Find Ancestors

See this link

http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Anorah

has the following info

Anorah meaning and name origin

Anorah \a-no-

rah\ as a girl's name is a variant of Annora (Latin), and the meaning of Anorah is "honor".
Read more at http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Anorah#pDckURIFJ6PjdyLj.99

Maybe this marriage then?

Registration district: [?] St. Giles County: LondonYear of registration: 1848Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec Spouse's last name Not available before 1912Volume no: [?] 1 Page no: [?] 76
MarriageFinder™: [?] John Mckoy married one of the following people Transcript

CATCHPOLE, Marianne

LALLY, Julia

*************PINE, Honora

TYRRELL, Emma

TYRRELL, Emma Maria

BAKER, Jesse

WILLIAMS, John

WYATT, Charles

EDIT - Just looked again - probably not this if Anorah was born in 1839!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you all for so much information which has taken a while to digest.
To summarise... from Charles George McCoy who married Florence Elizabeth Hall to present times we now have that information ... thanks.
There seems to be no record of Charle's birth or baptism 1869/71 to confirm his parents names so supposition from his marriage or later census to give his dob was used and with no census record or death of father John at that time.
Before Charle's marriage there are only suppositions regarding his mother , or family stories of any siblings of Charles.
His parents are thought to be John McCoy and (perhaps) Anorah b. 1839 in London.
There is no record of their marriage that we can find so no detail of her unmarried name.... somewhere the name Anorah Pine appeared but from where? and cannot be refound.
Without the marriage date or other such information there is little chance of obtaining any documents.
A search through BMD shows no record of John/? marriage in any possible dates neither is there any record of the birth of Charles
It seems as he was created rarher than born.
thank you all

1901 stated family were living in Holborn but in Shoreditch at 1911
Is this Violet? If so there appears now to be just 2 surviving sisters.

Birth
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Violet McCoy
Name: Violet McCoy
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1906
Registration district: Holbron **
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1b
Page: 673 (click to see others on page)

Death:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 about Violet McCoy
Name: Violet McCoy
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1906
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1911
Age at Death: 5
Registration district: Shoreditch **
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1c
Page: 151 (click to see others on page)

Grandfather George?
Is this the starting point that Reggie/We need you to confirm?

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 about George Henry Macoy
Name: George Henry Macoy
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 18 May 1902
Father's Name: Charles George Macoy
Mother's Name: Florence Elizabeth Macoy
Parish or Poor Law Union: Finsbury St Luke
Borough: Islington
Register Type: Parish Registers


Marriage?
London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about George Henry McCoy
Name: George Henry McCoy
Spouse Name: Sarah Ann Swindell
Record Type: Banns
Event Date: 15 Jan 1921
Parish: Shoreditch St Anne
Borough: Hackney
Register Type: Parish Register

Death

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2006 about George Henry McCoy
Name: George Henry McCoy
Birth Date: 21 Mar 1902
Date of Registration: May 1985
Age at Death: 83
Registration district: Tower Hamlets
Inferred County: London
Volume: 14
Page: 982

many thanks to everybody and we now have a better picture of possible links to G/F Charles George McCoy although it is only speculation that the 1881 census showing Anorah McCoy is actually his mother but seem about right.
We can estimate that her dob was 1839 although we can find no record that or her marriage to John so nothing on her unmarried name.
All we know of John is that he was a Bricklayer.
We do know that the wife of Charles George left him and set up with William Prescott but don't believe the census showing her as a boarder since all the children went to scholl using the name Prescott not McCoy.
So we do not know when the marriage of Anorah/John took place or anything about their families etc. etc.
If only we had Anorah's unmrried name we just might have had a break through.
Over time we have found more than 20 variations of the 5 letter surname and there are literally tens of thousnads of John McCoy/Mecoy/Macoy etc. etc.

Florence Elizabeth McCoy? Age and father's name both fit.

