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Joseph Tonks

Male 1831 - 1887  (55 years)


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  • Name Joseph Tonks 
    Birth Jan 1831  Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1851 
    Agricultural Labourer 
    Residence 1881  26, Hednesford Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1881 
    Colliery Forman 
    Death 1887  Cannock, : Registration District, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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
    Person ID I6431  bolstridge
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2023 

    Father William Tonks,   b. Sep 1806, Shuttington, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1836, Polesworth, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Jane Sharratt,   b. 1803, Polesworth, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1851, Polesworth, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 27 Oct 1828  All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Witness John Deacon 
    Witness Sarah Sharratt 
    Minister T C Fell 
    Notes 


    • NB in 1821 John Deacon married Mary Sharrat from Polesworth @ Ratcliffe Culey
      Witnesses were John and Susanna Sharrat
    Family ID F1773  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Langley,   b. 1834, Shuttington, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 22 May 1854  Holy Trinity, Wilnecote, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    GRO Index Jun 1854 
    Tamworth 6b - 423 
    Children 
     1. Joseph H. Tonks,   b. 1856, Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. John Tonks,   b. 1862, Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. Clara Tonks,   b. 1869, Cannock, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     4. Ernest A. Tonks,   b. 1872, Cannock, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     5. Frederick W. Tonks,   b. 1879, Cannock, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Family ID F1441  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Jan 1831 - Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 May 1854 - Holy Trinity, Wilnecote, Warwickshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Joseph H. Tonks - 1856 - Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - John Tonks - 1862 - Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Clara Tonks - 1869 - Cannock, Staffordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Ernest A. Tonks - 1872 - Cannock, Staffordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Frederick W. Tonks - 1879 - Cannock, Staffordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1881 - 26, Hednesford Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1887 - Cannock, : Registration District, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S19] Public Records Office, 1851 Census Warwickshire, (Name: Resource file LDS Transcript;), HO 107.
      Joseph TONKS Son U 20 M Ag LabRatcliff-Lei

    2. [S434] Parish Registers LEI, Ratcliffe Culey Baptisms 1813 - 1933, (Name: Original Register;), 24 Jan 1831, DE 1621/18.
      Joseph son William Tunks Shoemaker and Maud (Maud is wrong should be Jane Rector T C Tell makes a lot of errors this year or is it the clerk)

    3. [S442] Parish Registers LEI, Ratcliffe Culey Marriages 1815 - 1837, (Name: Original Register;), 27 Oct 1828, DE 1621/20.
      William Tunks Shoemaker of Polesworth and Jane Sharrat otp

    4. [S142] LDS, British Vital Records Index - 2, (Name: LDS Resource CD Rom;), Wilnecote 22 May 1854.
      TONKS, Joseph Age :23 Marriage
      Wife:Elizabeth LANGLEYAge:19
      Marriage Date:22 May 1854 Recorded in:Wilnecote and Castle Liberty, Warwickshire, England
      Husband's Father: William TONKS
      Wife's Father: William LANGLEY
      Source:FHL Film 1517616