Well -- I have spent a few more hours on this one .... am still having difficulty with Ancestry showing me marriage records....
and or 'Naturalisation' records.
I couldn't find them on Family search either.
So slowly going through the children to see what I can find.. its going to be a long journey -
I found Mary Ann (nee Ashton) Cockerill's (wife of Joseph) death 1933 - as I had found her in 1911 living with son John and family in Leicester and traced her from there.
I also have Josephs snr (bn 1842) death 1903.
I followed Mary Ann Cockerill bn 1871 in AMERICA dtr of Joseph and Mary ....
and she is a servant from 1891 in Fleckney - back with her parents in the 1901 (lubenham)
and nowhere in 1911---
then I found a possible marriage to an Albert Scrivens, which means she married late in life ... this was 1916 and then this Mary Ann Scrivens died in Leicester in 1942 age 71.
So a marriage or death cert to send for I think!!!!
I just wish I could find the missing years in America... for some of the family at least.
Going to look into a possible Mary Mcleod that may have married Henry !!! (bn 1833 brother of this Joseph snr) oh crikey
sorry --- lovely people --- this is my note pad may not post at the moment... xin