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Florence Elizabeth McCoy
Name: Florence Elizabeth McCoy
Spouse Name: William John Coburn
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Dec 1914
Parish: Shoreditch St Anne
Borough: Hackney
Father Name: Charles McCoy
Spouse Father Name: William John Coburn
Register Type: Parish Register

You haven't answered the question about your grandfather's identity......etc

Now that you have info from 1911, you can start researching the names on freebmd

You've been informed about where Anorah said she was born

any emigration is based on family stories, from my late mother although she was remarkably accurate on other information.
However even she was not aware of the court records we found so 'secrecy' was G/Fs obsession.
The 3 'sisters' are said to have gone to Australia, NZ, and Canada but which and where is unknown... she was also constrained in that information like us.
Assume since this family lived all their known life in London then the start place for emigration might be England.
My mother did not even know the names of the 3 sisters.
What little information we have, ie father John, is from documents although we do not know when or where John was born or married .
We are primarily trying to find the parents and/or siblings of G/F.
We can only speculate who his mother was or where she was born and there seems to be no actual record of Charles's birth that we have found.

Perhaps, Suzanne, you have confused the info about your grandfather's siblings with those of his father.

If George as per 1911 was your grandfather, he certainly had at least 3 sisters!

Florence Mecoy
Age in 1911: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894
Relation to Head: Boarder
Gender: Female
Birth Place: St Luke
Civil parish: Shoreditch
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: 247 Kingsland Road
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: WAITRESS DINING ROOMS
Registration district: Shoreditch
Registration District Number: 16
Sub-registration district: Shoreditch North West
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Piece: 1360
Household Members: Name Age
William Prescott 55
William Henry Eline 39
Florence Elizabeth Mecoy 40
Florence Mecoy 17
Lizzie Mecoy 10
George Mecoy 8
Violet Mecoy 5

States Florence Elizabeth married 22 years - but no sign of Charles.

1901 -

Florence E McCoy
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Charles McCoy
Mother's Name: Florence E McCoy
Gender: Female
Where born: St Luke, London, England

Civil parish: St Luke
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke Old Street
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Holborn
Sub-registration district: City Road
ED, institution, or vessel: 20
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 384
Piece: 259
Folio: 67
Page Number: 49
Household Members: Name Age
Charles McCoy 30
Florence E McCoy 29
Charles A McCoy 11
Florence E McCoy 7
Willie A McCoy 4
Lizzie McCoy 11 Months

1911 census

Person: MECOY, Florence Address: 247 Kingsland Road


PRESCOTT, William Head Widower M 55 1856 Butchers Porter London City VIEW
ALINE, William Henry Boarder Single M 39 1872 Butchers Porter London Shoreditch VIEW
MECOY, Florence Elizabeth Boarder Married22 years F 40 1871 Stratford VIEW
MECOY, Florence Boarder Single F 17 1894 Waitress Dining Rooms London St Lukes VIEW
MECOY, Lizzie Boarder F 10 1901 School London Clerkenwell VIEW
MECOY, George Boarder M 8 1903 School London St Lukes VIEW
MECOY, Violet Boarder F 5 1906 School London St Lukes

8 children born to Florence........2 have died

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
Name: Florence Elizabeth McCoy
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 27 Apr 1894
Father's Name: Charles George McCoy
Mother's Name: Florence Elizabeth McCoy
Parish or Poor Law Union: Clerkenwell St James
Borough: Islington
Register Type: Parish Registers

Further details from the marriage entry..........

Charles........Batchelor age 20........Glass Blower
Res: Corperation Row.
Father John........Occ: Bricklayer

Florence....Spinster age 19
Father George...Deceased.

Witnesses: William and Margaret Rockcliffe.

Suzanne, who was your grandfather?

Do you have proof that he was the son of of Charles George?

From the 1881, so helpfully provided by Gins, the mother's birthplace is recorded as LONDON, St Andrews.

Didn't you notice that, Suzanne?

The sons were all born London, St James

Thank you Gins...............

1881 England Census
about Charles Mecoy
Name: Charles Mecoy
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Relation: Son
Mother's Name: Anorah Mecoy
Gender: Male
Where born: London, London, Middlesex, England

Civil parish: Clerkenwell
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address: 8 Wilmington Place
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Holborn
Sub-registration district: Amwell
ED, institution, or vessel: 7a
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 350
Folio: 119
Page Number: 37
Household Members: Name Age
Anorah Mecoy 42
Edward Mecoy 21
John Mecoy 14
Charles Mecoy 10
Henry Mecoy 9