Copyright ☺ 2001-09-12, 2005-12-31 Jonathan Coxhead
This is all the information that I know about my family, and everyone related to us, at least according to my parents and maternal aunt and uncle. (If you want to find out their names, see below!) If you think you are related to me, please let me know—I’d like to add your name to the tree. Eventually, I might try to find some public records and go back further, but so far, this is it. I’m also trying to make an attractive graphical presentation without doing too much work.
There’s a separate explanation of the notation, for those that are interested. I’ve also prepared a family tree of the Greek gods, mainly as a demonstration of the notation with a large volume of complex data that may have some familiarity, and a generic family tree that displays relationships by name. (This is useful if you need to check how a first-cousin-once-removed is noted, for example.)
______ Coxhead (stonemason, East End of London) <= ______
Reginald Herbert Coxhead <= Mary Hockings
Roy George Coxhead <= Patricia Mary Vokes
Jonathan Roy Coxhead 1962 (California)
Gavin David Coxhead 1965 <= Samantha Elizabeth Gough
Joseph James Coxhead ‘Joe’ = Joseph James Buckley-Coxhead
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<- Ruth Abigail Sheard
George Patrick Gavin Coxhead 2005
Margaret Coxhead => Denzil McCue
Ernest Coxhead <= ______
______
______
______
We didn’t know about Ernest Coxhead—the actual “long-lost brother” of my grandfather—until a few years ago, when he saw my father’s picture in a magazine, noticed the resemblance to his brother, and got in touch with us.
My maternal grandmother’s family.
Rupert Hockings (Sgt Major, Guards) <= Maggie Jane Overmaas ‘Kitty’
Mary Hockings => Reginald Herbert Coxhead
Rupert Hockings ‘Dick’ <= Nora ______
Beatrice Hockings ‘Bee’ => Gerald Hervey
Ernest Hockings ‘Nibs’+ (WWII)
I knew my great-grandfather when I was small—we called him “Grandy-dad”.
My maternal grandfather’s family.
Thomas Vokes (goods inspector) <= ______
James Vokes ‘Jim’+ (WWI)
John Richard Vokes ‘Geoff’ (policeman) <= Ada ______
Marjorie Vokes (policewoman)
Winifred Vokes ‘Winnie’ => Herbert Hildreth ‘Bert’
Anthony Hildreth ‘Tony’
Donald Hildreth
Dorothy Vokes ‘Dolly’ (‘flighty’) => Ernest Hall (cinema projectionist)
Millicent Vokes ‘Millie’ => ______ Bender ‘Ben’ (Army doctor)
Sidney Vokes+ (pneumonia)
Gertrude Vokes ‘Gertie’ => James Ward
James Ward ‘Jimmy’ (Navy)
Thomas Norman Vokes ‘Norman’ <= Annie Eliza Clark
Doreen Norma Vokes ‘Norma’ => Donald William Moss
Patricia Mary Vokes => Roy George Coxhead
<= ______ ‘Kate’ (Salvation Army)
My brother’s ex-wife’s family. The Buckleys provide Joe’s ½-brother William and stepbrother Alex.
Terence Gough ‘Terry’ <= Eileen ______
Matthew Gough
Samantha Elizabeth Gough ‘Sam’ => Gavin David Coxhead
=> Steven Buckley
Steven Buckley <= ______ (Spain)
Alexander Buckley
<= Samantha Elizabeth Gough
William Buckley
This is my father’s sister’s family.
William Hearsay <= Ma Ma Ley (Burma)
May Hearsay => ______ McCue (Ireland)
June McCue >> Ronald Arthur Leverston-Allen
= June Leverston-Allen
Denzil McCue >> Ronald Arthur Leverston-Allen
= Denzil Leverston-Allen
=
<= Margaret Coxhead
Justin Mark McCue
Daphne McCue (Canada) >> Ronald Arthur Leverston-Allen
= Daphne Leverston-Allen
=> ______ (oilman)
Iola McCue >> Ronald Arthur Leverston-Allen
= Iola Leverston-Allen
=> ______
=> Ronald Arthur Leverston-Allen
Ronald George Leverston-Allen ‘Ron Allen’
The McCue siblings changed their name to Allen when their mother remarried, but Denzil changed his back to McCue. Thanks to Ron Allen.
