1. Sarah Jane Cobley,
   
   b. ? 1868, Barwell, Leicestershire
   (St. Catherine's House Index : 4Q /1868 /Hinckley/7a/page 60)
   baptised. ?
   d. ? Leicestershire
   buried. ? Leicestershire
   
   1881 Census: Little Huncote, Thurlaston : Scholar : aged 9
   1891 : Thurlaston : Domestic Servant : Wedding certificate
   
   m. Fred Harvey, 17 February 1891, All Saints, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   (Marriage witnessed by William Arthur Cobley and Mary Ann Smith)
   
   blacksmith
   
   b. ? 1869, Leicestershire
   baptised. ?
   Father: William Harvey (farmer) | Mother: Ann Hurd
   d. ?
   buried. ?
   
   no more information known
   
   
2. William Arthur Cobley,
   blacksmith
   
   b. ? 1871, Barwell, Leicestershire
   (St. Catherine's House Index : 4Q /1871 /Hinckley/7a/page 56)
   baptised. ?
   d. ? Leicestershire
   buried. ? Leicestershire
   
   1881 Census: Little Huncote, Thurlaston : Scholar : aged 9
   1891 Census: Blacksmiths Arms, Thurlaston : Smith : aged 19
   
   m. Emma Ward, 12 August 1896, St. Margaret's, Burbage, Leicestershire
   
   
3. Hannah Cobley,
   
   b. ? 1874, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   (St. Catherine's House Index : 4Q /1874/Blaby/7a/page36)
   baptised. 4 August 1875, All Saints, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   d. 1969, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   buried. 11 October 1969, All Saints, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   
   m. Albert White Frearson, 14 February 1899, All Saints.Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   
   
4. Mary Cobley,
   
   b. ? 1877, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   (St. Catherine's House Index : 4Q /1877/Blaby/7a/page 47)
   baptised. 27 January 1878, All Saints.Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   d. ? Leicestershire
   buried. ?
   
   1881 Census: Little Huncote, Thurlaston : aged 3
   1891 Census: Blacksmiths Arms, Thurlaston : Scholar : aged 15
   1901 : Thurlaston : Wedding certificate
   
   m. James Jonathon Hayes, 1 January 1901, All Saints, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   (Marriage witnessed by William Arthur Cobley and Catherine Cobley)
   
   labourer
   
   b. ? 1876, Leicestershire
   baptised. ?
   Father: William Hayes (framework knitter) | Mother: ?
   d. ?
   buried. ?
   
   no more information known
   
   
5. Catherine Cobley,
   
   b. ? 1880, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   (St. Catherine's House Index : 1Q /1880/Blaby/7a/page 48)
   baptised. 5 September 1880, All Saints.Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   d. ? Leicestershire
   buried. ?
   
   1881 Census: Little Huncote, Thurlaston : aged 1
   1891 Census: Blacksmiths Arms, Thurlaston : Scholar : aged 8
   1903 : Thurlaston : Domestic Servant : Wedding certificate
   
   m. Thomas Fletcher Leatherland, Widower
   24 November 1903, All Saints, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   (Marriage witnessed by Tom Harrison and Eliza Cobley)
   
   labourer
   
   b. ? 1871, Leicestershire
   baptised. ?
   Father: John Leatherland (labourer) | Mother: ?
   d. ?
   buried. ?
   
   no more information known
   
   
6. Ada Cobley,
   
   b. ? 1882, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   (St. Catherine's House Index : 4Q /1882/Blaby/7a/page 51)
   baptised. 31 December 1882, All Saints.Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   d. 10 February 1961, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   buried. ? February 1961, All Saints.Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   
   1891 Census: Blacksmiths Arms, Thurlaston : Scholar : aged 8
   1901 Census: Blacksmiths Arms, Desford Road, Thurlaston : Tailoress : aged 18
   1902 : Thurlaston : Wedding certificate
   
   m. Frank Harold Bodycote, 5 August 1902, All Saints, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   (Marriage witnessed by William Arthur Cobley and Eliza Cobley)
   
   painter
   
   b. ? 1881, Leicestershire
   baptised. ?
   Father: William Bodycote (butcher) | Mother: ?
   d. 22 March 1964, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   buried. ? March 1964,
   
   no more information known
   
   
7. Neal Cobley,
   
   b. ? 1884, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   (St. Catherine's House Index : 2Q /1884/Blaby/7a/page 50)
   baptised. 4 May 1884, All Saints.Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   d. ? Leicestershire
   buried. ?
   married. ?
   children. ?
   
   1891 Census: Blacksmiths Arms, Thurlaston : Scholar : aged 7
   1901 Census: Blacksmiths Arms, Desford Road, Thurlaston : aged 17
   
   no more information known
   
   
8. Eliza Cobley,
   
   b. ? 1886, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   (St. Catherine's House Index : 3Q /Blaby/7a/page 50)
   baptised. 8 August 1886, All Saints.Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   d. ? Leicestershire
   buried. ?
   
