The Familly Connection


The Connection


The Family Connection

Freedom of Mevagissey Schooner connection to the Hall /Cloke Family.  Draft October 1 2005
Thomas Ley, Mevagissey, Cornwall Master Mariner … owner and master of the schooner Freedom of Mevagissey 1832…   married Emmaline Kymbrell
They had 3 children              William Ley     Thomas  Ley     Emmaline  Ley
Thomas Ley the son was a ships carpenter and immigrated to Vancouver B.C.

William Ley the son we do not know yet.
John Francis served on the Freedom at some point  and eventually got his master mariner papers in  the year   ……verified by documents of ships logs copies in procession of Tom Hall.
They had a number of children.. One of them being another John Francis Cloke who married Laura Ann Cloke

John Francis Cloke and Laura Ann Cloke married in the year …. At ……………
John Francis Cloke and Laura Ann Cloke immigrated to Victoria in the year………
John Francis Cloke drowned at sea near Victoria B.C 1945
Laura Cloke died in Victoria 1973
John Francis Cloke and Laura Ann Cloke had a number of children, one of them Marjorie Hall. Marjorie lives in Sidney B.C. a small coastal town outside of Victoria.
Marjorie Hall recalls John Francis Cloke her father witnessing the death of Thomas Ley the ships carpenter in Vancouver B.C. in 1925.. Tom Hall has the verifying death certificate with the mother named EK Ley. Doug Hall is following up on Thomas Ley of Vancouver. He has located the grave site.
At some point a stone was laid in the Mevagissey graveyard in rememberance of the  drowned son John Francis Cloke. This was uncovered and photographed in September of 2005, by Stephanie,Roger Quin  and Tom. The Chapel is now a fine woodworking shop which uses (Columbia Pine) which is B.C. Douglas Fir. Within 25 feet of the Chapel in line with the Bell and up hill is the granite stone of Thomas Ley and Emmaline and 25 feet further up the hill is a black marble stone of John Francis Cloke and  Emmaline. At the base of their headstone is a small free lying sandstone measuring approx 9inches by 20 inches and 11/2 inches thick. It states “and their son John Francis Cloke drowned off Canada 1945” The marble Cloke  stone and the granite stone of Thomas Ley are  of the 10 most impressive stones on the hill.
These last facts were gathered by Tom Hall and his cousin Stephanie Quinn and Roger. Stephanie is a Mevagissey Cloke, and now lives in Truro Cornwall. There are at present 2 other John Francis Clokes relatives in Canada. The story of the Freedom and the Clokes,Leys and Leleans   is an interest of Tom and brother  Doug Hall. Tom has been doing some recent reseach in Spurnhead, Hull, Grimsby, Fowey, Falmouth and Mevagissey







The Connection    Thomas Ley  Ships Carpenter  …1825 – 1926 
And John Francis Cloke D. 1945
John Francis Cloke ..of Anyox BC  traveled  to Vancouver B.C. at the event of his nephews death and signed the death certificate. I have a copy of that certificate which verifies the following. The B.C. Archive registers the death also.

Thomas Ley – son of Emmeline Kymbrell and Thomas Ley Master Mariner  of Mevagissey Cornwall.  Date of birth April 12 1857. Date of death May 2 1926     Burial place Mt View Cemetery in Vancouver B.C.
Their was a statement of immigration of 30 years previous. This statement has not    been verified.Emmelline is spelled Emeline on the death certificate.In the census its mm
It was probably JFCs spelling.
My mother Marjorie Hall /  Cloke recalled her father John Francis Cloke traveling   from Anyox to Vancouver to attend this event. At some time in their lives the picture, a sea chest and some stocks came into the procession of John Francis Cloke and thus Marjorie Cloke.
My brother Douglas Hall of Sydney Victoria B.C. is researching  events of Thomas Ley, the son in Canada.
Thomas Leys chest, courtesy of Christopher Hall
Picture to go here…of chest
Credits do not forget ..( Helen, Angela, Stef, Candi-lea, Laura Lehay  the  Mormons) whats her name who always knows my name from the M center. Find out her name..
Learn how to do proper credits

 



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