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I am trying to find any information about Joseph Coker. I am not sure, but he may have been born in 1841 and married someone called Elizabeth (surname unknown). They had any children, one of whom was called Amelia Coker born on 21/11/1878, married a George Walker in 1899 and died in 1950. I cannot seem to find any information on Joseph, although he may have been called William or Joseph William. His father was also called Jospeh and his mother called Sarah Roots.
Thank you

???1881
Joseph T. Coker
Age: 32
Estimated birth year: abt 1849
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Catherine
Gender: Male
Where born: Kingsland, Middlesex, England

Civil parish: Bethnal Green
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address: 13 Martha St
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Carmen

Registration district: Bethnal Green
Sub-registration district: Bethnal Green
ED, institution, or vessel: 19
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph T. Coker 32
Catherine Coker 27
Kate E. Coker 3
William Coker 4
Amelia M. Coker 1


Amelia Kate Coker
Record Type: Baptism
Date: 18 Nov 1879
Father's Name: Joseph Coker
Mother's Name: Kate Coker
Parish: St Chad, Haggerston
Borough: Hackney
County: Middlesex


That's really annoying because she married as Amelia Maggie but she seems to have been baptised Amelia Kate. It is definitely an M on the census record so I wonder if they changed their minds

Amelia Maggie Coker
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: abt 1880
Spouse Name: George Robert Walter
Spouse Age: 22
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 2 Apr 1899
Parish: St Mary, Haggerston
County: Middlesex
Borough: Hackney
Father Name: Joseph Coker
Spouse Father Name: George Walter

From the 1881 census the only amelia coker i can find is as follows:
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COKER, John Head Married M 28 1853 Butcher Newington Surrey
COKER, Grace Wife Married F 26 1855 London Middlesex
COKER, Frederick Son Single M 4 1877 Southwark Surrey
COKER, Amelia Daughter Single F 2 1879 Southwark Surrey
COKER, John Son Single M 0 1881 Southwark Surrey
SALISBURY, Rosalie Lodger Single F 34 1847 Machinist London
Middlesex

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RG number:
RG11 Piece:
526 Folio:
39 Page:
13

Registration District:
St Saviour Southwark Sub District:
Borough Road EnumerationDistrict:
Ecclesiastical Parish:


Civil Parish:
St George the Martyr Southwark Municipal Borough:
Address:
90, Gt Suffolk St, St George The Martyr Southwark County:
Surrey

Marriages Dec 1840 (>99%)

COKER Joseph Hackney 3 104

ROOTS Sarah Hackney 3 104

1841 census - household transcription
Person: COKER, Joseph
Address: Homerton, Lower Wick Lane, St John Hackney, Tower Hamlets

COKER, Joseph M 25 1816 Middlesex VIEW
COKER, Sarah F 30 1811 Middlesex VIEW
COKER, Joseph F 0 (6 months) 1841 Middlesex

1851 census - household transcription
Person: COKER, Joseph
Address: 161/2, James Street, Saint Leonards Shoreditch, The Tower Hamlets
COKER, Joseph Head Married M 38 1813 Boot And Shoe Maker
Bethnal Green
Middlesex VIEW
COKER, Sarah Wife Married F 40 1811
St George East
Middlesex VIEW
COKER, Helen Daughter F 2 1849 At Home
Shoreditch
Middlesex VIEW
COKER, Joseph Son M 10 1841
Hackney
Middlesex VIEW
COKER, Edwin Son M 5 1846
Bethnal Green
Middlesex VIEW
COKER, Sarah Daughter F 0 (1 MOS) 1851
Shoreditch
Middlesex

1861 census - household transcription
Person: COKE, Joseph
Address: 19, Tyssen Place, Hackney
COKE, Joseph Head Married M 48 1813 Broker
Hackney
Middlesex VIEW
COKE, Sarah Wife Married F 48 1813
Hackney
Middlesex VIEW
COKE, Edwin Son M 14 1847 Servant
Hackney
Middlesex VIEW
COKE, Ellen Daughter F 12 1849 Scholar
Hackney
Middlesex VIEW
COKE, Maria Daughter F 10 1851 Scholar
Hackney
Middlesex

