Robert Hugh Cecil COKER

Robert Hugh Cecil COKER

Male 1880 - 1952  (71 years)


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  • Name Robert Hugh Cecil COKER 
    Birth 22 Nov 1880  Holborn, London, Middlesex, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Five months old on 1881 census

    Gender Male 
    Census 1881  Staff Sergts Quarters, St Thomas St, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1891  70 E Block Queens Buildings, Collinson St, St George The Martyr, Southwark, London, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _MILT Dec 1896 
    British Royal Navy 
    Census 1901  Aboard ship Surprise Despatch Vessel (Sloop) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1901 census forVessel: "sunprise" Despatch Vessel (Sloop)
      Port/place: Royal Navy at Sea and in ports abroad
      RG number: RG13 Piece: 5333 Folio: 94 Page: 5

      COKER, Robert H C Member Of Crew Single M 20 1881 Qualified Signalman Holborn London


    Census 1911  Aboard ship Triumph, Mediterranean, Valletta, Malta Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1911 census for Institution: Triumph, SHIP: TRIUMPH, MEDITERRANEAN, VALLETTA, MALTA
      Military details: P O Teleg Royal Navy at Sea and in ports abroad


      RG number: RG14 Piece: 34973 Reference: RG14PN34973 RD640 SD4 ED11 SN9999

      COKER, Robert Hugh Cecil Married ? 30 1881 Middlesex Holborn VIEW

    Occupation 1911 
    Signalman Royal Navy 
    Census 1921  2 Thomson Rd, Seaforth, Lancashire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1921 Census Of England & Wales
      2 Thomson Rd, Seaforth, Lancashire, England
      First Last name Rel. to head Sex Birth Age Birthplace Occupation Employer
      Robert H Coker Head Male 1880 40 Holborn, London, England Royal Navy Chief Petty Office Telegraphist Admiralty
      Rose Coker Wife Female 1881 40 West Buckland, Devon, England Home Duties -
      Rose M Coker Daughter Female 1908 12 Devon, England - -
      Dorothy Coker Daughter Female 1913 8 Kent, England - -

    Occupation 1921 
    Chief Petty Officer, telegraphist, Royal Navy 
    Residence 1937  The Elms Field Lane, Litherland, Liverpool, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Details from sister Harriet's passenger manifest on her visit to the USA to visit their brother George who lived in New York.

    Census 1939  59 Sonning Ave, Litherland, Lancashire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Connor Household (4 People)
      59 Sonning Avenue , Litherland U.D., Lancashire, England
      Robert H C Coker 22 Nov 1880 Seward Constitutional
      Rose M Connor 20 Oct 1908 Shop Keeper Sweets & Tobacconist
      Vincent A Connor 13 Apr 1935 Under School Age
      Rose Coker 17 Apr 1881 Unpaid Domestic Duties
      Ref: RG101/4818C/021/17 Letter Code: NVUQ

    Residence 1952  84 Watling Ave, Liverpool, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 8 Jan 1952  53 Rossett Rd, Great Crosby, Lancashire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • England & Wales, Death Index
    Probate 13 Feb 1952  Liverpool, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • COKER Robert Hugh Cecil of 84 Watling-avenue Liverpool died 8 January 1962 at 53 Rossett-road Great Crosby Liverpool Probate Liverpool 13 February to District Bank Limited. Effects 829 pounds 18 shillings ninepence.

    _EYEC Blue 
    _HAIR Brown 
    _HEIG 5 ft 10 ins (177.8cm) 
    Notes 
    • Service record 187952 shows he enlisted in the British Royal Navy Dec 1896. Outline of his service suggests he signed-on again in Oct 1910 but it gives no end date. Served on various vessels. Notes reveal he had tattoos on both forearms.

    Person ID I1909  Warren Nunn's family tree
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2023 

    Father Robert Hammond COKER,   b. 3 Oct 1847, Ratcliff, London, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1903, Holborn, London, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth HAIR,   b. Abt 1859, Woolwich, Kent, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN 
    Marriage 24 Jan 1880  St Albans Martyr, Middlesex, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • As per Robert's army record

    Family ID F2339  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rose WONNACOTT,   b. 17 Apr 1881, Kent West Buckland N, Devonshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1954, Crosby, Lancashire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 11 Jan 1908  St Thomas Church, Lambeth, Surrey, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • No 126, 1908 marriage, St Thomas Church, Lambeth, Surrey. 11 Jan 1908, Hugh Robert Cecil Coker, aged 27, bachelor, Royal Navy, of 63 White St, father's name Robert Hammond Coker, army pensioner and Rose Wonnacott, aged 26, spinster, of 5 White St, dau of William Wonnoacott, labourer. Witnesses: Johyn Kersley, Mary Caroline Coker.

    • England & Wales, Marriage Indexes.

    Children 
     1. Rose Mary COKER,   b. 20 Oct 1908, Hannaford, Swymbridge, Barnstaple, North Devon, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1983, West Lancashire, Lancashire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     2. Dorothy COKER,   b. 21 Jun 1913, Gillingham, Kent, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN
    Family ID F582  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2025