Husband: Henry COKER #1397 Born: 1 Sep 1868 in Limehouse, London, Middlesex, England (see note 1) Died: 16 Oct 1924 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia (see note 2) Buried: 17 Oct 1924 in Grave 5 North Rockhampton Cemetery family plot, Rockhampton, Qld, Aust (see note 3) Occupation: Miner, Builder Father: James Thomas COKER #1395 Mother: Emily LEE #1396 Other spouse 2 Notes
Wife: Frances Jane SUGDEN #1580 Married: 29 Jul 1888 in Calliope, Qld, Australia (see note 4)
Born: 1873 in Queensland, Aust Died: Bef 1930 (see note 5) Father: George Arthur SUGDEN #2405 Mother: Sarah Ann LLOYD #2406 Other spouse 2
M Child 1: George Henry Arthur COKER #2389 Born: 29 Nov 1888 in Queensland, Aust (see note 6) Died: ?
M Child 2: James COKER #1581 Born: 20 Jul 1890 in Queensland, Aust (see note 7) Died: ?
F Child 3: Emily Lee COKER #1582 Born: 7 Jun 1892 in Gladstone, Queensland, Aust (see note 8) Died: 24 Jun 1914 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia (see note 9) Spouse: George HARVEY #2402 b. 30 Jun 1890 d. 4 Dec 1935 Married: 27 Oct 1913 in Queensland, Aust (see note 10)
Event Notes Note (1) Harry Coker 1 Sept 1868 Limehouse. (From Coker London Research group June 2004)
Note (2) Qld State Library death ref: 004166
Note (3) Coker family plot at the North Rockhampton Cemetery is in the Church of England area Compartment 3, Section 3. There are eight burials; three each in graves 4, 5 and two in grave 6. Buried in grave 4 are: Arthur Coker 28/2/1945, Emily Ellen Coker 24/6/1970 and Estel Frances Maud Coker 16/1/1886. Note (4) 1888 marriages solemnised in the district of Gladstone in the colony of Queensland. Registered by Henry M Cockburn, District Registrar. No 276 29th July 1888 at Calliope. Henry Coker bachelor born London, England, miner aged 21 of Norton. Parents: James Thomas Coker and Emily Lee. Father's profession, clerk. AND Frances Jane Sugden, spinster, born Baffle Creek, Queensland, domestic duties, aged 15 of Norton. Parents: George Arthur Sugden (butcher, (deceased)) and Sarah Ann Lloyd. Married at residence of William Mackay, Calliope according to the rites of the Presbyterian Church. Witnesses: Wm Mackay, Margaret Elizabeth Lloyd
Note (5) On mother's death cert in 1930, she is recorded as having pre-deceased her mother
Note (6) Queensland historical index search: 1889/C004232
Note (7) Queensland historical index search: 1890/C005306
Note (8) Queensland historical index search: 1892/C005212
Note (9) Qld State Library death ref: 14/003611
Emily apparently died 13 days after giving birth to Gordon
Family Notices. (1914, June 26). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954) DEATH. HARVEY.-On 24th June at Rockhampton, Mrs. G. Harvey (nee Emily Lomas*), fond and loving daughter of Mr and Mrs. F. Lomas, West-street, aged 22. *Daughter of Henry Coker and Frances Sugden but raised by Henry's sister Jane and her husband Fred Lomas and was known as Emily Lomas. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53338261
Note (10) Queensland historical index search: 1913/C003029
Family Notices. (1913, November 8). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), HARVEY-COKER.-On the 29th October, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lomas, by the Rev. A. D. Shaw, George, the only son of Mrs. Harvey, to Emily Lee Coker, the eldest daughter of Mr. H. Coker, Rockhampton. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53313455
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