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![]()  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  Joseph Pocklington b.1798 Birkin, Yorks d.1883  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Charles Pocklington b.1838 Wistow, Yorks. d.  |  Ann Thomson b. d.1885 Selby, Lincs.  | |||||
|  Albert Edward Pocklington b.1889 Bishop Auckland. d.  |  Thomas Pocklington b.1867 Tynemouth. d.  | |||||||
|  Joseph William Pocklington b.1890 Bishop Auckland. d.  | ![]()  |  Eliza Fletcher b.1839 Liverpool, Lancs. d.1881 Sunderland.  | ||||||
|  Samuel Pocklington b.1897 Bishop Auckland. d.  | ![]()  | |||||||
|  Robert Pocklington b.1899 Bishop Auckland. d.  | ||||||||
![]()  |  Mary Ellen b.1872 Darlington. d.  | |||||||
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