See also

Henry Edward Cook (1883-1954)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • ostler, naval stoker, soldier then a jobbing gardener4 5 6 7

  • Birth:

  • 11 Jul 1883

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England1 8 4 5 7

  • Baptism:

  • 9 Dec 1883 (age 0)

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • son of William Cook (labourer) and Charlotte of Nacton

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 7)

  • 2 Windors Row, Station Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • son attending school and living in four rooms with his parents William and Charlotte, brothers William, Thomas, Stephen and Fred, and sister Charlotte. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 17)

  • Beach Station Hotel, Station Road, Walton, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • an unmarried servant working as an ostler and living with Wade and Kate Pearl and family, and three other servants. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Military Service:

  • frm 6 Oct 1903 to 27 Jan 1923 (age 20-39)

  • Royal Navy as stoker no:3053386

  •  

  • born in Ipswich Suffolk on 11th July 1883, he was 5' 5" tall, with light brown hair, blue eyes, a fresh complexion with scars on his left groin and leg caused by an operation for Varicocele and Varicose veins

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 27)

  • HMS Live, Falmouth Harbour, Falmouth, Cornwall, England5

  •  

  • an unmarried leading stoker. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 56)

  • Rose Cottage, Bucklesham Road, Kirton, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • an unmarried jobbing gardener who had retired from the Royal Berkshire Regiment living with his brother Robert, sister-in-law Clara, nieces Clara and Barbara, a closed record (presumably niece Gwendoline). Born on 11th July 1883

  • Death:

  • Q1 1954 (age 70)

  • Samford "Registration District", Suffolk, England3

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1883 quarter:3 volume:4a page:750. Cit. Date: 11 October 2020.

2.

Suffolk Family History Society Colneis and Samford Baptisms 1813-1900, (2012 SFK-BPI-07/P1 own copy). Nacton St. Martin baptisms entry:364. Cit. Date: 30 April 2019.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Samford 1954 quarter:1 volume:4b page:1046. Cit. Date: 22 May 2021.

4.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1784 fiolo:89 page:29. Cit. Date: 22 May 2021.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:13899 registration district:297 sub-district:2 enumeration district:12 schedule:9999. Cit. Date: 22 May 2021.

6.

Ancestry UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1848-1939, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). no:305338. Cit. Date: 22 May 2021.

7.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6634A page:3 line:31 letter code:TXCC. Cit. Date: 3 September 2019.

8.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1476 folio:77 page:10. Cit. Date: 12 October 2020.