Lavinia Eliza STEVENS

Lavinia Eliza STEVENS

Female 1869 - 1959  (90 years)

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  • Name Lavinia Eliza STEVENS 
    Birth 5 Mar 1869  Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devonshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
      Name: Lavinia Eliza Stevens Registration Year: 1869 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
      Registration district: Stoke Damerel Inferred County: Devon
      Volume: 5b Page: 343


      Date from 1939 register.

    Gender Female 
    Census 1891  116 Henley Rd, Camberwell, London, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1891 census for 116 Henley Rd, Camberwell:
      Geo Baker, head, married, aged 37, stone carver mason, born Westminster, London
      Emily Baker, wife, aged 38, born Lambeth
      Horace Baker, son, aged aged 13?, scholar, born Birmingham
      John S Coker, visitor, married, aged 35*, printer, born Stepney
      Lavinia Coker, visitor, married, aged 22, born Devenport
      *He is actually only 25 as he and Lavinia's wedding cert from 1888 gives his age then as 22

    Census 1911  Painthorpe, Crigglestone, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1911 census for Painthorpe, Crigglestone, West Riding, Yorkshire:
      RG number: RG14 Piece: 27364 Reference: RG14PN27364 RG78PN1565 RD504 SD2 ED7 SN282
      In house headed by John LAZENBY:
      Lavinia Eliza COKER, servant, married 23 years, aged 40, housekeeper, born Plymouth, no children*
      *Her son, John Harold Leo Coker is staying nearby with her sister, Rose, and her family. He is stated to be Rose's adopted son.

    Census 1921  4 Phoenix St, Kirkgate, Wakefield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 24 Nov 1959  Wandsworth, Greater London, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
      Name: Lavinia E Thresh Death Age: 91
      Birth Date: abt 1868 Registration Date: Oct 1959 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
      Registration district: Wandsworth Inferred County: London
      Volume: 5d Page: 793


      Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014
      Name: Lavinia Eliza Thresh Register Type: Cremation
      Death Date: 24 Nov 1959 Burial or Cremation Date: 30 Nov 1959
      Burial or Cremation Place: Southwark, London, England

    Notes 
    • Not found on 1901 census. She states on 1911 census that she is still married, but there is no record of him anywhere on UK census.
      As a twist, twin sister Rosina, has an adopted son, John Harold Leo Coker, born Brockley, London C1900, who is the presumed child of John Septimus and Lavinia.
      No record found of John Septimus Coker's death, but Lavinia remarried in 1917 to a James Thresh. John Harold Leo Coker is staying with his mother and her second husband in 1939 and is described as James Thresh's stepson.

    Person ID I6152  Warren Nunn's family tree
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2023 

    Family 1 John Septimus COKER,   b. Jan 1866, Stepney, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN 
    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

    Children 
     1. John Harold Leo COKER,   b. 17 Aug 1900, Brockley, London, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1969, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F1833  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2025 

    Family 2 James THRESH,   b. Abt 1880, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN 
    Married Jan 1917  Wakefield, Yorkshire, West Riding, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973
      Name: James Henry Thresh Gender: Male Age: 37 Birth Date: 1880
      Marriage Date: 12 Feb 1917 Marriage Place: Wakefield, York, England Father: William Thomas Thresh
      Spouse: Lavinia Eliza Coker
      FHL Film Number: 1542103 Reference ID: D45/1/23 pg242 No484

    Family ID F2239  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2025 

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