Martha Coker

"Martha Holt, 1896. (Mrs Fuller Coker). Arrived with her husband, who was a friend of Cecil Rhodes, Mrs Coker was among the guests at the banquet given at the Palace Hotel on the occasion of the opening of the Railway. She died in Bulawayo in May, 1927, aged 88 years. Information from Mrs O'Connor, Salisbury, in letter dated 4/10/1957" .

Birth date circa 1839 calculated from being 88 at the time of her death in 1927.

The following from My Heritage "Torr Family Web Site":

Fuller Coker (1830 - 1903);

Birth: Mar 1830 in Shepdam, Norfolk, England;

Marriage to: Martha Holt (Coker) in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa;

Death: Feb 6 1903 at Boomerang Farm, Matopos, Rhodesia;

Parents: John Coker and Hannah Coker