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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.  | |||||
|  Margaret Pocklington b. Bishop Auckla, Co Duham d.  |  John Pocklington b.1866 Abb, Yorks. (Tadcaster) d.1926 Sunderland.  | |||||||
|  John Pocklington b.1897 Bishop Auckla, Co Duham d.1947 Sunderland  | ![]()  |  Eliza Fletcher b.1839 Liverpool, Lancs. d.1881 Sunderland.  | ||||||
|  Joseph Pocklington b.1899 Bishop Auckla, Co Duham d.1983  | ![]()  | |||||||
|  Catherine(Katie) Pocklington b.1902 Bishop Auckla, Co Duham d.  | ||||||||
|  Charles Pocklington b.1908 Bishop Auckland, Eng d.1980  |  Margaret Jane Swift b. Bishop Auckland. d.1918 Bishop Auckland.  | |||||||
|  Mary Ann Pocklington b. d.  | ||||||||
|  Sarah Pocklington b. d.  | ![]()  | |||||||