the cobley family history
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John Cobley,
church sexton & roadman

Father: William Cobley 1786-1852 | Mother: Elizabeth Waddington 1783?-1858

Grandather: John Cobley | Mother: Ann Tresler

b. ?
1824, Fleckney, Leicestershire
baptised 23 May 1824, St. Nicholas's, Fleckney, Leicestershire
d. ? May 1912, Fleckney, Leicestershire
buried. 9 May 1912.
St. Nicholas's, Fleckney, Leicestershire

1841 Census: Fleckney : aged 15
1851 Census:
Fleckney : Stocking maker: aged 27
1861 Census: Fleckney : Agricultural labourer: aged 37
1871 Census: Fleckney : Parish Sexton + Agricultural labourer: aged 46
1876 Post Office Directory : Church Sexton
1881 Census: Fleckney : Church Sexton : aged 57
1891 Census: 265 Top End, Fleckney : Church Sexton & Roadman : aged 64
1901 Census: Fleckney : Roadman : aged 77

no more information known

m. 1 Harriet Garner, 13 December 1847, St. Nicholas's, Fleckney, Leicestershire
(St. Catherine's House Index : ?)

b. ? 1826, Fleckney, Leicestershire
baptised. 11 October 1835, St. Nicholas's, Fleckney, Leicestershire
Father: Thomas Garner | Mother: Elizabeth Sturges
d. ? September 1851, Feckney, Leicestershire
(
St. Catherine's House Index : 4Q/1851/Market Harborough/15/page133)
buried. 6 September 1851, Feckney, Leicestershire

1841 Census: Fleckney : At home : aged 15

no more information known

m. 2 Mary Jane Peberdy, 27 November 1860, St. Nicholas's, Fleckney, Leicestershire
(St. Catherine's House Index : 4Q/1860/Market Harborough/7a/page 49)

b. ? December 1833, Fleckney, Leicestershire
baptised. 19 December 1833, St. Nicholas's, Fleckney, Leicestershire
Father: William Peberdy | Mother: Elizabeth Mattock
d. ? Leicestershire
buried. ? Leicestershire

1841 Census: Fleckney : At home : aged 9
1851 Census: Fleckney : Stocking maker : aged19
(Lodging with Mary Spriggs : Pauper School Mistress : aged 73)
1861 Census:
Fleckney : Wife: aged 29
1871 Census: Fleckney : Wife: aged 39
1881 Census: Fleckney : Wife : aged 49
1891 Census: 265 Top End, Fleckney : Wife : aged 59
1901 Census: Fleckney : Wife : aged 69

no more information known
  1. Jane Cobley, died in infancy

    b. ? February 1851, Fleckney, Leicestershire
    (St. Catherine's House Index : ?)
    baptised. 22 February 1851,
    St. Nicholas's, Fleckney, Leicestershire
    d. ? February 1851,
    St. Nicholas's, Fleckney, Leicestershire
    buried. ? February 1851,
    St. Nicholas's, Fleckney, Leicestershire

  2. Emma Cobley,

    b. ? 1862, Fleckney, Leicestershire
    (St. Catherine's House Index : 3Q/1862/Market Harborough/7a/page 17)
    baptised. 1 August 1862,
    St. Nicholas's, Fleckney, Leicestershire
    d. ? Leicestershire
    buried. ? Leicestershire

    m. Henry Allsop,
    butcher,

    9 January 1889, St. Nicholas's, Fleckney, Leicestershire
    (St. Catherine's House Index : 1Q/1889/Market Harborough/7a/page 19)

    1. Mary Ann Cobley, spinster

      b. ? 1864, Fleckney, Leicestershire
      (St. Catherine's House Index : 1Q/1864/Market Harborough/7a/page 24)
      baptised. 8 May 1864.
      St. Nicholas's, Fleckney, Leicestershire
      d. ? 1917, Fleckney, Leicestershire
      buried. ? 1917, St. Nicholas's, Fleckney, Leicestershire

      1871 Census:
      Fleckney : Scholar : aged 7:
      1881 Census: Fleckney : Machinest (hosiery) : aged 15
      1891 Census: 265 Top End, Fleckney : Linker (hosiery) : aged 27
      1901 Census: Fleckney : Linker (hosiery) : aged 37

      no more information known

    2. Thomas Cobley,
      foreman roadman, publican

      b. ? 1867, Fleckney, Leicestershire
      (St. Catherine's House Index : 4Q/1867/Market Harborough/7a/page 17)
      baptised. 11 June 1868,
      St. Nicholas's, Fleckney, Leicestershire
      d. 1904, Victoria Street, Fleckney, Leicestershire
      buried. 18 April 1904, St. Nicholas's, Fleckney, Leicestershire

      m. Ellen Burley, ? Kilby, Leicestershire
      (St. Catherine's House Index : 2Q/1887/Blaby/7a/page 95)

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