A long gap between children
 

Edward COCKSON born 1832 Shoreditch and
Caroline DEWAR born 1828 Stepney
marry in 1855 in Stepney

1861
Children
Edward John born 1856 Stepney
Mary caroline born 1857 Mile End
Annie Louisa born 1858 Mile End
1871
Mother Caroline is with these 3 children plus
Georgina Caroline born 1869 in Hornsey
Cannot find Carolines Husband Edward

Seems a big gap between Annie and Georgina ??
any ideas please ? thanks

both parents had died by 1881 and I cannot find Georgina in 1881

To save anyone else the time trying to find that 1861 census entry, this is the link:
1861 census

(They are in Hornsey)
Edward Cockson Head Mar 28 Merchant's Clerk Middlesex Mile End
Caroline " Wife Mar 31 " Islington
Edward J " Son 5 Scholar " Mile End
Marion C " Daugh 4 " "
Annie L " Daugh 2 " Mile End

They might have had children inbetween who died.

oh sorry should have put a link thanks Kite, Thanks Elizabeth but it seems odd to have three children close together then lose serveral before another one is born? but then anything is possible.

And that 1871 entry:
1871 census

80 Spenser Road, South Hornsey
Caroline Cockson Head Mar 41 Mile End Road
Edward John Cockson Son Un 15 Do
Marian C Cockson Dau Un 14 Do
Anne Louise Cockson Dau Un 13 Do
Georgiana Cockson Dau Un 2 South Hornsey

Now I'll see what I can find...

This is Georgiana's baptism:
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...c=&pid=2604992

So Edward is (supposedly) her father - I was wondering whether Edward and Caroline had split up and Georgiana was Caroline's daughter by someone else.


2 Jul 1878 at Haggerston St Augustine, Hackney, Georgiana Caroline, born Nov 24 1869, parents Edward and Caroline Cockson, abode 2 Tedworth Rd, Church Rd, Tottenham, occupation Chandelier Drop Maker.

Caroline Cockson's death was registered Jul-Sep 1876 Edmonton district, age 48. Is Edward the Edward Cockson whose death was registered Jan-Mar 1878 Epsom district, age 46? If so then Georgiana's baptism is after both parents' deaths, so maybe she was in the workhouse and they had her baptised from there?

I hadn't thought of the workhouse Kite , funny because the other children dont seem to have been baptised? or if they were I cannot find them.
Thanks for that

The other children would be adults by the time their father died, so I don't suppose the workhouse would have had them baptised, if they even went into the workhouse that is.

I've been having a look in the Hackney poor law records on ancestry but no luck. I suppose it'll be easier to check for her in there when the name index becomes available.

Ooooh... looking on FamilySearch, there are baptisms of John Edward (or Edmond) Cockson (6 Apr 1856) and Marianne Cockson (19 Apr 1857) at Cambridge Road Independent, Bethnal Green, London. Parents Edward and Caroline.