This is my paternal grandmother’s sister’s family.
Gerald Hervey <= Beatrice Hockings
Richard Hervey <= Jean ______
Matthew Hervey <= Cheryl ______
______
<= Marion ______
Georgina Hervey
Joanna Hervey
The Clarks are the family of my maternal grandmother. The earliest ancestor of the Clarks is a Rayner, who married a Slater; their daughter Clara married Thomas Clark, and had 14 children. Thanks to Rod Morrod.
______ Rayner <= ______ Slater (in picture)
Clara Rayner => Thomas Clark ‘Tom’ (blacksmith’s striker, York)
Thomas Clark ‘Tom’ (harrier) <= Ethel ______
Audrey Clark
Kathleen Clark
Arthur Clark <= Emily ______
Roy Clark (runner)
Sylvia Clark => ______ Paternaude (Montreal)
Ethel Clark => William Fidkin ‘Will’ (Boer War; York)
Joyce Fidkin => Gordon Eggleton (Brighton)
Stephen Eggleton ‘Steve’
John Fidkin
Annie Eliza Clark ‘Anne’ => Thomas Norman Vokes
Elsie Clark => Jack Littlewood
Peter Littlewood
Clara Clark ‘Cissie’ => Edwin Ingle ‘Eddy’ (laundry van driver)
Kenneth Ingle
Olive Clark => Eric Neal (roman catholic)
Josephine Clark => ______
______ (jockey)
Constance Clark ‘Connie’ => Harold Halley+ (‘friendly fire’; A R P Warden)
=> Stanley Bell (policeman)
Keith Bell
Harold Clark ‘Bob’ (fireman; harrier) <= Phyllis ______
Geoffrey Clark
Margaret Ann Clark ‘Margaret Ann’
Trevor Clark
& Dorothy Clark ‘Dolly’ (‘pathological’) => Lesley Key
Brenda Key
John Key
Phyllis Clark => Sidney Morrod
Cynthia Morrod
Rodney Morrod (hurdler, PhD) <= Deirdre Ann Sherlock
Katherine Morrod => ______
Anya
Andrew Morrod <= ______
Milo Morrod
Tessa Morrod
Laura Morrod
Eva Clark => Charles Ridsell ‘Charlie’+ (cancer; insurance salesman)
Pamela Ridsell
Grace Clark => Harold Fern ‘Harry’ (Navy)
Marilyn Fern
& Joan Clark => Boyce ______ (pianist)
=> Roy (?) Pannett+
This is my mother’s sister’s family. The earliest known Moss ancestor is a Hildreth; his daughter Alice married Thomas Moss, and they had 3 children.
______ Hildreth (engine driver) <= ______
Alice Hildreth => Thomas Moss (joiner)
Thomas William Moss ‘Willie’ (York) <= Doris Evelyn Fletcher (‘Mrs Moss’)
Geoffrey Hildreth Moss ‘Geoff’ <= Lucy Coleman
Gillian Moss => Christopher Waghorn ‘Chris’
Jennifer Waghorn ‘Person’
Timothy Waghorn
Donald William Moss, PhD <= Doreen Norma Vokes
Louise Caroline Moss => David West
Evelyn Moss => Cecil Fletcher
Manfred Moss ‘Fred’+ <= ______
The Hildreths in the above are unrelated to the Hildreths who married into the Vokes family (as far as we know).
This is my mother’s sister’s husband’s mother’s family.
Thomas Fletcher (bricklayer’s labourer) <= ______ Wise
Cecil Fletcher /sisl/ <= Evelyn Moss
Harold Fletcher <= Daphne ______
Beryl Fletcher => Benjamin ______
Mabel Fletcher
Doris Evelyn Fletcher => Thomas William Moss
Gladys Fletcher
Close examination of this section will reveal an unusual relationship between the Mosses and the Fletchers: Thomas Moss married Doris Fletcher, and Cecil Fletcher married Evelyn Moss. So all the children of those unions would have shared the same 4 grandparents! This means that Geoffrey and Donald are the “double cousins” of Cecil, Mabel, Doris and Gladys.
The family of my brother’s girlfriend. Thanks to Ruth Sheard.
