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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Leicestershire => Topic started by: Danone on Friday 15 August 14 21:09 BST (UK)
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Hi my grandfathers brother was George henry ernest cooper born 1896 markfield father joseph cooper mother mary ellen cooper <massey>.George married a Hannah .m Tonks around 1921 which came under barrow upon soar, please can anyone find this marriage for me please
many thanks
Danone
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Hi, see here
http://www.rootschat.com/links/019g3/
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Hi jool
thank you so much for that .can i ask another favour please yesterday i spoke to mums cousion about hannah that married my grand fathers brother George ..she had a look on her tablet at the 1901 census she came up with hannah .M. tonks abt 1891 parents tom and emma tonks leicestershire i did find them when i started looking for them and i thought she belonged to the tonks family coming from wallsall but mum cousin .thinks this is her with them is this the right family as i was given a file on the tonks family they were into gold and silver jewelrey and old flint lock guns and a clock tower in a town some were i think one was a doctor or some thing ...
thanks
Danone
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Hi, as soon as you mentioned Walsall and a clock tower nearby I thought of Willenhall clock tower. (I live in the area and used to work in Willenhall) A bit of googling revealed that it was erected in memory of Dr. Joseph Tonks (1855-1891).
http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/6115/
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anaother freind looked at the same thing for me i founf it in my folder thiswhent back to 2012 george cooper born 1897 markfield leicestershire father joseph cooper mand mother mary ellen cooper the green markfield with the family then he looked for the marraige which he found .then he looked at the tonks family and whent back three genearations .
1851 census -property at catherines cross, walsall
joseph <age 36> a gun lock filer /maria age <34> /joseph <12. /william <12./ Richard <,3>/sarah
born in 1851>
1871 census-property at new street walsall west midlands.
richard <24> a gun lock filer /Elizabeth <27> /<john ,7>/george <3>/mary<1>
1911 census property at cropston road Ansty leicestershire
George ,42> a general lab .Elizabeth <40> a shoe machinist/joseph richrd <15> a shoe clicker/Hannah maria <13> a shoe machinist/ george born twycross all the others in Ansty.
Danone
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:) :) :)yes that is what was sent to me and more in the file ,have just sent some more to you on the family what some one else found out so it does look like the tonks family from there was right he goes to say the gun lock filer link is right so i wonder if her parents were part of this family and did come from there .
Danone
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:) :) :)Hi jool on the census list Hannah maria age 13 a shoe machinist .so she was from the tonks from walsall wow what a find .the front page william tonks and sons was tiffney and co william tonks and sons also townend & co ltdim looking at metal work with a sun shape on it .the trade mark was WT&S WITH STYLISED SUN WILLENHALL CLOCK TOWER IS THE RIGHT ONE .WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW NOW IS WERE DID OUR GEORGE meet Hannah & george and hannah had dororthy cooper their dau i knew her so mum told me .
Danone