Living

Notes:

living - details excluded

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

living - details excluded

Living + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

living - details excluded

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 187385144
• Residence: 1949-54, Woodford St, One Mile, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1958-72, 3 Murphy St, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: Mar 1939, Herbert St, Wandal, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
• Occupation: 1943; Forger's assistant
• Residence: 1943, 1 Macalister St, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1977, 28 Blackstone Rd, East Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Notes:

Birth:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Birth registration: Leonard Thomas Coker
Birth date: 16/12/1900
Mother's name: Sarah Jane Williams Father/parent's name: Leonard William Thomas Coker
Registration details: 1901/C/9991

---

Residence:
Australian electoral roll

---

Residence:
Australian electoral roll

---

Residence:
Australian electoral roll

---

Residence:
Australian electoral roll

---

Died:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Death registration: Leonard Thomas Coker
Death date: 29/04/1978
Mother's name: Sarah Williams Father/parent's name: Leonard William Thomas Coker
Registration details: 1978/C/2584

---

Leonard married Laura Paardeberg HARDINGE on 28 Aug 1929 in Campbell St, Methodist Church, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. Laura was born on 2 Jun 1901 in Queensland, Australia; died on 21 Jan 1981 in Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 187385143
• Residence: 1980, Lauriston, Whitehill Rd, Raceview, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Notes:

1901/C2096 Hardinge Laura Paardaberg Alfred Edward Florence Minnie Weiss

Birth:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Birth registration: Laura Paardaberg Hardinge
Birth date: 02/06/1901
Mother's name: Florence Minnie Weiss Father/parent's name: Alfred Edward Hardinge
Registration details: 1901/C/2096

---

Died:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Death registration: Laura Paardeberg Coker
Birth year: 1902 Death date:21/01/1981
Mother's name: Florence Minnie Weiss
Father/parent's name: Ernest Alfred Hardinge
Registration details: 1981//50802

---

Notes:

Married:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Marriage registration: Leonard Thomas Coker
Marriage date: 28/08/1929
Spouse's name: Laura Paardeberg Hardinge
Registration details: 1929/C/2529

---

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 160406822
• Residence: Abt 1918, Lived cnr William and George streets, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Notes:

A SHOCKING TRAGEDY. (1918, June 29). The Capricornian (Rockhampton, Qld : 1875 - 1929), p. 27. Retrieved February 6, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69720790
A man named Leonard Coker, who has for some years been in the service of the Railway Department, lost his life in a tragic manner shortly after six o'clock on Saturday evening, his head being almost severed from his body while he was in the ash pit underneath an engine.
Mr. Coker and a fireman named Walter Ashton took over the engine of the southern mail train for the purpose of coaling it and removing the ashes before shunting it to the shed.
Mr. Coker, with a torch and a spanner, entered the pit to examine the engine after it had been shunted just over him, and, according to Mr Ashton, who was on the board, gave a sharp whistle and moved the engine 18 in. or 2 ft.
Instantly he heard a sound as of groaning, and, jumping off the engine, was horrified to find Mr. Coker kneeling in the pit with his head practically cut off and resting over the left shoulder on the edge of the pit near the rail.
There was blood inside the rail and on the ledge, suggesting that Mr. Coker had put his head out between the wheels when he was caught by one of the wheels, which, passing over his neck, cut it through from under the chin.
There was no need, it is stated, for Mr. Coker to look out to examine any part of the engine on the outside, and the only conclusion to be come to is that he thought his companion had not heard his call to him to shift the engine and put his head out to repeat the call.
Those in authority were at once apprised and Mr Coker's body was removed.
The deceased left a wife and family.
His funeral will take place at half-past eleven o'clock this forenoon.
Article identifier http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69720790

---

Birth:
Leonard W. Thomas Coker 3 Dec 1865 St Dunstans Stepney
(From Coker London Research group June 2004)
Date confirmed from baptismal entry.

---

Died:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au
Death registration:
Leonard William Thomas Coker Death date: 22/06/1918
Mother's name: Emily Lee Father/parent's name: James Thomas Coker
Registration details: 1918/C/2195

---

Buried:
Buried in the South Rockhampton Cemetery in the Church of England area, Section 26, grave 5243

---

Leonard married Sarah Jane WILLIAMS on 13 Feb 1889 in Queensland, Australia. Sarah was born on 31 May 1866 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia; died on 20 Sep 1945 in Innisfail, Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 189565496

Notes:

According to her grand-daughter Dearma Bailey, Sarah died in Innisfail while living with her daughter Myra. But there is a possible burial in the South Rockhampton Cemetery, no age given on 13/11/1947 in the Church of England area, Section 26, Grave 7277 Despite this, if she died in Innisfail, it's more likely she would have been buried in Innisfail

---

Birth:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Birth registration: Sarah Jane Williams
Birth date: 31/05/1866
Mother's name: Margaret Ann Dickson Father/parent's name: John Williams
Registration details: 1866/C/1868

---

Died:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au
Death registration:
Sarah Coker Death date: 20/09/1945
Mother's name: Margaret Dixon# Father/parent's name: William* Williams
Registration details: 1945/C/4065
*John Williams on birth entry.
#Spelt Dickson on birth entry.

---

According to her grand-daughter Dearma Bailey, Sarah died in Innisfail while living with her daughter Myra

---

---

Notes:

Married:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au
Marriage registration: Leonard William Thomas Coker Spouse's name: Sarah Jane Williams Marriage date: 13/02/1889
Registration details: 1889/C/1776

---