1871 census - household transcription
Person: COKER, Joseph W
Address: Elizabeth Pl, St John Hackney
COKER, Joseph W Head M 30 1841 Middlesex VIEW
COKER, Elizabeth Wife F 31 1840 Wiltshire VIEW
COKER, Eliza H Daughter F 8 1863 Middlesex VIEW
COKER, Alice M Daughter F 7 1864 Middlesex VIEW
COKER, Joseph W Son M 5 1866 Middlesex VIEW
COKER, Mary C Daughter F 3 1868 Middlesex VIEW
COKER, Edwin J Son M 1 1870 Middlesex

dad may have remarried

1881 census - household transcription
Person: COKER, Joseph
Address: 36, Stockmar Rd, Hackney

COKER, Joseph Head Married M 68 1813 Bootmaker
Middx City VIEW
COKER, Mary A Wife Married F 80 1801
Hackney
Middlesex

I am alittle concerned that some things do not add up with the info you have.
It is always best to start from what you know and work back.
Could you start from the information you are absolutely cerain about to give some markers.

Births Dec 1879 (>99%)
Coker Amelia Maggie Bethnal Green 1c 244

Marriages Jun 1899 (>99%)

Coker Amelia Maggie Shoreditch 1c 113
Walker Ernest Thomas Shoreditch 1c 113
Walker George Robert Shoreditch 1c 113

The census astrid posted 1881 has Joseph T Coker

Marriages Jun 1872 (>99%)
Coker Joseph Thomas Bethnal Green 1c 645
McShee Catherine Bethnal Green 1c 645




Deaths Jun 1882 (>99%)
COKER Joseph Thomas 33 Bethnal Green 1c 135

Hold this one

1891 census - household transcription
Person: COKE, Amelia
Address: 100, Tabard Street, Newington
DAVIES, Frederick G Head Married M 45 1846 Grocers Porter
Southwark
London VIEW
DAVIES, Harriett Wife Married F 43 1848
Lambeth
London VIEW
DAVIES, Rachel Daughter Single F 21 1870 Paper Bag Maker
Southwark
London VIEW
DAVIES, Maria Daughter Single F 17 1874 Paper Bag Maker
Southwark
London VIEW
DAVIES, John Son Single M 14 1877
Southwark
London VIEW
DAVIES, David Son M 12 1879
Southwark
London VIEW
DAVIES, James Son M 9 1882
Southwark
London VIEW
DAVIES, Rebecca Daughter F 7 1884
Southwark
London VIEW
DAVIES, Lilly Daughter F 3 1888
Southwark
London VIEW
DAVIES, Henry Son M 2 1889
Southwark
London VIEW
DAVIES, Ethel Daughter F 0 (3M) 1891
Southwark
London VIEW
COKE, Amelia Niece F 12 1879
Lambeth
London

1901 census - household transcription
Person: WALKER, Amelia M
Address: 2, Redvers Street, Shoreditch
WALKER, George Head Married M 27 1874 Boot Maker
Dalston
London VIEW
WALKER, Amelia M Wife Married F 25 1876
Bethnal Green
London VIEW
WALKER, George Son M 1 1900
Bethnal Green
London

1901 census - household transcription
Person: COKER, Catherine
Address: 17, Old Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green

COKER, Catherine Head Widow F 48 1853 Laundress
Bermondsey
London VIEW
COKER, Kate Daughter Single F 23 1878 Book Folder
Bethnal Green
London VIEW
COKER, Alice Daughter Single F 19 1882 Fancy Box Mker
Bethnal Green
London

I have traced Sarah Roots dying in 1868 and Joseph Coker possibly marrying a Mary Ann Knight in 1876. Will keep looking!

But how did you get to her? If you got to her throgh one of your ancestors, found her husband and want to trace down then that is one lot of info.
But I think I am seeing an indicrepancy here. i need to know your starting point.

Your opening post was very uncertain and lots of mays.
If you are going through Amelia and George we may have a different line. At some point you will need some certificates. With the right info we can narrow it down to the correct one.

Went on ancestry.com and freeBMD George and Amelia Coker were my husbands grandparents and have birth certs etc, but Joseph Senior we are having trouble with. Think they keep changing their names as Amelia (apparently) was known as Maggie! Unfortunately my father-in-law died last year so cannot ask him any more.

I have just found this record. Do you think I am on the right trail, or not? Think there may be a mistake with his birth year.?

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Joseph Coker

Name: Joseph Coker
Age: Full Age
Estimated birth year: abt 1861
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Bailey
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 1 Oct 1861
Parish: St Paul
County: Middlesex
Borough: Hackney