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James Hammond COKER

James Hammond COKER

Male 1894 - 1961  (67 years)


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  • Name James Hammond COKER 
    Birth 13 Mar 1894  Westminster, London, Middlesex, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1901  15 Cavendish Buildings, St Andrew's, Holborn, London, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1911  66 Mitre St Webber St, Lambeth, S E London, Middlesex, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1911 census for 66 Mitre Street Webber Street Lambeth S E London
      RG number: RG14 Piece: 1952 Reference: RG14PN1952 RG78PN69 RD25 SD1 ED10 SN192

      Harriet Josephine COKER, Maud Head Single F 20 1891 Cashier-Restaurant London Holborn
      James Hammond COKER, Son* Single M 17 1894 Footman London Strand
      Hugh COKER, Son* Single M 15 1896 Reading Boy -Printers London Strand
      They are, of course, all siblings. Mother Elizabeth was with their other sibling Mary and her family on census night.
    Occupation 1911 
    Footman 
    _MILT 1914-1916 
    Royal Army Medical Corps 
    • British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920
      Name: James Hammond Coker Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894 Age at enlistment: 20 Birth Parish: St Martins Birth County: Middlesex Document Year: 1914 Regimental Number: 35124 Regiment Name: Royal Army Medical Corps Number of images: 10 Source Citation: WO364; Piece: 735.
      Discharged with the remark "not likely to become an efficient soldier" and medically unfit (Jul 1916).
      Medical note June 1916: Left tugminal hernia originated July 1915 Tadworth. Man looks thin and appears to be weak. Suffers severe pain in right ingurual region. Has severe pain in attempting to March. Not result of but aggravated by ordinary military service. Permanent. Previous half will not improve.
      Next of kin: Mother Elizabeth Coker, No 9 Siddons? Buildings, York St, Kingsway. W.C.
      Pension due to expire May 1920 (10s weekly)
      Source Information: Ancestry.com. British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
      Original data: The National Archives of the UK (TNA).
    Census 1930  Queens, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • USA census entries
    Census 1940  Washington, D.C., USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • USA census entries
    Residence 1942  4429 Brandywine St, Washington, D.C., USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _FGRAVE 22200307 
    Death 23 Nov 1961  Arlington, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014
      Name James Coker Gender Male Race White Death Age 67 Birth Date 13 Mar. 1894 Death Date 23 Nov. 1961 Death Place Arlington, Virginia, USA Father Robert Coker Spouse Clara E Coker Certificate Number 1961029039
    Notes 
    • "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:246Z-238 : 21 June 2023), James H. Coker and Clara Cripps, 1924.
      On the marriage record to Clara Cripps, James Coker is described as being widowed. However, on 1920 census, he was single. Unexplained discrepancy.
      Name James H. Coker Male Age 30 Birth Year (Estimated) 1894 Birthplace England Marital Status Widowed Father's Name Robert Mother's Name Elizabeth Hair
      Spouse's Name Clara Cripps Spouse's Sex Female Spouse's Age 22 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1902 Spouse's Birthplace England Spouse's Marital Status Single
      Spouse's Father's Name George Spouse's Father's Sex Male Spouse's Mother's Name Ruth Messenger
      Event Type Marriage Event Date 25 Aug 1924 Event Place Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
      Event Place (Original) Manhattan, New York Source Details cn 27096

      England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
      Name Clara Emily Cripps Registration Date 1902 Quarter of the Year Jul-Aug-Sep Registration Place Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Volume 6a Page 415

      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC4-DDYQ
      Registered for the draft at age 48 in the US. Note that he does not record his second Christian name Hammond on document.
    Person ID I1915  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


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