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Edward George Cheke         1868-1937
Edward was born on 9 July 1868, the son of Dr. George Nicholas Cheke and Susan Channer, in India. He married Ethel Vaux in 1898.
Ethel Vaux                             1876-1964
Ethel was born on 18 February 1876, the daughter of Edwin Vaux and Mary Doxford, in Sunderland.
I have identified the following children:
  George Edward Vaux Born 27 May 1899   Houghton Married Cynthia Davies-Evans
Avis Verdon-Roe
Valerie Essex Born 27 Oct 1902      
Marcus John Born abt 1905     Married Constance Elizabeth Lopez

Birth of Parents
Edward George Cheke b: 9 JuL 1868             India
son of Dr. George Nicholas Cheke and Susan Channer

Ethel Vaux b: 18 Feb 1876           Sunderland       1876 1Q Sunderland 10a 699
daughter of Edwin Vaux and Mary Doxford, brewer, 3 Grange Terrace

Marriage
16 Feb 1898
Edward George Cheke (29)
Ethel Vaux (21)		 St Aiden's, Herrington, County Durham       1898 1Q Houghton 10a 614
Captain, Royal Artillery, Father: George Nicholas Cheke, Surgeon, Bengal Medical Service
Father: Edwin Vaux, Brewer, Herrinton Hall, Brewer,
Wit: Elllhanner ?, Susan Shorbride, Edwin Vaux, Mary Vaux

Children
George Edward Vaux Cheke b: 27 May 1899           Houghton, County Durham       1899 2Q Houghton 10a 526
son of Edward George Cheke and Ethel Vaux

1901 Census RG13-4060 1 Apr 1901 Adel Cum Eccup, Yorkshire
The Manor Adel
Edward G. Cheke
Ethel (Wife)
Edward N.
Plus 3 Servants 		Age 32
Age 25
Age 1 		Capt. Royal Artillery India
Sunderland
Sunderland 		British Subject
Durham
Durham 		9 Jul 1868
18 Feb 1876
abt 1899

Valerie Essex Cheke b: 27 Oct 1902               1902 4Q Leeds 9b 526
daughter of Edward George Cheke and Ethel Vaux
Marcus John Cheke b: abt 1905               1905 4Q Woolwich 1d 1215
son of Edward George Cheke and Ethel Vaux

1911 Census RG14-(144) 3 April 1911 Stoke Park and Fair Oak, Hampshire
62 The Cockpit   (12 Rooms)
Edward George Cheke
Ethel (Wife)
Valerie Essex
Marcus John
Plus 3 Servants 		Age 42
Age 35
Age 8
Age 5 		Major, Retired, Royal Horse & Field Artillery
Sunderland
Leeds
Woolwich 		Central India
Durham
Yorkshire
Kent 		9 Jul 1868
18 Feb 1876
27 Oct 1902
abt 1905

Death
Edward George Cheke Died 6 Dec 1937, Age 69,       Hampshire       1937 4Q Winchester 2c 191

GLOUCESTER   9 Feb 1938                         Probate
CHEKE, Edward George, of the Cockpit Fair Oak, Hampshire, died 6 December 1937, Probate , Gloucester, 9 February, to Ethel Cheke, widow, George Edward Nicholas Vaux Cheke, farmer, and Valerie Essex Cheke, spinster.   Effects £7,558 17s. 5d.

Death
Ethel (Vaux) Cheke Died 22 Feb 1964, Age 88,       Hampshire       1964 1Q Winchester 2c 191

The Times, Monday, Feb 24, 1964                         Death
  On 22 February, 1964, at The Cockpit, Fairoak, Hampshire, Ethel Cheke, widow of Lt.-Col. E. G. Cheke, Royal Field Artillery.   Funeral Private.