RESEARCH NOTES CORY AND RELATED FAMILES
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Henry-5 CORY (m. Sarah Ellis), ROBERT Samuel-4(m. Phoebe Mackey) Phoebe-3 (m. John William Farmer), Florence Phoebe FARMER-2m. Edward Louis SHEPPARD, Sidney SHEPPARD-1 (m. Helen J. Coburn), James Wm. SHEPPARD0 (m. Maureen M. Harding)
HENRY-5 CORY
1 Alternatively called Folley House. It is in Blackwall Reach which is a part of the Blackwall docks on the Isle of Dogs. There was a pub called the Folly House Tavern right on the docks just off Manchester Road. In the area there are various other buildings with Folly in it, boiler works, customs house etc. all related to the maritime industries and generally associated with the East India Companies. Sylviaann, Biker RootsChat.Com
ROBERT Samuel-4 CORY
Rob't Cory | 10 | - | Not born in County |
Binding:
14 Aug 1845 Robert Samuel Cory Shadwell bound to William Jacob Corsan # 13 Sept. 1855
Affidavit: Robert Samuel Cory Bound 14 Aug 1845, born 13 Nov 1830, Baptised 22 Apr. 1832 at Aveley, Essex.
Binding Index: CORY Apprentices and Masters
9 Norfolk St
Robert Cory | Head | 31 | Waterman | Middlesex |
Phoebe Cory | Wife | 29 | -- | Erith Kent |
Caroline E Cory | Daug | 7 | Scholar | Erith Kent |
Harriet E Cory | Daug | 4 | Scholar | Middlesex |
1 Norfolk Street
Robert Cory | Hd | M | 45 | Waterman | Poplar |
Phoebe do | Wife | M | 39 | Erith | |
Caroline | Dau | 18 | Erith | ||
Hannah | Dau | 15 | Poplar | ||
Phoebea | Dau | 11 | Poplar | ||
Robt Jno | Son | 4 | Poplar | ||
William | Son | 2 | Poplar |
1 Norfolk St
Robt. CORY | Head | M | 55 | Male | Waterman & Lighterman | Poplar, Middlesex, England |
Phebe CORY | Wife | M | 49 | Female | Erith, Kent, England | |
Robt. CORY | Son | unmar | 17 | Male | Waterman & Lighterman | Poplar, Middlesex, England |
Willm. CORY | Son | unmar | 12 | Male | Scholar | Poplar, Middlesex, England |
George CORY | Son | 8 | Male | Scholar |
Robert Cory died in 1882 age recorded as 45 - death is registered in June quarter 1882, Poplar district London Middlesex Volume:1c
115 Rhodeowelle Rd
Robert Runham | Head | Widower | 30 | Wheelwright | Kent ????? |
Charles W. | Son | 6 | Scholar | London. Limehouse | |
Phoebe Cory | M-in-law | Widow | 59 | Kent, Erith | |
George Cory | B-in-law | S | 18 | Boilermaker | London, Blackwall |
The 1911 census shows Pheobe (CORY)Farmer a charwoman residing at 6 Hill Street Place Poplar. She and her husband John, had great misfortune in their children. Of the 11 children born to the couple alive, only 2 William Charles and Florence Phoebe were living in 1911, 9 had died. Using the FreeBMD indexes we have been able to find possible matches for the other siblings.
Births | First name(s) | Death |
---|---|---|
Jun 1878 | Nellie | Dec 1878 |
Dec 1879 | William Charles | |
Dec 1884 | Florence Phoebe | |
Sep 1882 | Alice Graham | Sep 1885 |
Sep 1883 | Herbert | Jun 1886 |
Jun 1886 | Henry Daniel | Mar 1888 |
Dec 1892 | Reginald Harold | Dec 1892 |
Jun 1898 | Ethel Constance | Jun 1898 |
Dec 1898 | Ernest Sydney | Dec 1898 |
Mar 1897 | George Frederick | Sep 1899 |
Mar 1900 | Frances | Mar 1900 |
Mar 1900 | Alice Maud | Sep 1900 |
Mar 1901 | Henry | Jun 1901 |
The following information contributed by Richard Huggett
William Cory, 42, lighterman, born Blackwall and his wife Elizabeth, 40, married 21 years,
born Bromley by Bow. They were living at 52 Marner St, Poplar, subdistrict Bromley with 3 of
their children:
William Henry, 20, born Poplar and a piano action maker;
Henry Richard, 15, born Bromley by Bow and a boiler coverer;
Elizabeth Rose, 3, born Old Ford.
All 3 children were single. Of the 4 children born to the couple, all 4 were alive at the 1911
census. The fourth child was not identified.
FreeBMD confirms a marriage in Sept qtr 1890 Poplar RD of a William Cory, on the same page of the register is an Elizabeth Nightingale. All 3 children's birth registrations appear in FreeBMD as well.
The WWI record of the elder son, William Henry, shows number 1302 Royal Fusiliers/3rd Battalion City of London Regiment - he joined up aged 23 in 1912 (his information, address 53 Marner St, trade pianoforte action maker, employed by Brooks Ltd, Camden Town, born Bromley, unmarried). It mentions both Devas Street (no. 70) and Marner Street (from the 1911 census). His mother Elizabeth is next of kin, hence presuming that his father William had died and FreeBMD has a death (June qtr 1913 Poplar) which tallies with the age of William in the 1911 census. William Henry was discharged as medically unfit on 26/10/1914 after 2 years 138 days' service.