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  • Eliza Darby's birth certificate arrived today. Her mother's maiden name was not as expected!
  • Now Jane's parents found: David Draper, shoemaker, and Jane Catling. Married December 1809, St Pancras, London, England.
  • Found: Jane Draper, my 4 x great grandmother was born 17 November 1810 and baptised 16 December 1810 at All Saints, Edmonton, London.
  • Found four more children of George George, baker, and Mary
  • So... my 4 x great grandmother Phoebe Elizabeth wasn't a Herbert after all—but a Hubert.
  • Intriguing possibility. Did James Joseph Hancock, potter, work for the company that became Royal Doulton?
  • Three certificates arrived today (none obtained in error). Two deaths and a birth.
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Archive for the ‘Death Notices’ Category

Eliza Hancock, d.1938

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, d.1915

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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Frances Hancock, d.1847

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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Eliza Hancock, d.1839

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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Joseph Hancock, d.1844

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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Jane Mary Ann Hancock, d.1847

Jane Mary Ann Hancock, daughter of James Joseph Hancock, potter, died at 77 Princes Road, Lambeth on November 7, 1847, aged 3 weeks. The cause of death was certified as inflammation of the chest.
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Sarah Coles, d.1837

Sarah Coles, wife of Joseph Coles, brazier, died at 13 Upper Ogle Street on September 26, 1837, aged 43 years. The cause of death is recorded as hydrothorax.
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Elizabeth Coles, d.1849

Elizabeth Coles, widow of Benjamin Coles, clerk with the East India Company, died of old age at 2 Hawthorndean Place, Limehouse on November 7, 1849, aged 77 years.
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