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London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Henry Cossington Name:Henry Cossington (Bachelor)
Spouse Name:Martha Fletcher (Spinster)
Record Type:Marriage
Event Date:25 Mar 1830
Parish:Stepney St Dunstan and All Saints
Borough:Tower Hamlets
Register Type:Parish Register
Witnesses: Johnathon and Elizabeth Cossington

Think we really need Linda to come back with some confirmation. The death for Sarah Cordell was much later than she thought - so are we actually on the right family?? I think we are, but who knows.

I'm thinking Robert A Cossington born in 1921 was "Nobby", Ada A born in 1925 died in infancy.

I have already sent Linda a pm advising her of the info on here.

Dea x

This might be connected to the witnesses on Henry and Martha's marriage record...

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Jonathan Cossington Name:Jonathan Cossington (Bachelor)
Spouse Name:Elizabeth Burden (Spinster)
Record Type:Marriage
Event Date:4 Sep 1828
Parish:Stepney St Dunstan and All Saints
Borough:Tower Hamlets
Register Type:Parish Register
Witnesses: Francis Birch and Jane Cossington

Hi Linda

Thank you for your message.

Can you please confirm if we are on the right track?

Prickles. x

thankyou everyone this is much more than i ever expected and yes you have the right tree they never moved far from bow must have been creatures of habbit would it be possible to find anything nearer our generation if thats not pushing my luck too much it has all changed on here since i was on last doing my own for which i wii be eturnally greatfull for al you help then
I have my family mostley sorted but my cousin knows nothing about the cordell side thankyou all again lyn x

sorry all have just been through the posts again started back to work on monday playing catch up so havnt been on i know im supposed to stay on for so long so i do appologise to you all i will try to be better in the future no cakes to make for the next few weeks so will have more time i did thankyou all individually but forgot to do it on the thread just getting my head round it now will do that in future xxxlyn x

Hi Linda,

Welcome back to your thread - so you are actually looking to come forward from the family maybe finding the children's marriages & descendants?

I'm not very comfortable about posting living people, but I got the Cossington birth wrong for Robert A- there was no middle initial. He was registered in1921 West Ham, looks to have married in 1949 (Poplar) to a Ms Courtnell - they had 4 children, (look for them on freebmd) between 1950-59). He died in Southend in 1997 (dob 26/6/1921).

The only other child I can find is Eileen, who may have married a Mr Cash in 1963. (Haven't looked for George T as obviously connected to your cousin) Cash/Cordell appear to have had a son and daughter.

Is there a chance the other two children emigrated, not seeing any obvious marriages/deaths for them?

Thanks for the PM Linda, I haven't managed to find out anything on the other 2 children, Louisa and Amelia apart from their births.

However, I wonder if one of them was later known as Marie L Cordell - who looks to have married a Mr Noakes in 1965 - does this name ring any bells?

Sarah Alice Cordell seems to disappear but is on the 1964 ER living at 9 Leggatt Road, Stratford, along with Eileen and Marie L. Then in 1965 still at the same address but Eileen is no longer with them - she's with husband in Ilford.

I think she & Robert must have split up as he lives elsewhere. Although he married as Robert H, and his death in 1970 is also as Robert Henry I think he was originally Henry Robert, born in 1902. Almost sure this is him in 1911:

Robert H Cordell
Age in 1911:9
Estimated birth year:abt 1902
Relation to Head:Son
Gender:Male
Birth Place:Bow, London, England
Civil Parish:West Ham
County/Island:Essex
Country:England
Street address:27 High Street, Stratford, Essex
Marital Status:Single
Occupation:school
Registration district:West Ham
Registration District Number:188
Sub-registration district:Stratford
ED, institution, or vessel:1
Household schedule number:12
Piece:9342
Household Members:
NameAge

George T Cordell 39
Louisa Cordell 34
Margaret Cordell 17
Grace Cordell 15
Amelia E Cordell 11
Robert H Cordell 9
George T Cordell 6

And his christening:

Henry Robert Cordell
Record Type:Baptism
Baptism Date:5 Mar 1902
Father's Name:George Thomas Cordell
Mother's name:Louisa Cordell
Parish or Poor Law Union:Bromley St Leonard St Mary
Borough:Tower Hamlets
Register Type:Parish Registers

Born 16/2/1902 - so whoever registered his death was a bit out on his age.

i think you could do with getting a copy of the marriage certificate for Robert Cordell/Sarah to confirm their father's names are correct before going any further back with their ancestry.

Especially as I think he was originally Henry Robert rather than Robert H - and there is another Robert H born in 1900 in West Ham. He was Robert Hector (father William) who died in 1973 - although I think he married in 1929 to an Ada, it does put some doubts as to which is the correct one.