Frank Sheard <= ______ Trindall
Graham Sheard <= Ann Patricia Heath
Michael Geoffrey Sheard
Esther Sheard+ (infant)
Ruth Abigail Sheard -> Gavin David Coxhead
Toby Sheard+ (infant)
Philip Sheard
Kathryn Sheard => Alan Baker
Joanna Baker
Andrew Baker
Kathryn Baker ‘Kate’ -> James ‘Jamie’
Olivia Baker
Timothy Baker <= Catherine ‘Cath’
Mary Sheard => Peter Reeves
Philip Reeves
Thomas Reeves
Jonathan Reeves
Benjamin Reeves
Thomas Heath <= Ada Maude
Ann Patricia Heath => Graham Sheard
Peter Heath
Here’s what Jenny and her parents know about her family, starting with Allen’s side.
The Rosners are Jenny’s oldest-known blood kin, starting with her biological grandfather, but no-one knows much about them.
Max Rosner <= Helen Schwartz
Allen William Rosner >> Samuel Valcov
Helen Schwartz is the connection between the Rosners and the Valcovs: when she remarried, her child Allen’s name became Valcov.
Isaac Schwartz <= ______
William Schwartz ‘Willie’ <= Ruth
Lolly Schwartz => Milton Rich
David Rich
Edward Rich ‘Eddy’
David Schwartz <= Esther
Nancy Schwartz
______ (♂)
______ (♂)
______ (♂)
Harold Schwartz ‘Harry’ <= Lilian ‘Lil’ (English accent)
Sylvia Schwartz => ______ Roth
Helen Schwartz (Alabama) => Max Rosner
=> Samuel Valcov
Jenny’s father’s stepfather’s (grandstepfather’s?) family, which her father grew up with.
______ Weisenberg ‘Grandma’ => ______ Valachove
Bessie Valachove => Carl Lustig
Herbert Lustig (San Francisco) <= ______
Frank Lustig
Evelyn Lustig => ______
______ (♂)
Annette Lustig => Marshall Harris
Carla Sue Harris => ______
______ (♂)
=> ______
Jenny Lynn Harris => ______ (widower)
<< ______ (♂)
<< ______ (♂)
Samuel Valachove = Samuel Valcov ‘Sam’
<= Helen Schwartz
<< Allen William Rosner = Allen William Valcov, PhD
<= Mary Eileen Leitner (Jewish–Catholic marriage)
Jennifer Rose Valcov
Ina Sue Valcov => Wesley Rosenthal ‘Wes’ (dentist)
Richard Rosenthal ‘Ricky’ (optometrist) <= Susan
Kaley Rosenthal
Samuel Rosenthal ‘Sam’
Russell Rosenthal ‘Rusty’ (FBI)
Wendy Rosenthal (skiing instructor)
Jenny’s mother’s family.
______ Leitner <= ______
Stephen Leitner (Hungary; U S A) <= Johanna (Czechoslovakia; U S A)
Edward Stephen Leitner+ (flu, WWI) <= Mary Veronica Harrington
Mary Eileen Leitner, PhD ‘Eileen’ => Allen William Valcov
John Leitner ‘Jacky, Jack, Jake’ <= Lynn
<= Linda
<< ______
<< ______
<< ______
Linda Leitner => Thomas Zawrotniak
Katie Zawrotniak
Thomas Zawrotniak ‘Tommy’
Johanna Leitner => Ray Makwinski
Ray Makwinski²
Catherine Makwinski ‘Cathy’
John Leitner <= Johanna ______
Anna Leitner
Joseph Leitner ‘Joe’ <= ______
Alfred Leitner
Yes, it’s true—Johanna was married to Stephen, and then his brother John. Quite biblical! This means that Anna and Joseph are simultaneously ½-siblings and cousins of Edward and Johanna. Is there a word for this? Maybe ¾-siblings?
Benjamin Harrington (Ireland) <= Julia Nash (Ireland)
William Harrington ‘Wee’ <= Susan ‘Sue’
William Harrington² <= ______
______
Michael Harrington <= ______
______
Benjamin Harrington² <= Honey
<< Sandra = Sandra Harrington
Jane Harrington => Paul+
Kathleen ‘Kathy’
Robert ‘Bobby’
Mary Veronica Harrington => Edward Stephen Leitner
Edward Harrington ‘Eddy’ <= Lovey (Russia)
______ (♂)
______ (♂)
That’s all I know! Please feel to contct me with more.