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Harriet STOKES
of Bledington, Gloucestershire
Alternative names
Harriet MATTHEWS (Married)
Ancestors
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John STOKES
~1711 - bur.1765
of Sarsden, Oxfordshire
Thomas STOKES
bap.1758 - 1817
of Churchill, Oxfordshire
 
Anne WILLIAMS
~1723 - bur.1795
of Sarsden, Oxfordshire
Thomas STOKES
bap.1796 - 1860
Stonemason of Churchill, Oxfordshire
 
William NAISH
~1724 - ~1799
of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Elizabeth NAISH
bap.1758 - ~1819
of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
 
Daniel MEADS
~1696 - ~1781
Traveller of No fixed abode
Ann MEADS
bap.1737 - ~1797
of Halford, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire
 
Thomas STOKES
1816 - 1885
Wheelwright of Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
William MORTIMER ALS BAKER
~1559 - 1609
Yeoman of Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire
William MORTIMER
~1607 - 1657
Yeoman of Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire
 
Thomas MORTIMER
~1611 - ~1645
of Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire
 
Margaret [MORTIMER]
~1628 - bur.1678
of Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire
John MORTIMER
bap.1674 - bur.1729
Yeoman of Duns Tew, Oxfordshire
 
Beatrice [MORTIMER]
~1617 - ~1667
Thomas MORTIMORE
bap.1719 - bur.1790
of Piddington, Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
William FENNYMORE
~1581 - ~1656
of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
Mariana VENIMORE
~1585 - bur.1635
of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire
William VENEMORE
bap.1614 - 1684
Yeoman of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
Elizabeth [FENNYMORE]
~1581 - ~1656
of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire
William VENIMORE
bap.1644 - bur.1707
Yeoman of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
Andrew HYDE
~1578 - ~1663
of Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
 
Marianne [HYDE]
~1585 - bur.1635
of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire
Elizabeth HYDE
bap.1619 - 1705
of Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
 
Elizabeth [HYDE]
~1578 - ~1628
Alice VENIMORE
bap.1677 - bur.1754
of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
Unknown ALLEY ALS LEVERETT
~1601 - ~1651
Grace ALLEY
~1642 - 1728
of Charlton-on-Otmoor, Kidlington, Oxfordshire
 
Thomas MORTIMORE
bap.1759 - 1842
Agricultural labourer of Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
Ann GOUGH
~1711 - bur.1770
of Chesterton, Oxfordshire
Martha MORTIMER
bap.1797 - 1869
of Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
Unknown HORWOOD
~1511 - ~1561
of Noke, Oxfordshire
Richard 'Goodman' HORWOOD
~1544 - 1593
of Noke, Oxfordshire
 
Richard HORWOOD
bap.1581 - ~1648
of Noke, Oxfordshire
 
Alice 'Goodwyff' FLAXMAN
~1544 - 1597
of Noke, Oxfordshire
William HARWOOD
bap.1618 - ~1668
of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
Catharine PARSONS
~1591 - bur.1682
of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire
Daniel HORWOOD
bap.1646 - ~1708
of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
Mary [HARWOOD]
~1610 - ~1660
Daniel HORWOOD
bap.1682 - ~1744
of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
Mary HATCHMAN
~1637 - ~1713
of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire
Joseph HORWOOD
bap.1707 - ~1767
of Chesterton, Oxfordshire
 
Joseph BLACKWELL
~1632 - ~1682
Mary BLACKWELL
~1673 - ~1748
of Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
William HORWOOD
bap.1728 - bur.1799
of Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
John TOOLEY
~1637 - ~1722
of Bicester, Oxfordshire
John TOOL(E)Y
bap.1678 - ~1728
of Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
Anne TOOL(E)Y
bap.1705 - ~1766
of Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
Hannah HORWOOD
bap.1761 - bur.1834
of Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
Thomas RUSH
~1640 - bur.1702
Gardener of Bicester, Oxfordshire
Robert RUSH
bap.1691 - bur.1759
of Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
John PERKINS
~1615 - ~1699
of Bicester, Oxfordshire
Alice PERKINS
bap.1653 - ~1713
of Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
Judith RUSH
bap.1726 - bur.1800
of Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
John HERITAGE
~1642 - bur.1692
of Bicester, Oxfordshire
Mary HERITAGE
bap.1688 - bur.1768
of Bicester, Oxfordshire
 
