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...
The history of the Cocks Family.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...