The Corker Family:
Clock & Watch Makers of Staffordshire and London
Census returns, maintained by The National Archives, can be viewed
at the Ancestry family history website.
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Name | Age | Occupation | Born in County? | |||
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1841 census – Commercial Road, Stepney Reference: HO107/712/14 (folio 6, p. 5) | ||||||
Daniel Corker | 50 | Watchmaker | ||||
Elizabeth Corker | 50 | Y | ||||
Sarah Corker | 25 | Y | ||||
Daniel Corker | 20 | Watchmaker | Y | |||
Alfred Corker | 20 | Watchmaker | Y | |||
William Corker | 18 | Watchmaker apprentice | Y | |||
Edward Corker | 16 | Watchmaker apprentice | Y | |||
Frederick Corker | 6 | Y | ||||
Name and relation to Head of household |
Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birth Place | ||
1851 census –
18 Langley Place, Commercial Road (north side), Mile End Old Town, Stepney
Reference: HO107/1552 (folio 732, p. 4) | ||||||
Daniel Corker | Head | Married | 65 | Watchmaker | Staffordshire | |
Eliza Corker | Wife | Married | 60 | London | ||
Sarah Corker | Daughter | Unmarried | 38 | Stepney | ||
Alfred Corker | Son | Unmarried | 30 | Clerk | Stepney | |
Frederick Corker | Son | Unmarried | 15 | Stepney | ||
Mary Chapman | Servant | Unmarried | 18 | House servant | Hackney | |
1851 census – area of Goswell Street, Clerkenwell Reference: HO107/1519 (folio 70, p. 25) | ||||||
William Corker | Lodger | Unmarried | 23 | Watch Examiner | Stepney | |
Note: The age may have been incorrectly recorded – the above appears to be the William Corker, son of Daniel and Elizabeth Corker, who was born at Stepney on 5 July 1822 (London Parish Records, Ancestry website). This would make him 28 years old on census day 30 March 1851. The next census return shows William’s younger brother Edward Corker. | ||||||
1851 census – 36 Queen Street, Mile End Old Town Reference: HO107/1552 (folio 910, p. 41) | ||||||
Edward Corker | Head | Married | 26 | Watchmaker | Stepney | |
Mary Ann Corker | Wife | Married | 25 | Stepney | ||
Note:
A Map of London 1868, by Edward Weller ![]() | ||||||
1861 census – 18 Commercial Road, Mile End Old Town Reference: RG09/293 (folio 5, p. 5) | ||||||
Edward Corker | Head | Married | 36 | Watchmaker | Stepney | |
Mary Ann Corker | Wife | Married | 36 | Watchmaker's wife | Stepney | |
Alfred Corker | Son | 8 | Scholar | Stepney | ||
Frederick Corker | Son | 6 | Scholar | Stepney | ||
Florence Corker | Daughter | 4 | Stepney | |||
Augustus Corker | Son | 2 | Stepney | |||
Sarah Corker | Sister | Unmarried | 48 | at home | Stepney | |
Alfred Corker | [Brother] | Unmarried | 40 | at home | Stepney | |
Maria Tomkins | Servant | Unmarried | 16 | Servant | Stepney | |
1871 census – 2 Margaret Street, Limehouse Reference: RG10/550 (folio 86, p. 1) | ||||||
Edward Samuel Corker | Head | Married | 46 | Watchmaker | Stepney | |
Mary Ann Corker | Wife | Married | 45 | Stepney | ||
Alfred James Corker | Son | Unmarried | 18 | Stepney | ||
Frederick Walter Corker | Son | Unmarried | 16 | Office boy | Stepney | |
Florence Corker | Daughter | Unmarried | 14 | Stepney | ||
Augustus Edward Corker | Son | 12 | Stepney | |||
Alice Corker | Daughter | 8 | Limehouse | |||
Arthur William Corker | Son | 5 | Limehouse | |||
Emma Corker | Daughter | 3 | Limehouse | |||
Edgar Frank Corker | Son | 1 | Limehouse | |||
Note:
A Map of London 1868, by Edward Weller ![]() | ||||||
1881 census – 59 Salmons Lane, Limehouse Reference: RG11/466 (folio 76, p. 33) | ||||||
Edward Corker | Head | Widower | 56 | Watchmaker | Stepney | |
Alfred J Corker | Son | Unmarried | 28 | Clerk (machinist co.) | Stepney | |
Florence Corker | Daughter | Unmarried | 24 | Stepney | ||
Augustus E Corker | Son | Unmarried | 22 | Clerk (docks) | Stepney | |
Alice Corker | Daughter | Unmarried | 18 | Limehouse | ||
Emma Corker | Daughter | 12 | Scholar | Limehouse | ||
Edgar F Corker | Son | 11 | Scholar | Limehouse | ||
Note:
In the 1881 census, another son, William Corker, then aged fifteen years,
born in Limehouse, was in service as a ‘page’ at
Maitland House, Clapham Common, south of the River Thames.
