Charles Vockins (1819–1882) • FamilySearch

Charles Vockins

21 November 1819–16 October 1882 (Age 62)
Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life of Charles

When Charles Vockins was born on 21 November 1819, in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Vockins, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth Greenaway, was 39. He married Jane Bird in 1839, in Hungerford, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 16 October 1882, in Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 62.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Charles Vockins

1819–1882

Jane Bird

1818–

Marriage: 1839

Sophia Vockins

1840–1886

Jemima Vockins

1847–1909

Sarah Vockins

1850–1928

James Vockins

1852–1852

Jane Vockins

1856–

Ann Vockins

1858–

Henry John Vockins

1862–

Thomas James Vockins

1864–1921

Elizabeth Vockins

1842–1926

Mary Vockins

1843–

Ann Vockins

1845–1852

Charles Vockins

1848–1927

Kate Vockins

1854–

William Vockins

1860–1933

Spouse and Children

Charles Vockins

Male1819–1882Male

Jane Bird

Female1818–Female

MARRIAGE
1839
Hungerford, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

children

(14)

Sophia Vockins

Female1840–1886Female

Elizabeth Vockins

Female1842–1926Female

Mary Vockins

Female1843–Female

Ann Vockins

Female1845–1852Female

Jemima Vockins

Female1847–1909Female

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Parents and Siblings

Thomas Vockins

Male1781–1847Male

Elizabeth Greenaway

Female1780–1850Female

siblings

(7)

Mary Vockins

Female1805–1826Female

Anne Vockins

Female1807–Female

Jane Vockins

Female1808–1853Female

Jacob Vockins

Male1813–1814Male

John Vockins

Male1815–1884Male

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World Events (5)

1823

Age 4

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

Age 14

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

1843

Age 24

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

Name Meaning

Vockins

Charles

Irish: of uncertain derivation; perhaps a variant of the English family name Dockings, a habitational name from Docking in Norfolk, named in Old English as ‘place where docks (Old English docce) grow’.

Possible Related Names

Dockens

Sources (3)

Charles Vaggins, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
Charles Vockins, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
Charles Vockins, "England and Wales Census, 1861"

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