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Personal data Sophia Cook 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4

Household of Sophia Cook

She is married to James Duncan.

They got married on May 18, 1877 at 7 Blair Row, Oakley, Fife, Scotland, she was 21 years old.Source 6


Child(ren):

  1. Robert Duncan  1879-????
  2. Janet Duncan  1877-1890

Event (Witness at Marriage) on May 18, 1877 in 7 Blair Row, Oakley, Fife, Scotland : John Wilson, Witness Maggie Cook, Witness.Source 6

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sophia Cook

Robert Cook
1779-1837
Mary Marshall
± 1783-< 1869
James Hutton
1777-< 1899
Catharine Brown
1787-1840
Thomas Cook
1813-1876
Janet Hutton
1819-1887

Sophia Cook
1855-1934

1877

James Duncan
1854-1906

Robert Duncan
1879-????
Janet Duncan
1877-1890

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    1. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Thomas Cook Parish: Carnock; ED: 5; Page: 13; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1871_71 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 Thomas Cook
      Name: Thomas Cook
      Age: 54
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1817
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Janet Cook
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire
      Registration Number: 414
      Registration District: Carnock
      Civil Parish: Carnock
      County: Fife
      Address: 5 Blair Row
      Occupation: Ironstone Miner
      ED: 5
      Household Schedule Number: 64
      Line: 15
      Roll: CSSCT1871_71
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Thomas Cook 54
      Janet Cook 51
      Sophia Cook 15 Daughter
      James Cook 13 Son
      Margaret Cook 7 Daughter
      Robert Wilson 4 Grandson
    2. UK, Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths at Sea, 1844-1890, Ancestry.com, 1879 Robert Duncan The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages; Class: BT 158; Piece: 4
      Record for Robert Duncan
      Name: Sophia Duncan
      [Sophia Cook]
      Gender: Female
      Ship: Scottish Knight
      Spouse: James Duncan
      Child: Robert Duncan
      Born at sea 11 April 1879
      / Ancestry.com
    3. Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, Ancestry.com, Record for Sophia Duncan
      Record for Sophia Duncan
      Sophia Cook Duncan
      Birth: 11 Oct 1855 Carnock, Fife, Scotland
      Death: 16 Mar 1934 (aged 78) Merewether, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia
      Burial: Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia
      Plot: General; Section 9; Plot 2
      Memorial #: 178911529
      Family Members
      Spouse
      James Duncan 1854-1906
      Children
      Janet Duncan 1877-1890
      Created by: Stombell (48335209)
      Added: 30 Apr 2017
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178911529
      Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 June 2020), memorial page for Sophia Cook Duncan (11 Oct 1855–16 Mar 1934), Find a Grave Memorial no. 178911529, citing Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by Stombell (contributor 48335209) .
      / Ancestry.com
    4. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Thomas Cook Parish: Carnock; ED: 6; Page: 4; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1861_54 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. 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 Thomas Cook
      Name: Thomas Cook
      Age: 44
      Estimated birth year: abt 1817
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Janet Cook
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Tillicoultry, Clackmannan
      Registration Number: 414
      Registration district: Carnock
      Civil Parish: Carnock
      County: Fife
      Address: 16 Blair Row
      Occupation: Ironstone Miner
      ED: 6
      Household schedule number: 16
      Line: 19
      Roll: CSSCT1861_54
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Thomas Cook 44
      Janet Cook 43
      Robert Cook 16
      Mary Cook 14
      Janet Cook 11
      Helen Cook 9
      Sophia Cook 5
      James Cook 2
    5. Newspaper Article, 1934 DUNCAN.or COOK, SOPHIA MRS. SOPHIA DUNCAN. 21 March 1934
      MRS. SOPHIA DUNCAN.
      The funeral of Mrs Sophia Duncan left her residence, 19 Berner Street. Merewether on Sunday for the General Cemetery, Sandgate.
      Mr. W. F. Piper, of the Merewether Baptist Church, held services at the house and graveside. The pall-bearers were Messrs. Ashman, Heddles, Caldwell and Davies.
      Mrs Duncan was 78 years old. and was born at Oakley, Scotland. She had been a resident of Merewether for 54 years.
      Her Husband predeceased her 28 years ago.
      She leaves three sons, three daughters, eight grandchildren, and two great-grand children.
      Wreaths were recieved from-Kate, Sophia and Ted: Tom, Pat and Norma: Jim. Elsie and Melba: Vera and Cems:
      Ermyr and Joyce; and the Arnold family; and Mr and Mrs Caldwell
    6. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1877 DUNCAN, JAMES (Statutory registers Marriages 414/ 3)
      1877 DUNCAN, JAMES, SOPHIA COOK (Statutory registers Marriages 414/ 3)
      Marriages in the Parish of Carnock in the County of Fife 1877.
      1877 Eighteenth May
      7 Blair Row, Oakley, Carnock.
      After Banns according to the Forms of the Free Church of Scotland.
      (Signed)
      James Duncan, Ironstone Miner, Single
      Age 22. Store Row, Oakley, Carnock
      Parents: Robert Duncan,
      Miner (Deceased)
      Catherine Duncan M.S, Dryburgh
      (Signed)
      Sophia Cook, Factory Worker. Single
      Age 21. Blair Row, Oakley, Carnock
      Parents: Thomas Cook
      Miner (Deceased)
      Janet Cook M.S. Hutton
      William Gilston,
      Minister of Free Church, Carnock
      (Signed)
      John Wilson, Witness
      Maggie Cook, Witness
      Registered
      1877 21 May, Carnock
      Hendry Anderson
      Registrar

    Historical events

    Birthday October 11, 1855

    • The temperature on October 11, 1855 was about 11.6 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
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    Day of marriage May 18, 1877

    • The temperature on May 18, 1877 was about 13.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
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      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
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    Day of death March 16, 1934

    • The temperature on March 16, 1934 was between 2.8 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
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    • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
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