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William Alfred Cocks

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  • Name William Alfred Cocks
    Birth 11 Nov 1852  43 Kenton Street, St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Birth Certificate: William Alfred Cock (1852)    		 Birth Certificate: William Alfred Cock (1852)
    Christening 12 Dec 1852  St. Pancras Parish Church, St Pancras, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Baptismal Record: William Alfred Cock (1852)    		 Baptismal Record: William Alfred Cock (1852)
    Gender Male
    Census 7 Apr 1861  36 St Matthews Street, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Nephew 
    Age: 8 
    1861 Census: 36 St Matthews Street, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk    		 1861 Census: 36 St Matthews Street, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk
    Occupation 7 Apr 1861  [3] 
    Scholar 
    Census 2 Apr 1871  22 Holywell Lane, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Age: 18 
    1871 Census: 22 Holywell Lane, Shoreditch, Middlesex    		 1871 Census: 22 Holywell Lane, Shoreditch, Middlesex
    Occupation 2 Apr 1871  [4] 
    Pawnbroker's Assistant 
    Residence 1 Jun 1880  Plaistow, West Ham, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation 1 Jun 1880  [5] 
    Pawnbroker 
    Census 3 Apr 1881  1a Albert Road, Plaistow, West Ham, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Age: 28 
    1881 Census: 1a Albert Road, Plaistow, West Ham, Essex    		 1881 Census: 1a Albert Road, Plaistow, West Ham, Essex
    Occupation 3 Apr 1881  [6] 
    Pawnbroker 
    Occupation 1882  High Street, Plaistow, West Ham, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location   [7] 
    Pawnbroker 
    • Listed under Pawnbrokers as “Cocks & Bourn”; thought to be a joint venture between William Alfred Cocks and Richard Bourne.
    Directory: Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1882 (Cocks & Bourn)    		 Directory: Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1882 (Cocks & Bourn)
    Residence 4 Apr 1886  Boston Road, Hanwell, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Occupation 4 Apr 1886  [8] 
    Clothier 
    Electoral Register 1886-1887  4 Queen's Terrace, Boston Road, Hanwell, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Entitled to vote due to tenement at 4 Queen's Terrace, Boston Road, Hanwell 
    Electoral Registers: 4 Queen's Terrace, Hanwell (1886–1887)    		 Electoral Registers: 4 Queen's Terrace, Hanwell (1886–1887) (2)
    Electoral Registers: 4 Queen's Terrace, Hanwell (1886–1887)
    Residence 24 Nov 1889  Ivybridge Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Occupation 24 Nov 1889  [12] 
    Pawnbroker 
    Census 5 Apr 1891  1 Promenade West, Ealing, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Age: 38 
    1891 Census: 1 Promenade West, Ealing, Middlesex (1891)    		 1891 Census: 1 Promenade West, Ealing, Middlesex (1891) (2)
    1891 Census: 1 Promenade West, Ealing, Middlesex (1891)
    Occupation 5 Apr 1891  [13] 
    Pawnbroker 
    Residence 26 Jul 1891  1 Promenade West, Ealing, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Occupation 26 Jul 1891  [14] 
    Pawnbroker 
    Electoral Register 1896  182 Uxbridge Road, West Ealing, Ealing, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Entitled to vote due to dwelling house at 182 Uxbridge Road, Ealing 
    Electoral Register: 182 Uxbridge Road, Ealing (1896)    		 Electoral Register: 182 Uxbridge Road, Ealing (1896)
    Occupation 1898  182 Uxbridge Road, West Ealing, Ealing, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Pawnbroker 
    Directory: Kelly's Directory of Middlesex, 1898 (William Alfred Cocks)    		 Directory: Kelly's Directory of Middlesex, 1898 (William Alfred Cocks)
    Residence 27 Aug 1899  9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Occupation 27 Aug 1899  [17] 
    Pawnbroker 
    Census 31 Mar 1901  9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    Age: 48 
    1901 Census: 9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex    		 1901 Census: 9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex
    Occupation 31 Mar 1901  [18] 
    Pawnbroker 
    Electoral Register 1900-1907  3-5 Queen's Terrace, Boston Road, Hanwell, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20, 21, 22, 23] 
    Entitled to vote due to leasehold shops at 3, 4 and 5 Queen's Terrace, Boston Road, Hanwell 
    Electoral Registers: 3-5 Queen's Terrace, Hanwell (1900–1907)    		 Electoral Registers: 3-5 Queen's Terrace, Hanwell (1900–1907) (5)
    Electoral Registers: 3-5 Queen's Terrace, Hanwell (1900–1907)
    Census 2 Apr 1911  9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [24] 
    Age: 58 
    1911 Census: 9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex    		 1911 Census: 9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex
    Occupation 2 Apr 1911  [24] 
    Pawnbroker and Jeweller 
    Electoral Register 1915  9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [25] 
    Entitled to vote due to dwelling house at 9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing 
    Electoral Register: 9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing (1915)    		 Electoral Register: 9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing (1915)
    Residence 1900-1915  Pomona Lodge, 9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31] 
    Occupation 2 Jun 1917  [32] 
    Jeweller and Pawnbroker 
    Occupation Bef 23 May 1919  [33] 
    Master Jeweller 
    Residence 23 May 1919  9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [34] 
    Death 23 May 1919  Brentford, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [34, 35] 
    Probate 6 Jan 1920  [36] 
    To Charlotte Fanny Cocks widow and Richard Bourn pawnbroker. Effects £16304 7s. 2d. 
    Extract from National Probate Calendar: William Alfred Cocks (d. 1919)    		 Extract from National Probate Calendar: William Alfred Cocks (d. 1919)
    Association Family: Robert Cocks / Eliza Pells (Relationship: Foster child)
    Person ID I12  Cocks/Baker
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2012