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1891 census – 105 Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth Reference: RG12/391 (folio 94, p. 19) | ||||||
Edward Corker | Head | Widower | 66 | Watchmaker | Stepney, London | |
Alfred J Corker | Son | Single | 38 | Superintendent of Sewing Machines | Stepney, London | |
Edgar F Corker | Son | Single | 21 | Clerk | Limehouse, London | |
Alice Corker | Daughter | Single | 28 | Limehouse, London | ||
1891 census – 2 Clemence Street, Limehouse Reference: RG12/298 (folio 14, p. 20) | ||||||
Augustus E Corker | Head | Married | 32 | Assistant Warehouse Keeper, London dock | Stepney, London | |
Ada F Corker | Wife | Married | 23 | Rainham, Essex | ||
Ethel A Corker | Daughter | 3 months | Limehouse, London | |||
1901 census – 3 Rectory Road, Little Ilford, East Ham Reference: RG13/1602 (folio 110, p. 5) | ||||||
Edward S Corker | Head | [Widower] | 76 | Watchmaker | Stepney, London | |
Alfred J Corker | Son | Single | 48 | Glass bender's clerk | Stepney | |
Alice Corker | Daughter | Single | 37 | Stepney | ||
1901 census –
17 Rutland Road, Ilford, Essex [Greater London]
Reference: RG13/1650 (folio 181, p. 26) | ||||||
Augustus E Corker | Head | Married | 42 | Assistant Whsekeeper [Warehouse Keeper] London dock | London | |
Ada F Corker | Wife | Married | 33 | Rainham, Essex | ||
Augustus E S Corker | Son | 7 | London | |||
Alfred F Corker | Son | 6 | Ilford, Essex | |||
Ernest H Corker | Son | 4 | Ilford, Essex | |||
Winifred G Corker | Daughter | 1 | Ilford, Essex | |||
1911 census –
17 Rutland Road, Ilford, Essex [Greater London]
Reference: RG14/9894 | ||||||
Augustus Edward Corker | Head | Married | 52 | Clerk, Port of London Authority | Stepney | |
Ada Frances Corker | Wife | Married | 43 | Rainham, Essex | ||
Augustus Edward Stevens Corker | Son | Single | 17 | Junior Clerk, Publishers | Limehouse East | |
Alfred Frank Corker | Son | 16 | Junior Clerk, Coal Contractors | Ilford, Essex | ||
Ernest Henry Corker | Son | 14 | Junior Clerk, Solicitors | Ilford, Essex | ||
Winifred Grace Corker | Daughter | 11 | School | Ilford, Essex | ||
Ada Beatrice Corker | Daughter | 5 | Ilford, Essex | |||
1921 census – 17 Rutland Road, Ilford, Essex [Greater London] FindMyPast | ||||||
Augustus Edward Corker | Head | Married | 62 | Warehouse keeper,
Port of London Authority, Cutler Street E1 |
Stepney | |
Ada Frances Corker | Wife | Married | 53 | Home duties | Rainham, Essex | |
Ernest Henry Corker | Son | Single | 24 | Law clerk,
Messrs Stoneham & Sons, Solicitors, 150 Fenchurch Street EC3 |
Ilford, Essex | |
Winifred Grace Corker | Daughter | Single | 21 | Book-keeper,
Messrs R Cheke & Co, Estate Agents, 749 Romford Road, Manor Park |
Ilford, Essex | |
Ada Beatrice Corker | Daughter | 15 | School | Ilford, Essex | ||
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Daniel Shipston Corker and Family | ||||||
1851 census – High Street, Tooting Graveney Reference: HO107/1579 (folio 209, p. 20) | ||||||
Daniel S Corker | Head | Married | 36 | Watchmaker Master | Stepney | |
Emily Corker | Wife | Married | 32 | Middlesex | ||
Amelia Corker | Daughter | 2 | Tooting, Surrey | |||
Henry D Corker | Son | 6 months | Tooting, Surrey | |||
Mary Courtniey | Servant | Unmarried | 16 | House servant | not known | |
1861 census – High Street, Tooting Reference: RG09/376 (folio 74, pp. 16–17) | ||||||
Daniel S Corker | Head | Married | 45 | Watchmaker | Stepney | |
Emily Corker | Wife | Married | 42 | Watchmaker's wife | St Lukes, Middlesex | |
Amelia Corker | Daughter | 12 | Scholar | Tooting, Surrey | ||
Henry D Corker | Son | 10 | Scholar | Tooting, Surrey | ||
Ellen S Corker | Daughter | 9 | Scholar | Tooting, Surrey | ||
Jessie Corker | Daughter | 7 | Scholar | Tooting, Surrey | ||
Joseph E Corker | Son | 5 | Scholar | Tooting, Surrey | ||
Frederick Corker | Son | 3 | Tooting, Surrey | |||
John S Corker | Son | 1 | Tooting, Surrey | |||
Note:
On the census form the family was listed next to the Independent Chapel on
Tooting High Street.