Harriet STOKES
1851 - 1918
of Bledington, Gloucestershire
 
Thomas BROWNING
~1653 - ~1728
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Thomas BROWNING
bap.1690 - 1723
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Ann PARKER
~1653 - 1692
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Samuel BROWNING
bap.1720 - bur.1757
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
John PRICE
~1650 - ~1735
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth PRICE
bap.1691 - 1723
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Mrs John [PRICE]
~1650 - ~1700
Thomas BROWNING
bap.1754 - ~1817
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
John ENGLISH
1692 - ~1751
of Westport St Mary, Malmesbury, Wiltshire
Elizabeth ENGLISH
bap.1715 - 1786
of Westport St Mary, Malmesbury, Wiltshire
 
Jeremiah BARTHOLOMEW ALIAS SMITH
~1637 - ~1703
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Jeremiah BARTHOLOMEW ALIAS SMITH
bap.1658 - bur.1695
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Unknown [BARTHOLOMEW ALIAS SMITH]
~1608 - ~1658
Hester BARTHOLOMEW ALIAS SMITH
bap.1676 - ~1726
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Elizabeth [BARTHOLOMEW ALIAS SMITH]
~1652 - ~1718
Isaac BROWNING
bap.1784 - 1848
Stonemason of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Richard MANN
1684 - bur.1772
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Thomas MANN
bap.1718 - bur.1790
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Sarah BAYLY
1685 - bur.1743
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Mary MANN
bap.1759 - ~1819
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
John COX Snr
~1662 - bur.1712
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
John COX Jnr
bap.1682 - bur.1737
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Mrs Mary [COX] Snr
~1665 - bur.1715
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Mary COX
bap.1721 - bur.1789
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Mrs Mary [COX] Jnr
1689 - bur.1763
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Eliza BROWNING
1815 - 1886
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Thomas LOCK
~1685 - ~1770
of Ashton Keynes, Swindon, Wiltshire
William LOCK
bap.1726 - ~1793
of Doughton, Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Phillis [LOCK]
~1685 - ~1735
George LOCK
1757 - ~1821
of Doughton, Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Margarett ROBERTS
~1724 - ~1794
of Preston, Circencester, Gloucestershire
Mary LOCK
1787 - 1870
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Elizabeth 'Betty' WEBB
1761 - 1844
of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire
Spouses and Descendants
Generations
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Harriet STOKES
1851 - 1918
of Bledington, Gloucestershire
  m. Richard MATTHEWS (~1851 - ~1931)
 
Frank A MATTHEWS
1876 - ~1940
of Evesham, Worcestershire
  m. Jessie E [MATTHEWS] (1880 - ~1942)
 
Frank W MATTHEWS
1907 - ~1957
of Michigan, USA
Ruth I MATTHEWS
1908 - ~1958
of Michigan, USA
Edward M MATTHEWS
1913 - ~1963
of Michigan, USA
Albert S MATTHEWS
~1878 - ~1930
of Evesham, Worcestershire
Richard B MATTHEWS
1880 - ~1930
of Evesham, Worcestershire
Ethel M MATTHEWS
1887 - ~1948
of Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan, USA
Winifred B MATTHEWS
1889 - ~1949
of Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan, USA
Thomas R MATTHEWS
1891 - ~1950
of Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan, USA
Narrative and Notes

Harriet was a milliner. She emigrated to the United States with her husband Richard in 1895 and farmed in Spring Arbor Michigan. Later she lived in Jackson where she died in 1918.

Timeline
Personal Family World
Date
Age*
Event
Place
Jan 1851
0
Birth 
1
Bledington, Gloucestershire
30 Mar 1851
0
Census 
2
Bledington, Gloucestershire
6 Apr 1851
0
Baptism 
3
Bledington, Gloucestershire
bef 1861
10
Death of brother Thomas STOKES 
 