    Father Jeremiah George Cocks,   b. Bef 13 Jan 1823, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1861, Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, St Pancras, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 38 years)
    Mother Sarah Pells,   b. Bef 10 Sep 1820, Gorleston, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jun 1906, 12 Spa Road, All Saints, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 85 years)
    Marriage 31 May 1848  St. Matthew's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [37] 
    • Jeremiah George Cock (bachelor, of full age, confectioner, of St Pancras, Middlesex), Sarah Pells (spinster, of St Matthew’s). Banns or licence not stated on the certified copy; no marks shown. Married by C. H. Gaye, Rector. Witnesses: Moses Cock, James Cock, Robert Cock, Eliza Cock, Emma Pells, and Matilda Cock.
    Marriage Certificate: Jeremiah George Cock and Sarah Pells (1848)    		 Marriage Certificate: Jeremiah George Cock and Sarah Pells (1848)
    Newspaper mention 10 Jun 1848  [38] 
    Announces the marriage at Ipswich of George Cocks, of London, to Sarah, third daughter of the late Henry Pells, of Gorleston. 
    Clipping from Norfolk Chronicle: 10 June 1848    		 Clipping from Norfolk Chronicle: 10 June 1848
    Family ID F174  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charlotte Fanny Stokes,   b. 11 Nov 1856, Wakefield Place, East Ham, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1950, 113 Gordon Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    Marriage 1 Jun 1880  St. Mary Magdalene's Church, East Ham, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [39] 
    Type: Banns 
    • William Alfred Cocks (bachelor, of Plaistow), Charlotte Fanny Stokes (spinster, of East Ham). Married by banns. William signed, Charlotte signed. Witnesses: William Stokes and Richard Bourne. [5]
    Marriage Certificate: William Alfred Cocks and Charlotte Fanny Stokes (1880)    		 Marriage Certificate: William Alfred Cocks and Charlotte Fanny Stokes (1880)
    Children 
    +1. Frank Alfred Cocks,   b. 4 Jun 1881, Albert Road, Plaistow, West Ham, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 1978, Cornerways, Ogmore by Sea, Glamorgan, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)
     2. Stanley William Cocks,   b. Oct 1883, West Ham, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Herbert Cecil Cocks,   b. Bef 4 Apr 1886, Boston Road, Hanwell, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1899, Brentford, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 13 years)
     4. Grace Edith Cocks,   b. Abt May 1888, Brentford, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Aug 1890, Brentford, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
    +5. Lilian Lottie Cocks,   b. 24 Oct 1889, Ivybridge Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Elsie Kate Cocks,   b. 7 Jun 1891, 1 Promenade West, Ealing, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Percy Richard Cocks,   b. 2 Jul 1899, 9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F171  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2026

