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Samuel Woodcock
Samuel was born on 20th January in Thorney, Cambridgeshire, ninth child of
Samuel and Anne Woodcock (nee Hoole) and was baptised in Thorney Abbey on 28th
January 1835.
On 25th December 1860 in Heydour, Lincoln, he married Betsey Close (born 1839 and died 22nd November 1865 - aged just 26)
in the District of Heydour, Lincoln.
In the 1861 census Samuel and Betsy are listed as living in Kettering with
Samuel's profession given as a blacksmith.
They had one son:
 | William Woodcock, born 17th October 1864, Dyers End, Wellingborough, died
5th August 1951, Thorney, Northamptonshire |
Betsey died just a year later on 22nd November 1865
In December 1871 Samuel married Amy Pentalow (born 1845, died 15th March
1916) in Kettering and they had eight children:
| Irene (Renee) Woodcock - born before Samuel and Amy were married c. 1870 |
| Kate Bertha Woodcock - born 1872, Kettering, married Frank Sweetland Cocks
on 19th August 1896, in St John's Parish Church, Peterborough |
| Harry Woodcock - born 1876, Kettering married Mary Jane Parker |
| Edith Woodcock - born 26th September 1878, Thorney, Northamptonshire,
married George Edward Fordham on 5th May 1904 in St John's Parish Church,
Peterborough, and died 12th March 1948, Teddington, Middlesex |
| Flora (Flo) Woodcock - born 1880 Thorney, Northamptonshire, never married
and died in Ontario, Canada |
| George Woodcock - born 1882, Thorney, Northamptonshire and died young on
15th February 1898, Peterborough, Northamptonshire |
| Margaret (Maggie) Woodcock - born 5th April 1884, Thorney,
Northamptonshire, married Walter Leonard Yates Allen in St Mary's Church,
Peterborough and died on 17th December 1952, Heanor, Nottinghamshire |
| Maud Woodcock - born 5th February 1887, Thorney, Northamptonshire, and
died 4th November 1972 in Downsview, Ontario, Canada |
Samuel died on 9th October 1891 aged 56, he was buried in Thorney Abbey
Churchyard. After his death William, his eldest son, took over the
blacksmithy, and Amy and her family moved into
Peterborough City.
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