Florence Mary Jane Cook (1865-1931)

  • Name:

  • Florence Mary Jane Cook1 2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • btw Mar 1865 and Jun 1865

  • Stonehouse, Devon3 4

  • Parent:

  • 14 Dec 1904 (age 39)

  • Baptism of son Frank Stanley

  • spouse:

  • 17 May 1930 (age 64-65)

  • Death of spouse Charles

  • Executor:

  • 12 Jun 1930 (age 64-65)

  • Florence was executor for estate of Charles Henry Hodge

  • Beneficiary:

  • 12 Jun 1930 (age 64-65)

  • Beneficiary in the will of Charles Henry Hodge

  • Death:

  • 26 Feb 1931 (age 65)

  • The Lockyer Nursing Home5 6

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  • Address: Lockyer Street, Plymouth

  • Probate:

  • 2 Apr 1931

  • London6

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  • Address: 1a Endsleigh Place, Plymouth, Devon

    Charles and Wallace were two of her sons. Her effects were valued at £491 9s. 8d.The beneficiaries are not known.

Marriage

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Son: Charles Reginald Hingston Hodge, Q3 1891

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St Jude's Church

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7 Wake Street

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1901, 1901 Census for Household of Charles Hodge in Plymouth, Devon

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1911, 1911 Census for Household of Charles Henry Hodge in Plymouth

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1921, 1921 Census for Household of Charles Henry Hodge - Address

  • Spouse:

  • Charles Henry Hodge (1864-1930)

  • Children:

  • Reginald Howard K. Hodge (1890-1891)

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  • Charles Reginald Hingston Hodge (1891-1969)

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  • Dorothy Ellen G. Hodge (1894-1901)

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  • Reginald Harold Leonard C. Hodge (1896-1897)

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  • Cecil Norman Hodge (1897-1974)

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  • Lizzie Gwendoline M. Hodge (1899-1911)

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  • Gladys Winifred Georgina Hodge (1903-1983)

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  • Frank Stanley Hodge (1904-1984)

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  • Horace James Hodge (1907-1931)

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  • Wallace Albert Hodge (1907-1987)

  • Marriage:

  • 26 Dec 1889 (age 24)

  • St Jude's Church7 8

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  • Address: Beaumont Road, Plymouth, Devon

  • Census for household:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 25-26)

  • Devonport, Devon9

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  • Address: 7 Wake Street

    The Household consisted of Charles, his wife Florence and their baby son Reginald who was 9 months old. The family occupied a single room in 7 room house which they shared with three other families. In all 14 people lived there. Most of the other houses in Wake Street were in multiple occupancy.

  • Census for household:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 35-36)

  • Plymouth, Devon10

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  • Address: 3, Coburg Street

    The family consisted of Charles, his wife Florence, and their children Charles (age 9), Dorothy (age 7), Cecil (age 3), and Lizzie (age1). They also had a servant Mabel Ellen Hannaford.

  • Census for household:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 45-46)

  • Plymouth, Devon11

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  • Address: 33 Ebrington Street

    The household consisted of Charles, his wife Florence and their children Cecil (age 13), Geraldine (age 11), Gladys (age 8), Frank (age 6), and Horace and Wallace who were twins both aged 3. The house had nine rooms which seems very substantial for a tobacconist's clerk (as Charles was at the time). However, looking at modern pictures of Ebrington Street it seems that single story shops were situated in front of a row of substantial houses. It is therefore possible that the house 'went with the job'.

  • Census for household:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 55-56)

  • Plymouth, Devon12

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  • Address: 1a Endsleigh Place

    The household consisted of Charles, his wife Florence and 5 of their surviving children - Cecil (age 23), Winifred (age 18), Frank (age 16), and the twins Horace and Wallace (age 14) living in 5 rooms. They shared the house with two other families - one of two (although the wife was away at the time of the Census) and the other of three who lived in a single room.

Note on Marriage to Charles Henry Hodge

The 1911 Census return shows that Charles and Florence had had 1313 children of whom 6 had died. The birth registrations for the 7 surviving children have been found, but only 4 of those who died. At the end of 1911 another child, Lizzie, died meaning that of their 13 children 7 died.

Sources

1.

1911 England Census for Household of Charles Henry Hodge in Plymouth, Devon, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG14/12939; Florance Mary Jane age 44, wife of Charles Hodge, born in Stonehouse, Devon. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/12939.

2.

General Register Office, CRI(E&W) for Marriage of Charles Henry Hodge and Florence Mary J. Cook, (Free BMD website). Custom Id: Marriages 1889 Q4 Plymouth Vol. 5b, Page 523; The registration for her marriage to Charles Hodge provides her maiden name. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.

3.

1911 England Census for Household of Charles Henry Hodge in Plymouth, Devon, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG14/12939; Age and place of birth. Cit. Date: 2 April 1911. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/12939.

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General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Florence Mary Jane Cook, (Free BMD website). Custom Id: Births 1865 Q2, East Stonehouse, Vol. 5b, Page 308; Cit. Date: Q2 1865. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

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General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Florence M. J. Hodge, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Deaths 1931 Jan-Mar, Registration District Plymouth, Volume 5b, Page 504; Cit. Date: Q1 1931. General Register Office. Call Number: Deaths.

6.

England & Wales National Probate Calendar: Florence Mary Jane Hodge, 2 April 1931, Wills and Administration 1931 Page 238.

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Parish Register for Marriage of Charles Henry Hodge and Florence Mary Jane Cook, St Jude, Plymouth, Devon, 26 December 1889, Plymouth and West Devon Record Office.

8.

General Register Office, CRI(E&W) for Marriage of Charles Henry Hodge and Florence Mary J. Cook, (Free BMD website). Custom Id: Marriages 1889 Q4 Plymouth Vol. 5b, Page 523; Cit. Date: Q4 1889. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.

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1891 England Census for Household of Charles H. Hodge in Devonport, Devon, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG12/1744, Folio 139, Page 42; Cit. Date: 5 April 1891. National Archives. Call Number: RG12/1744.

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1901 England Census for Household of Charles H. Hodge in Plymouth, Devon, (Find My Past Website). Custom Id: RG13/2102, Folio 153, Page 5; Cit. Date: 31 March 1901. National Archives. Call Number: RG13/2102.

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1911 England Census for Household of Charles Henry Hodge in Plymouth, Devon, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG14/12939; Cit. Date: 2 April 1911. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/12939.

12.

1921 England and Wales census, 1a Endsleigh, Plymouth, Devon, RG15/10642, R 276, RSD 3, ED 11, Schedule 142, head of household: Charles Henry Hodge, National Archives.

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1911 England Census for Household of Charles Henry Hodge in Plymouth, Devon, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG14/12939; Entry for Florence Hodge. Cit. Date: 2 April 1911. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/12939.