Coakes (Coke, Cooke) of Ballingarry

Hi Robyn:

Thank you for your post to the Ireland Reaching Out message board.  I have forwarded your query to one of our volunteers who may be able to assist you.  You should expect to hear from her in the next two weeks or so.

Kind regards,

Jane

Hi Robyn,

I'm Noreen, the Ballingarry Parish Liaison. I actually grew up in Tinnock where the Cokes settled.

I've had a look and it appears that none of the children of John Coke and Mary Pollard ever married. Richard died in April 1963, Mary died in April 1966 and John died in October1966. I found their death records on http://www.irishgenealogy.ie I'e inserted copies to this post.

The family grave is in the graveyard beside the Church in Ballingarry and I have inserted a link to the grave for you to view. The transcription states Richard died in 1965 but the civil record shows 1963.

http://historicgraves.com/church-assumption-graveyard/ts-cagb-0057/grave

Sorry I couldn't be the bearer of good news :-(

Best wishes,

Noreen

Hi Robyn,

I'm Noreen, the Ballingarry Parish Liaison. I actually grew up in Tinnock where the Cokes settled.

I've had a look and it appears that none of the children of John Coke and Mary Pollard ever married. Richard died in April 1963, Mary died in April 1966 and John died in October1966. I found their death records on http://www.irishgenealogy.ie I'e inserted copies to this post.

The family grave is in the graveyard beside the Church in Ballingarry and I have inserted a link to the grave for you to view. The transcription states Richard died in 1965 but the civil record shows 1963.

http://historicgraves.com/church-assumption-graveyard/ts-cagb-0057/grave

Sorry I couldn't be the bearer of good news :-(

Best wishes,

Noreen

Hi Noreen,I am curious as to what knowledge you might have about why the First Pollards may have came to this area of Ireland?I know my Pollard(English)grandfathers married at least three generations of Irish grandmothers.I know about Langley(Cromwellian solder)As I understand at least some of the Pollards were blacksmiths.Did they come with Cromwell?Were they recruited and hired by Langley?Just wanted to see what light you might shine on this question?Dr.James Pollard

Morning Noreen

Thank you so much for the information you have given me. The headstone that you included in your reply sent me off researching  Mary Coke nee Pollard's old brother the Rev John Joseph Pollard who died  in 1884 at the alter rails  of a heart attack and the tender age of 39/40 in Moruya Mission North of Sydney. Mary Pollard had only arrived in the colony with the Coake family, two months earlier as  the nanny for their younger  children. Please find a clipping in the newspaper re the incident

I would appreciate if you are able to tell me the resting place of John Coake and Mary nee Pollard,  John, Richard and Mary's parents.

Many Thanks

Robyn O'Brien the wife of a first cousin once removed to John, Richard and Mary Coke   [John  Michael Stuart O'Brien whose O'Brien family's  ancestors come  from Waterford, Waterford city  from about the 1850's and prior to that Carrick-on-Suir Tipperary.