Family Index By Name

Family Index
By Name

Beck John (Senior) &		Ann Bird
Date of Birth		24th June 1749
Place of Birth	Ansty	Berkswell
Date of Marriage	23rd July 1765
Name of Spouse	Ann Bird	John Beck
Date of Death
Occupation
Parents' Names
Siblings (with DOB)

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Beck, John (Junior) &		Sarah Bosworth
Date of Birth	14th Jan 1782
Place of Birth	Ansty
Date of Marriage	29th May 1806
Name of Spouse	Sarah Bosworth (or Bostwick)	John Beck
Date of Death	1st March 1865
Occupation	Blacksmith / Farrier
Parents' Names	John & Ann Beck
Siblings (with DOB)

NOTES

John and his family lived at 16, The Homestead, Ansty. He is buried with hs wife, Sarah at St James Churchyard, Ansty. The headstone reads:- In memory of Sarah Beck, wife of John Beck, who died March 10th 1863, aged 80 years, also of John Beck, husband of the above, who died March 1st 1865, aged 83 years. Forbear dear friends to mourn and weep, whilst sweetly in the dust we sleep, toilsome world we left behind, blessed crown we hope to find.

Beck, Josiah &		Selina Kimberley
Date of Birth	1813
Place of Birth	Ansty
Date of Marriage	8th June 1835
Name of Spouse	Selina Kimberley	Josiah Beck
Date of Death
Occupation	Weaver
Parents' Names	John & Sarah Beck	John Kimberley & Sarah Simmons
Siblings (with DOB)	William 1809, Ann 1820.	Elizabeth, John, Jesina, Susanna, Ann, George, William, William S, Thomas.

NOTES

In November 1831, Josiah was involved in an incident that has been much documented in the history of Coventry. See "The Beck Incident"

Carvell, William &		Elizabeth ?
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Date of Marriage
Name of Spouse	Elizabeth	William Carvell
Date of Death
Occupation
Parents' Names
Siblings (with DOB)

NOTES

William & Elizabeth Carvell lived at No. 10, Yard 11, Well St, Coventry, with their children, Lucy, Elizabeth and William. They married in the 1820's

Clark, Henry &		Sarah Whetstone
Date of Birth		9th May 1742
Place of Birth	Potsgrove, Beds	Potsgrove, Beds
Date of Marriage	16th Oct 1764
Name of Spouse	Sarah Whetstone	Henry Clark
Date of Death
Occupation
Parents' Names		Thomas & Sarah Whetstone
Siblings (with DOB)		Susan, Edward, Thomas, John, William.

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Cook, Henry (Harry) &		Alice Mary Essex
Date of Birth	1880	1880
Place of Birth	17 High St, Cranfield, Beds	Coventry or Wolston, Warks
Date of Marriage	19th March, 1910
Name of Spouse	Alice Mary Essex	Henry Cook
Date of Death
Occupation	Bricklayer
Parents' Names	William Cook / Margaret Cox	William Thomas & Charlotte Essex
Siblings (with DOB)	Frank, Jesse, Sydney, Charlie, Benjamin, Ernest, Katie Annabel, Louise, Rose, and 4 more girls of unknown name.	William Thomas, Ellen Elizabeth.

NOTES

Harry moved from Cranfield in about 1908 and lodged at No.4 Read St, Hillfields, Coventry. Having married in 1910, he moved to No.4, Conduit Yard, Spon St, Coventry in 1911. From there he moved to 51, Beake Avenue, in 1930, where he lived until his death. His father, William, was a bootmaker. Harry and Alice were married at St Peter's Church on the corner of Canterbury St and Charles St, Hillfields. Alice was residing at the home of her brother, William at that time, at 9 Brook St, Hillfields. The wedding was witnessed by William, and Alice's sister, Ellen Elizabeth. Her father, a platelayer from Wolston, was already deceased at that time.

