the cobley family history
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Thomas Cobley,
tailor

Father: John Cobley 1753-1815 | Mother: Mary Pool 17??-1815

Grandather: John Cobley ? | Mother: ?

b. 1788, ? Minehead, Somerset
baptised. 7 September 1788, ? Minehead, Somerset
d. ? 1870, ? Minehead, Somerset
buried. 3 April 1870, ? Minehead, Somerset

1841 Census: Minehead, Somerset : Tailor : aged 50
1851 Census: Minehead, Somerset : Tailor : aged 62
1861 Census: Minehead, Somerset : Tailor : aged 72

no more information known

m. Mary Hobbs, 26 March 1820, ? Minehead, Somerset

b. ? 1793, Luxborough, Somerset
baptised. ? 1793, Luxborough, Somerset

Father: ? | Mother: ?
d. 24 August 1862, ? Minehead, Somerset
buried. 30 August 1862, ? Minehead, Somerset

1841 Census: Minehead, Somerset : aged 45
1851 Census: Minehead, Somerset : Wife : aged 58
1861 Census: Minehead, Somerset : Wife : aged 68

no more information known
  1. Sarah Cobley,

    b. 1820, ? Minehead, Somerset
    baptised. 16 July 1820, ? Minehead, Somerset
    d. ?

    buried. ?

    m. Henry Owen, ? 1846, ? Williton, Somerset
    agricultural labourer

    b. ? 1824, ? Williton, Somerset
    baptised. ? 1824, ? Williton, Somerset

    Father: ? | Mother: ?
    d. ?
    buried. ?

    no more information known

    5 known children

  2. William Cobley,
    labourer

    b. 1821, ? Minehead, Somerset
    baptised. 2 December 1821, ? Minehead, Somerset
    d. ?

    buried. ?

    m. Margaret Farrell, 5 May 1848, ? Ireland

  3. John Cobley,
    labourer

    b. 1822, ? Minehead, Somerset
    baptised. 11 January 1824, ? Minehead, Somerset
    d. 7 July 1901, Union Workhouse, Whiston, Lancashire
    buried. ? July, ? Lancashire

    m. Martha Cane, 25 October 1846, St. Philip & Jacob's, Minehead, Somerset

  4. Mary Ann Cobley,

    b. 1826, ? Minehead, Somerset
    baptised. 23 April 1826, ? Minehead, Somerset
    d. ?
    buried. ?
    married. ?
    children. ?

    1841 Census: Minehead, Somerset : aged 15

    no more information known

  5. Elizabeth Cobley,

    b. 1826, ? Minehead, Somerset
    baptised. 27 January 1827, ? Minehead, Somerset
    d. ?
    buried. ?
    married. ?
    children. ?

    1841 Census: Minehead, Somerset : aged 13

    no more information known

  6. Thomas Cobley,
    labourer

    b. 1832, ? Minehead, Somerset
    baptised. 13 March 1832, ? Minehead, Somerset
    d. ? 1892, ? Windle, Lancashire
    buried. ? 1892, ? Windle, Lancashire

    1841 Census: Minehead, Somerset : aged 10

    m. Mary Harding, ? 1853, ? Somerset

  7. Robert Cobley, died in infancy

    b. 1833, ? Minehead, Somerset
    baptised. 26 May 1833, ? Minehead, Somerset
    d. ? 1833, ? Minehead, Somerset
    buried. 17 November 1833, ? Minehead, Somerset

    no more information known

  8. Jane Cobley,

    b. 1834, ? Minehead, Somerset
    baptised. 9 November 1834, ? Minehead, Somerset
    d. ?

    buried. ?

    1841 Census: Minehead, Somerset : aged 5

    m. 1. George Charles Baker, ? 1859, ? Shoreditch, London
    waiter

    b. ? 1838, ? St. Pancras, Middlesex
    baptised. ? 1824, ? Williton, Somerset

    Father: ? | Mother: ?
    d. ?
    buried. ?

    no more information known

    1 known child

    m. 2. John Pugsley, 23 October 1870, ? Minehead, Somerset
    mason

    b. ? 1825, ? Cutcombe. Somerset
    baptised. ? ? Cutcombe. Somerset

    Father: George Pugsley (?1792-1832) | Mother: Elizabeth Baker
    d. ? 1896, ? Minehead, Somerset
    buried. 13 January 1896, ? Minehead, Somerset

    no more information known

    5 known children

  9. Henry Cobley,
    mariner/general labourer

    b. 1838, ? Minehead, Somerset
    baptised. 9 January 1838, ? Minehead, Somerset
    d. ? 1895, ? Bridgwater, Somerset
    buried. ? 1895, ? Bridgwater, Somerset

    1841 Census: Minehead, Somerset : aged 3
    1851 Census: Minehead, Somerset : Scholar : aged 12

    m. Maria Ann Chapman, 26 September 1858,St. John's, Eastover, Bridgwater, Somerset

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