Saxmundham Lookup Please - STOCKS

[Joynewfie]

Hello there
can anyone Help?

Looking for Information on John Stocks Born circa 1870
what we know so far is He Married Ellen Maria Spall in March 1896.in Suffolk. then Moved to Durham ,

on 1901 Census gives his age as 31 and Born in Saxmundham. He is my Husbands Gt Grandfather, By 1906 John and Ellen had three Sons, Fenwick 1899 Humshaugh Northumberland, John William 7 Jan 1902. (Husbands Grandfather) and Charles Edward June 1906.  when his son John William Married April 1929 it says on Marriage Certificate. fathers name John Stocks Deceased . Occupation (Sexton). so any help on Tracing Johns Birth and parents names would be greatly Appreciated

thanks in advance

Joy

[suffolk*sue]

Theres this baptism.

 20th. Feb, 1867
 
John  STOCKS
 son of
Parents: William & Elizabeth
 Saxmundham

[Joynewfie]

Hi Sue

thanks for the info........
will write down your Find.......

On 1891 Census it states his age as 23. he was in the Army.
so guess age could differ, I  Know doing my Family in Northumberland the Ages differ quite a lot, just trying to Help Hubby with his tree. and all we have to go on is John Marriage to Ellen Maria Spall.  maybe if I send for that it should give his fathers name.

kind regards
Joy

[lizdb]

FreeBMD has this birth -

Jul/Aug/Sep 1866
John Stocks
Plomegate Suffolk
ref 4a 607

[suffolk*sue]

I reckon it would ne best to send for the cert as I can't find a John with a William and Elizabeth in the censuses, unless anyone else has better luck.

[lizdb]

1871 census is very confusing

I am wondering if there is a page missing

This is what it says

Saxmundham
Robert Boland 45 bn Barnstaple Devon
Sarah 47 wife bn Barnstaple Devon
Elizabeth 22 dtr bn Barnstaple Dvon
Eliza 18 dtr bn Beds?

then on to next page (Albion Street)

Charles Stocks son 12 bn Saxmundham
James 11  "
Eliza 9     "
John 5     "
Frederic    "

I wonder if, rather than the Stocks children (incl an Eliza) being step children of the Boland father (who has an Eliza and an Elizabeth ) if there should be another page in between with the Stocks parents on!

[lizdb]

Yep - two pages filmed in wrong order!

Next page (ALbion Street) has at the bottom -

William Stocks 38 ironmongers Porter bn Suffolk Bentham?
Elizabeth 37 wife bn Norfolk Norwich
Louisa dtr 13 bn Saxmundham

I guess this should them carry on with the other children Charles onwards

[Joynewfie]

Hi Lizdb

thank you for all of you good folks hunting around.
I agree with you on the Census.. I  had saved the two Family's and thought they had been mixed up.   it only remains for me to be sure its the Right John Stocks,
as Earlier post said Born Feb 20th 1867.  so by 1901 when living at Burnopfield, Durham he should be 34 not 31 as written. but everything else Fits.  his First son was registered as Frederick. then there is John William, then Charles Edward, so the names carry on,

but can anyone find his Death ?  or tell me if there would be a record of him Being a Sexton,
as stated in first message, he was Deceased on Son John Williams Marriage in 1929.

thank you all so much for the help to Date

Joy Stocks

[lizdb]

There is this death -

Ap/May/Jun 1921
john Stocks
age 55
Wisbech ref 3b 571

which was the nearest I could find of the right age, in East Anglia sort of area - ish.

But reading back through your posts it looks like he moved up north.  There is also a death of one of right age in YOrkshire in 1915.