, son, aged 3, born St Saviours, Surrey. Harriet's mother was known to be alive in 1883 as she met the boat which brought Harriet and her family back from Australia. But yet to track Sophia on 1871 census. On 1881 census, she seems to be at Corbon Rd, Tower Hamlets, aged 60, a widow, needle woman, born Surrey with daughter Jane, aged 19, needle woman, born Surrey. There is also an Elizabeth Phillips, widow, living next door. Notes: Married:
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8. | William COKER was born on 8 Nov 1806 in Stepney, London, Middlesex, England, UK (son of William COKER and Elizabeth WHITE); died on 30 Mar 1851 in East Stepney, London, England. Other Events and Attributes:
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 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] |
9. | Jane Elizabeth LAWSON was born about 1806 in Wapping, Middlesex, England, UK (daughter of Edward LAWSON and Jane ANDREW); died on 31 Jul 1866 in 10 Henry St, Stepney, London, England, UK. Other Events and Attributes:
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). Notes: Married:
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10. | Thomas LEE was born about 1819 in Stafford, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Census: Thomas married Emma ALLEN in Oct 1838 in Romford, Essex, England, UK. Emma (daughter of Thomas ALLEN and Charlotte) was born in 1821 in Dagenham, Essex, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Emma ALLEN was born in 1821 in Dagenham, Essex, England, UK (daughter of Thomas ALLEN and Charlotte); died in UNKNOWN. Other Events and Attributes:
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12. | William ALDRIDGE was born about 1819 in Stevenage, Hertford, England, UK (son of James ALDRIDGE and Sarah COCK); died on 4 Jan 1861 in Drayton, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: It seems that William and Elizabeth had another son, Thomas, born around 1861 but no record for him despite being mentioned in Henry Aldridge's memoirs. He obviously was born when they lived in Drayton, Toowoomba. After William died in Australia, Elizabeth married a John Hall with whom she had at least two children: Elizabeth (1865/C001745 Hall Elizabeth daughter of John and Elizabeth Lovett) and William Joseph (1873/C000807 Hall William Joseph son of John Hall and Elizabeth Lovel) William married Mary Ann SMITH on 10 Jul 1843 in Newington, Surrey, England, UK. Mary was born on 7 Jun 1812 in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, UK; died on 23 Jul 1855 in New Bartnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK; was buried on 27 Jul 1855 in New Bartnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Mary Ann SMITH was born on 7 Jun 1812 in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, UK; died on 23 Jul 1855 in New Bartnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK; was buried on 27 Jul 1855 in New Bartnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: When her son Henry went back to England in 1883, he arranged for a headstone to be placed on her grave according to notes in his diary. The inscription was to read: In memory of Mary Anne wife of William Aldridge who departed this life July 23rd 1855 aged 43 years. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. Erected by her son on his return from Australia. Notes: Married:
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14. | George Daniel PHILLIPS was born about 1824 in Bethnal Green, London, England, UK; died in Apr 1864 in Mile End, London, England, UK. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Birth: George married Sophia BYGRAVES on 30 May 1847 in Saint Giles Cripplegate, London, England, UK. Sophia was born about 1826 in Newington, Surrey, England, UK; died in Oct 1915 in Kent, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
15. | Sophia BYGRAVES was born about 1826 in Newington, Surrey, England, UK; died in Oct 1915 in Kent, England, UK. Other Events and Attributes:
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