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Nov 1852 - 43 Kenton Street, St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 12 Dec 1852 - St. Pancras Parish Church, St Pancras, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Nephew,Age: 8 - 7 Apr 1861 - 36 St Matthews Street, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 18 - 2 Apr 1871 - 22 Holywell Lane, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1 Jun 1880 - Plaistow, West Ham, Essex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 28 - 3 Apr 1881 - 1a Albert Road, Plaistow, West Ham, Essex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Pawnbroker - 1882 - High Street, Plaistow, West Ham, Essex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Stanley William Cocks - Oct 1883 - West Ham, Essex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Herbert Cecil Cocks - Bef 4 Apr 1886 - Boston Road, Hanwell, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 4 Apr 1886 - Boston Road, Hanwell, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElectoral Register - Entitled to vote due to tenement at 4 Queen's Terrace, Boston Road, Hanwell - 1886-1887 - 4 Queen's Terrace, Boston Road, Hanwell, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Grace Edith Cocks - Abt May 1888 - Brentford, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 38 - 5 Apr 1891 - 1 Promenade West, Ealing, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Elsie Kate Cocks - 7 Jun 1891 - 1 Promenade West, Ealing, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 26 Jul 1891 - 1 Promenade West, Ealing, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElectoral Register - Entitled to vote due to dwelling house at 182 Uxbridge Road, Ealing - 1896 - 182 Uxbridge Road, West Ealing, Ealing, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Pawnbroker - 1898 - 182 Uxbridge Road, West Ealing, Ealing, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Percy Richard Cocks - 2 Jul 1899 - 9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 27 Aug 1899 - 9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 48 - 31 Mar 1901 - 9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElectoral Register - Entitled to vote due to leasehold shops at 3, 4 and 5 Queen's Terrace, Boston Road, Hanwell - 1900-1907 - 3-5 Queen's Terrace, Boston Road, Hanwell, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 58 - 2 Apr 1911 - 9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElectoral Register - Entitled to vote due to dwelling house at 9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing - 1915 - 9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900-1915 - Pomona Lodge, 9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 23 May 1919 - 9 Drayton Green Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 May 1919 - Brentford, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • In the 1861 census he was living with his uncle and aunt, Robert and Eliza Cocks, at 36 St Matthews Street, Ipswich, as Robert’s nephew; his father had died in January 1861. [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S21] Baptismal Record: William Alfred Cock (1852).

    2. [S75] Birth Certificate: William Alfred Cock (1852), 1 Dec 1852, 1852 Q4, St Giles, Vol 1b; St Giles in the Fields & St George Bloomsbury, sub-district St George Bloomsbury, entry no. 365 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S42] 1861 Census.

    4. [S46] 1871 Census.

    5. [S175] Marriage Certificate: William Alfred Cocks and Charlotte Fanny Stokes, 1 Jun 1880, East Ham, entry no. 339.

    6. [S47] 1881 Census.

    7. [S157] Directory: Kelly's, Essex, 502.
      Cocks & Bourn, High street, Plaistow

    8. [S17] Baptismal Record: Herbert Cecil Cocks, (St Mark's, Hanwell).

    9. [S474] Electoral Register: 1886, 1886, Hanwell Polling District (District B), Parish of Hanwell, pg 62, no. 208.
      Cocks, William Alfred; 4, Queen's-terrace, Boston-road, Hanwell; Tenement; 4, Queen's-terrace. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1795/records/35294609

    10. [S475] Electoral Register: 1887, 1887, Hanwell Polling District (District B), Parish of Hanwell, pg 73, no. 219.
      Cocks, William Alfred; 4, Queen's-terrace, Boston-road, Hanwell; Tenement; 4, Queen's-terrace. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1795/records/4660441

    11. [S14] Baptismal Record: Lilian Lottie Cocks.

    12. [S14] Baptismal Record: Lilian Lottie Cocks, 24 Nov 1889, St John, Ealing Dean, baptisms, page 200, no. 1596.

    13. [S48] 1891 Census.

    14. [S16] Baptismal Record: Elsie Kate Cocks.

    15. [S476] Electoral Register: 1896, 1896, North-West Ward, Ealing Polling District (District C), pg 377, no. 1577.
      Cocks, William Alfred; 182, Uxbridge-road, Ealing, W.; Dwelling house; 182, Uxbridge-road. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1795/records/35685719

    16. [S156] Directory: Kelly's Directory of Middlesex, 1898, 92.

    17. [S18] Baptismal Record: Percy Richard Cocks.

    18. [S49] 1901 Census.

