Thisispage2of12tracingthehistoryoftheCochranefamilyfromtheirearliestoriginsinSomersetand GloucestershiretoLondon,andthelinkbymarriagetotheChapplefamily.Variationsinthesurnamespelling occurintherecords.Forconsistency,whatbecametheprevalentform-Cochrane-isusedhere.If youhaveaconnectiontoanyindividualorfamilyfeaturedhere,orifyouwanttoleaveusyour feedback,taptheicontocontactus.Browsebyclickingthepreviouspage/nextpagebuttonor following the numbered (e.g. [2]) or parental ([Parents]) links.
3.WilliamCOCHRANE[Parents].Bornabout1818inStLukes,Middlesex.ThislocationwasgivenasWilliam’sbirthplaceinthe1851censusandisprobablyareferencetoStLuke’sParish,OldStreet, FinsburywherehissisterLouisawasbaptized.William died19/3/1860at36IsabellaStreet, Lambeth,ageabout42.CauseofdeathcertifiedasApoplexy12hours(acerebralhaemorrhageorstroke). Occupation: Furniture Broker.On5/3/1843,whenWilliamwasageabout24,hemarriedCarolineAmeliaPETRIE,daughterofThomas PETRIEandRebeccaPIPER,inStMaryParishChurch,Haggerston,Shoreditch.Carolinewasborn21/5/1820in Shoreditchandbaptized6/8/1820inStLeonards,Shoreditch.Carolinedied24/1/1873inLambeth,age52. Cause of death certified as Bronchitis 14 days.They had the following children:(1)CarolineJane,born25/4/1844in11OldhamGardens,Clerkenwellandbaptized18/8/1844inStJohnthe Baptist,Shoreditch.CarolineJanedied22/12/1928inSouthwark,age84.CauseofdeathcertifiedasChronic Bronchitis;Myocardialdegeneration.On19/6/1864,whenCarolineJanewasage20,shemarriedThomas LESTER(1840-?),sonofThomasLESTER,aFarmer,inStPaul’sChurch,Southwark.(2)Eliza,born22/3/1846in 11OldhamGardens,Clerkenwell.Elizadied24/8/1852in32MitreStreet,Lambeth,age6.Causeofdeath certifiedasFever5weeks.(3)William[6].(4)Emily,born29/1/1853in32MitreSreet,Lambethanddied 8/7/1874atBreydonWater,GreatYarmouth,age21.Causeofdeathestablishedbyinqueston10/7/1874: Accidentallydrowned.On14/1/1873,whenEmilywasage19,shemarriedEdmundBALLARD,sonofWilliam BALLARD (deceased), at St Mary, Lambeth. (5) Alfred John [7].On28/81864,whenCarolinewasage44,shemarriedawidowerGeorgeWILLIAMS(1811-?),sonofDavid WILLIAMS, a carpenter, in St Paul, Southwark. No children from this marriage have been traced.4.JamesCOCHRANE[Parents].Bornabout1822inShoreditch,Middlesex,Jamesdied22/9/1887atthe Union Workhouse, Leytonstone, age about 65. Cause of death: Bronchitis.On14/4/1845,whenJameswasageabout23,hemarriedArabellaNICKELS,daughterofJohn NICKELS,achairmaker,inStMary,Islington.Bornabout1824inColchester,Arabelladied28/1/1908in4Bird's Hill, Willian, Hertfordshire, age 83. Cause of death certified as Heart Failure; Bronchitis; Renal Asthma.Arabella had the following child. The father is not named on the birth certificate:(1)CharlesNICKELS,born24/9/1844inShoreditchWorkhouseandbaptized1/3/1854inStJohntheBaptist, HoxtonasJamesCOCHRANE.Thisisnameusedinthe1851censusandthereafter.Jamesdied16/11/1858at 17IvyLane,HoxtonOldTown,age14.Causeofdeathwasestablishedbyinqueston18/11/1856whenthe coronerforMiddlesex,WilliamBakerrecorded“Diedfromeffusionofbloodonthebraincausedbyablowfrom a fall on being knocked down but how or by whom there was no satisfactory evidence to shew”.JamesandArabellahadthefollowingchildren(allbaptismsatHolyTrinityChurch,Hoxton,unlessstated otherwise):(1)Arabella,born1/10/1846in47GeeStreet,StLuke,Middlesexandbaptized1/3/1854.Arabelladied 25/4/1930inStratford,age83,CauseofdeathcertifiedasChronicBronchitis.On3/4/1870,whenArabellawas age23,shemarriedJohnHenryRowlandHILLS(1845-1897),sonofJohnBrownHILLS,aMiller,inStThomas, BethnalGreen.(2)Alice,born28/5/1849in15TurnerSquare,HoxtonOldTownandbaptized1/3/1854.Alice died27/9/1874inHoxton,age25.CauseofdeathcertifiedasPhthisis(TB);Diarrhoea.On25/12/1868,when Alicewasage19,shemarriedGeorgePORTER(1846-?),sonofJamesPORTER,aMalster,inStThomas,Bethnal Green.(3)Ellen,born16/11/1851inHoxtonOldTownandbaptized1/3/1854.Ellendied26/12/1932in Haymeads,Bishop’sStortford,age81.CauseofdeathcertifiedasShockandHypostaticPneumonia;Gall-bladdercolic.On30/7/1876,whenEllenwasage22,shemarriedhersisterAlice’swidowerGeorgePORTERin StThomas,BethnalGreen.(4)Lavinia,born17/1/1854inHoxtonOldTownandbaptized8/2/1854inStJohn theBaptist,Hoxton.Shenevermarried.Laviniadied2/9/1906intheHackneyUnionInfirmary,Homerton,age 52. Cause of death certified as Bronchitis. (5) Frank [8]. (6) Alfred Charles [9].
Steve & Pauline Jones’ Family History
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