Harrower Family Tree » John Donaldson Cook (1864-????)

Personal data John Donaldson Cook 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • He was born on January 5, 1864 in Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1881 Blacksmith/East Port, Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1901 Carter on estate/Chestnut Cottages, Bowden, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1891 Millworker/Holyrood Cottage, Bowden, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1887 Woollen Factory Worker in Newtown, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 6
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1871: Dingleton, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1881: .Source 5
    • in the year 1901: .Source 2
    • in the year 1891: .Source 3
    • in the year 1887: Newtown, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 6
  • A child of James Cook and Helen Donaldson

Household of John Donaldson Cook

He is married to Barbara Kennedy.

They got married on June 3, 1887 at Newtown, Roxburghshire, Scotland, he was 23 years old.Source 6


Child(ren):

  1. Maggie Cook  1890-????
  2. Alfred Cook  1892-????
  3. Christina Cook  1898-????

Event (Witness at Marriage) on June 3, 1887 in Newtown, Roxburghshire, Scotland .Source 6

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Donaldson Cook

Walter Cook
1792-< 1868
Betsey Wight
1796-1868
John Donaldson
1800-????
Helen Linton
????-
James Cook
1823-< 1891

John Donaldson Cook
1864-????

1887

Barbara Kennedy
1866-????

Maggie Cook
1890-????
Alfred Cook
1892-????
Christina Cook
1898-????

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    1. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Cook Parish: Melrose; ED: 2; Page: 27; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1871_180 1871 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      Record for James Cook
      Name: James Cook
      Age: 43
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
      Relationship: Head of family
      Spouse's Name: Helen Cook
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Melrose, Roxburghshire
      Registration Number: 799/1
      Registration district: Melrose
      Civil parish: Melrose
      Town: Melrose
      County: Roxburghshire
      Address: Dingleton
      Occupation: Labourer at Nursery
      ED: 2
      Household schedule number: 117
      Line: 14
      Roll: CSSCT1871_180
      Household Members Age Relationship
      James Cook 43 Head of family
      Helen Cook 37 Wife
      Helen Cook 12 Daughter
      Walter Cook 10 Son
      John Cook 7 Son
      James Cook 6 Son
      Betsy Cook 4 Daughter
      Marion Cook 1 Daughter
    2. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Cook Parish: Bowden; ED: 1; Page: 1; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1901_421 1901 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
      Record for John Cook
      Name: John Cook
      Age: 37
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Barbara Cook
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Melrose, Roxburghshire
      Registration Number: 783
      Registration district: Bowden
      Civil parish: Bowden
      County: Roxburghshire
      Address: Chestnut Cottages
      Occupation: Carter on Estate
      ED: 1
      Household schedule number: 6
      Line: 12
      Roll: CSSCT1901_421
      Household Members Age Relationship
      John Cook 37 Head
      Barbara Cook 34 Wife
      Maggie Cook 11 Daughter
      Alfred Cook 9 Son
      Christina Cook 3 Daughter
    3. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Cook Parish: Bowden; ED: 1; Page: 8; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1891_383 1891 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
      Record for John Cook
      Name: John Cook
      Age: 27
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
      Relationship: Grandson
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Melrose, Roxburghshire
      Registration Number: 783
      Registration district: Bowden
      Civil parish: Bowden
      County: Roxburghshire
      Address: Holyrood Cottage
      Occupation: Mill Worker
      ED: 1
      Household schedule number: 58
      Line: 17
      Roll: CSSCT1891_383
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Alexander James 83 Head
      John Cook 27 Grandson
      Barbara K Cook 24 Grandaughter
      Maggie Cook 1 Great Grandaughter
    4. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1864 Record for John Donaldson Cook Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
      Record for John Donaldson Cook
      Name: John Donaldson Cook
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 05 Jan 1864
      Birth Place: Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland
      Father: James Cook
      Mother: Helen Donaldson
      FHL Film Number: 6035516
    5. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Cook Parish: Melrose; ED: 2; Page: 31; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1881_319
      Record for James Cook
      Name: James Cook
      Age: 55
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Helen Cook
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Melrose, Roxburghshire
      Registration Number: 799
      Registration district: Melrose
      Civil parish: Melrose
      Town: Melrose
      County: Roxburghshire
      Address: East Port
      Occupation: Nurseryman
      ED: 2
      Household schedule number: 176
      Line: 1
      Roll: CSSCT1881_319
      Household Members Age Relationship
      James Cook 55 Head
      Helen Cook 40 Wife
      Walter Cook 20 Son
      John Cook 18 Son
      James Cook 15 Son
      Elizabeth Cook 13 Daughter
      Marion Cook 11 Daughter
      Mary Cook 8 Daughter
      William Cook 3 Son
    6. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1887 COOK, JOHN DONALDSON BARBARA KENNEDY Statutory registers Marriages 799 7
      1887 COOK, JOHN DONALDSON BARBARA KENNEDY Statutory registers Marriages 799 7
      Marriages in the District of Melrose in the County of Roxburgh 1887.
      1887 Third June, Newtown
      After Banns According to the Forms of the Church of Scotland
      (Signed)
      John Donaldson Cook
      Woollen Factory Worker,
      (Bachelor) Age 23, Newton
      Parents: James Cook
      Nurseryman (deceased)
      Helen Cook
      M.S. Donaldson
      (Signed)
      Barbara Kennedy
      Housekeeper
      (Spinster Age 20, Bowden
      Parents: Archibald Kennedy
      Forester (deceased)
      Margaret Kennedy
      M.S. James
      (Signed)
      W.M. Hardie DD
      Minister of Bowden
      (Signed)
      Elizabeth A.S. Fisher, Witness
      Walter Cook, Witness
      Registered
      1887 June 4th, Melrose
      Thomas Ballantyne
      Registrar

    Historical events

    Birthday January 5, 1864

    • The temperature on January 5, 1864 was about -2.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • March 11 » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
      • April 18 » Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
      • April 25 » American Civil War: The Battle of Marks' Mills.
      • May 29 » Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
      • May 31 » American Civil War: Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia engages the Army of the Potomac.
      • November 11 » American Civil War: General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta to the ground in preparation for his march to the sea.

    Day of marriage June 3, 1887

    • The temperature on June 3, 1887 was about 13.2 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
      • February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
      • June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
      • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
      • October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
      • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
    

    Same birth/death day

    Source: Wikipedia


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