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Richard Stokes 1808–1886 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 DEC 1808

Birth Location: Bethersden, Kent, England

Death Date: 5 JAN 1886

Death Location: Payneham South, City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, South Australia, Australia

Father: William 3GGF

Mother: Amelia 3GGM

Spouse(s): Harriet Cowell

Children(s): Richard Stokes, Amelia Stokes, Harriet Stokes, Elizabeth Stokes, Thomas Stokes, Louisa Stokes, Mary Stokes, Alexander Stokes

Richard Stokes was born in 1808 in Bethersden, Kent, England, the child of William Stokes 3Ggf And Amelia Heffell Heathfield 3Ggm. Richard Stokes married Harriet Cowell, and had children including Alexander James Known As James Stokes, Amelia Emily Ann Stokes, Elizabeth Stokes, Harriet Mary Charlotte Stokes, Louisa Stokes, Mary Alice Stokes, Richard Stokes, Thomas John Stokes. Richard Stokes passed away in 1886 in Payneham South, City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, South Australia, Australia.

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Biography

  • Richard Stokes was born in 1808 in Bethersden, Kent, England, the child of William Stokes 3Ggf And Amelia Heffell Heathfield 3Ggm.
  • Richard Stokes married Harriet Cowell, and had children including Alexander James Known As James Stokes, Amelia Emily Ann Stokes, Elizabeth Stokes, Harriet Mary Charlotte Stokes, Louisa Stokes, Mary Alice Stokes, Richard Stokes, Thomas John Stokes.
  • Richard Stokes passed away in 1886 in Payneham South, City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, South Australia, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

William 3GGF
1781–1859
Birth Location: Aldington, Kent, England, United Kingdom
W3
Amelia 3GGM
1781–1860
Birth Location: Effield, Sussex, England
A3

Spouses(s)

Harriet Cowell
1806–1867
Birth Location: Bethersden, Kent, England
HC

Children(s)

Richard Stokes
1843–1924
Birth Location: Payneham
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Amelia Stokes
1831–1921
Birth Location: Bethersden, Kent, England
AS
Harriet Stokes
1836–1930
Birth Location: Bethersden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
HS
Elizabeth Stokes
1840–1924
Birth Location: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
ES
Thomas Stokes
1844–1903
Birth Location: Payneham, City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, South Australia, Australia
TS
Louisa Stokes
1848–1913
Birth Location: Payneham, South Australia, Australia
LS
Mary Stokes
1833–1923
Birth Location: Bethersden, Kent, England
MS
Alexander Stokes
1830–1898
Birth Location: Bethersden, Kent, England
AS

Richard Stokes's Ancestors

Self
Richard Stokes
1808–1886
Birth Place: Bethersden, Kent, England
Parents
William Stokes 3GGF
1781–1859
Aldington, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Amelia (Heffell Heathfield) 3GGM
1781–1860
Effield, Sussex, England
Grandparents
William Stoakes
1756–1841
Aldington, Kent, England
Frances (Tampkin \) Tamkin
1763–1803
High Halden, Kent, England
Thomas Heathfield
1752–1827
Bethersden, Kent, England
Amelia Trollope
1756–1802
Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Henry Stoakes
1725–1796
Mary Wanstal
1733–1781
Samuel Tampkin
1729–1788
Sarah Adams
1738–1804
Thomas Heathfield
1726–1797
Mary Vine
1735–1810
Thomas Trollope
1718–1775
Amelia Page
1732–1769
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Wanstall
1699–1774
William Adames\Adams
1701–1793
Mary Purdue
1697–1788
Thomas Heathfield
1703–1760
Mercy Bishop
1686–1770
Robert Vine
1713–1783
Mary Walker
1718–1754