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1871 census – High Street, Tooting Graveney Reference: RG10/720 (folio 67, p. 7) | ||||||
Daniel S Corker | Head | Married | 55 | Watchmaker master | Stepney, Middlesex | |
Emily Corker | Wife | Married | 52 | St Lukes, Middlesex | ||
Amelia Corker | Daughter | Unmarried | 22 | Tooting, Surrey | ||
Henry D Corker | Son | Unmarried | 20 | Tooting, Surrey | ||
Jessie E Corker | Daughter | Unmarried | 17 | Tooting, Surrey | ||
Joseph E Corker | Son | Unmarried | 15 | Office boy at civil engineer | Tooting, Surrey | |
Frederick Corker | Son | 13 | Scholar | Tooting, Surrey | ||
John S Corker | Son | 11 | Scholar | Tooting, Surrey | ||
Arthur C Corker | Son | 8 | Scholar | Tooting, Surrey | ||
1881 census – 11 High Street, Tooting Graveney Reference: RG11/668 (folio 46, p. 7) | ||||||
Daniel S Corker | Head | Married | 65 | Watchmaker | Stepney, Middlesex | |
Emily Corker | Wife | Married | 62 | St Lukes, Middlesex | ||
Jessie E Corker | Daughter | Unmarried | 27 | Tooting, Surrey | ||
Arthur Corker | Son | Unmarried | 18 | Watchmaker's apprentice | Tooting, Surrey | |
1891 census – High Street, Lower Tooting, Tooting Graveney Reference: RG12/460 (folio 6, p. 6) | ||||||
Daniel Corker | Head | Married | 75 | Watchmaker | Stepney, London | |
Emily Corker | Wife | Married | 72 | St Lukes, London | ||
Amelia Corker | Daughter | Single | 42 | Tooting, Surrey | ||
1901 census – 5 Ravensbourne Road, Lewisham, London Reference: RG13/559 (folio 7, p. 5) | ||||||
Joseph E Corker | Head | Widower | 45 | Civil engineer’s clerk | Tooting, Surrey | |
Archibald G Corker | Son | Single | 16 | Catford, Kent | ||
Emily Corker | Mother | Widow | 82 | Finsbury Place, London | ||
Jessie E Corker | Sister | Single | 47 | Tooting, Surrey | ||
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1851 census – 49 South Molton Street, Westminster Reference: HO107/1475 (folio 102, p. 34) | ||||||
Nathaniel S Corker | Head | Unmarried | 41 | Watchmaker | St George in the East, Middlesex | |
Sarah Corker | Mother | Widow | 58 | Proprietor of a house | St Ethelburga | |
1861 census – 6 High Street, Kensington Reference: RG09/16 (folio 85, p. 5) | ||||||
Nathaniel Corker | Head | Married | 52 | Watchmaker master | Middlesex | |
Elizabeth Corker | Wife | Married | 47 | Middlesex | ||
Lucy Goodhall | Aunt | Unmarried | 62 | no occupation | Middlesex | |
Sarah Becket | Visitor | Widow | 70 | Middlesex | ||
1871 census – 5 High Street, Kensington Reference: RG10/30 (folio 70, p. 7) | ||||||
Nathaniel Corker | Head | Married | 61 | Watchmaker | St George in the East | |
Elizabeth Corker | Wife | Married | 60 | St Paul's Shadwell | ||
Lucy Goodhall | Aunt | Unmarried | 72 | Lease-holder | St John's Wapping | |
Elizabeth Goodhall | Aunt | Unmarried | 70 | Lease-holder | St John's Wapping | |
Amelia Calder | Friend | Unmarried | 73 | Annuitant | Woolwich, Kent | |
Nathaniel Evans | Nephew | Unmarried | 18 | Watchmaker | St George in the East | |
Note: The census form recorded that both Nathaniel Corker and his wife Elizabeth were blind. | ||||||
1881 census – 163A Mile End Road, Mile End Old Town Reference: RG11/478 (folio 27, p. 2) | ||||||
Nathaniel C Evans | Head | Unmarried | 28 | Jeweller (master employing 1 man) | St George in the East | |
Julia Evans | Mother | Widow | 67 | St George in the East | ||
Elizabeth Corker | Aunt | Unmarried | 69 | St George in the East | ||
Note: Elizabeth Corker and Julia Evans were sisters – their sister-in-law, another Elizabeth Corker, is shown in the next census return. | ||||||