   1891 Census: Blacksmiths Arms, Thurlaston : aged 4
   1910 : Thurlaston : Labourer : Wedding certificate
   
   m. Ernest Murby, 26 December 1910, All Saints, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   (Marriage witnessed by William Arthur Cobley and Lillian Cobley)
   
   labourer
   
   b. ? 1880, Leicestershire
   baptised. ?
   Father: George Murby (labourer) | Mother: ?
   d. ?
   buried. ?
   
   no more information known
   
   
9. Charles Cobley, (speculative) died in infancy
   
   b. ? 1888, ? Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   (St. Catherine's House Index : 4Q /Blaby/7a/page 64)
   baptised. ?
   d. 28 December 1888, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
   (St. Catherine's House Index : 4Q /Blaby/7a/page 31? aged 0)
   buried. 29 December 1888, All Saints, Thurlaston, Leicestershire aged 13 hours
   
   
10. Lillian Cobley,
    
    b. ? 1891, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
    (St. Catherine's House Index : 4Q /1891/Blaby/7a/page 43)
    baptised. 15 November 1891, All Saints.Thurlaston, Leicestershire
    d. ? Leicestershire
    buried. ?
    married. ?
    children. ?
    
    1901 Census: Blacksmiths Arms, Desford Road, Thurlaston : aged 10
    
    no more information known
    
    
11. George Cobley, notes
    
    b. ? 1893, Thurlaston, Leicestershire
    (St. Catherine's House Index : 4Q /1893/Blaby/7a/page 32?)
    baptised. 26 November 1893, All Saints.Thurlaston, Leicestershire
    d. ? Canada
    buried. ? Canada
    married. ?
    children. ?
    
    1901 Census: Blacksmiths Arms, Desford Road, Thurlaston : aged 8
    
    no more information known
    
    

NEAL COBLEY – Last Will & Testament
1906R Page 585
 
The last will and testament of me, Neal Cobley of Thurlaston in the county of Leicestershire, blacksmith. Made this 26th day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Six.
 
I hereby do revoke and cancel all and any other wills made by me and I do herby give and bequeath to my dear wife Maria absolutely and for her sole use and benefit the whole of my estate – real and personal of which I may be possessed at the time of my decease or to which I may be entitled and I do also appoint my said wife the sole executrix of this my wife.
 
Neal Cobley.
 
Signed by us in the presence and at the request of and at the same time as the said Neil Cobley and in the presence of each other as witnesses of the signature to this will of the said Neil Cobley this 26th day of October 1906.
 
William Arthur Cobley, Stoney Stanton, Blacksmith
Fred Harvey, Thurlaston, Blacksmith
 
Affidavit of due execution filed.
On the twenty-first day of December 1906 probate of this will was granted at Leicester to Maria Cobley widow the relict the sole executrix.
 
PROBATE 1906 page 434
 
Be it known that NEAL COBLEY OF THE BLACKSMITHS ARMS THURLASTON IN THE COUNTY OF LEICESTERSHIRE BLACKSMITHS AND INNKEEPER who at the time of HIS death had a fixed place of abode at THURLASTON AFORESAID and be it further known that at the date hereunder written the last will and testament of the said deceased was proved and registered in the District Probate Registry of His Majesty’s High Court of Justice at LEICESTER and that administration of all the estate which by law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to MARIA COBLEY OF THE BLACKSMITHS ARMS AFORESAID WIDOW THE RELICT OF THE SAID DECEASED THE SOLE EXECUTRIX named in the said will.
 
Dated the 21st day of December 1906
 
Gross value of Estate                            £226 : 6 : 4
Net Value of personal estate                 £31 : 4 : 10
 
Signed A.L.Y.
 
Extracted by the Executive.
No duty.

notes for George Cobley :-

"My great-grandmother had referred to him dying in the war, although other members of the family had said that he died in Canada. She had a photograph of him wearing a services uniform, the whereabouts of which are a mystery.
 
I found his details on a website for the Canadian Army
 
http.data2.archives.ca
 
It turns out that he had immigrated to Canada and joined the Canadian Army. He joined the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force on 27 January 1916 (Private 502506). By this time he had married a lady called Carrie and was living at 42 River Street, Toronto. The website gives a scan of his actual “attestation paper” which was filled in when he joined. It states that he was a blacksmith (like his father), had previously served in the military (something called the 2nd P.C.C.E. ??). He was 5 feet 7 & a quarter inches tall, had a girth of 37 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes and light brown hair. He had a mole on his right shoulder, and a scar on his right leg."

extracted from an email from Michael & Amanda Lord 20/02/02

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