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William Ward Stokes 1846 – 1925 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Aug 1846

Birth Location: Croxton, Leicestershire, England

Death Date: 4 February 1925

Death Location: Buried Bromley Cemetery Christchurch

Father: William Stokes

Mother: Sarah Ward

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Satterley

Children(s): Catherine Stokes

William Ward Stokes was born in 1846 in Croxton, Leicestershire, England, the child of William Stokes and Sarah Ann Ward. William Ward Stokes married Elizabeth Ann Satterley, and had children including Catherine Agnes Maria Stokes. William Ward Stokes passed away in 1925 in Buried Bromley Cemetery Christchurch.

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Biography

  • William Ward Stokes was born in 1846 in Croxton, Leicestershire, England, the child of William Stokes and Sarah Ann Ward.
  • William Ward Stokes married Elizabeth Ann Satterley, and had children including Catherine Agnes Maria Stokes.
  • William Ward Stokes passed away in 1925 in Buried Bromley Cemetery Christchurch.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Stokes's Ancestors

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William Stokes
1846 – 1925
Birth Place: Croxton, Leicestershire, England
Parents
William Stokes
1817 – 1865
Branston, Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire, England
Sarah (Ann) Ward
1814 – 1854
Croxton Keyrial, Leicestershire, England
Grandparents
Thomas Stokes
1793 –
Sproxton, Leicestershire, England
Sarah Johnson
1798 –
Leintwardine, Herefordshire, , England
William (Alfred) Ward
1777 – 1854
Leadstone, Yorkshire, England
Catharine Gibson
1789 – 1874
Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Gibson
1748 – 1813
Sarah Cragg
1754 – 1836
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Stokes's Descendants

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William (Ward) Stokes (4 Aug 1846 – 4 February 1925) m. Elizabeth (Ann) Satterley (4 Apr 1847 – 14 Sep 1907)
  1. 1. Catherine (Agnes Maria) Stokes (21 Mar 1880 – 17 Jun 1959) m. William (Somes) Wells (October 1874 – 24 Aug 1944)
    1. 1. Grace (Comfort) Wells (2 July 1905 – 21 Apr 1970) m. Martin (Joseph) Cormick (8 June 1896 – 13 Oct 1944) m. James Elder (1900 – )
      1. 1. James (Leslie) Wells (18 February 1926 – 30 September 1945)
      2. 2. Patricia (Mary) Cormick (23 September 1930 – 13 February 1984) m. Francis (Earl) Savage
        1. 1. Martin (John) Savage (Dec 1949 – 23 Feb 1950)
      3. 3. Marie Cormick (1932 – ) m. Karaka (Rapata Hotorene) (Roberts) (2 Oct 1927 – 25 Jul 2018)
        1. 1. Mereana (Huia) Rapata-Hanning m. Matthew (William) Hanning
        2. 2. Aroha (Hotorene) (Roberts) m. Unknown
        3. 3. Marama (Hotorene) (Roberts) m. Unknown Pohatu
      4. 4. Valerie (Irene Mary) Cormick (01 Aug 1933 – 13 October 1998) m. Ean (McEwan) Crawford (15 Oct 1923 – 30 Nov 2008)
      5. 5. John (Leonard) Cormick (01 Jan 1937 – 31 Aug 2002)
      6. 6. Brian (William) Cormick (21 Jul 1942 – 10 Dec 1995)
    2. 2. Thomas (William) Wells (January 1909 – 16 Sep 1972)

William Stokes's Timeline

2 Records

1846
4 Aug 1846
Birth of William Ward Stokes in Croxton, Leicestershire, England
Croxton, Leicestershire, England
1925
4 February 1925
Age 79
Death of William Ward Stokes in Buried Bromley Cemetery Christchurch
Buried Bromley Cemetery Christchurch

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Aug 1846
    Event Place: Croxton, Leicestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 February 1925
    Event Place: Buried Bromley Cemetery Christchurch

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