The Orys and Cook Family Tree » George Charles Cook (1876-1957)

Personal data George Charles Cook 

  • He was born on March 5, 1876 in 17 Queens Square, Battersea, London. England.Sources 1, 2
    Birth Wandswarth 1d page 605

    Name: George Charles Cook
    District: Wandsworth... County: Surrey... Year: 1876... Quarter: 2... Volume: 1d... Page: 605...
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1891 Engine Cleaner.Source 3
    • in the year 1901 Engine Greaser.Source 1
    • on December 28, 1901 Stationary Engine Driver.
      Taken from birth cert. of May
    • from 1908 till 1911 Stationary Engine Driver for Ice Manufacturer.Source 4
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  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: 50 Corunna Rd Battersea.Source 5
      Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 654; Folio: 29; Page: 3; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341152.

      Census Transcript Household London [Geographically Surrey] 1881 Address 50 Corunna Road Parish Battersea Registration District Wandsworth Image Reference RG11/0654/~F29 Found 4 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation

      John Cook 29 1852 Head Whitehaven, Cumberland Railway Engine Driver
      Mary Ann Cook 30 1851 Wife Rockbere, Devonshire
      Frank Cook 6 1875 Son Battersea, Surrey Scholar
      George Cook 5 1876 Son Battersea, Surrey Scholar
    • in the year 1891: 46 Linford, Street, Battersea, london.Source 3
      Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 427; Folio 10; Page 14; GSU roll: 6095537

      Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 427; Folio 10; Page 14; GSU roll: 6095537

      Address 46 Linford Street Parish Battersea Registration District Wandsworth Image Reference RG12/0427/F? Found 4 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      Mary Cook 41 1850 Mother Exeter, Devon
      Frank Cook 17 1874 Son Battersea, Surrey Copper Smiths Assitant
      George Cook 15 1876 Son Battersea, Surrey Engine Cleaner
      George Brooks 21 1870 Boarder South Cherriton, Somerset Engine Cleaner
    • in the year 1897: 14 Westbury Street.
    • in the year 1901: 46 Dashwood Road, Battersea, London.Source 1
      Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 445; Folio: 65; Page: 34.

      Census Transcript Household London 1901 Address 46 Dashwood Road Parish Battersea Registration District Wandsworth
      Image Reference RG13/0445/F? Found 4 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      George Cook 25 1876 Head Battersea, London Engine Greener
      Elizabeth Cook 24 1877 Wife Battersea, London
      Clara Cook 3 1898 Daughter Battersea, London
      George Cook 1 1900 Son Battersea, London

      Lived with the Burnett's but these are not on this transcription but on the original.
    • in the year 1908: 6 Chaldon Road, Caterham, Surrey.Source 6
    • in the year 1911: 37 Glasford Street, Wandsworth, London.Source 4
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      Census Transcript Family London 1911 Images Address 37 Glasford St, Tooting Junction
      Civil Parish Wandsworth Borough
      Sub District Streatham
      Registration District Wandsworth
      Image Reference RG14 - PN2357 RD26 SD5 ED72 SN86
      Found 5 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Gender Relation Marriage Status Years Married Birth Place Occupation
      George Cook 35 1876 Male Head Married Chatham Stationary Engine Driver
      Susan Cook 35 1876 Female Wife Married 2 Croydon
      Clara Cook 13 1898 Female Daughter Battersea School
      May Cook 9 1902 Female Daughter Battersea
      Lily Cook 6 1905 Female Daughter Battersea
    • in the year 1927: 16 Brynmaer Road, Battersea, London, SW1.
      SEE PHOTO
    • in the year 1939: 40 Whitegate Road, Southend on Sea, Essex.
      Name: George Cook Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 5 Mar 1876 Residence Date: 1939
      Address: 40 Residence Place: Southend-On-Sea, Essex, England Occupation: Maintainance Engineer Hea?? Line Number: 26 Schedule Number: 56 Sub Schedule Number: 1 Enumeration District: Dahr Borough: Southend-On-Sea
      Registration district: 195-3. Ed 6996 Inferred Spouse: Caroline Cook Household Members Age
      George Cook 63
      Caroline Cook 70 b. 15 Nov 1869
      Gladys Hone 52
      Sylvia Hone 47
  • (Relation to BPO) : Brother of my Grandfather.
  • He died on 1ST Q 1957 in Southend on Sea, Essex. England, he was 80 years old.
    Name: George C Cook
    Death Age: 81
    Birth Date: abt 1876
    Registration Date: Jan 1957
    Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
    Registration District: Southend on Sea
    Inferred County: Essex
    Volume: 4a
    Page: 744
  • A child of JOHN HANNAH COOK(e) and MARY ANN BROOKS
  • This information was last updated on August 3, 2023.

Household of George Charles Cook

(1) He is married to Elizabeth Mary Burnett.

They got married on May 9, 1897 at St. Paul's Church, Clapham, Surrey, he was 21 years old.Source 6

Found on Ancestry.com June Qtr 1897 1d 1195

Name: George Charles Cook
Possible Partners: Elizabeth Burnett . District: Wandsworth... County: London... Year: 1897... Quarter: Apr-Jun... Volume: 1d... Page: 1195...

Child(ren):

  2. George Edward Cook  1899-1902
  3. May Cook  1901-1990 
  4. Lilian May Cook  1906- 


(2) He is married to Susan Jane Pocock.

They got married on December 26, 1908 at Caterham, Surrey. England, he was 32 years old.Source 6

Marriage at Godstone 2a page 463

Name George Charles Cook
Birth Date 1876
Age 32
Spouse's Name Susan Jane Pocock
Spouse's Birth Date 1875
Spouse's Age 33
Event Date 26 Dec 1908
Event Place Surrey, England
Father's Name John Cook
Spouse's Father's Name George Pocock

Child(ren):



(3) He is married to Caroline R Vernon.

They got married on 2ND Q 1938 at Rochford, Essex. England, he was 61 years old.

Name: George C Cook
Registration Date: Apr 1938
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Rochford
Inferred County: Essex
Spouse: Caroline R Vernon
Volume Number: 4a
Page Number: 2152

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Ancestors (and descendant) of George Charles Cook

JOHN COOK
1818-1897
JANE QUIN
1818-1889
GEORGE BROOKS
1822-1885
HARRIET MAUNDER
1824-1901

George Charles Cook
1876-1957

(1) 1897

Elizabeth Mary Burnett
1877-1907

Clara Elizabeth Cook
1897-1969
George Edward Cook
1899-1902
May Cook
1901-1990
Lilian May Cook
1906-
(2) 1908

Susan Jane Pocock
1875-1937

Kathleen Sylvia Grace Cook
1912-1927
(3) 1938

Caroline R Vernon
1869-????


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    Sources

    1. 1901 Census England
    2. Cert. in file
      Cert No 214
    3. 1891 Census England, 5th April 1891
    4. 1911 Census England, 2nd April 1911
    5. 1881 Census England, 1881 Census
    6. Marriage Cert in file

    Historical events

    Birthday March 5, 1876

    • The temperature on March 5, 1876 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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).
    • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
      • February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
      • April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
      • May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
      • September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
      • December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

    Day of marriage December 26, 1908

    • The temperature on December 26, 1908 was between -6.2 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
      • May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
      • October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
      • October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
      • November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
      • November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
      • December 28 » The 7.1 Mw  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.
    

    Same birth/death day

    Source: Wikipedia


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