Stokes - Rode Parish Council

Annie Stokes and family at 8 Hughes Court

Stokes Family Tree

Christchurch and St. Lawrence Rode Parish Registers

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William

m12.4.1798 Mary WHEELER of Road

�� Sarah Wheeler bp22.7.1798

�� John Wheeler bp2.11.1800

�� Margaretta bp10.4.1803

�� James b 5.2.1806 bp2.8.1808

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�� James N. Bradley shearman d poss 4.1.1880 aged 85?

�� m9.7.1820 Elizabeth SNOW sojourner poss bc1798 d11.3.1875 (Betty)

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�� Benjamin bp23.3.1823 dyer

�� m Elizabeth Rachel ?

�� Sarah Ann bc1851 Road Hill

�� m3.7.1884 Henry Jonathan PROSSER organ builder

�� George William bc1852 bp29.3.1890 aged 37 postmaster d30.1.1936 aged 84

�� m Annie Maria bc 1862 d23.10.1936

�� George Henry Edward bp29.11.1891

�� Ida Grace Dellowreath bp27.11.1892

�� Isabell Mary bp3.6.1894

�� ? Elizabeth bp27.9.1896

�� Marjorie Annie White bp5.3.1899

�� William bp7.10.1827

�� James bp14.3.1830

�� George bp12.8.1832

�� Henry bp11.10.1835 d 19.4.1838 aged 2y 6m N. Bradley

�� Eliza bp24.2.1839 d10.11.1842 aged 3y 8m

�� Henry bp28.5.1809

�� William bp20.7.1813��

Notes by Edward Stokes found in a copy of ‘The History of North Bradley and Roadhill in the County of Wilts’, as follows:

a.� Compiled by ‘A. F.’ “A Thing of Shreds and Patches”. Published in London by Elliot Stock, Paternaster Row and in Trowbridge by W. Collins, Market Place, 1881.

b.� The inside title page of the copy seen is stamped H. WOOLLEY, CARPENTER & DECORATOR, RODE, NR> BATH

c.� Manuscript note inside the front cover:

This book originally belonging to my father, George William Stokes, who carried on business at Road (now spelt) as Postmaster, Cabinet Maker (Antiques Showrooms), General House Furnisher; Provision Merchant, Draper and Outfitter: and Undertaker and other activities in his spare time!� He was also Chairman of the Parish Council for many years and was associated with all the various activities of village life.

He was Vicar’s Warden at Roadhill Church (described in this book) for about 40 years under five Vicars.

He died in January 1936 at the age of 84 and my mother died in the same year at the age of 74.

George W Stokes and his wife Annie at The Homestead

My uncle (dad’s brother-in-law) the late Henry J. Prosser (Organ Builder of Road and Frome) was organist at Road Old Church for 50 (second figure obscured) years.

Edward Stokes

d.� Manuscript note at the top of the title page for the Roadhill section:

Roadhill is now spelt Rodehill and was transferred to the Parish of Rode (formerly Road) in Somerset about 20 years ago by Local Govt. Order (1936).

In former times there was a Vicar of Roadhill and a Rector of Road and Woolverton (two separate persons).

In my boyhood days the stipend of Roadhill was �120 p. annum with Vicarage & small acreage of Glebe.�� Edward Stokes

My father was Vicar�s Warden �� one time chorister at

for about 40 years.�� Roadhill Church

e.� Manuscript note at the bottom of the title page for the Roadhill section:

Note�� The vicar of my earliest choirboy days was the Rev Lambard Paget Bayly M.A.� He kept two Curates, a Coachman, Footman, Butler, Housekeeper, (last line not readable on the copy)

References

1843 Road Tithe Apportionment – James Stokes occupies Coopers Lane Ground and Whitakers Triangle

Kelly�s Directory

1861 – Charles Stokes saddle and harness maker and James Stokes coal dealer

1866 – James

1872 – James

1875 – James and Benjamin grocer and draper

1878 – Benjamin

1883 – George William grocer draper tailoring furniture etc.

