George Hancock, bachelor, laborer, and Eliza Darby, spinster, both of full age, were married at St Peter’s Church, Wellington, New Zealand on June 30, 1875 by Arthur Stock, the officiating minister. The marriage was witnessed by George William Hancock, engineer, and Elizabeth Hancock, both of Wellington (1).

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1. New Zealand, marriage register entry for George Hancock and Eliza Darby, married 30 June 1938; citing 1938/24449; Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

Eliza Hancock, widow, died at 79 Harrison Street, Wanganui, on August 19, 1938, aged 91 years. The cause of death was certified as chronic myocarditis and arteriosclerosis by A. G. Crawford on August 19, 1938.
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George Hancock, grocer, died at the hospital, from Holloway Road, Mitchelltown, Wellington, on April 19, 1915, aged 68 years. The cause of death was certified as malignant papilloma of the bladder by Dr D. F. Meyers on April 19, 1915.
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A couple of weeks ago I googled my 4 × great grandfather Joseph Coles and was pleasantly surprised to see an entry in the results that looked suspiciously like a reference to an article in a scholarly journal. Following the link proved my suspicions correct but unfortunately the full-text of the article (Keane, 1975) was not available to me online without paying a hefty fee. Luckily my local university library held the journal in print format so I was not inconvenienced too much.
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The London Metropolitan Archives are in the process of digitising their genealogical resources in association with Ancestry.com. These resources are being progressively made available, and having recently upgraded my subscription to Ancestry, searches for Benjamin Coles have uncovered some new information.
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Joseph Coles got married between his hospitalisation in 1817 and the presentation to the Somersetshire Society of a report into his conduct as an apprentice in March 1819 (Somersetshire Society, 1819, March 15) that said:

… subsequent to the time when he was in the hospital for the cure of the Venereal disease he had been in the habit of staying out all hours of the night sometimes all night and frequently whole days – that he had formed a connection with and had ultimately married their discharged Servant maid …

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Joseph Hancock, son of George Hancock, boot tree maker, died at 3 Haddon Place, Waterloo Road on March 7, 1844, aged 3 months 9 days, of convulsions.
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Frances Hancock, daughter of George Hancock, broom maker, died at 56 Paradise Street, Lambeth Walk on September 17, 1847, aged 3 years. The cause of death was certified as variola (5 weeks) after being twice vaccinated without effect.
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To Henry Boyd Coles, ironmonger, and Sarah Ann Coles (née Skene), on June 27, 1846 at 2 Hawthorndean Place, Limehouse, a son, George Skene Coles.
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Eliza Hancock, daughter of James Joseph Hancock, potter, died at High Street, Lambeth on May 13, 1839, aged 6 months, of consumption.
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