Cook, Rebecca &		Benjamin Underwood
Date of Birth	1835	26th Sept 1826
Place of Birth	Cranfield, Beds
Date of Marriage	7th Jan 1862
Name of Spouse	Benjamin Underwood	Rebecca Cook
Date of Death
Occupation	Lacemaker
Parents' Names	Thomas Cook & Mary Goodman	Thomas Underwood & Elizabeth Smith
Siblings (with DOB)	Sarah, Edmund, Mary, Levi & Riley	Charles, George, Elizabeth & Isaac

NOTES

At the age of 19, Rebecca (Becky) gave birth to an illegitimate son, William (25th Oct 1853), by whom the COOK line continued. It is therefore the case that anyone descended from Becky should bear the name of the father, as yet unknown, and that anyone in the family bearing the name of "Cook", is not a Cook at all. It is unlikely that the proper name will ever be known because no record of the faher's name has yet been found. However, there is rumor that a Family Bible exists, formerly in the possession of William Cooks' daughter, Rose (whose married name was Wallington). The family lived in Watford. The Bible is now rumored to be in the possession of Roses' Daughter or Grandaughter, and it may throw light on the mystery of William's father.
In 1862, Rebecca was married to Benjamin Underwood (was HE the father?) and had a further 4 children: Mary, Isaac, Elizabeth & Sarah.

Cook, Thomas &		Mary Goodman
Date of Birth	14th Sept 1793	1797 (Christened 7th Sept 1800)
Place of Birth	Marston Moretaine, Beds	Eversholt, Beds
Date of Marriage	17th May 1815 (at Eversholt, Beds)
Name of Spouse	Mary Goodman	Thomas Cook
Date of Death
Occupation	Agricultural Labourer	Lacemaker
Parents' Names	John Cook & Susan ?	James Goodman & Sarah ?
Siblings (with DOB)	John 1798, Ussley, Susan & Mary.

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Cook, William Henry &		Beatrice Olive Walton
Date of Birth	28th Jan 1916	11th June 1915
Place of Birth	4 Conduit Yard, Fleet St, Coventry	26 Lower Nelson St, Hillfields, Cov.
Date of Marriage	30th Sept 1939
Name of Spouse	Beatrice Olive Walton	William Henry Cook
Date of Death	6th Nov 1984	21st March 1971
Occupation	Bricklayer	Driller (Wartime)
Parents' Names	Henry Cook & Alice Mary Essex	Albert Edward Walton & Bernice Rowe
Siblings (with DOB)	Madge, Edith, Kate, Jesse & Charlotte.	Alice, James, Fredric William, Beryl, Leslie (and a further 3 who died young)

NOTES

Bill's army service was spent in North Africa and Italy (1939/45). Former addresses: 26 Nelson St, Cov, 35 Hewitt Ave, Cov, 107 Bulwer Rd, Cov. Both Bill and Beatrice are interred at London Road Cemetery, Coventry. They had 5 children: Shirley Ann, Jeffery William, Gail Bernice, Jacqueline and Leslie David. A twin of Gail Bernice died at birth.

Cook, William &		Margaret Cox
Date of Birth	25th Oct 1853	1854
Place of Birth	Cranfield, Bedfordshire	Cranfield, Beds
Date of Marriage	14th April 1873
Name of Spouse	Margaret Cox	William Cook
Date of Death
Occupation	Bootmaker	Lacemaker
Parents' Names	Rebecca Cook (Father Unknown)	Henry Cox & Susan ?
Siblings (with DOB)	(Step-Siblings) Mary, Isaac, Elizabeth & Sarah.	Ann, John, Harriet, Joseph, Elizabeth, Henry & Alice.

