Samuel Peacock Timbers was born on 29th August 1824 at Coltishall and was the son of Matthew Timbers (1801) and Mary Peacock. He married Margaret Eke in the Parish Church in Binham on 23rd December 1844. He was living in Binham and was a shoemaker. He was described as a shoemaker on his daughter's birth certificate in 1845. In 1851 he was working as a shoemaker in the Walsingham area - probably Binham. In 1854 he was listed as a shoemaker working in Westgate, adjoining Binham on the west but, in 1856, a Samuel Timbers was described, in a trades directory, as a grocer in Gaol Street in Great Yarmouth. Samuel's wife, Margaret Eke, certainly died in Gaol Street in 1855. Samuel remarried in 1855, to a widow called Caroline Cockell (née Campbell). Samuel died in 1859.

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• 1. Marriage Certificate. Samuel Timbers. Listed as the father of Mary Timbers who married Edmund Pomfrey on 15th November 1865 at Langham Parish Church. Occupation shown as Grocer. • 2. 1851 Census on CD-ROM. Walsingham. Samuel Timbers. Head. Age 25. Cordwainer. Born Coltishall. • 3. International Genealogical Index. Samuel Peacock Timbers. Born 29th August 1824 at Coltishall. Father: Matthew Timbers. Mother: Mary. • 4. Norfolk Transcription Archive. Banns (Parish Register), Walsingham District: Binham, 1844, Timbers, Samuel Peacock, otp & Eke, Margrett, otp. • 5. White's Gazetteer of Norfolk, 1854. Listed as a shoemaker living in Westgate - a hamlet adjoining Binham on the west. • 6. Marriage Registers. Timbers, Samuel Peacock. Dec. 1844. 13. 871. Walsingham. • 7. Coltishall Parish Registers. Page 37, no. 227: Samuel Peacock Timbers, baptised 29. 9. 1824. Parents: Matthew and Mary, father a labourer. • 8. Marriage Certificate. Married on 23rd December 1844 at the church in the Parish of Binham. Groom: Samuel Peacock Timbers. Age 20. bachelor. Shoe Maker. Father William [sic] Timbers, Shoe Maker. Bride: Margrett Eke. Age 22. Spinster. Residence: Binham. Father: William Eke, Game Keeper. Witnesses: Elizabeth Cubitt, William Eke. Vicar: William Upjohn, M. A. [The Registrar gave Samuel's father as William - a mistake]. • 9. Birth Certificate. Samuel Timbers, father. Described as a Shoemaker on daughter Mary's birth certificate in 1845. • 10. Craven & Co's Commercial directory of Norfolk, 1856. Binham. Timbers, bootmaker. • 11. Craven & Co's Commercial directory of Norfolk, 1856. Yarmouth. Timbers, Samuel Peacock, grocer, Gaol St. • 12. 1851 Census. Binham. Samuel Timbers. Head. Age 25. Cordwainer. Born Coltishall. • 13. Death Registers. Timbers, Samuel. Dec. 1859. 4b. 56. Aylsham. • 14. Marriage Registers. Timbers, Samuel Peacock & Cockell, Caroline. Jun. 1855. 4b. 19. Yarmouth.