bef 1861
10
Death of sister Martha STOKES 
 
7 Apr 1861
10
Census 
4
Vine Street, Evesham, Worcestershire
Q4 1867
16
Marriage of brother William James STOKES and Elizabeth MELDRUM 
5
Shoreditch, London, Middlesex
30 Jul 1870
19
Marriage of brother Frederick STOKES and Ann Rebecca DAY 
6
All Saints, Worcester, Worcestershire
6 Dec 1870
19
Death of brother William James STOKES 
7
Lunatic Asylum, Friern Barnet, London, Middlesex, England
1876
25
Birth of son Frank A MATTHEWS 
Evesham, Worcestershire
btw 1878 and 1879
27
Birth of son Albert S MATTHEWS 
Evesham, Worcestershire
Jul 1880
29
Birth of son Richard B MATTHEWS 
Evesham, Worcestershire
3 Apr 1881
30
Census 
8
11 Port St, Bengeworth, Worcestershire
17 Apr 1885
34
Death of father Thomas STOKES 
9
Broadway, Worcestershire
3 Oct 1886
35
Death of mother Eliza BROWNING 
10
Moreton In Marsh, Gloucestershire
1887
36
Birth of daughter Ethel M MATTHEWS 
 
1889
38
Birth of daughter Winifred B MATTHEWS 
 
1891
40
Birth of son Thomas R MATTHEWS 
 
1905
54
Marriage of son Frank A MATTHEWS and Jessie E [MATTHEWS] 
 
15 Apr 1910
59
Census 
11
Kibbey Road, Jackson, Michigan, USA
19 Feb 1917
66
Death of brother Frederick STOKES 
12
The Cricketer's Arms, Beoley Road, Redditch, Worcestershire, England
1918
67
Death 
 
1918
67
Burial 
Woodland Cemetery, Jackson, Michigan
Documented age, Calculated age, Estimated age
Citations
1 - UK 1851 Census - 30th March 1851
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Thomas Stokes - Head - Mar - 34 - Journeyman carpenter - Oxfordshire Bicester

Eliza Stokes - Wife - Mar - 36 - - Gloucestershire Tetbury

William Stokes - Son - - 9 - - Essex Witham

Susan Stokes - Daur - - 7 - - Oxfordshire Churchill

Frederick Stokes - Son - - 5 - - Gloucestershire Bledington

Louisa Stokes - Daur - - 2 - - Oxfordshire Foxcote

Hariet Stokes - Daur - - 2m - - Gloucestershire Bledington

Joseph Davis - Lodger - Widr - 68 - Jman shoemaker - Oxfordshire Ascott

2 - UK 1851 Census - 30th March 1851
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Thomas Stokes - Head - Mar - 34 - Journeyman carpenter - Oxfordshire Bicester

Eliza Stokes - Wife - Mar - 36 - - Gloucestershire Tetbury

William Stokes - Son - - 9 - - Essex Witham

Susan Stokes - Daur - - 7 - - Oxfordshire Churchill

Frederick Stokes - Son - - 5 - - Gloucestershire Bledington

Louisa Stokes - Daur - - 2 - - Oxfordshire Foxcote

Hariet Stokes - Daur - - 2m - - Gloucestershire Bledington

Joseph Davis - Lodger - Widr - 68 - Jman shoemaker - Oxfordshire Ascott

3 - FamilySearch International Genealogical Index

Reprinted by permission. Copyright © 1999-2002 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc

Author: LDS. Publishing Info: © IGI This information has been reproduced with permission of LDS

HARRIET STOKES

Female

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Event(s):

Christening: 06 APR 1851 Bledington, Gloucester, England

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Parents:

Father: THOMAS STOKES

Mother: ELIZA

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Source Information:

Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:

C035322 1813 - 1877 0856928 Film 6911844 Film

Sheet: 00

4 - UK 1861 Census - 7th April 1861
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Thomas Stokes - Head - Mar - 44 - Wheelwright - Oxfordshire, Bycester

Eliza Stokes - Wife - Mar - 46 - Wife - Gloucestershire, Tetbury

William Stokes - Son - Unmar - 19 - Wheelwright - Essex, Chippinghill

Frederick Stokes - Son - Unmar - 15 - Wheelwright - Gloucestershire Bledington

Louisa Stokes - Daur - - 12 - Scholar - Oxfordshire, Foscott

Harriet Stokes - Daur - - 10 - Scholar - Gloucestershire, Bledington

Emily Stokes - Daur - - 5 - Scholar - Oxfordshire, Churchill

5 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005

First name(s) William James

Last name Stokes

Marriage quarter 4

Marriage year 1867

Registration month -

MarriageFinderâ„¢ William James Stokes married one of these peopleElizabeth Emma Hayson, Elizabeth Emma Haysom, Elizabeth Meldrum

