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ANNIE COCARILL nee SPURRELL b. circa 1887 Trinity NFLD
« on: Sunday 14 January 24 19:09 GMT (UK) »
Hi All
So, digging for early records in Newfoundland is like looking for Protestant records in Ireland! 
It is a slog and I could use some help!
I have Annie Spurrell marrying George Cocarill in St. John's Newfoundland in 1908.
No parents listed so I have no idea who Annie's family was (Brick wall #1).
Then George & Annie and their growing family show up on the 1921 Census still in St. John's but under the surname COCHRANE. 
Why the name change I have no idea - it is not a slip of the census taker as their grandchildren carry that surname into today (Mystery #1).
Anyway George Cocarill/Cochrane dies in 1928 and his children show up on the 1935 with no mother Annie.
I have been unable to find Annie after his death as a Spurrell or Cocarill/Cochrane (Brick wall #2).
Not sure if any sleuth can pick up something on Annie that I have not been able to find?
Appreciate the help
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Re: ANNIE COCARILL nee SPURRELL b. circa 1887 Trinity NFLD
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 21 January 24 12:57 GMT (UK) »
Sadly found nothing on Annie Spurrell or her parents, tried a few spelling alternatives.
No death for her as Annie Cochrane but could she have remarried, again a brick wall.
Probably no remarriage - Cecil was only 14 and Leslie only 12 years.
Elusive.

Sandra  :-\
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Re: ANNIE COCARILL nee SPURRELL b. circa 1887 Trinity NFLD
« Reply #2 on: Monday 22 January 24 00:08 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Sandra
I'll keep chipping away at her.
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FLEMING(Logierait & Dowally, Perthshire);
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Re: ANNIE COCARILL nee SPURRELL b. circa 1887 Trinity NFLD
« Reply #3 on: Monday 22 January 24 11:31 GMT (UK) »
Is it possible that Annie died prior to George’s death?

The ages/dates/spelling don’t quite add up but throwing this out there…

1935 census includes a “brother”, age at last birthday was 12 (so he could have been almost 13).

Death index
Cocarell George, place of event: St. John’s, May 8, 1928
Coccarill Elizabeth, place of event: Fortune Bay, October 4, 1921

Could Elizabeth have actually been your Annie?  Was Annie possibly a nickname?  Was there ever a town named Fortune Bay, or were they referring to today’s Fortune Bay?   :-\

Added:  well, your Annie was not Elizabeth.  Elizabeth was age 70, and sadly, drowned.

But, could Annie have passed away prior to George?
Ellison: Co. Wicklow/Canada       Fowley: Sligo/Canada       Furnival: Lancashire/Canada       Ibbotson: Sheffield/Canada       Lee/DeJongh: Lancashire & Cheshire       Mumford: Essex/Canada       Ovens: Ireland/Canada       Sarge: Yorkshire/Canada             Stuart: Sligo/Canada       Sullivan: Co. Clare/Canada      Vaus: Sussex/Surrey      Wakefield: Tuam or Ballinasloe, Ireland              (Surname: Originated/Place Last Lived)  (Canadians lived in Ontario)

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Re: ANNIE COCARILL nee SPURRELL b. circa 1887 Trinity NFLD
« Reply #4 on: Monday 22 January 24 11:55 GMT (UK) »
It appears that George was buried in General Protestant Cemetery.  Have you tried contacting the cemetery office to see if Annie is buried there as well?
Ellison: Co. Wicklow/Canada       Fowley: Sligo/Canada       Furnival: Lancashire/Canada       Ibbotson: Sheffield/Canada       Lee/DeJongh: Lancashire & Cheshire       Mumford: Essex/Canada       Ovens: Ireland/Canada       Sarge: Yorkshire/Canada             Stuart: Sligo/Canada       Sullivan: Co. Clare/Canada      Vaus: Sussex/Surrey      Wakefield: Tuam or Ballinasloe, Ireland              (Surname: Originated/Place Last Lived)  (Canadians lived in Ontario)

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Re: ANNIE COCARILL nee SPURRELL b. circa 1887 Trinity NFLD
« Reply #5 on: Monday 22 January 24 12:24 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Lisa
I found her.
Remarried to a widower John Tremblett and she died in 1935.
Married between 1928 &1935
Currently trying to find their marriage and have contacted the Catholic Diocese in St Johns. As it seems she converted probably to marry.
WOODAGE (East London);
SPEAR (Laneast, Cornwall);
FRENCH (Rye/Hastings, Sussex);
PERCIVAL (Downe, Kent);
JARVIS (Houghton, Norfolk);
KING (Wortham,Suffolk- Hove, Sussex);
FLEMING(Logierait & Dowally, Perthshire);
LOVE (Ireland Co.?)
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