    19. [S477] Electoral Register: 1900, 1900, Hanwell Polling District (District B), Parish of Hanwell, ownership electors, pg 136, no. 39.
      Cocks, William Alfred; Pomona Lodge, 9, Drayton Green-road, Ealing; Leasehold shops; 3, 4, and 5, Queen's-terrace, Boston-road. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1795/records/13971409

    20. [S478] Electoral Register: 1903, 1903, Hanwell Parliamentary Polling District (District B), Parish of Hanwell, ownership electors, pg 138, no. 40.
      Cocks, William Alfred; Pomona Lodge, 9, Drayton-green-road, Ealing; Leasehold shops; 3, 4, and 5, Queen's-terrace, Boston-road. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1795/records/17680699

    21. [S479] Electoral Register: 1905, 1905, Hanwell Parliamentary Polling District (District B), Parish of Hanwell, ownership electors, pg 142, no. 45.
      Cocks, William Alfred; Pomona Lodge, 9, Drayton-green-road, Ealing; Leasehold shops; 3, 4, and 5, Queen's-terrace, Boston-road. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1795/records/23625344

    22. [S480] Electoral Register: 1906, 1906, Hanwell Parliamentary Polling District (District B), Parish of Hanwell, ownership electors, pg 147, no. 49.
      Cocks, William Alfred; Pomona Lodge, 9, Drayton-green-road, Ealing; Leasehold shops; 3, 4, and 5, Queen's-terrace, Boston-road. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1795/records/15801763

    23. [S481] Electoral Register: 1907, 1907, Hanwell Parliamentary Polling District (District B), Parish of Hanwell, ownership electors, pg 148, no. 42.
      Cocks, William Alfred; Pomona Lodge, 9, Drayton-green-road, Ealing; Leasehold shops; 3, 4, and 5, Queen's-terrace, Boston-road. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1795/records/19379008

    24. [S200] 1911 Census.

    25. [S482] Electoral Register: 1915, 1915, Castlebar Ward, Ealing (Castlebar) Parliamentary Polling District (District M), occupation electors, pg 868, no. 2134.
      Cocks, William Alfred; 9, Drayton-green-road, Ealing; Dwelling house; 9, Drayton-green-road. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1795/records/36322631

    26. [S477] Electoral Register: 1900, 1900, Hanwell Polling District (District B), Parish of Hanwell, ownership electors, pg 136, no. 39.

    27. [S478] Electoral Register: 1903, 1903, Hanwell Parliamentary Polling District (District B), Parish of Hanwell, ownership electors, pg 138, no. 40.

    28. [S479] Electoral Register: 1905, 1905, Hanwell Parliamentary Polling District (District B), Parish of Hanwell, ownership electors, pg 142, no. 45.

    29. [S480] Electoral Register: 1906, 1906, Hanwell Parliamentary Polling District (District B), Parish of Hanwell, ownership electors, pg 147, no. 49.

    30. [S481] Electoral Register: 1907, 1907, Hanwell Parliamentary Polling District (District B), Parish of Hanwell, ownership electors, pg 148, no. 42.

    31. [S482] Electoral Register: 1915, 1915, Castlebar Ward, Ealing (Castlebar) Parliamentary Polling District (District M), occupation electors, pg 868, no. 2134.

    32. [S451] Marriage Record: Harry Cox and Lilian Lottie Cocks (1917), St John, Ealing Dean, marriages 1904–1918, page 210, no. 419.

    33. [S140] Death Certificate: Charlotte Fanny Cocks (1950).

    34. [S193] National Probate Calendar, link.
      COCKS William Alfred of 9 Drayton Green-road West Ealing Middlesex died 23 May 1919

    35. [S7] GRO Index, 1919 Q2, Brentford, Vol 3a, pg 154.

    36. [S193] National Probate Calendar, 6 Jan 1920, link.
      COCKS William Alfred of 9 Drayton Green-road West Ealing Middlesex died 23 May 1919 Probate London 6 January to Charlotte Fanny Cocks widow and Richard Bourn pawnbroker. Effects £16304 7s. 2d.

    37. [S171] Marriage Certificate: Jeremiah George Cock and Sarah Pells (1848).

    38. [S285] Newspaper: Norfolk Chronicle, 10 Jun 1848, 3.

    39. [S175] Marriage Certificate: William Alfred Cocks and Charlotte Fanny Stokes.