1889 – Benjamin ind. and George William grocer draper tailoring furniture etc. and postmaster

1894 – Mrs snr. ind. George William and Sidney shopkeeper

1910 – George William and Sidney

1927 – Stokes and Son shopkeepers

1931 – George William ind. Windrush and Stokes and Son shopkeepers

1935 – George William ind. Windrush

Jubilee Clock Records

1887 – GW places the order for the Jubilee Clock

1887 – GW becomes assistant secretary of the United Counties Institute (Reading Rooms) Committee

1888 – GW becomes secretary and trustee of the Clock Committee

1894 – George W is elected to first parish council in Road

1911 – GW�s recollections of the 1887 jubilee celebrations

1921 – Clock caretaker, Frank Woolley�s, falling out with GW and the trustees

1928 – GW retires from Parish Council

1893 – 1931 GW churchwarden at Christchurch

Emily Louisa, wife of Henry Thomas� STOKES, was owner of Rose Cottage when she died in 1916.

1901 Census recorded Henry, Emily and 3 children, Percival 7, Mary 4, and James 2 (Sidney not born) living at Road Common

St. Lawrence marriage register recorded that Henry Thomas STOKES married Emily Louisa (nee ROSE) in 1892.� Is this the origin of the name �Rose Cottage�?

Some options for her gaining possession are:

She earned enough money to buy it.� Unlikely, few married women had jobs outside the home.
Her husband, Henry, earned enough money to buy property or inherited property and passed it to Emily.
She was given/inherited the property/enough money to buy it from her father, a grandfather or other relative.
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Henry & ancestors

(from local parish records)

�� Henry Thomas STOKES

�� bp 1869

�� carpenter & joiner in 1904

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�� William STOKES�� Harriet SHORT

�� bp 1837�� bp 1843

�� dyer in 1873/labourer in 1892

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� James STOKES�� Sarah HILLMAN�� John SHORT�� Amelia

labourer in 1851�� labourer in 1851

�� St. Lawrence baptism records indicate that Henry and Emily moved to Road Common between 1893 and 1899, and were still there in 1904

�� Henry Thomas STOKES was a carpenter when he married in 1892 and was described as a carpenter & joiner in 1904 at the baptism of his son, Sidney.� It is possible that he made sufficient money before 1916 to buy a house�� However, I think it was unusual for a husband to give property to his wife except in his will.

�� Henry�s father, William STOKES, was a labourer from 1856 to 1864, a dyer from 1869 to 1873 and a labourer again when Henry married in 1892.� I think it is unlikely that he was sufficiently well off to buy his son a house.

�� Henry�s grandfathers, James STOKES and John SHORT were labourers when his father, William, married in 1851�� I have no evidence to suggest they were sufficiently well off to have left money or property to family members.

Emily & ancestors

(from local parish records)

�� Emily Louisa ROSE

�� bp 1864 Lullington

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�� Aaron ROSE�� Lucy SADLER

�� carter in 1892

�� bp 1837�� bp 1835 Lullington

�� d 1915 in Frome district�� d 1893 in Frome district

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�� William ROSE�� Harriet FUSSELL�� Henry SADLER�� Louisa HEATH

� servant in 1854�� labourer in 1834

d 1879 Tellisford�� d 1885 Frome�� d 1886 Lullington�� d 1890 Lullington

�� workhouse

�� Emily�s father, Aaron ROSE, was a carter in 1892 when she married.� It is unlikely that he was sufficiently well off to have given her the property when she married.� However, as Emily outlived her father and mother, she may have inherited the property from them.

�� Emily�s paternal grandfather, William ROSE, was a servant in 1854.�� He worked for Henry Batten POOLL, the majority land owner in Road, who lived at Northfield House (later Road Manor).� H B POOLL died in 1861 and he bequeathed over �40,000 to various people/organisations, in addition to leaving most of his real estate to his 11 year old great nephew, R P H BATTEN POOLL.� William ROSE was left 19 guineas (if he was still in the employ of H B POOLL at his death).� Could he have saved sufficient money in his lifetime to buy Rose Cottage?� Perhaps he was taken on by H B POOLL�s two surviving sisters, Martha POOLL and widow Ann BAILEY, living at Merfield and received further legacies from them when they died in 1874 and 1879.� Alternatively, he may have been given an important position at Northfield while it was being let out prior to R P H BATTEN POOLL taking up residence in 1879.� Contrary to this is the St. Lawrence graveyard register which records William�s wife Harriet� died in the Frome Union workhouse in 1885 at the age of 73.� This suggests they were not sufficiently well off to have left money or property to family members.

�� Emily�s maternal grandfather, Henry SADLER, was a labourer in 1834.� He died at Lullington in 1886 and his wife Louisa in 1890.� I have no evidence to suggest they were sufficiently well off to have left money