NOTES

William was illegitimate. He and Margaret lived at 17 High Street, Cranfield, Bedfordshire (at the time of writing, the house is still standing, though much modernised). More information is available in Cranfield Cooks

Cox, Francis &		Mary Walton
Date of Birth	1751	1751
Place of Birth	Cranfield	Cranfield, Beds
Date of Marriage	4th Oct 1771
Name of Spouse	Mary Walton	Francis Cox
Date of Death
Occupation
Parents' Names
Siblings (with DOB)

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Cox, Henry &		Susan Billington
Date of Birth	1816	1819
Place of Birth	Cranfield, Beds	Cranfield, Beds
Date of Marriage	30th Nov 1837
Name of Spouse	Susan Billington	Henry Cox
Date of Death
Occupation	Labourer (possibly Agricultural)
Parents' Names	Thomas Cox & Elizabeth Clark
Siblings (with DOB)	Sarah, Harriet, John, Ann & James

NOTES

Henry and Susan lived in High Street, Cranfield. At the time of writing, there are still Coxs' and Billingtons' living in Cranfield, the descendants of Henrys' and Susans' families.

Cox, Thomas &		Elizabeth Clark
Date of Birth	10th July 1785	1776
Place of Birth	Cranfield, Beds	Potsgrove, Beds
Date of Marriage	19th Oct 1801
Name of Spouse	Elizabeth Clark	Thomas Cox
Date of Death
Occupation
Parents' Names	Francis Cox & Mary Walton
Siblings (with DOB)	William, John, Esther, Elizabeth & Mary

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Dawes, Edward &		Alice ?
Date of Birth
Place of Birth	Kent (now part of London)	Kent
Date of Marriage
Name of Spouse	Alice	Edward Dawes
Date of Death
Occupation	Brassfounder
Parents' Names
Siblings (with DOB)

NOTES

The names , Edward & Alice Dawes appeared as witnesses on the Marriage Certificate of Sophia Dawes & George J Walton. The Dawes' lived in King George Street, Greenwich, London, which was formerly a part of Kent.

Essex, Aaron &		Sarah Mawby
Date of Birth	1823	1823
Place of Birth	Wolston, Warwickshire.	Oxford (Nayton?)
Date of Marriage	29th Oct 1844
Name of Spouse	Sarah Mawby	Aaron Essex
Date of Death
Occupation	Shoemaker
Parents' Names	John Essex & Mary Wright
Siblings (with DOB)	John, Mary & Maria

NOTES

Essex, John &		Mary Wright
Date of Birth		1797
Place of Birth	Wolston, Warks	Wolston, Warks
Date of Marriage	3rd Aug 1818
Name of Spouse	Mary Wright	John Essex
Date of Death
Occupation
Parents' Names
Siblings (with DOB)

NOTES

The 1861 Census for Wolston shows that Mary Essex, Aged 64, was living as a lodger with 42 year old widower, William Bradshaw, an agricultural labourer. Perhaps her former husband was dead and she had remarried?

Essex, William Thomas &		Charlotte
Date of Birth	1855	1855
Place of Birth	Wolston, Warks	Oxford
Date of Marriage
Name of Spouse	Charlotte	William Thomas Essex
Date of Death
Occupation	Navvy (1881 Census) / Platelayer
Parents' Names
Siblings (with DOB)	Mary, James, Samuel, Elizabeth & Sarah

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Goodman, Campbell &		Mary Elizabeth Sipthorp
Date of Birth
Place of Birth	Eversholt, Beds	Eversholt, Beds
Date of Marriage
Name of Spouse	Mary Elizabeth Sipthorp	Campbell Goodman
Date of Death
Occupation
Parents' Names
Siblings (with DOB)	Emma, Margaret, Jane & Mary

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Goodman, James &		Sarah ?
Date of Birth	20th March 1774
Place of Birth	Eversholt, Beds
Date of Marriage
Name of Spouse	Sarah ?	James Goodman
Date of Death
Occupation
Parents' Names	Campbell Goodman & Mary Sipthorp
Siblings (with DOB)	John, Ann, Fanny & William

