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His life
Name George Robert Cocks Birth Abt Aug 1849 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 
[1, 2] Gender Male Census 30 Mar 1851 43 Kenton Street, St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England [1] Age: 1 
1851 Census: 43 Kenton Street, St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex (1851) (2) Census 7 Apr 1861 Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk, England [3] Age: 11 
1861 Census: Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk Person ID I82 Barnes • Whitmore • Cocks • Westlake | Cocks family Last Modified 8 Nov 2026
Parents’ family
Father Jeremiah George Cocks, b. Bef 15 Jan 1823, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England d. 14 Jan 1861, Royal Free Hospital, Gray’s Inn Road, St Pancras, Middlesex, England (Age > 38 years)Relationship Birth Mother Sarah Pells, b. Bef 10 Sep 1820, Gorleston, Suffolk, England d. 7 Jun 1906, 12 Spa Road, All Saints, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age > 85 years)Relationship Birth Marriage 31 May 1848 St Matthew’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England [4, 5] - Jeremiah George Cock, bachelor; Sarah Pells, spinster. Witnesses: Moses Cock, James Cock, Robert Cock, Eliza Cock, Emma Betina Pells, and Matilda Cock.
Marriage Certificate: Jeremiah George Cock and Sarah Pells (1848) 
Marriage Record: Jeremiah George Cock and Sarah Pells (1848) Newspaper mention 10 Jun 1848 [6] Announces the marriage at Ipswich of George Cocks, of London, to Sarah, third daughter of the late Henry Pells, of Gorleston. 
Clipping from Norfolk Chronicle: 10 Jun 1848 Family ID F174 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - Abt Aug 1849 - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 
Census - Age: 1 - 30 Mar 1851 - 43 Kenton Street, St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England 
Census - Age: 11 - 7 Apr 1861 - Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk, England = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - George Robert Cocks was fostered by his grandparents Moses and Ann Cocks around 1860.
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Sources - [S5] 1851 Census, HO 107/1507, f. 14, p. 21.
- [S7] GRO Index, 1849 Q3, Bury St Edmunds, Vol 13, pg 403.
- [S42] 1861 Census, RG 9/1161, f. 121, p. 1.
- [S171] Marriage Certificate: Jeremiah George Cock and Sarah Pells (1848).
- [S1644] Marriage Record: Jeremiah George Cock and Sarah Pells (1848), 31 May 1848, pg 116, no. 232 (Reliability: 3).
- [S285] Newspaper: Norfolk Chronicle, 10 Jun 1848, 3.
- [S5] 1851 Census, HO 107/1507, f. 14, p. 21.