1881 census – 98 Stepney Green, Mile End Old Town Reference: RG11/482 (folio 3, p. 2) | ||||||
Elizabeth Ainsley | Head | Unmarried | 44 | Shadwell, Middlesex | ||
William Mouat | Nephew | Unmarried | 18 | Estate Clerk | British Columbia, Canada | |
Elizabeth Corker | Visitor | Widow | 70 | Annuitant (blind) | Shadwell, Middlesex | |
Note:
Elizabeth Corker was buried in Tower Hamlets Cemetery, London, 7 April 1883.
The executor of her will was Elizabeth Ainslie [Ainsley],
spinster of 98 Stepney Green
(Probate records gov.uk ![]() | ||||||
1891 census – 42 Grove Road, Eastbourne, Sussex Reference: RG12/772 (folio 52, p. 6) | ||||||
Nathaniel C Evans | Head | Married | 38 | Watchmaker & Jeweller | London | |
Charlotte Evans | Wife | Married | 34 | London | ||
Ethel J Evans | Daughter | 6 | Paddington, London | |||
Arthur D Evans | Son | 4 | Paddington, London | |||
Albert S Evans | Son | 3 | Paddington, London | |||
1901 census – 8 Preston Road, Preston, Brighton, Sussex Reference: RG13/940 (folio 148, p. 1) | ||||||
Nathaniel Evans | Head | Married | 48 | Watchmaker & Jeweller | St George in the East, London | |
Charlotte Evans | Wife | Married | 44 | Camberwell, London | ||
Ethel Evans | Daughter | Single | 16 | Maida Vale, London | ||
Arthur Evans | Son | 14 | Maida Vale, London | |||
Albert Evans | Son | 13 | Maida Vale, London | |||
1911 census –
23 Beaconsfield Road, Preston, Brighton, Sussex
Reference: RG14/5165 (schedule number 44) | ||||||
Nathaniel C Evans | Head | Married | 58 | Watch & Clock repairer | St George’s London | |
Charlotte Evans | Wife | Married | 54 | Walworth, London | ||
Albert Shipston Evans | Son | Single | 23 | Schoolmaster (assistant) | Marylebone, London | |
Note: The 1918 Kelly’s Directory (City and County Directories, Ancestry website) had an entry for Nathaniel Corker Evans, watchmaker of 23 Beaconsfield Road, Brighton, Sussex. | ||||||
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Name | Age | Occupation | Born in County? | |||
1841 census – Green Gate Street, Stafford, Staffordshire Reference: HO107/1010/3 (folio 44, p. 25) | ||||||
Thomas Corker | 60 | Watchmaker | Y | |||
Sarah Corker | 50 | Y | ||||
Daniel Corker | 30 | Y | ||||
John Corker | 25 | Y | ||||
Matilda Corker | 20 | Y | ||||
Sarah Corker | 15 | Y | ||||
Hariett Corker | 9 | Y | ||||
Name and relation to Head of household |
Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birth Place | ||
1851 census – 15 Greengate Street, Stafford Reference: HO107/1999 (folio 97, p. 2) | ||||||
Sarah Corker | Head | Widow | 63 | Watchmaker | Stafford | |
John Corker | Son | Unmarried | 38 | Watchmaker | Stafford | |
Sarah Corker | Daughter | Unmarried | 25 | Stafford | ||
Susan Ann Corker | Daughter | Unmarried | 23 | Stafford | ||
Harriett Corker | Daughter | Unmarried | 19 | Stafford | ||
Matilda Jones | Visitor | Married | 29 | Draper's wife | Stafford | |
Note: Matilda was the daughter of Sarah Corker. She married William Jones on 16 January 1845 at St Chad’s Church, Stafford. | ||||||
1851 census – 31 Greengate Street, Stafford Reference: HO107/1999 (folio 87, p. 33) | ||||||
Thomas Corker | Head | Married | 37 | Watchmaker | Stafford | |
Mary Ann Corker | Wife | Married | 45 | Plain needlewoman | Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire | |
George Corker | Son | 8 | Scholar | Stafford | ||
Note: Young George was the son of Thomas Corker’s first wife Ellen Bentley who died in 1843, a few months after George was born. | ||||||
