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JAMES  HORSFORD  COCKBURN Spouse: HARRIET  EMILY  GEDGE
Parent/s: Parent/s: Joseph Gedge, born c1799, Bury St. Edmunds.
Born: c1817. Born: c1830, Humberstone, Lincolnshire.
Married: June qtr 1852, Cosford dist 4a 553. Married: June qtr 1852, Cosford dist 4a 553.
Died: 10 February 1872 aboard his flagship HMS Glasgow. Died:
Occupation: Rear-Admiral RN. Occupation:
Notes: Entered Navy: 1 December 1829.
Lieutenant: 5 November 1840.
Commander: 24 April 1846.
Captain: 7 April 1850.
Rear-Admiral: 6 April 1866.
Commander-in-chief, East Indies.
Died on voyage Trincomalie to Calcutta.

See biography of JAMES HORSFORD COCKBURN
Notes: 1861 census, living with her father, the Rector of
Bildeston, Suffolk and her daughters Mary, Rose and Emily and son George. In 1871 Harriet was living at 3 Broadwater Villas, Frant, Sussex, with her seven children.
The 1881 census shows her at Fareham, Hampshire. Also listed are her daughter Constance and father Joseph (Retired)
1891 at 11 Park Hill, Richmond, Surrey, with two unmarried daughters, Emily and Constance. Also her father, aged 92.
1901 at Hitcham Street, Bildeston. Emily and Constance, both still unmarried were with her.
Source: GRO, biography. Source: GRO.
1861 RG9/1133 F5 P4.
1871 RG10/1050 F60 P12.
1881 RG11/1168 F22 P1.
1891 RG12/619 F87 P20.
1901 RG13/1748 F5 P2.

James Horsford and Harriet Emily had one son and seven daughters:-
SOURCE: GRO, Parish register, census as noted above.

The Son:-

GEORGE  COCKBURN  born March qtr 1856, Bildeston, Suffolk. Cosford dist 4a 425. Baptised 6 April 1856.
1861 census with mother and grandfather at Bildeston Rectory.
1871 with mother at Broadwater Villas, Frant, Sussex.

The Daughters:-

MARY  EMILY  COCKBURN born March qtr 1853, Bildeston, Suffolk. Cosford dist 4a 405.       MORE
Baptised 3 April 1853.
1861 census with mother and grandfather at Bildeston Rectory.
1871 with mother at Broadwater Villas, Frant, Sussex.

ALICE SOPHIA COCKBURN born September qtr 1854, Boldeston, Suffolk.. Cosford dist 4a 372.
Baptised 8 October 1854. Died March qtr 1857. Cosford dist 4a 273.

ROSE  HELEN  COCKBURN born September qtr 1858, Bildeston, Suffolk. Cosford dist 4a 371.
Baptised 18 July 1858.
1861 census with mother and grandfather at Bildeston Rectory.
1871 with mother at Broadwater Villas, Frant, Sussex.

EMILY  HARRIET  COCKBURN born September qtr 1860, Bildeston, Suffolk. Cosford dist 4a 392.
Baptised 5 July 1860.
1861 census with mother and grandfather at Bildeston Rectory.
1871 with mother at Broadwater Villas, Frant, Sussex.
1891 (unmarried) with widowed mother, grandfather and sister Constance at 11 Park Hill, Richmond, Surrey.
1901 (unmarried) with mother and sister Constance at Hitcham Street, Bildeston, Suffolk.

CONSTANCE  HOPE  COCKBURN born c1862, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
1871 census with mother at Broadwater Villas, Frant, Sussex.
1881 with widowed mother and grandfather at Fareham, Hampshire.
1891(unmarried) with mother, grandfather and sister Emily at 11 Park Hill, Richmond, Surrey.
1901 (unmarried) with mother and sister Emily at Hitcham Street, Bildeston, Suffolk.

FRANCES  COCKBURN born c1864, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
1871 census with mother at Broadwater Villas, Frant, Sussex.

HARRIET  ALICE  COCKBURN born September qtr 1868, Swanmore, Hampshire. Droxford dist 2c 112.
1871 census with mother at Broadwater Villas, Frant, Sussex.

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