Patton’s Move To Longwood (1942)
It’s funny to think that a family that moved to a small town, so closely aligned to the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, were themselves descendants of those that fought against Napoleon in the Napoleonic...
Category: Cocks Family
The history of the Cocks Family.
Ina, Grace & Carrie Patton escape with their lives from burning house in Upper Plenty, 12 June 1913
The things that you find out when you’re a genealogist. Ina Moorabbe Patton (nee Cocks), with her two youngest children, Ina Grace “Grace” (2 years) & Caroline Francis “Carrie” (6 months) were lucky to...
Cocks Family Online
Admittedly I’ve got a bit of research to do on this family, but given that I didn’t know much about my G-Grandmother Ina Moorabee Cocks and I found a Knight in the family, I...
Twelve Months That Turned Into More Than Half A Century
Douglas William Arthur Patton was born on the 25th May 1884 in Wallan. His parents house “Shaldon Cottage” was just out from Wallan near the turn-off to Wandong & Whittlesea. Son of Charles Douglas...
Sir Arthur Alfred Clement Cocks (Politician)
Ina Patton (nee Cocks) (1888 – 1938) married Douglas William Arthur Patton (1884 – 1969) in Heathcote in 1908. Ina’s Great Grandfather, Robinson Cocks, was the uncle to Sir Arthur Alfred Clement Cocks. This...
