Family History, Wilkings Chart 0300 Willie James Wilkins and (Maria) Jane Cobb

married
13th May 1903
Ringwood
Hampshire
registered
June quarter
1903
Ringwood district
Hampshire

WILKINS
Chart 0400

COBB
Chart 0413

1
WILLIE JAMES WILKINS
born
10th August 1880
The Grange, Wimbourne Miners, Dorset
occupation
1891 Scholar, 1901 Plasterer
worked at High Hall Grange, Wimborne, Dorset
Skilled Bricklayer/Builder/Highways Superintendent
1947 Council Foreman (administration of wife)
military service
1914 - 1918
Served in Salonica/Russia Royal Engineers
died
30th August 1968
Lichfield District, Staffordshire
Age 88 years
buried
September 1868
Burntwood
Staffordshire
probate
21st October 1968
Leicester
will
£4749

2
(MARIA) JANE COBB
born
15th April
1876
Cobb Cottage
Idstone
Berkshire
or Shrivenham (1911), Berkshire registered
June quarter
1876 Faringdon district
Berkshire
as
Maria Jane
occupation
1881 Scholar
1891 Dressmaker;
1901 Cook;
1939 Unpaid Domestic Duties
"Worked for some while at Hampton Court Middlesex for the Walpole family"
died
12th May 1947
registered
June quarter
1947
Lichfield district Staffordshire
Aged 71
(as Maria J)
buried
May 1947
Burntwood, Staffordshire
administration
29th September 1947
London
to
Willie James WILKINS (husband)
Council Foreman
and
Emma May ATKINS
(wife of Herbert ATKINS)
will
£178 7s.

1881 Wimbourne Grange, Wimbourne, Dorset. Father - George WILKINS aged 37 born Donhead, Wiltshire, mother Emma aged 38 born Donhead, Wiltshire, siblings, John W 16 Blacksmith born Donhead, Wiltshire, William H 9 Scholar born Buckthorne, Dorset, Frederick C 8 Scholar born Burckthorne, Dorset, then Willie J aged 7 monthsborn Wimbourne, Dorset. There was a lodger a Thomas PARSONS aged 28 a Gardener born Wimbourne, Dorset. 1891 Grange, Wimbourne Minster, Dorset. Father - George WILKINS aged 48 a Blacksmith, born Donhead St Andrew's, Wiltshire, Mother Emma, aged 47 born Donhead St Mary's, Wiltshire, siblings, Henry 20 Blacksmith born Buckthorne Weston, Dorset, Frederick 18 Labourer, born Buckthorne Weston, Dorset, then Willie and then Florence 8 born Wimbourne. there was a Lodger a Edward TRIM aged 58 a Labourer born Donhead St Mary's Wiltshire. 1901 The Grange, Colehill, Wimbourne, Dorset. Willie down as William J, Father George WILKINS aged 57 a Blacksmith (employer), down as being born in Donhead St Mary on this Census and his mother Emma aged 57 born Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire. Only the three of them on this Census. 1968 117 Cannock Road, Burntwood nr Lichfield (address given at probate) 1881 Lyons Gate, Minterne Magna, Dorchester, Dorset as Maria. Esau PAULLEY (33) Agri Labourer born Minterne, Dorset, wife Eliza (27) Agri Labourer Wife born Bere Regis, Dorset and niece Maria COBB (4) Scholar born Idstone, Berkshire (Eliza was the sister of Louisa, Maria's mother) 1891 Green Lane, Crowe, Ringwood, Hampshire as Jane Mark shown as age 40 which does not tally with exact birth and baptism dates we have been given Mark COBB (49) Farm Carter born Bere Regis, Dorset, wife Louisa (45) born Bere Regis, Dorset, children Charles T (24) Railway Platelayer born Morden, Dorset, Annie L (21) born Morden Dorset, Herbert W (19) Farm Labourer, born Idstone, Berkshire, Frank (18) Platelayer born Idstone, Dorset, Jane (15) Dressmaker born Idstone, Dorset, Albert (9) Scholar born Ringwood, Hampshire, George (6) Scholar born Ringwood, Hampshire and Alice (3) born Ringwood, Hampshire 1901 Allendale, East Bow, Wimborne, Wimborne Minster, Dorset as Maria J. Servant to John WATTS. John WATTS (80) Living On His Own Means born Frampton, Gloucestershire and wife Pdeline (?) (66) born Bridgenorth, Shropshire. Servants were Maria J COBB (25) Cook Domestic born Idstone, Berkshire, Clara a JEANES (23) Parlour Maid (Domestic) born Mappowder, Dorset, Edith STAPLE (22) House Maid born Wimborne, Dorset, Edith M STEEL (16) Kitchen Maid born Parkstone, Dorset and William J WAGG (19) Groom born Holt, Norfolk 1911 Grange Wimborne, Colehill, Dorset as Maria Jane. Willie James WILKINS (30) Bricklayer born Wimborne, Dorset, wife Maria Jane (34) born Shrivenham, Berkshire, children George Albert (8). Emma May (5) both born Ringwood, Hampshire and Ralph (2) born Wimborne, Dorset. On the 1911 census Maria Jane is shown as having been married 7 years and having had 3 children all still living 1939 99 Cannock Road, Burntwood, Lichfield R.D., Staffordshire as Maria J. Willie J WILKINS (born 10 August 1880 Clerk Of Works Local Authority and Maria J WILKINS (born 15 April 1876) Unpaid Domestic Duties 1947 99 Cannock Road, Burntwood near Lichfield (address given at administration) Family moved to Cirencester, Gloucestershire in 1937 Querns Lane, Cirencester, Gloucestershire The Eulogy for Kathleen Isobel ALLSOP Kathleen was born in Chasetown. Staffordshire and in the 1920s her family experienced the difficulties experienced by many as a result of the post was depression. As a young girl Kathleen went into service and from the time of her marriage she remained a housewife - an excellent one she was too. Ralph rejoices in the fact that during the years of the Second World War, they never experienced hunger, the garden, the allotment and the free range chickens providing all their needs. She was a woman who never spoke ill of anyone, never got angry and the only time Ralph ever saw her upset was when she was told that she had to have several evacuees during the war, and when her only child, Ralph, went into the army at 18. As well as her own family she kept an eye on her brothers and sisters and an even closer one on the grandchildren, Jo, Rebecca and the four great grandchildren when they arrived. She was indeed, the WILKINS family matriarch. Kathleen was an excellent cook, and pre-packed meals to her were an abomination, and Ralph will tell you I am sure, how meticulous she was about making tea - no tea bags in her house. Since her husband Albert’s death 30 years ago Kathleen has lived in a Warden controlled flat in Cirencester and her quality of life was somewhat curtailed when she had to have her leg amputated followed by another partial amputation resulting in confinement to a wheelchair. However, the home remained immaculate and cooking was still prepared. Her enjoyment in her later years included watching Songs of Praise, enjoying Noel EDMUNDS' appearances on TV and valuing the kindness she received from her neighbours Ernest and Brenda and the Carers who looked after her so well. Kathleen has outlived most of her friends and contemporaries and now has gone to join them we pray but the memory of Kathleen as a truly remarkable mother, mother in law, and grandmother and great grandmother will never be forgotten. To Ralph, Mary, Jo, Rebecca and the family we extend our sympathies but rejoice with them in the wonderful memories that they hold. May Kathleen now find the peace which she so long desired in the safe and tender arms of Jesus Our Lord.

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