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Father: George Cobley 1898-1967 | Mother: Alice Povey 1896-1986

Grandfather: John James Cobley 1869-1839 | Mother: Annie Mountford 1874 - 1937
Gt. Grandfather: George Cobley 1845-1914 | Mother: Elizabeth Berry 1844 - 1872
Gt. Gt. Grandfather: William Cobley 1804-1879 | Mother: Wibro Gamble 1827-1876
Gt. Gt. Gt. Grandfather: William Cobley 1771-1813 | Mother: Elizabeth ?

b. 4 January 1926, Town Pit Cottage, Higher Whitley, Cheshire

baptised. 7 March 1926, St. Luke's, Lower Whitley, Cheshire
d. 3 June 1991, 44, Church St. Wincham, Cheshire
buried. 7 June 1991, St. Luke's, Lower Whitley, Cheshire

m.1 Dorothy Mildred Redfern, 9 September 1950, St. Mary & All Saints, Great Budworth, Cheshire
(Marriage witnessed by David Brindley and Margaret Eaton)

milk maid, office worker, barmaid (George & Dragon, Gt. Budworth, Cheshire - 30 years),
gardener, country house guide & baby sitter!!!

b. 16 December 1930, ? Northwich, Cheshire
(St. Catherine's House Index : ?)
baptised. ?
Father: Frederick Dickens | Mother : Phillis Redfern 1905-1935

1. Judith Anne Cobley,
   
   b. 10 February 1954, ? Chester
   baptised. ? St. Mary & All Saints, Great Budworth, Cheshire
   
   m. 1 Peter John Smith, 1 June 1974, St. Mary & All Saints, Great Budworth, Cheshire
   divorced 198?
   
   b. ?
   baptised. ?
   Father: ? | Mother: ?
   
   m. 2. Rod Rees ?
   
   b. ?
   baptised. ?
   Father: ? | Mother : ?
   
   
   1. Benjamin Smith,
      b.?
      baptised. ?
      
      
2. Roger Leigh Cobley, BSC
   farm lad, plumber, project manager
   
   b. 8 July 1957, Cranford Lodge, Knutsford, Cheshire
   baptised. ? St. John the Evangelist, Lostock Gralam, Cheshire
   
   m. Debra Jones, 19 July 1980, St Mathew's, Haslington Nr. Crewe, Cheshire
   
   midwife
   
   b. ?
   baptised. ?
   Father: David Jones | Mother : ?
   
   
   1. Leah Charlotte Cobley,
      b. 15 April 1983, Leighton Hospital, Nr. Crewe, Cheshire
      baptised. ? ,St Mathew's, Haslington, Nr. Crewe, Cheshire
      
      
   2. Sarah Leigh Cobley,
      b. 6 Decemeber 1984, Leighton Hospital, Nr. Crewe, Cheshire
      baptised. 3 March 1985, St Mathew's, Haslington, Nr. Crewe, Cheshire
      
      
3. Mark Richard Cobley,
   photographer, graphic designer
   
   b. 11.31 pm, 10 February 1960, Cranford Lodge, Knutsford, Cheshire
   baptised. 28 May 1960, St. John the Evangelist , Lostock Gralam, Cheshire
   (godparents : Gordon Cobley and David Brindley)
   
   m. Avril Vivienne Heffernan, 19 May 2006,
   The Register Office, St. Patrick Duns Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
   
   arts administrator
   
   b. 17 July 1967, The Old Combe Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
   baptised. ?
   Father: William Heffernan | Mother : Elizabeth McGrath
   

notes for Ivan Cobley : -

...when retired : gardening, cricket, Shakespeare, frequent visits to the George & Dragon, Great Budworth, Cheshire. Where he expounded his views about life, cricket, death, the war and the weather. A man who could tickle you to death, or bore you stupid with the Corn Laws...

I still miss the old man, his old stories, family history, considered and sound advice about every thing under the sun and beyond... , his quick eye, observation and wit..."

Mark Cobley, © 2001

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