William Cockerton

William Cockerton was born in 1871 at Hyson Green and was the son of Henry Cockerton and Sylvia Cockerton, née Tivey. His father Henry was born in 1847 at Litchurch, Derbyshire and died in 1883 at Nottingham aged 35 yrs, his mother Sarah Tivey was born in 1845 at Darley Abbey and they were married in 1864 at Derby, they went on to have the following children, Sarah Maria b1864 Derby, Minnie Blanche b1868 Burton upon Trent, Wiliam b1871 Hyson Green, Fanny b1872 Old Radford, Kate b1876 Old Radford, Grace Elizabeth b1878 Nottingham and Harry b1878 Nottingham. William Cockerton married his wife Lily Smith in 1904 at Nottingham, they went on to have 3 children sadly one died in infancy or early childhood, their children were Kate b1908 Sutton in Ashfield and Nettie Iris b1909 Sutton in Ashfield. In the 1911 census William and his family are living at 3 Granville Street, Laughton Common, Rotherham and are shown as William Cockerton 40 yrs a coal miner, he is living with his wife Lily 30 yrs and their children Kate 3 yrs and Nettie Iris 1 year of age. In the same 1911 census we find William's mother residing at 55 Cottesmore Road, Lenton Nottingham, she is shown as being Sarah Cockerton 67 yrs a widow and a nurse, she is living with Herbert Humphreys 32 yrs a clerk and his family.