Coard

[Gayla]

   Hello,  can anybody help me with the coard family?   This is part of my husband's family, I have definitely got back to Hugh Coard who was listed in post office directory for 1829 as a corkcutter at 3 St. Thomas Street London who married Elizabeth Judith Pears 6th Feb 1818 Rotherhithe (Pallot) he was born approx. 1775 and died 9th July 1847.  I think he had 5 children  Elizabeth, George, Henry James, William and Frederick.  I am now stuck, I am looking for the parents of Hugh I know they a lived  in the area  of St Olave Southwark/Bermondsey and also  St. John Horselydown Bermondsey.  I can find a Hugh Coward but I am not sure if he is the same person. If anyone knows anything about this family it would be greatly appreciated

[ciderdrinker]

Hi
The 1841 census St John Horsley Down Majorlih?1087/7/8/12/17
Hugh Coard 66 corkcutter y
Elizabeth 67 N
Thomas Walter 47 porter N.
So he would have been born in Surrey.
Indexed Evard on Ancestry
There first child George seems to have been baptised in Marylebone 13.10.1799.In the same parish is a John and Ann Coard having children.I'd investigate more about them.They married Southwark Christ Ch 1799 Pallots ,her name Walton.
There is a John Coard  Will 1836 on the national archives for a John born c 1761 buried at Wapping 22.9.1836 Red Lion St.Could he be a relative?He has a son George who dies before  him and there is an admin for George's estate on Ancestry.
Ciderdrinker

[Gayla]

Thank you Ciderdrinker,

I hadn't actually found them in the 1841 census  .  I have them in the census after that.  I know that George seems to be the only one baptised outside of St John horselydown Bermondsey/Southwark.  When Hugh died aged 71 he is listed as abode workhouse parish of St. John Horselydown so most if not all of his life is spent in the same area.  I just cant find anything to do with his birth  or parents.  I just wondered if a letter was dropped from their name Coward to Coard as I can find a Hugh Coward born to a John Coward.  Although on the 1841 census you have a Charles Walter now the only Coard I have similar to that is a Charles Walton Coard he married in Rotherhithe in 1821 his parents were Ann Walton and John Coard  who married in 1799 in Christchurch Southwark so perhaps there is a connection.  Thank you for your help will have to keep trying!   Gayla

[jomcd967]

I think you're on the right track with the name Coward as London Lives has a deposition from a Hugh Coward, apprentice cork cutter to Joshua Cubbidge of No 2 Thomas St, Southwark upon finding his master Joshua dead by hanging himself.

There is also an online genealogy for Hugh that has him as the son of John Coward, and brother to the John Coard (Coward) mentioned by Cinderdrinker.

Jo 

[Gayla]

Thank you both

Have quite a bit to look into now!  As I said part of  my husbands family.  Taking a break from mine as we have come to a grinding halt at the moment.  Gayla