Richard Stokes's Descendants

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Richard Stokes (4 DEC 1808–5 JAN 1886) m. Harriet Cowell (1 JUN 1806–25 JUL 1867)
  1. 1. Richard Stokes 1843–1924 m. Lydia (Marie) Maddy 1864–1918
    1. 1. Charles (Sylvester) Stokes 1888–1917
    2. 2. Edith (Kate Amelia) Stokes 1893–1971 m. Henry (George) Henwood 1884–1950
      1. 1. Donald (Frederick) Henwood 1930–2021 m. Maureen (Margaret) Buckmaster 1935–1981
    3. 3. Ernest (Leslie) Stokes 1902–1980
    4. 4. Frank (Donald Maddy) Stokes 1899–1969 m. Margaret (O) Keefe 1894–1967
    5. 5. Frederick (James) Stokes 1896–1983
    6. 6. George (Robert) Stokes 1895–1959 m. Margaret (Ethel) Turner 1896–1941 m. Edith (May) O'Keefe 1904–1974
      1. 1. Owen (Robert) Stokes 1947–1997
      2. 2. Clarence (Robert) Stokes 1933–2022
      3. 3. Eunice (Barbara) Stokes 1938–2009 m. Michael ('Mitch') Diggens 1930–2010
    7. 7. Henry (Walter) Stokes 1890–1976 m. Mary (Ann Matilda Blanche) Taylor 1893–1977
      1. 1. Violet (Isabel) Stokes 1913–1989
      2. 2. Frederick (Thomas (Tom)) Stokes 1918–1998 m. Nancy (Emily) McKinnon 1921–2011
      3. 3. Lawrence (Walter Meredith 'Mick') Stokes 1915–1999
      4. 4. Shirley (Rae) Stokes 1934–2005
      5. 5. Henry (Walter "Harry") Stokes 1921–2001 m. Ethel (Myrtle) Quinn 1922–
      6. 6. Edna (Alma) Stokes 1917–2014 m. Allan (John) Quick 1923–1982
        1. 1. John (Allan) Quick 1946–2014
    8. 8. Louisa (Mary Jane) Stokes 1884–1973 m. Arthur (John) Madden 1882–1946
      1. 1. Cecil (John) Madden 1913–2012 m. Lillian (Mary) KEEN 1899–1953 m. Hazel HAUPT 1918–1999 m. Jessie Dalrymple 1913–2005
        1. 1. Donald (Campbell) MADDEN 1935–1982
        2. 2. Jessma (Lillian) Maddern 1947–2023 m. Ronald Eichmann 1936–1996
    9. 9. Lydia (Christina) Stokes 1887–1974
    10. 10. Richard (Lewis) Stokes 1883–1946
    11. 11. Thomas (William) Stokes 1892–1989
    12. 12. Violet (Irene Ruby Ann May) Stokes 1905–2007 m. Harold (Frederick) Grant 1891–1945 m. William (Edward) Kelly 1903–1971
      1. 1. Peter (Herbert Frederick) Grant 1926–1994
  2. 2. Amelia ((Emily) Ann) Stokes 1831–1921 m. George (Charles) LeeWarburton 1825–1892
    1. 1. Catharine (Kathleen) Warburton 1874–1946 m. William (David) Lane 1875–1954
      1. 1. Ivan (Cecil) Lane 1910–1993 m. Norma (Annie) Polinelli 1916–2015
        1. 1. William (John) Lane 1940–2025 m. Deidre (Gale) McEwin 1940–2016
    2. 2. Ruth Warburton 1877–1962 m. Albert Harding 1874–1949
      1. 1. Gladys (Amelia Ruth) Harding 1903–1990
      2. 2. Albert (Leslie Victor) Harding 1900–1985 m. Kathleen (Carmilla) Fabri 1904–1975
        1. 1. Norma (Jean) Harding 1923–2011 m. Lancelot (Henry Archibald) McLean 1925–1996
        2. 2. Mervyn (Wellsley) Harding 1926–1971
    3. 3. Harriet Lee 1862–1941 m. John (Andrew) Muirhead 1860–1914
      1. 1. Blanche (Matilda) Muirhead 1887–1943 m. Harry (Jubilee) Pelton 1887–1965
        1. 1. Mavis (Doreen) Pelton 1909–1995 m. John (Stafford) McGuire 1904–1968
    4. 4. Charles (Lee) LeeWarburton 1854–1928 m. Jane Johns 1871–1956
      1. 1. Gladys (Jean) LEE 1907–1975 m. David (Thomas) Henderson 1890–1945
        1. 1. David (aka Blokie) HENDERSON 1930–1980
    5. 5. Mary (Alice) Warburton 1870–1940 m. William (Fowler) Dolan 1862–1910
    6. 6. Annie Warburton 1869–1943 m. John Harding 1867–1943
      1. 1. Rosetta Harding 1890–1969 m. Edward (H) Moyle 1886–1959
      2. 2. Isabel Harding 1892–1974 m. Cecil Bone 1886–1945
        1. 1. Everard Bone 1913–1994 m. Thelma (Constance) Surman 1920–2012
        2. 2. Mavis (Elsie) Bone 1916–1993
  3. 3. Harriet (Mary Charlotte) Stokes 1836–1930 m. Charles (Joseph) UNSTEAD 1826–1874
    1. 1. Florence (Ethel) Nash 1874–1951 m. Albert (Norton) Nash 1871–1957
      1. 1. Angas (Norton) Nash 1897–1965
        1. 1. Jack Nash 1925–1986 m. Betty (Joyce) Scroop 1928–1980
