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Thomas Coke Squance                           1897-1975
Thomas was born on 26 November 1897, the son of Herbert Salisbury Squance and Gertrude Amy Ridge, at Sunderland, County Durham. He married Margaret Nora Vereker Hedley. Colonel Squance, O.B.E., died on September 10, 1975. He was a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for County Durham.

Margaret Nora Vereker Hedley            1900-1932               (1st Wife)
Margaret was born on 15 June 1900, the daughter of Alfred Octavius Hedley and Mary Hannah Doxford, at Sunderland, county Durham.
I have identified the following children:
  Thomas Coke Born 1927   Sunderland Died 20 Sep 1927
Margaret Elizabeth Anne Born 1928   Sunderland Died 9 Dec 1928, Age 3 Mo's.

Birth of Parents
Thomas Coke Squance b: 26 Nov 1897         Sunderland, County Durham       1897 4Q Sunderland 10a 679
son of Herbert Salisbury Squance and Gertrude Amy Ridge, 22 Azalea Terrace South

Margaret Nora Vereker Hedley b: 15 Jun 1900           Sunderland           1900 3Q Sunderland 10a 617
daughter of Alfred Octavius Hedley and Mary Hannah Doxford

Marriage
11 Feb 1924
Thomas Coke Squance
Margaret Nora Vereker Hedley 		        Sunderland, County Durham

The Times, Thursday, February 14, 1924

Marriages
Squance - Hedley
On the 11th February, at St. Mary's Church, South Hylton, by Rev. Canon R. D. Budworth, Headmaster, Durham Grammer School, assisted by Rev. A. H. P. Squance (cousin of the bridegroom) and Rev. G. E. Wreford-Brown, Vicar of St. Mary's, Thomas Coke Squance, son of the late Herbert S. Squance and Mrs. Squance, of South Hill, Sunderland, to Margaret Nora Vereker Hedley, sixth daughter of Mr. and Mrs Alfred Octavious Hedley, of The Nook, Grindon, Sunderland.

Children
Thomas Coke Squance b: 1927           Sunderland           Died 20 Sep 1927
son of Thomas Coke Squance and Margaret Nora Vereker Hedley
Margaret Elizabeth Anne Squance b: 1928           Sunderland           Died 9 Dec 1928, Age 3 Mo's.
daughter of Thomas Coke Squance and Margaret Nora Vereker Hedley

Death
Margaret Nora Vereker (Hedley) Squance Died 17 Dec 1932, Age 32       1932 4Q Sunderland 10a 618

The Times, Tuesday, Dec 20, 1932                         DEATHS
  SQUANCE - On Dec. 17, 1932, at Sunderland, MARGARET, wife of T. C. SQUANCE, "Wearcourt," Sunderland.
DURHAM   20 Mar 1933                         Probate
SQUANCE, Margaret Nora Veriker - of Wearcourt, Sunderland, (wife of Thomas Coke Squance) died 17 December 1932, Probate Durham 20 March, to the said Thomas Coke Squance, chartered accountant, Arthur Joyce Mayhew, mining engineer, and Harry Sanderson Short, ship builder.   Effects £4,375 13s. 1d.


Marjorie Dickinson                                 1897-1969               (2nd Wife)
Marjorie was born on 17 January 1897, the daughter of James Clark Dickinson and Ellen Jane Nicholson, at Sunderland, County Durham.
I have not identified any children.

Birth of New Wife
Marjorie Dickinson b: 17 Jan 1897           Sunderland, County Durham       1897 1Q Sunderland 10a 634
daughter of James Clark Dickinson and Ellen Jane Nicholson         Died 18 Apr 1969

Marriage
1 Jun 1934
Thomas Coke Squance (36)
Marjorie Dickinson (27) 		Christ Church, Bishopwearmouth       1934 2Q Sunderland 10a 1279

Death
Marjorie (Dickinson) Squance Died 18 Apr 1969, Age 72,   Wearcourt, Rock Lodge Road, Roker
Burial: 30 April 1969, Sunderland Cemetery, Grangetown   1969 2Q Sunderland 1a 2131


Death
Colonel Thomas Coke Squance, O.B.E. Died 10 Sep 1975, Age 77,  Of Wearcourt, Rock Lodge Road, Roker
      1975 3Q Sunderland 2 1350

The Times, Friday, Sep 12, 1975                         Death
SQUANCE - On 10th September, Col. Thomas Coke Squance, O.B.E., T.D., D.L., J.P., of Wearcourt, Roker, Sunderland, loving husband of the late Marjorie Squance. At specific request, private cremation with no flowers, no mourning, and no memorial service.