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Mattocks, James &		Lucy Carvell
Date of Birth	1829	23rd April 1828
Place of Birth	Coventry	Coventry, St Michaels
Date of Marriage	29th March 1851
Name of Spouse	Lucy Carvell	James Mattocks
Date of Death
Occupation	Newsagent (previously a weaver)	Dressmaker
Parents' Names	Thomas Mattocks & ?	William Carvell & Elizabeth
Siblings (with DOB)	John	William & Elizabeth

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Rowe, Thomas Henry &		Emma Jane Mattocks
Date of Birth	1862	1863
Place of Birth	Foleshill, Warks	Coventry
Date of Marriage	26th Feb 1884
Name of Spouse	Emma Jane Mattocks	Thomas Henry Rowe
Date of Death
Occupation	Silk Weaver / Ribbon Blocker	Silk Winder
Parents' Names	Joseph Rowe & Emma Beck	James Mattocks & Lucy Carvell
Siblings (with DOB)	Sarah & Joseph. Also a step-brother, Josiah, born illegitimately to Emma Beck.	Katie Ann, James & Thomas Henry

NOTES

Former Addresses:- Bull & Anchor Yard, Bishop St - 10 of 11 Well St. Thomas had also lived at 70 East St. Their wedding was witnessed by Josiah Rowe and Katie Ann Mattocks.

Walton, Albert Edward &		Bernice Rowe
Date of Birth	1877	10th Sept 1889
Place of Birth	Lewisham, London (formerly Kent)	8 Bull & Anchor Yard, Bishop St, Cov.
Date of Marriage
Name of Spouse	Harriet Tomms (then) Bernice Walton	Albert Edward Walton
Date of Death		4th Dec 1967
Occupation	Engineering Grinder / Motor Mechanic
Parents' Names	George J Walton & Sophia F Dawes	Thomas Henry Rowe & Emma Mattocks
Siblings (with DOB)	Alice, Gertrude, George & Charles.	Virginia, Jennifer & Joseph

NOTES

Former Addresses:- 26 Lower Nelson St, Cov - 89 Lower Ford St, Cov - 74 Lower Ford St, Cov - 94 Bulwer Rd, Cov. Records suggest that Albert Edward Walton married Harriet Tomms in 1897. He and his parents had been lodging with the Tomms Family at 89 Lower Ford St for some years after moving from London. There is no account of any children from the Harriet Tomms marriage, though research continues. Albert married Bernice Walton about 1910, and during the First World War served in the Royal Flying Corps, probably based at Radford Aerodrome, one of the first dedicated military airfields to be set up in Britain. Albert lost a leg to cancer about this time, and became known as "Peg".

Walton, George &		Mary ?
Date of Birth	10th July 1814
Place of Birth	Woolwich, London	London
Date of Marriage
Name of Spouse	Mary	George Walton
Date of Death
Occupation
Parents' Names	James Walton & Ann
Siblings (with DOB)

NOTES

Married at St Mary's Church, Church St, Woolwich. George lived in the Docklands of London and was probably a "Docker" or associated with that trade.

Walton, George J &		Sophia F. Dawes
Date of Birth	1851	1854
Place of Birth	Blackheath, London	Greenwich, London
Date of Marriage	27th Feb 1875
Name of Spouse	Sophia F. Dawes	George J Walton
Date of Death
Occupation	Engineer at bicycle works	Housewife
Parents' Names	George Walton & Mary ?	Edward Dawes & Alice
Siblings (with DOB)	Charles Alfred 1851

NOTES

George and Sophia F. (Florence ?) moved from Lewisham in London to Coventry between 1877 / 1882. George was christened at St Margarets' Church, Lee, London on 31st March 1850. He was married at St Pauls' Church, Greenwich, and the ceremony was witnessed by Sophia's parents, Edward & Alice. Sophia signed her Marriage Certificate, Sophy. In Coventry, they lodged at 89 Lower Ford Street.

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