John ‘Jack’ Etherden Coker (1831 -1894)

John ‘Jack’ Etherden Coker (1831 -1894)     Died of ill health   Place of Death: Christchurch * Established the business that became the ‘Warners’ Hotel (Cathedral Square, 1863) and built the Cokers Building (Manchester Street, between George and Allen Streets, 1879).  Both these buildings were lost to the quakes of 2011. For a closer look at …

John (Jack) Etherden Coker (1831 – 1894)

Jack Coker would be the first one to tell you that life didn’t always deal him a fair hand of cards but I think the real heartbreak of the Coker story is that his numerous legacies were ALL stolen away by the earthquakes of 2011. This bubbly, life-loving fellow is now in danger of being …