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The Family History of Glen Upward
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Family of Richard Sutton STOKES and Mary Ann PERRY

Husband: Richard Sutton STOKES (1813-1886)
Wife: Mary Ann PERRY (1819-1878)
Children: Mary Grace Perry STOKES (1840-1849)
Richard Henry STOKES (1842?- )
William Thomas STOKES (1845- )
Louisa STOKES (1848?- )
Edward Charles STOKES (1850?- )
John STOKES (1851?- )
Samuel Sutton STOKES (1853?- )
James Perry STOKES (1856?- )
Albert Frederick STOKES (chr.1858, d.1858)
Albert Augustus STOKES (1862?-1875)
Census (family) (1) 1851
Census (family) (2) 1861 Poole, Dorset

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Census (family) (2) 43 North ? Cottage
Pretty sure this is sandbanks.

Husband: Richard Sutton STOKES

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Name: Richard Sutton STOKES
Sex: Male
Father: Henry STOKES (1764-1841)
Mother: Dorothy WILLS (1778?-aft1851)
Birth 11 Aug 1813 Poole, Dorset
Baptism 11 Aug 1813 (age 0) Poole, Dorset
Occupation 1861 (age 47) Lightkeeper & Fisherman
Death 4 Mar 1886 (age 72) North Haven
Burial Brownsea Island, Poole, Dorset

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Burial St. Mary's

Wife: Mary Ann PERRY

Name: Mary Ann PERRY
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 1819 Polperro, Cornwall
Death 25 Mar 1878 (age 58-59) Sandbanks, Poole
Burial Brownsea Island, Poole, Dorset

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Burial St. Mary's

Child 1: Mary Grace Perry STOKES

Name: Mary Grace Perry STOKES
Sex: Female
Birth 10 May 1840 Cornwall
Death 5 May 1849 (age 8)

Child 2: Richard Henry STOKES

Name: Richard Henry STOKES
Sex: Male
Birth 1842 (est) Parkstone, Poole, Dorset
Christening 6 Mar 1842 (age 0)
Census 1861 (age 19) Poole, Dorset

Additional Information

Census 43 North ? Cottage

Child 3: William Thomas STOKES

Name: William Thomas STOKES
Sex: Male
Spouse: Mary Jane RICKMAN ( - )
Birth 23 Jul 1845 Parkstone, Poole, Dorset
Christening 3 Sep 1845 (age 0)

Child 4: Louisa STOKES

Name: Louisa STOKES
Sex: Female
Birth 1848 (app) Dorset
Christening 26 Apr 1848 (age 0)
Census 1861 (age 13) Poole, Dorset

Additional Information

Census 43 North ? Cottage

Child 5: Edward Charles STOKES

Name: Edward Charles STOKES
Sex: Male
Birth 1850 (est)
Census 1861 (age 11) Poole, Dorset

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Census 43 North ? Cottage

Child 6: John STOKES

Name: John STOKES
Sex: Male
Birth 1 Jan 1851 (est)
Christening 26 Feb 1851 (age 0)
Occupation Fisherman
Census 1861 (age 10) Poole, Dorset

Additional Information

Census 43 North ? Cottage

Child 7: Samuel Sutton STOKES

Name: Samuel Sutton STOKES
Sex: Male
Christening 1 Dec 1852 (age -2--1 (!))
Birth 1853 (est)
Census 1861 (age 8) Poole, Dorset

Additional Information

Census 43 North ? Cottage

Child 8: James Perry STOKES

Name: James Perry STOKES
Sex: Male
Christening 18 Jul 1855 (age -1 (!))
Birth 1 Jan 1856 (est)
Occupation Fisherman
Census 1861 (age 5) Poole, Dorset

Additional Information

Census 43 North ? Cottage

Child 9: Albert Frederick STOKES

Name: Albert Frederick STOKES
Sex: Unknown
Christening 8 Jan 1858
Death 25 Jan 1858

Child 10: Albert Augustus STOKES

Name: Albert Augustus STOKES
Sex: Male
Birth 1862 (est)
Christening 26 Oct 1862 (age 0)
Death 8 Nov 1875 (age 12-13)

Note on Husband: Richard Sutton STOKES (1)

Coxswain of the lifeboat Manley Wood

Note on Husband: Richard Sutton STOKES (2)

Awarded Silver Medal by RNLI

Note on Husband: Richard Sutton STOKES (3)

Found facing down dead in the snow

Note on Husband: Richard Sutton STOKES (4)

Buried on Brownsea Island. The RNLI stood over his grave and fired flares to mark his passing.

 

"Richard Sutton Stokes died in 1886 and is buried in the churchyard of St. Mary's, on Browsea Island. He was the first coxswain of the lifeboat "Manley Wood" and is credited with saving 72 lives."

Note on Child 4: Louisa STOKES

Born in Dorset