Emily Cock

WOOLLCOTT, EMILY mmn BOULTON GRO Reference: 1844 J Quarter in SAINT JAMES' CLERKENWELL Volume 03 Page 77

From Rootschat:
Emily Woollcott born 28th May 1844;
Baptism 8 Sep 1844 Clerkenwell St James, Islington,
parents William Thomas Woollcott occ Officer’s Clerk, Catharine Ann, 4 Roseman St; Emily Woollcott mmn BOULTON 1844 Jun Quarter Saint James' Clerkenwell
- so this all ties in.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_James%27s_Church,_Clerkenwell

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1861 Census:
1861 RG 9; Piece: 128; Folio: 39; Page: 36;
Emily Woolcott 17 London Middlesex boarder living Islington

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At Canonbury, London, on Saturday, Nov 8th, Mr. James Cock, formerly of Truro, to Miss Emily Woollcott, daughter of the late W. Woollcott, Esq (Royal Cornwall Gazette, 14 November 1862)

Scans of the index entries for the of Emily and James can be viewed here via Free BMD: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=TaLEkHoDTyrOzFiKZ... and here https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=34711644:0719&d=bmd... - spelt "Woollcott". Dec 1862 Islington 1b 460; Woollcott Emily;
Dec 1862 Islington 1b 460; Cock, James.

The actual marriage certificate (certified copy) shows James, bachelor, 29, railway clerk, of 5 Barnsbury Square, son of James Cock, builder, and Emily Woollcott, spinster, 18, of 5 Richmond Terrace, daughter of William Thomas Woollcott, actuary, married in the Register Office in Islington. Witnesses are Benjamin Stokes May and Esther Ann May. (See below for refs to to the Mays.)

The FS entry of the marriage registration (note that the other names cited are not witnesses):
Marriage at Islington, Oct-Dec 1862. "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DVC-MVW : 13 December 2014), Emily Woolcott, 1862; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1862, quarter 4, vol. 1B, p. 460, Islington, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

At Canonbury, London, on Saturday, Nov 8th, Mr. James Cock, formerly of Truro, to Miss Emily Woollcott, daughter of the late W. Woollcott, Esq (Royal Cornwall Gazette, 14 November 1862)

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1871 Census - at Kenwyn (near Truro), Cornwall, aged 30: "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFJD-7WF : 23 June 2017), Emily Cock in entry for James Cock, 1871.
With husband James and children Emily K J (7) and Frederick W (5).
Emily and the children shown as born in Clerkenwell, Middlesex (London); James born in Truro.

1871 details from FreeCEN:
Piece: RG10/2283 Place: Kenwyn -Cornwall Enumeration District: 3
Civil Parish: Kenwyn Ecclesiastical Parish: St. Johns
Folio: 54 Page: 26 Schedule: 142
Address: Victoria Place (Ship Inn)

Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
COCK James Head M M 37 Accountant Cornwall - Truro b.1834
COCK Emily Wife M F 30 Keeper Beer House Middlesex - Clerkenwell
COCK Emily K J Dau - F 7 Scholar Middlesex - Clerkenwell (note: aka Kate, b. 1864)
COCK Frederick W Son - M 5 Scholar Middlesex - Clerkenwell
STEPHENS Susan Servnt U F 26 General Serv (Domestic) Cornwall - St Blazey

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Baptism of Albert in Hatcham, 11th May 1875 - living in New Cross area (then known as Hatcham)': "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NTYD-FH7 : 30 December 2014, Albert Edward Cock, 05 Oct 1871); citing Hatcham, Surrey, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 2,214,588.
Further details from Rootschat:
Albert Edward Cock born 5th October 1871; Bp 11th May 1875 St James Hatcham Surrey; fa James Cock, occ commercial traveller; ma Emily, abode 9 Walpole Street.
Walpole St was renamed Pagnell St in 1912. (Place of birth not shown.)

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But where is the family in 1881? Husband James has died by then, but no sign of a death record for Emily between 1875 and 1881.

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From Rootschat (all found on GRO):
James Cock bc.1834 Kenwyn, Truro, Cornwall married Emily Woollcott Dec.qtr.1862 Islington - 3 children born:
Emily Kate Jane Cock b.4/5/1864 Clerkenwell (Islington)
Frederick William Cock birth Jun.1866 Clerkenwell
James Woollcott Cock birth Dec.1869 Truro, death Sept.qtr.1870 Truro.
Mothers maiden name on all 3 births is Woollcott.

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Clerkenwell:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerkenwell

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Death is assumed before son Albert joins army and gives next-of-kin as sister Kate in London.

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Benjamin Stokes May, witness to the marriage of Emily and James, appears in several FamilySearch entries. Baptism here at St Luke's Finsbury: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N1KF-5LB : 30 December 2014, Benjamin Stokes May, 30 Apr); citing St. Luke, Finsbury, Middlesex, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 585,442. - So he would have been about 39 in 1862.

Living in Islington, general merchant, in the 1861 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M2-DMMV : 11 November 2017), Benjamin S May, Islington, London, Middlesex, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

Not sure about Esther Ann May - there are several, although no births or baptisms on FS with the same parents.

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