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Title: Stokes family of Ocker Hill/Tipton any info
Post by: imeson on Wednesday 23 November 05 20:45 GMT (UK)
Anyone with any information on the Stokes family who I believe were miners. My grandfathers father was an Isaac Stokes b.8.1.1863 Ocker Hill and his mother was a Mary Perry b. 1864 Tipton. Any info regarding siblings parents etc would be greatly appreciated.
Title: Re: Stokes family of Ocker Hill/Tipton any info
Post by: Manchester Rambler on Wednesday 23 November 05 22:06 GMT (UK)
This looks like Isaac and Mary with their children on the 1901 census:

RG13/4303/101/48 - 12 Love Lane, Castleford, Yorks
Isaac Stokes  Head  38 Coal Miner  b. Tipton
Mary "   Wife 33  b. Tipton
Horace "   Son  15  Pit Pony Driver  b. Sedgley
Frank "  Son  9  b. Castleford
Minnie "  Dau  5  b. Castleford
Harry "  Son  2  b. Castleford

Do I have the right family?

Rambler
Title: Re: Stokes family of Ocker Hill/Tipton any info
Post by: DMP on Wednesday 23 November 05 22:06 GMT (UK)
found this on family search
ISAAC STOKES     
     Male         
         
Event(s):
   Birth:     
1863      Tipton, Stafford, England
   Christening:
   Death:
   Burial:
         
Parents:
     Father:     JOHN STOKES    Family
     Mother:     MARTHA STOKES
Title: Re: Stokes family of Ocker Hill/Tipton any info
Post by: Manchester Rambler on Wednesday 23 November 05 22:11 GMT (UK)
Then this family fits from the 1871 census:

RG10/3006/150/26 - 61 Albert St, Sedgley
John Stokes  Head  32  Roller  b. Tipton
Martha "   Wife  33  b. Tipton
Mary Ann "   Dau  14  b. Tipton
Amelia "   Dau  12  b. Tipton
Isaac "   Son  8  b. Tipton
Martha "   Dau  4  b. Sedgley
Hannah "   Dau  2  b. Sedgley
John "   Son  6m  b. Sedgley

Rambler
Title: Re: Stokes family of Ocker Hill/Tipton any info
Post by: DMP on Wednesday 23 November 05 22:15 GMT (UK)
this might be the parents marriage
West Midlands Marriage indexes for the years: 1857
Surname   Forename(s)   Surname   Forename(s)    Church / Register Office   Registers At   Reference
STOKES   John   PAGE   Martha A   Tipton, St Martin (Pepper Box)   Sandwell    39/8/311

Isaac birth
West Midlands Birth indexes for the years: 1863
Surname   Forename(s)   Sub-District   Registers At   Reference
STOKES   Isaac   Tipton   Sandwell    TIP/62/184
Title: Re: Stokes family of Ocker Hill/Tipton any info
Post by: Manchester Rambler on Wednesday 23 November 05 22:16 GMT (UK)
Mary Perry with her parents on the 1871 census:

RG10/3000/68/17 - 78 Summerhill, Tipton
James Perry  Head  34  Furnaceman
Maria "   Wife  30
Mary "   Dau  7
Timothy "   Son  6
Clara "   Dau  4
Elizabeth "   Dau  1
James Perry  Lodger  Wid  62  Labourer

All born Tipton.

You can search the 1881 census and the International Genealogical Index (IGI) free on the FamilySearch site http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=search_all1.asp&clear_form=true

Rambler
Title: Re: Stokes family of Ocker Hill/Tipton any info
Post by: imeson on Tuesday 29 November 05 20:17 GMT (UK)
Just like to say thanks for the info. greatly appreciated.