Jessie Elizabeth COKER

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1901, Heiron St, Newington, London, England, UK
• Census: 1911, 23 Cumberland Rd, Walthamstow, West Ham, England, UK
• Occupation: 1911; Lagner
• Census: 1921, 23 Cumberland Rd, Walthamstow, West Ham, England, UK
• Census: 1939, 23 Cumberland Rd, Walthamstow, West Ham, England, UK
• Probate: 29 May 1964, London, England, UK

Notes:

Is found with sister Edith on 1911 census. States she is two years married. Yet to find husband John Duggan on 1911 census. At this stage they had no children.

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On 1939 register, still at the same address as in 1911, she is found under the entry Jessie Elizabeth Forster, widow, but the surname Duggan is written above Forster surname, a common practise in that document that usually denotes a later marriage. In this case, it would be the reverse. Also found in the same house with her is her nephew William Causer, who is her sister Edith's son with Walter Henry Causer. W.H.Causer also later married Jessie's sister Kate after Edith passed away.
That seems to confirm that Jessie had a first marriage or some connection to a man with the surname FORSTER but no entry for that has been found.
The possible answer is found by following the parentage of Frederick W (William) Forster, born 18 Nov 1904 who is found on the 1939 register with Jessie Elizabeth Forster (nee Coker) and who is described as an ex-Navy man. By following his service details he was born at Barnsbury, London, which is in the Islington area.
On 1911 census a Frederick William Forster is found with his father Frederick John Forster. His age is given as 7 born at Islington.
That basically fits with the Navy record. However, Frederick John Forster is not with his wife on 1911 census. He married Daisy Peck in 1904 and they had four children, two of which were alive in 1911.
The assumption is that they separated and Frederick John Forster married (or co-habited) with Jessie Elizabeth Coker at some point after John Duggan died.
That is confirmed on Fred Forster's probate entry which describes her as Jessie Duggan, widow.
For fuller explanation, read https://oznunns.com.au/jessie-elizabeth-coker/

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Birth:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Jessie Elizabeth Coker Registration Year: 1884 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration district: Lambeth Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District Inferred County: London Volume: 1d Page: 441

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London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911
Name: Jessie Elizabeth Coker Gender: Female Age: 12 Birth Date: 15 Jan 1884 Admission Date: 25 Aug 1896 School: St Paul's School Notes: Saint Paul's School (0331) opened in or before 1880. Became Saint Alban's CE School in 1937. Renamed Saint Paul's CE Primary School in 1951. Rebuilt on the site of Penrose Street School in 1953 and renamed Saint Paul Walworth School

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Census:
1911 census for 23 Cumberland Road Walthamstow, West Ham, England, UK:
RG number: RG14 Piece: 9721 Reference: RG14PN9721 RG78PN514B RD188 SD10 ED47 SN215
Walter CAUSER, Head Married M 30 1881 Fitter Constructional Iron Work In Connection With Building Bermondsey London
Edith Florence CAUSER, Wife Married 6 years F 29 1882 Lambeth London
Walter William CAUSER, Son M 5 1906 Deptford London
Frank Alfred CAUSER, Son M 3 1908 Deptford London
Jessie Louisa CAUSER, Daughter F 1 1910 Walthamstow Essex
*Jessie Elizabeth DUGGAN, Sister In Law Married F 27 1884 Lagner confectionery industry (no explanation on occupation but obviously something to do with the production of confectionery) Lambeth London
*Edith's sister

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Census:
1921 Census for 23, Walthamstow, Cumberland Rd, Essex & London, England
First Last name Rel. to head Sex Birth year Age Birth place Occ. Employer
Frederick John Forster Head Male 1884 36 years 10 months St Pancras, London, England Telephone Lineman G P O Engrs Dpt
Jessie Elizabeth Forster Wife Female 1884 37 years 6 months Lambeth, London, England - Private
Frederick William Forster Son Male 1905 16 years 7 months Islington, London, England - Spillers & Sons Out Of Work Cab Millers
Florence Emma Forster Daughter Female 1908 13 years 9 months Islington, London, England - -
NOTE: Jessie was not birth mother to these two children as they were born to Frederick Foster and Daisy Peck.
Jessie first married married to John Duggan in 1908 and is found on 1911 census as Jessie Duggan, aged 27, married woman.

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Census:
1939 England and Wales Register for 23 Cumberland Rd, Walthamstow.
Name: Jessie E Forster [later Elizabeth Duggan] Gender: Female Marital Status: Widow Birth Date: 15 Jan 1884
Residence Year: 1939 Address: 23 Residence Place: Walthamstow, Essex, England Occupation: Incapacitated Schedule Number: 136 Sub Schedule Number: 1 Enumeration District: CDJY Registration district: 26.A.51 188.B.4
Household Members: Jessie E Forster
William Causer (child of her sister Edith with William Henry Causer) born 18 Feb 1914, male, single, engineer lifts and shutters
Frederick H. Forster, male, married, 28 Mar 1904, ex-navy, fit for fighting unemployed chimney sweep
Others in household but records not available. Is Frederick Jessie's son?

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Probate:
DUGGAN or Forster Jessie Elizabeth of 23 Cumberland Road Walthamstow Essex widow died 5 February 1964 at Wanstead Hospital Essex Probate London 29 May to William Henry Causer engineer's storekeeper. £1571.
William Causer is her nephew who is found living in same house (23 Cumberland Road Walthamstow) with his aunt in 1939.

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Died:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Jessie E Duggan Death Age: 80 Birth Date: abt 1884
Registration Date: Mar 1964 Registration district: Essex South Western
Inferred County: Essex Volume: 5a Page: 139

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Jessie married John Thomas A. DUGGAN in JUL-SEP 1908 in Southwark, London, England, UK. John was born about 1882 in England, UK; died in Apr 1912 in Lambeth, London, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]