LOKES

 

                             Frank Clark Lokes married Blanche Spurrier O'Neill 1910

 

George Henry Lokes was born in Nottingham, England and was the only member of his family to come to the United States.  There are, no doubt, many records of the family in England since I have found references to the name (under various spellings) as far back as the 16th century.  However, on the basis of the records I have I start with my great-grandfather, John, son of Henry Lokes.

 

Gen 1    John  b 1834 Nottingham, England  d 1915 Nottingham, England  m 13 June 1852 Nottingham, England  Isabella Roberts b Nottingham, England  d Nottingham, England (d/o William Roberts)

 

Gen 2    Children of John and Isabella Roberts LOKES

  1. George Henry  b 25 December 1854 Nottingham, England d 3 August 1930 Philadelphia, PA  m 1)Nottingham, England Alice Whittaker  b 1844 Nottingham, England  d 1923 Nottingham, England  m 2) 8 August 1884  Philadelphia, PA Ellen Jane Clark  b 17 May 1861 Woolwich, England d 19 December 1938 Tredyffrin Twp, Chester Co PA (d/o Thomas and Jane Pulleyn Clark)

  2. Arthur  b 1869 Nottingham, England  d 1906 Nottingham, England  m Nottingham, England Edith Johnson  b 1867 Nottingham, England  d 1905 Nottingham, England

  3. Sarah Anne  d at 5 years

  4. Jane Elizabeth  m Proctor

  5. Georgina

  6. Henrietta  unmarried

  7. Isabella  b 1877 Nottingham, England  m Mark Scott

Gen 3   Children of George Henry and Alice Whittaker LOKES

  1. Arthur  b 1878 Nottingham, England  d 1951 Nottingham, England  m Nottingham, England Laura Harris  b 1879 Nottingham, England

  2. Albert  b 1882 Nottingham, England  d 1932 Nottingham, England  m Nottingham, England Ethel King  b 1881 Nottingham, England  d 1932 Nottingham, England

          Children of George Henry and Ellen Clark LOKES

  1. Laura  b 19 April 1886 Philadelphia PA  d 19 April 1886  Philadelphia PA

  2. Frank Clark  b 18 March 1888 Philadelphia PA  d 5 July 1970 Skippack PA  m 17 August 1910 Philadelphia PA Blanche Spurrier O'Neill b 6 July 1886 Westminster MD  d 3 July 1974 Skippack PA (d/o Hugh and Alice Spurrier O'Neill)

  3. George Henry  b 1889 Philadelphia Pa  d Sidney, Australia m 1) 1916 New Orleans LA  E. Lorraine Schneider  d ca 1984 CA  m 2) Sidney, Australia  Marge

  4. William Herbert  b 1892 Philadelphia PA  d 8 September 1949 Philadelphia PA  m Philadelphia PA  Mary Elizabeth Lyon b 27 November 1900  Philadelphia PA  d 15 May 1988 Langhorne PA

Gen 4    Children of Arthur and Laura Harris LOKES

  1. Mabel  b 1899  m Harold Thompson  b 1899  d 1949

  2. Amy  b 1902  m Horace Offiler  b 1902

  3. George  b 1906  m Florence Hooten

  4. Dennis  b 1919  m Irene Roberts  b 1927

        Children of Albert and Ethel King LOKES

  1. Albert Edgar  b 1905  m Violet Mabbett  b 1903

  2. Frank Henry  b 1907  m Cissie Denton  b 1909

  3. Ethel Hilda  b 1909  m Harold Moon

  4. Ernest  b 1916  m Dorothy Coombe  b 1931

        Child of Frank and Blanche O'Neill LOKES

  1. Marian Clark  b 29 September 1911 Philadelphia PA d 13 March 1998 Worcester PA m 23 April 1938 Philadelphia PA  Henry Brock Brown, Jr b 22 October 1909 Mount Vernon, NY d September 1 2002 Worcester PA (s/o Henry Brock and Amelia Kalck Brown)

        Children of George and E. Lorraine Schneider LOKES

  1. Alan Harry  b 1917  Norfolk VA  m Sidney, Australia Lucille

  2. Lois Lorraine  b 1919  Norfolk VA  m Robert Ness

        Children of William Herbert and Mary Lyon LOKES

  1. William Herbert Jr  b 29 August 1921 Philadelphia PA  d 19 December, 1996 Langhorne PA m Eleanor b July 2, 1931 d 25 July, 2009, Langhorne PA

  2. Dorothy Jacqueline  b 1923 Philadelphia PA  m Raymond Strickhouser b 21 February 1916 d 16 July 1999 FL

  3. Irma May  b 1924 E. Lansdowne PA  d Philadelphia PA

 Gen 5    Children of Henry B, Jr and Marian Lokes BROWN

                see listing under BROWN, generation 9 and BROWN, generation 10

 

        Child of Alan and Lucille LOKES

  1. Anne  (adopted)  b Australia

         Child of Robert and Lois Lokes NESS

  1. Richard  b 1950

         Children of William, Jr and Eleanor LOKES

  1. William Herbert 3rd

  2. Linda

         Children of Raymond and Dorothy Lokes STRICKHOUSER

  1. Stephen Paul  b 1949

  2. Mary  b 1952

  3. John b 1960

 Gen 6    Children of Hugh and Patricia Shanahan BROWN

  1. Timothy Edward  b 1972

  2. Tara Lynn  b 1972

  3. Ryan Michael  b1975

 

References:

Marriage record - Nottingham, England  1852

Family records of Frank H. Lokes

Birth certificate - Nottingham, England  1854

Birth certificate - County Kent, England  1861

Marriage certificate - Philadelphia, Pa  1884

Death certificates - Philadelphia, Pa  1886, 1930

Memorandum of George H. Lokes

Birth certificates - Philadelphia, Pa  1888, 1911

Death certificate - Delaware Co, PA  1938

Marriage certificates - Philadelphia, Pa  1910, 1938

Family records of Mary Lyon Lokes

Family records of William H. Lokes, Jr

Birth certificates - Anaheim CA  1972, 1975

CORRECTION for Richard Strickhouser to Raymond, verified by Granddaughter Carrie Spell 8/14/2009

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