1861 census – 15 Greengate Street, Stafford Reference: RG09/1906 (folio 28, p. 6) | ||||||
Sarah Corker | Head | Widow | 74 | Widow of a Watchmaker | Stafford | |
John Corker | Son | Unmarried | 48 | Watchmaker | Stafford | |
Susan Ann Corker | Daughter | Unmarried | 33 | Governess | Stafford | |
1871 census – New Bond Street, Westminster, London Reference: RG10/96 (folio 45, p. 8) | ||||||
George Corker | Head | Married | 28 | Commissionaire | Staffordshire | |
Mary Corker | Wife | Married | 23 | Berkshire | ||
Phoebe Bint | Sister | 10 | Scholar | Berkshire | ||
Notes:
The Corps of Commissionaires was founded in 1859 to provide employment for
veterans of the Crimean War
(Corps Security History ![]() George Corker, born in Staffordshire, joined the Royal Marines in 1859, and was invalided out of service in 1866 (National Archives Discovery ![]() | ||||||
1881 census – 105a Pavilion Rd, Chelsea, London Reference: RG11/85 (folio 93, p. 28) | ||||||
George Corker | Head | Married | 39 | Commissionaire | Stafford | |
Mary Corker | Wife | Married | 32 | Sunningdale, Berkshire | ||
William G. Corker | Son | 9 | Scholar | Lambeth | ||
Mary A. Corker | Daughter | 7 | Scholar | Lambeth | ||
Emma J. Corker | Daughter | 5 | Scholar | Lambeth | ||
Phoebe A. Corker | Daughter | 3 | Lambeth | |||
Thomas J. Corker | Son | 6 months | Chelsea | |||
1891 census – 11 Kennard St, Battersea, London Reference: RG12/422 (folio 55, p. 39) | ||||||
George Corker | Head | Married | 49 | Commissionaire | Stafford City | |
Mary Corker | Wife | Married | 43 | Sunningdale, Berkshire | ||
William Corker | Son | Single | 20 | Postman | St Georges, London | |
Mary A. Corker | Daughter | Single | 17 | Dressmaker | Lambeth, London | |
Thomas J. Corker | Son | 10 | Scholar | Chelsea, London | ||
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Name | Age | Occupation | Born in County? | |||
1841 census –
Market Street, Lane End, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Reference: HO107/991/1 (folio 43, p. 33) | ||||||
Richard Saville | 30 | Linen Draper | N | |||
Laura Saville | 30 | N | ||||
Laura Saville | 8 | Y | ||||
Richard Saville | 6 | Y | ||||
Caroline Saville | 3 | Y | ||||
Charles Saville | 1 | Y | ||||
Note: Laura, the wife of Richard Saville, was the daughter of John Corker, a watchmaker of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. | ||||||
Name and relation to Head of household |
Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birth Place | ||
1861 census – Baxter Gate, Doncaster, Yorkshire Reference: RG9/3517 (folio 65, p. 29) | ||||||
Laura E Saville | Lodger | Unmarried | 27 | Hosier's Shopwoman | Longton, Staffordshire | |
Caroline Saville | Lodger | Unmarried | 22 | Hosier's Shopwoman | Longton, Staffordshire | |
Note:
Laura Elizabeth Saville and Caroline Saville were granddaughters of
John and Mary Corker of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
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1871 census – Baxter Gate, Doncaster, Yorkshire Reference: RG10/4718 (folio 71, p. 11) | ||||||
Laura E Saville | Head | Unmarried | 37 | Hosier & Haberdasher | Longton, Staffordshire | |
Caroline Saville | Sister | Unmarried | 32 | Hosier & Haberdasher Assistant | Longton, Staffordshire | |
Harriet Claridge | Assistant | Unmarried | 20 | Hosier & Haberdasher Assistant | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Harriet Wright | Servant | Unmarried | 24 | General servant | Caythorpe, Lincolnshire | |
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