        2. 2. Ross Nash 1927–2010 m. Ronda (Elizabeth) Humphries 1927–1963
      2. 2. Percy (James) Nash 1904–1996 m. Vera (Alice) REYNOLDS 1893–1983
        1. 1. Kevin (Eric) Nash 1931–2011
      3. 3. Harriet (May) Nash 1901–1985 m. Allan (Maurice) McAskill 1894–1972
      4. 4. Myrtle (Ethel) Nash 1915–1990 m. William (Thomas) McCULLOCH 1913–1981
    2. 2. Alfred Unstead 1869–1956 m. Jane (Jenny Judy) Sellens 1871–1929
      1. 1. Alice (Maud) UNSTEAD 1904–1991 m. James (H) Cumming 1892–1978
        1. 1. Cynthia (May) Cumming 1927–1989 m. Edgar (William) Piper 1919–1994
      2. 2. Charles (Alfred) UNSTEAD 1894–1971
      3. 3. Evaline (May) UNSTEAD 1897–1980 m. Lawrence (William) SINNOTT 1904–1971
        1. 1. Doreen (Faith) SINNOTT 1930–2012
      4. 4. William (Keith) Unstead 1908–1967
    3. 3. Zelia Unstead 1865–1935 m. John (James) BELCHER 1867–1942
      1. 1. Ruby (Zelia) BELCHER 1904– m. Wilfred (Horace) Kohler 1900–1970
      2. 2. Leslie (Arthur) BELCHER 1902–1965
    4. 4. Thomas Unstead 1863–1947
    5. 5. William (Henry) Unstead 1859–1898 m. Sarah (Mary) Samuels 1859–1884
    6. 6. Charles (James Buck) Unstead 1857–1908
    7. 7. Rachel Unstead 1871–1927 m. Alexander Abernethy 1868–1945
  4. 4. Elizabeth Stokes 1840–1924 m. Owen Williams 1836–1901
  5. 5. Thomas (John) Stokes 1844–1903 m. Jane Jenner 1849–1892 m. Emily (Ann) Wasley 1854–1921
    1. 1. David (Earnest) Stokes 1882–1946 m. Ada (Hannah) Butler 1889–1976
      1. 1. Robert (Butler) Stokes 1924–1981 m. Daphne (Gladys Jean) Harrigan 1921–1982
  6. 6. Louisa Stokes 1848–1913 m. Robert Taylor 1841–1920
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Adeline) Taylor 1871–1904 m. Thomas (Henry) Semmens 1873–1901
    2. 2. Louisa (Helen) Taylor 1868–1954
    3. 3. Robert (Young) Taylor 1873–1959 m. Bertha Trudgen 1877–1959
      1. 1. Norman (Young) Taylor 1902–1987
  7. 7. Mary ((Alice)) Stokes 1833–1923 m. John Abernethy 1825–1876
    1. 1. Alexander Abernethy 1868–1945 m. Rachel Unstead 1871–1927
    2. 2. Agnes (Kate) Abernethy 1875–1964 m. Elijah (George) Hunter 1874–1962
    3. 3. Amelia (Sophia) Abernethy 1870–1955
    4. 4. William Abernethy 1861–1946
    5. 5. George (Edward) Abernethy 1856–1942 m. Elizabeth Hoskin 1855–1932
      1. 1. Clara Abernethy 1888–1969
    6. 6. Alice (Elizabeth) Abernethy 1865–1952
  8. 8. Alexander (James (known as James)) Stokes 1830–1898 m. Mary (Ann) Flemming 1838–1914

Richard Stokes's Timeline

4 Records

1808
4 DEC 1808
Birth of Richard Stokes in Bethersden, Kent, England
Bethersden, Kent, England
1808
4 DEC 1808
Richard Stokes was baptized in Bethersden, Kent, England
Bethersden, Kent, England
1886
ABT 1886
Age 78
Richard Stokes resided here in Payneham
Payneham
1886
5 JAN 1886
Age 78
Death of Richard Stokes in Payneham, South Australia, Australia
Payneham, South Australia, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 DEC 1808
    Event Place: Bethersden, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
    [3] Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 4 DEC 1808
    Event Place: Bethersden, Kent, England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 16 AUG 1831
    Event Place: Bethersden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 17 JAN 1868
    Event Place: Adelaide, South Australia, Australie
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: ABT 1886
    Event Place: Payneham
    Record Source: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Kent, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 JAN 1886
    Event Place: Payneham, South Australia, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
    [4] Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Payneham South, City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, South Australia, Australia
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
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