The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Robert Corke, sexton, son of William Cork and Sarah Cork [Dearling]
Generation No. 1
  1. Robert Corke, sexton was the son of William Cork and Sarah Cork [Dearling]. He was born 1797 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 19th Aug 1797 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  He married Maria on c 1818. She was born c 1800. They had the following children:
  iRobert Henry who was born 1819 at Sevenoaks, Kent; christened 15th Aug 1819 St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
2 iiAlfred who was born 1823 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 18th Jun 1823 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  iiiAnn who was born 1823 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 18th Jun 1823 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  ivEllen who was born 7th Aug 1825 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 10th Aug 1825 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
3 vRichard who was born 7th Mar 1827 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 10th Aug 1827 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
4 viGeorge who was born 1828 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 31st Oct 1828 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  viiFanny who was born 1830 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 23rd Jul 1830 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  viiiThomas who was born c 1833 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 16th Jul 1845 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
5 ixFrancis who was born 1835 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 16th Jul 1845 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
6 xCharles who was born 1838 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 16th Jul 1845 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Alfred Corke, gamekeeper was the son of Robert Corke, sexton and Maria Corke. He was born 1823 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 18th Jun 1823 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  He married Anne on c 1850. She was born 1827 at Rochester, Kent. They had the following children:
  iJane who was born 1856 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 7th Sep 1856 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  iiAnne who was born 1858 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiiFanny who was born 1860 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  ivAlfred who was born 1862 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  vKate who was born 1864 at Frant, Sussex
  viGeorge who was born 1866 at Frant, Sussex; christened 24th Jun 1866 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  viiCharles who was born 1868 at Frant, Sussex; christened 28th Jun 1868 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
   
  3. Richard Corke, railway goods inspector was the son of Robert Corke, sexton and Maria Corke. He was born 7th Mar 1827 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 10th Aug 1827 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  He married Elizabeth on c 1855. She was born 1835 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. They had the following children:
  iCharles J. who was born 1860 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  iiAnnie who was born 1866 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  iiiMarie who was born 1868 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  ivBertie who was born 1871 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  vEdgar who was born 1880 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
   
  4. George Corke, grave digger was the son of Robert Corke, sexton and Maria Corke. He was born 1828 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 31st Oct 1828 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
7 iGeorge Thomas May who was born 14th Jun 1848 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1848 Q3 Vol 1 Page 527, Registered as George Thomas May
  He married Charlotte May on 4th Nov 1849 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent. She was born 1831 at Tonbridge, Kent. They had the following children:
  iHarriott who was born 1850 at Tonbridge, Kent
8 iiJames who was born Oct to Dec 1852 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1852 Q4 Vol 2a Page 354
  iiiHenrietta who was born 1855 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 7th Jan 1855 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  ivWilliam who was born 1858 at Tonbridge, Kent
   
  5. Francis Corke, railway porter was the son of Robert Corke, sexton and Maria Corke. He was born 1835 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 16th Jul 1845 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  He married Emily on c 1856. She was born 1838 at Sevenoaks, Kent. They had the following children:
  iMatilda who was born 1857 at Tonbridge, Kent
9 iiSamuel who was born 1863 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 17th Jun 1868 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  iiiFrancis John who was born c 1865 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 17th Jun 1868 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  ivRobert Harold who was born c 1865 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 17th Jun 1868 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  vCecilia who was born c 1865 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 17th Jun 1868 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  viBeatrice who was born 1871 at Tonbridge, Kent
  viiHenry V. who was born 1873 at Tonbridge, Kent
  viiiFred who was born 1877 at Tonbridge, Kent
  ixJenny who was born 1878 at Tonbridge, Kent
   
  6. Charles Corke, plumber journeyman was the son of Robert Corke, sexton and Maria Corke. He was born 1838 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 16th Jul 1845 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  He married Fanny on c 1858. She was born 1837 at Brenchley, Kent. They had the following children:
10 iHenry C. who was born 1860 at Tonbridge, Kent
11 iiArthur who was born 1863 at Tonbridge, Kent
12 iiiFrederick Edward who was born 1867 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 28th Apr 1867 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  ivAlice Martha who was born 1st Jun 1870 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 3rd Aug 1870 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  vEllen who was born 1874 at Tonbridge, Kent
  viClara who was born 1877 at Tonbridge, Kent
  viiEdgar who was born 1879 at Tonbridge, Kent
  viiiRichard who was born Apr 1880 at Tonbridge, Kent
   
Generation No. 3
  7. George Thomas May Corke [May], farm labourer and grave digger was the son of George Corke, grave digger and Charlotte Corke [May]. He was born 14th Jun 1848 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1848 Q3 Vol 1 Page 527, Registered as George Thomas May
  He married Mary Ann Richardson on 12th Jul 1869 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent, George May Corke married under the surname of May. She was born 1849 at Tonbridge, Kent. They had the following children:
  iJames May who was born 1874 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiAmelia May who was born 1876 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiiWilliam May who was born 1878 at Tonbridge, Kent
  ivHenrietta May who was born Jul 1880 at Tonbridge, Kent
  vHarty who was born 1883 at Tonbridge, Kent
  viGeorge who was born 1886 at Tonbridge, Kent
  viiEllen who was born 1889 at Tonbridge, Kent
   
  8. James Corke, grave digger was the son of George Corke, grave digger and Charlotte Corke [May]. He was born Oct to Dec 1852 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1852 Q4 Vol 2a Page 354
  He married Harriett on c 1874. She was born 1856 at Pembury, Kent. They had the following children:
  iMary A who was born 1876 at Hadlow, Kent
  iiHorace who was born 1886 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiiHarold who was born 1888 at Tonbridge, Kent
  ivHilda M who was born 1889 at Tonbridge, Kent
   
  9. Samuel Corke, railway foreman was the son of Francis Corke, railway porter and Emily Corke. He was born 1863 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 17th Jun 1868 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  He married Alice Maud Mary Wretham on 1st Mar 1884 at Christ Church, Lansdown Road, Tonbridge, Kent. She was born Oct to Dec 1866 at Upper Hayesden, Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1866 Q4 Vol 2A PAge 527; christened 16th Dec 1866 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent. They had the following children:
  iChristian H who was born 1886 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiLily E who was born 1889 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiiGrace who was born 1891 at Tonbridge, Kent
   
  10. Henry C. Corke, plumber was the son of Charles Corke, plumber journeyman and Fanny Corke. He was born 1860 at Tonbridge, Kent
  He married Julia on c 1878. She was born 1860 at Tonbridge, Kent. They had the following children:
  iSydney C who was born 1884 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiEdith J who was born 1885 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiiBeatrice K who was born 1886 at Tonbridge, Kent
  ivPercy Henry who was born 1888 at Tonbridge, Kent
  vHugh L who was born 1890 at Tonbridge, Kent
   
  11. Arthur Corke, house painter was the son of Charles Corke, plumber journeyman and Fanny Corke. He was born 1863 at Tonbridge, Kent
  He married Fanny on c 1884. She was born 1866 at Brenchley, Kent. They had the following children:
  iBessie who was born 1889 at Tonbridge, Kent
   
  12. Frederick Edward Corke, house painter was the son of Charles Corke, plumber journeyman and Fanny Corke. He was born 1867 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 28th Apr 1867 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  He married Sophia A on c 1885. She was born 1863 at Tonbridge, Kent
   

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