William Tooke Shoemaker about 1861

[DavidLTooke]

My great Grandfather was William Tooke, Census has him born Norwich 1861 and his Marriage Certificate says his father was also William - deceased - and was a shoemaker.

The likeliest candidate for Wm Junior seems to be Born in 1861 in Coslaney district in Norwich - but his father appears to be Samuel not William  - the family however are involved in leather work - described as a Cordwainer.

Is there any record of a William as a Cordwainer or Shoe Maker in around 1861 in Norwich?

I've been stuck on this for years... it seem the right William is hiding.

[CaroleW]

Have you considered the possibility he was illegitimate & made up a fathers name when he married as many illegitimate children did in those days

Do you have him on the 1871 census?   When & who did he marry?

[Mabel Bagshawe]

1861

William Took b North Elmham c1825 - lodger at the Kings Arms

Cordwainer

RG 9; 1215; 98; 13;

Added: but he is single

[Mabel Bagshawe]

There's a potential burial in 1868 - correct age, North Elmham

[jonw65]

When & who did he marry?

Possibly William Tooke, 31, + Alice Brown, 24 Sep 1894, Waddingham, Lincs
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL1K-ZXGY

His father William Tooke.
Transcript on FreeReg says William was Coal Porter, residence Althorp
It also said that the fathers of both groom and bride were Thomas Brown. Surely some mistake
William's father a Shoemaker.

1901 in Althorpe/Keadby, William Tooke, 40, is a Railway Labourer, born Norwich
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X95K-J29

[jonw65]

Transcript on FreeReg says William was Coal Porter, residence Althorp

1901 in Althorpe/Keadby, William Tooke, 40, is a Railway Labourer, born Norwich

Was he ever a fisherman?
Epworth Bells, Crowle and Isle of Axholme Messenger
OCR text alert!
25 August 1888
ASSAULT.—Richard Bird, of West Butterwick, butcher, was fined ? and costs 21s. 6d. for assaulting William Tooke, of Keadby, fisherman, at Keadby on the 20th inst. Mr. Newborn appeared for the defendant.

January 1891
Christopher Turpose , of Althorpe, fisherman, was fined 10s. and costs ? 6d. for assaulting William Tooke, of Althorpe, fisherman, at Keadby on the 23rd Dec.—William Tooke, of Keadby, fisherman, was fined ? and costs ? 6d. for assaulting Robert Blaydes

Is this him?

[jonw65]

There is a Wm Took, 28, born Norwich, Norfolk, a mate on the Blanche in Lincolnshire in 1881
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27K-9QRQ

A William Tooke, 37, Fisherman, born Norwich, a boarder in Sculcoates in 1891
piece 3932 folio 26 page 3
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7PN8-8T2

[jonw65]

1871 census has, in St Michael at Coslany, Norwich
William Tooke, 18, Cord Spinner
Mother Hannah Tooke, 34, Married, Rag Picker
piece 1807 folio 138 page 18
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFXQ-FMD

[jonw65]

Maybe
TOOKE, WILLIAM       
Mother's Maiden Surname: WILSEA 
GRO Reference: 1852  S Quarter in NORWICH  Volume 04B  Page 96

Marriage at St Augustine, Norwich, 29 June 1852
William Tooke, 24, Shoe Maker
+
Hannah Wilsea, 18
Residence for both Pitt Street

Image of parish register here
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ9-3ZR8?i=61