See also

Family of Frederick William Cook and Grace Florence Shemmings

Husband: Frederick William Cook

  • Name:

  • Frederick William Cook2 1 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • soldier Royal Guards then a bank messenger4 5

  • Birth:

  • 22 Apr 1879

  • Belvedere, Kent, England2 6 4 5

  • Census absence:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 1)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 10)

  • 33 Albert Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his parents Frederick and Ellen, brother Walter, and sister Ethel. Born in Belvedere Kent

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 21)

  •  

  •  

  • was Frederick away in South Africa with the army?

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 30)

  • 20 Lees Lane, Forton, Hampshire, England4

  •  

  • married head of the household serving as a private in the R.M.L.J. (Royal Marines ??) and living in four rooms with his wife Grace, sons Frederick and Leonard, daughter Ethel, and a boarder. Born in Belvedere Kent

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 60)

  • Midland Bank, 12 Tavern Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • a married bank messenger and carrier, a Royal Guards pensioner and an A.R.P. Warden living with his wife Grace, and son Sidney. Born on 22nd April 1879

  • Death:

  • 17 Sep 1952 (age 72)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England3 7

  • Probate:

  • 23 Dec 1952

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • of 931 Woodbridge Road Ipswich died 17th September 1952, probate of effects of £302 8s 3d (~£9,000 in 2017) to Harold Leonard Rogers newsagent and tobacconist

Wife: Grace Florence Shemmings

  • Name:

  • Grace Florence Shemmings8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Edward Shemmings (1854?-1897)

  • Mother:

  • Rosa Canham (1858?-1882)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • tailor / tailoress9

  • Birth:

  • 13 Aug 1879

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England8 10 11 9 4 5

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 1)

  • 3 Samuel Terrace, Caldwell Hall Road, St. Margaret, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • granddaughter living with her grandparents John and Mary Ann, her mother Rosa Shemmings, and cousin George Warren. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 11)

  • 36 Woodhouse Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • niece attending school and living with her uncle Arthur Berry, her aunt Emma, cousins Arthur, Frederick, Charles, Percy and Ada Berry, and her widowed father Edward. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 21)

  • 36 Woodhouse Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • an unmarried boarder as Grace Shimmings working as a tailoress and living with her uncle Arthur Berry, her aunt Emma, and cousins Charles, Percy and Herbert Berry. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 30)

  • 20 Lees Lane, Forton, Hampshire, England4

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband Fredrick, sons Frederick and Leonard, daughter Ethel, and a boarder. Born in Ipswich Suffolk and married for seven years with three children, all of whom are still living

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 60)

  • Midland Bank, 12 Tavern Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Frederick, and son Sidney. Born on 13th August 1879

  • Death:

  • Q4 1953 (age 74)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England12

Child 1: Frederick William Cook

  • Name:

  • Frederick William Cook13

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1905

  • Portsmouth, Hampshire, England13 4

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 6)

  • 20 Lees Lane, Forton, Hampshire, England4

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Fredrick and Grace, brother Leonard, sister Ethel, and a boarder. Born in Portsmouth Hampshire

Child 2: Ethel Grace Ellen Cook

  • Name:

  • Ethel Grace Ellen Cook14

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Harold Leonard Rogers (1902-1984)

  • Birth:

  • 11 Dec 1906

  • Portsmouth, Hampshire, England14 4 15 16

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 4)

  • 20 Lees Lane, Forton, Hampshire, England4

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents Fredrick and Grace, brothers Frederick and Leonard, and a boarder. Born in Portsmouth Hampshire

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 32)

  • 6 Gippeswyk Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Harold, and son Keith. Born on 11th December 1906

  • Death:

  • 15 Feb 1997 (age 90)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England16 17

  • Probate:

  • 24 Feb 1997

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • grant and will, died 15th February 1997

Child 3: Leonard Arthur Cook

  • Name:

  • Leonard Arthur Cook18 19

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse (1):

  • Margaret Maud Doris Moss (1912- )

  • Spouse (2):

  • Betty Ivy Borup (1928-2012)

  • Birth:

  • 10 Mar 1910

  • Gosport, Hampshire, England18 4 19

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 1)

  • 20 Lees Lane, Forton, Hampshire, England4

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Fredrick and Grace, brother Frederick, sister Ethel, and a boarder. Born in Gosport Hampshire

  • Death:

  • 29 Mar 1978 (age 68)

  • Redbridge "Registration District", Greater London, England19 20

  • Probate:

  • 19 Jul 1978

  • Probate Registry, Greater London, England20

  •  

  • of 24 Green Lane Ilford Essex died 29th March 1978, probate of £14,717 (~£79,000 in 2017)

Child 4: Sidney George Cook

  • Name:

  • Sidney George Cook21 22

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Joan Gwendoline Rowland (1921-1980)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • insurance collector5

  • Birth:

  • 20 Mar 1915

  • Alverstoke "Registration District", Hampshire, England21 5 22

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 24)

  • Midland Bank, 12 Tavern Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • an unmarried insurance collector living with his parents Frederick and Grace. Born on 20th March 1915

  • Death:

  • 19 Jun 1982 (age 67)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England22 23

  • Probate:

  • 3 Aug 1982

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England23

  •  

  • of 105 Beechcroft Road Ipswich died 19th June 1982, probate of £46,867 (~£161,000 in 2017)

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1904 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1751. Cit. Date: 14 February 2022.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lewisham 1879 quarter:2 volume:1d page:978. Cit. Date: 16 February 2022.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1952 quarter:3 volume:4b page:628. Cit. Date: 16 February 2022.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:5635 class:RG78 piece:255 registration district:91 sub-district:1 enumeration district:13 schedule:64. Cit. Date: 14 February 2022.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6607H page:9 line:12 letter code:TVNU. Cit. Date: 16 February 2022.

6.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1471 folio:93 page:36 schedule:238. Cit. Date: 16 February 2022.

7.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1952 page:357. Cit. Date: 16 February 2022.

8.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1879 quarter:3 volume:4a page:692. Cit. Date: 13 January 2022.

9.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1778 folio:78 page:5 schedule:36. Cit. Date: 14 February 2022.

10.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1875 folio:36 page:27 schedule:292. Cit. Date: 14 February 2022.

11.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1471 folio:26 page:6 schedule:36. Cit. Date: 14 February 2022.

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1953 quarter:4 volume:4b page:743. Cit. Date: 16 February 2022.

13.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Portsmouth 1905 quarter:1 volume:2b page:420. Cit. Date: 14 February 2022.

14.

Ibid. Portsmouth 1907 quarter:1 volume:2b page:384. Cit. Date: 14 February 2022.

15.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6602I page:5 line:5 letter code:TVBP. Cit. Date: 15 February 2022.

16.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1997 quarter:1 district:7471B register:B18B entry:235 date:0297. Cit. Date: 15 February 2022.

17.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1997 no:9751504773. Cit. Date: 15 February 2022.

18.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Alverstoke 1910 quarter:2 volume:2b page:538. Cit. Date: 14 February 2022.

19.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Redbridge 1978 quarter:2 volume:14 page:1299. Cit. Date: 14 February 2022.

20.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). London 1978 page:1735 no:780208146W. Cit. Date: 14 February 2022.

21.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Alverstoke 1915 quarter:2 volume:2b page:908. Cit. Date: 16 February 2022.

22.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1982 quarter:2 volume:10 page:2604. Cit. Date: 16 February 2022.

23.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1982 page:1955 no:821008852L. Cit. Date: 16 February 2022.