John Emmanuel COKER

John Emmanuel COKER

Male 1887 - 1956  (69 years)


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  • Name John Emmanuel COKER 
    Birth 4 Jan 1887  West Ham, Essex, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
      Name: John Emmanuel Coker Registration Year: 1887 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration district: West Ham Inferred County: Essex
      Volume: 4a Page: 35
      Note: Birth date from 1939 register.

    Gender Male 
    Census 1921  11 Sophia Rd, Leyton, Essex, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1921 Census Of England & Wales
      11 Sophia Rd, Leyton, Essex & London, England
      First Last name Rel. to head Sex Birth Age Birth Occupation Employer
      John Coker Head Male 1887 34 Stratford, Essex Sheet Metal Worker Messrs Willy & Co, Sheet Metal Workers, Kingsland
      Beatrice Coker Wife Female 1888 33 Old Ford, London Home Duties -
      Reginald Coker Son Male 1915 5 Leyton, London - - - -

    Census 1939  11 Sophia Rd, Leyton, Essex, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1939 Register for 11 Sophia Road , Leyton M.B., Essex, England
      John E Coker 04 Jan 1887 Male Sheet Metal Worker Married 155 1
      Beatrice Coker 12 Mar 1887 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 155 2
      John R (Reginald) Coker 04 Sep 1915 Male Shop Assis

    Death 8 Jan 1956  Whipps Cross Hospital, London, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
      Name: John E Coker Death Age: 69 Birth Date: abt 1887 Registration Date: Jan 1956 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration district: essex South Western Inferred County: Essex
      Volume: 5a Page: 269

    Probate 7 Mar 1956  London, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • COKER John Emanuel of 11 Sophia-road Leyton London E.10 died 8 January 1956 at Whipps Cross Hospital London E.11 Administration London 7 March to Gertrude Coker widow. Effects £601 1s 2d.

    Notes 
    • Given his widow's name was Gertrude and his first wife Beatrice died in 1948, this appears to be his second marriage to a Gertrude Warwick.
      England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
      Name: John E Coker Registration Date: Jan 1949 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration district: Essex South Western
      Inferred County: Essex Spouse: Gertrude Warwick
      Volume Number: 5a Page Number: 469


      Note that Gertrude is found on the 1939 England and Wales Register as a single female aged 41. The married name Coker has been added at a later date which is a cross-reference to her marriage to John Emmanuel Coker.
      The 1939 register entry for 16 Erith Crescent, Romford is:
      Name: Gertrude Warwick [Gertrude Coker] Gender: Female Marital status: Single Birth Date: 16 Feb 1898
      Residence Year: 1939 Address: 16
      Residence Place: Romford, Essex, England Occupation: Wages Analysis Clerk
      Schedule Number: 282 Sub Schedule Number: 1 Enumeration District: DCIX Registration district: 191/1


      Following probable death record:
      England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
      Name: Gertrude A Coker Death Age: 67 Birth Date: abt 1898
      Registration Date: Apr 1965 [May 1965]
      Registration district: Waltham Forest Inferred County: Greater London Volume: 5e Page: 348

    Person ID I8753  Warren Nunn's family tree
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2023 

    Father Joseph COKER,   b. 11 Feb 1841, Ratcliff, London, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1921, West Ham, Essex, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Caroline PURLAND,   b. Abt 1848, Beccles, Suffolk, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1900, Essex, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 7 May 1865  St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1865 marriage Parish Church, Stepney, Middlesex. No 260, 7 May, Joseph Hamon* Coker, aged 23, bachelor, drillver, of 6 North Street, son of Robert Hamon* Coker, carman and Caroline Purland, aged 19, spinster, of 41 Bedford Street, dau of James Purland, Malster. Witnesses: ??, Alice Purland.
      *Should it be Hayman, or Hammond, as elsewhere in family names? Note that he was baptised as Joseph Coker.

    Family ID F1417  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Beatrice PEGLEY,   b. 12 Mar 1887, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1948, Essex, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 13 Apr 1914  St Mary The Virgin, Leyton, Essex, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Essex, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1935
      Name: John Emanuel Coker Gender: Male Marriage Age: 27 Record Type: Marriage Birth Date: abt 1887
      Marriage Date: 13 Apr 1914 Marriage Place: Leyton, St Mary The Virgin, Essex, England
      Father: Joseph Hamen Coker Spouse: Beatrice Pegley

    Children 
     1. John Reginald COKER,   b. 4 Sep 1915, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1993, Waltham Forest, Greater London, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F1464  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2025 

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    John Emmanuel COKER on 1921 census
    John Emmanuel COKER on 1921 census