Clara Tonks

Generation: 1

1. Clara Tonks was born in 1869 in Cannock, Staffordshire, England (daughter of Joseph Tonks and Elizabeth Langley).

Generation: 2

Joseph Tonks was born in Jan 1831 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England (son of William Tonks and Jane Sharratt); died in 1887 in Cannock, : Registration District, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: 1851; Agricultural Labourer
Residence: 1881, 26, Hednesford Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, England
Occupation: 1881; Colliery Forman
GRO Death Index: Sep 1887; Cannock 6b - 251 age 56

Notes:

Joseph TONKS M 50 M Ratcliff Culey, Leicester, England
Rel: Head
Occ: (C M) Foreman On Colliery Bank
Elizabeth TONKS M 45 F Tamworth, Warwick, England
Rel: Wife
Joseph H. TONKS U 25 M Cheslyn Hay, Stafford, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Coal Miner
John TONKS U 19 M Cheslyn Hay, Stafford, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Stoker At Colliery
Clara TONKS 12 F Cannock, Stafford, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
Ernest A. TONKS 9 M Cannock, Stafford, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Fredrick W. TONKS 2 M Cannock, Stafford, England
Rel: Son

Joseph married Elizabeth Langley on 22 May 1854 in Holy Trinity, Wilnecote, Warwickshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of William Langley and Martha UNKNOWN) was born in 1834 in Shuttington, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Langley was born in 1834 in Shuttington, Warwickshire, England (daughter of William Langley and Martha UNKNOWN).

Other Events and Attributes:

Proviso: Marriage must be checked
Baptism: 25 Dec 1834, Shuttington, Warwickshire, England
Residence: 1891, Five Ways, Cannock, Staffordshire, England

Notes:

1851 Census Amington HO/107/2013
Benjamin LONG Head W 46 M Basket Maker Polesworth-Warwickshire
Eliza LONG Daur - 13F---Stonidelph----
Harriett LONG Daur - 7F---Stonidelph----
Charles LONG Son - 3M---Stonidelph----
Elizabeth LANGLEY Lodg-16 F Shuttington----
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1891 Census Five Ways Cannock
Elizabet Tonks Widow 56 b. Claygate Tamworth
John Tonks Coal Miner 19 b. Cheslyn Hay
Arthur Wyles Lodger 25 Coal Miner b. Radnor Wales
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Children:

Joseph H. Tonks was born in 1856 in Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire, England.
John Tonks was born in 1862 in Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire, England.
1. Clara Tonks was born in 1869 in Cannock, Staffordshire, England.
Ernest A. Tonks was born in 1872 in Cannock, Staffordshire, England.
Frederick W. Tonks was born in 1879 in Cannock, Staffordshire, England.

Generation: 3

William Tonks was born in Sep 1806 in Shuttington, Warwickshire, England (son of Joseph Tonks and Mary Swaine); died in Mar 1836 in Polesworth, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 31 Mar 1836 in Saint Editha's Churchyard, Polesworth, Warwickshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

Baptism: 6 Oct 1806, Shuttington, Warwickshire, England
Apprenticeship: 26 Dec 1819, Polesworth, Warwickshire, England; At 13 to John Gilliver, Shoemaker of Polesworth
Occupation: Between 1828 and 1836; Cordwainer

William married Jane Sharratt on 27 Oct 1828 in All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. Jane was born in 1803 in Polesworth, Warwickshire, England; died in Sep 1851 in Polesworth, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 26 Sep 1851 in Saint Editha's Churchyard, Polesworth, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jane Sharratt was born in 1803 in Polesworth, Warwickshire, England; died in Sep 1851 in Polesworth, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 26 Sep 1851 in Saint Editha's Churchyard, Polesworth, Warwickshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1851, Polesworth, Warwickshire, England
Occupation: 1851; Seamstress

Notes:

1841 Census Polesworth Town

Jane Tunks35IndependentWAR
Maude Tunks12Not in county
Joseph Tunks10WAR
Ann Tunks5WAR
Mary Tunks (nee Swaine)55WAR

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Notes:

NB in 1821 John Deacon married Mary Sharrat from Polesworth @ Ratcliffe Culey
Witnesses were John and Susanna Sharrat

Children:

Maud Tonks was born in Mar 1829 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England.
2. Joseph Tonks was born in Jan 1831 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; died in 1887 in Cannock, : Registration District, England.
Ann Tonks was born in Mar 1836 in Polesworth, Warwickshire, England.

William Langley was born in 1813 in Amington, Staffordshire, England.

Notes:

1851 Census Amington HO/107/2013 Folio 282
William LANGLEYLodg(Head) W37MTimber SawyerAmington----
Jacob LANGLEYLodg-18MTimber SawyerAmington----
Jonathan LANGLEYLodg-13MClay CarrierAmington----

William married Martha UNKNOWN about 1830. Martha was born about 1813; died before 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

7.
Martha UNKNOWN was born about 1813; died before 1851.
Children:

3. Elizabeth Langley was born in 1834 in Shuttington, Warwickshire, England.

Generation: 4

Joseph Tonks was born in Jul 1788 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England (son of William Tonks and Hannah Walthers); died in Aug 1810 in Shuttington, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 31 Aug 1810 in Shuttington, Warwickshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

Name: Joseph Tunks

Joseph married Mary Swaine on 16 Jun 1806 in All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. Mary (daughter of Isabella Swaine) was born in Jul 1783 in Amington, Staffordshire, England; died in Dec 1857 in Polesworth, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 1 Jan 1858 in Saint Editha's Churchyard, Polesworth, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Swaine was born in Jul 1783 in Amington, Staffordshire, England (daughter of Isabella Swaine); died in Dec 1857 in Polesworth, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 1 Jan 1858 in Saint Editha's Churchyard, Polesworth, Warwickshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

Baptism: 13 Jul 1783, Shuttington, Warwickshire, England
Occupation: 1851; Annuitant

Notes:

On the 17 July 1811 William 3 and Maud 3 Months (These ages or the date of the order are obviously incorrect) were removed from Shuttington WAR to Ratcliffe Culey after Joseph's death. William subsequently was a parish apprentice to John Jilliver a shoemaker at Polesworth returning to Ratcliffe to ply his trade.
In 1841 Mary with daughter in law Jane (Sharrat) at Polesworth
In 1851 Mary an annuitant was a Visitor to Elizabeth Worthington at Mancetter next door to her Nephew Thomas Tonks and his wife Mary Cooper the son of her husbands brother William.

Children:

4. William Tonks was born in Sep 1806 in Shuttington, Warwickshire, England; died in Mar 1836 in Polesworth, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 31 Mar 1836 in Saint Editha's Churchyard, Polesworth, Warwickshire, England.
Maud Tonks was born in Feb 1809 in Shuttington, Warwickshire, England; died in May 1810 in Shuttington, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 15 May 1810 in Shuttington, Warwickshire, England.
Maud Tonks was born in Apr 1811 in Shuttington, Warwickshire, England; died in Sep 1824 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 3 Sep 1824 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England.