John Harold Leo COKER

John Harold Leo COKER

Male 1900 - 1969  (68 years)

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  • Name John Harold Leo COKER 
    Birth 17 Aug 1900  Brockley, London, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 Southwark St Hugh, Bermondsey 1892-1916
      No 623. Baptised 1902 March 25, born Aug 15, 1900. John Harold Leo, son of John Septimus and Lavinia Eliza Coker of 51 Trinity St. Father's occupation: Lithographer and printer.

    Gender Male 
    Census 1911  Great Cliffe, Crigglestone, Yorkshire (West Riding), England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1911 census for Crigglestone, Wakefield.
      John Harold Leo Coker, adopted son, aged 11, schoolboy, born Brockley, London
      is in house headed by John Henry Hinchcliffe, aged 48, coal miner hewer, born Middlestown, Yorks
      and his wife of 18 years, Rose Hinchcliffe (nee Stevens), aged 42, married 18 years, five children, all living.
      Rose is John Coker's aunt; his mother's sister.

    Census 1921  4 Phoenix St, Kirkgate, Wakefield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1921 Census Of England & Wales 4 Phoenix St, Kirkgate, Wakefield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England
      First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Sex Birth year Age in years Birth place Occupation Employer
      James Henry Thresh Head Male 1879 42 Wakefield, Yorkshire, England Iron Dresser W Fotherby & Co Iron Foundry
      Lavinia* Eliza Thresh Wife Female 1869 52 Plymouth, Devon, England Caretaker Empire Seeker Cinema
      John Harold Leo Coker Step-son Male 1900 20 Brockley, London, England Iron Dresser W Fotherby & Co Iron Foundry
      William Parker Boarder Male 1891 29 Yorkshire, England Labourer Iron Foundry E Green & Sons Ltd Hull Economic Works
      *Lavinia is John Harold Leo Coker's biological mother.

    Census 1939  15 New Brunswick St, Wakefield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Coker Household (2 People)
      15 New Brunswick St, Wakefield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England, UK
      John H L Coker 15 Aug 1900 Male Fellters Iron Foundry Married 297 1
      Edith Coker 17 Jun 1908 Female House Wife Unpaid Married 297 2
      Ref: RG101/3574A/022/26 Letter Code: KJAX

    Occupation 1939 
    Fettler, iron industry 
    Residence 1969  Doddworth Drive, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 23 May 1969  Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
      Name: John Harold L Coker Death Age: 68 Birth Date: 17 Aug 1900 Registration Date: Apr 1969
      Registration district: Wakefield Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
      Volume: 2d Page: 1475


      His widow Edith was witness to death 23 May 1969 and they lived at Doddworth Drive, Wakefield, according to family information.

    Notes 
    • 1911 census lists him as the adopted son of Lavinia's twin sister Rose and her husband John Harold Hinchcliffe.

    Person ID I1610  Warren Nunn's family tree
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2023 

    Father John Septimus COKER,   b. Jan 1866, Stepney, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN 
    Mother Lavinia Eliza STEVENS,   b. 5 Mar 1869, Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devonshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1959, Wandsworth, Greater London, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 31 Mar 1888  St Stephens Church, Walworth, London, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1888 marriages solemnized at the Parish Church, St, Stephens, Walworth, Surrey:
      No 471, March 31, 1888. John Septimus Coker, aged 22, bachelor, printer, of Walworth. Father: William John Coker, decorator.
      and Lavinia Eliza Stevens, aged 20, spinster, Walworth. Father: Hopkins Stevens, master tailor
      Witnesses: ?? Twigg and Rosina Stevens

    Family ID F1833  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edith SHIPP,   b. 17 Jun 1908, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1994, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 2 Feb 1936  Bethel Chapel, Thomas Lane, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
      Name: John H L Coker Registration Date: Jan 1936 Registration district: Wakefield Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
      Spouse: Edith Shipp
      Volume Number: 9c Page Number: 92

    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F2241  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2025 

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