District Shoreditch

District number -

County London

Country England

Volume 1C

Volume as transcribed 1C

Page number 385

Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce

Collections from Great Britain, England

6 - UK General Registry Office Marriage Certificate
Citation image

1870 Sept Vol 6c page 380

1870 Marriage solemnized at the Church in the Parish of All Saints in the City of Worcester

No: 301

When married - July 30

Name and Surname - Age - Condition - Rank or Profession - Residence at the time of marriage - Father's name and surname - Rank or Profession of father

Frederick Stokes - Full - Bachelor - Wheelwright - Blackfriars - Thomas Stokes - Wheelwright

Ann Rebecca Day - Full - Spinster - - Doldy - Thomas Day - Millwright

Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by ___ or after banns by me B A.... Rector

This marriage was solemnized between us: Frederick Stokes, Ann Rebecca Day in the Presence of us, Thomas Day, Louisa Stokes

7 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017
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Superintendent Registrar's District Barnet

Registrar's District Finchley

1870 DEATHS in the District of Finchley in the County of Middlesex

No.

434

When Died.

Tenth December 1870

Lunatic Asylum

Friern Barnet

Name and Surname.

Will James Stokes

Sex.

Male

Age.

29 years

Rank or Profession.

Wheelwright

Signature, Description and Residence of Informant

Edgar Sheppard MD

In Attendance

Lunatic Asylum

Friern Barnet

When Registered

Fifteenth December 1870

Signature of Registrar

James Legg

Registrar

8 - UK 1881 Census - 3rd April 1881

Richd. MATTHEWS Head M Male 29 Evesham, Worcester, England Accountant

Harriet MATTHEWS Wife M Female 30 Bleddington, Gloucester, England Milliner

Frank A. MATTHEWS Son Male 4 Evesham, Worcester, England Scholar

Albert S. MATTHEWS Son Male 2 Evesham, Worcester, England

Richard B. MATTHEWS Son Male 8 m Evesham, Worcester, England

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Source Information:

Dwelling 11 Port St

Census Place Bengeworth, Worcester, England

Family History Library Film 1341701

Public Records Office Reference RG11

Piece / Folio 2924 / 60

Page Number 6

9 - UK General Registry Office Death Certificate
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Certified Copy of an Entry of Death

REGISTRATION DISTRICT Evesham

1885 Death in the Sub-District of Broadway in the Counties of Worcester & Gloucester

No - When and where died - Sex - Age - Occupation - Cause of death - Signature, description and residence of informant - When registered - Signature of registrar

37 - Seventeenth April 1885, Broadway Wor'shire RSD - Thomas Stokes - Male - 68 years - Wheelwright - Paralysis Bronchitis Debility Ceritifed by F Beadles MRCS - Frederick Stokes, son present at the death Broadway - Twenty first April 1885 - Robert Smith Registrar

10 - UK General Registry Office Death Certificate
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11 - 1910 United States Federal Census
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Kibbey Road

Matthews Richard - Head - Male - White - 59 years - Married 35 years - Eng English - Eng English - Eng English - Immigrated 1895 - Al - English - Farmer - Own land - Mortgage

Matthews Harriett - Wife - Female - White - 59 - Married 35 years - 8 children, 7 surviving - Eng English - Eng English - Eng English - Immigrated 1895 - English

Matthews Ethel M - Daughter - F - W - 23 - Single - Eng English - Eng English - Eng English -

Matthews Winifred B - Daughter - F - W - 21 - Single - Eng English - Eng English - Eng English - Mailing Clerk, medecine factory

Matthews Thomas R - Son - F - W - 19 - Single - Eng English - Eng English - Eng English - Farm hand at home

12 - UK General Registry Office Death Certificate
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No. 345

When and Where Died Nineteenth February 1917 Cricketers Arms Beoley Road Redditch UD

Name and Surname Frederick Stokes

Sex Male

Age 72 years

Rank or Profession Coach builder Master

Cause of Death (1) Hemiplegia 1 1/2 months

(2) Exhaustion

Certified by J Stevenson MB

Signature,Description and Residence of Informant

Albert Parker Edwards

Son in law

Present at death

Cricketers Arms, Beoley Road, Redditch

When registered Twentieth February 1917

Registrar Frank Jeffrey

Side note For no 345 Col 4 for "72 years" read "71 years" corrected on the [1er] March 1917 by me Frank Jeffrey Registrar on production of a statutory declaration made by Albert Parker Edwards and Annie Elizabeth Edwards