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William Cook

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Dianna

Dianna Report 18 Jan 2022 13:57

William Cook married Gracious Millard on 22/2/1841 in Westerleigh Glos.l cannot trace any other details or movement after that date,can any member assist me .

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 18 Jan 2022 14:18

For our reference and additional info:

Gracious Millard
in the Bristol, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1720-1933
Name: Gracious Millard
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Marriage Date: 22 Feb 1841
Marriage Place: Westerleigh, St James the Great, Gloucestershire, England
Father: John Millard
Spouse: William Cook


Gracious Cook
in the 1841 England Census
Name: Gracious Cook
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1824
Gender: Female
Where Born: Gloucestershire, England
Civil Parish: Frampton Cotterel
Hundred: Langley and Swinehead (Upper Division)
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
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Registration District: Chipping Sodbury
Sub-registration District: Iron Acton
Neighbors:
Piece: 361
Book: 20
Folio: 54
Page Number: 8
Household Members:
Name Age
William Cook 28
Gracious Cook 17



Grace Cook
in the 1851 England Census
Name: Grace Cook
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Wm Cook
Gender: Female
Where Born: Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Civil Parish: Westerleigh
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:
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County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
Disability:
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Registration District: Chipping Sodbury
Sub-registration District: Chipping Sodbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 1c
Neighbors:
Household Schedule Number: 33
Piece: 1956
Folio: 43
Page Number: 10
Household Members:
Name Age
Wm Cook 32
Grace Cook 23
John Cook 5
George Cook 4
Hanah Cook 1

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 18 Jan 2022 14:20

Baptism of son John:

John Millard Cook
in the Bristol, England, Non-Conformist Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1644-1981
Name: John Millard Cook
Gender: Male
Baptism Age: 0
Record Type: Baptism
Birth Date: abt 1845
Baptism Date: 12 Jan 1845
Baptism Place: Thornbury Circuit, Bristol, England
Religion: Methodist
Father: William Cook
Mother: Gracions Cook


And his death:

John M Cook
in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968
Name: John M Cook
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 73
Birth Date: 26 Nov 1844
Birth Place: England
Death Date: 2 Mar 1918
Death Place: Decatur, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: Wm Cook
Mother: Grace Miller
Certificate Number: 30411

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 18 Jan 2022 14:24

Grace/Gracious remarried in 1858

Grace Cook
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
Name: Grace Cook
Registration Year: 1858
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Newport
Inferred County: Monmouthshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 247
Records on Page:
Name
James Collins
Grace Cook


Grace Collings
in the 1861 England Census
Name: Grace Collings
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: 1826
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: James Collings
Gender: Female
Where Born: Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Civil Parish: Frampton Cotterell
Ecclesiastical parish: Coalpit Heath
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
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Registration District: Chipping Sodbury
Sub-registration District: Iron Acton
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors:
Household Schedule Number: 62
Piece: 1746
Folio: 85
Page Number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
James Collings 34
Grace Collings 35
John Cook 16
Moresage Cook 14 [George ]
Hannah Cook 10
Grace Cook 8
Elizabeth Cook 6
Charles Collings

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 18 Jan 2022 14:24

Grace Collins
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
Name: Grace Collins
Age: 41
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Death Registration Place: Pontypool, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom
Death Date: Jun 1867
Inferred Death Place: Monmouthshire, United Kingdom
Volume: 11a
Page: 82

Maddie

Maddie Report 18 Jan 2022 15:56

parish record

Marriage
Age Full
Record set Monmouthshire Marriages And Banns
Banns year -
First name(s) Grace
Marriage date 29 May 1858
Last name Cook ========= widow
Father's first name(s) John
Event year 1858
Father's last name Williams ??? mistranscribed perhaps
Birth year -
Spouse's age Full
Marriage year 1858
Spouse's birth year -
Spouse's first name(s) James
Spouse's father's last name Collins
Spouse's last name Collins
Spouse's father's first name(s) George
County Monmouthshire
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Country Wales
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Marriage place Newport, St Woolos
Collections from Wales, Great Britain
Page 173

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 18 Jan 2022 16:49


COOK, JOHN MILLARD MILLARD
GRO Reference: 1844 D Quarter in CHIPPING SODBURY Volume 11 Page 237




COOK, HANNAH MILLARD
GRO Reference: 1849 J Quarter in CHIPPING SODBURY Volume 11 Page 242


COOK, HESTER MILLARD
GRO Reference: 1855 D Quarter in CHIPPING SODBURY Volume 06A Page 130

Dianna

Dianna Report 18 Jan 2022 17:57

Thank you, the research you have come upwith has been a great help in compiling my family tree.
my best regards to all of you/

Dianna

Dianna Report 18 Jan 2022 18:42

Now you have me scratching my head [ ha ha],if Grace[Gracious] remarried in 1858 registered as a widow her husband William Cook had to have died sometime after or during the pregnancy of the last child Elizabeth c1855. l cant find a record of William Cook Death. Sorry for being a pest look forward to your response.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 18 Jan 2022 19:45

It's pretty much impossible to find his death.

He certainly didn't die in Chipping Sodbury area, 1851-58.
Other than that, as we don't know his year of birth (roughly 1813-1819 per censuses) , he could have died anywhere.

William Cook is a very common name.

alviegal

alviegal Report 19 Jan 2022 12:17

1851 with a bit more info.

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Coal Pit Heath, Westerleigh, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England

Household members (5 people)
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Cook Head
Married Male 38 1813 Miner Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Grace Cook Wife
Married Female 28 1823 - Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
John Cook Son
- Male 5 1846 - Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
George Cook Son
- Male 4 1847 - Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Hanah Cook Daughter
- Female 1 1850 - Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England


but be aware, there is another Wm Cook born same place and about the same time with the same occupation. For info only


1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Nuttridge Hill, Westerleigh, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England

Household members (7 people)
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Cook Head
Married Male 39 1812 Coalminer Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Hanh Cook Wife
- Female 43 1808 - Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
James Cook Son
Unmarried Male 18 1833 Coalminer Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Elizabeth Cook Daughter
- Female 14 1837 - Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Thomas Cook Son
- Male 11 1840 Coalminer Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
William Cook Son
- Male 2 1849 - Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Mary Ann Bateman Visitor
Unmarried Female 22 1829 Field labourer Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, England

alviegal

alviegal Report 19 Jan 2022 12:24

First name(s) Gracious
Last name Millard
Father's last name Millard
Father's first name(s) John
Spouse's first name(s) William
Spouse's last name Cook
Spouse's father's first name(s) Abraham
Spouse's father's last name Cook
Marriage date 22 Feb 1841
Place Westerleigh, St James the Great
Archive Bristol Archives
Town Bristol
County Gloucestershire


Baptism?



First name(s) William
Last name Cook
Father's first name(s) Abraham
Father's last name Cook
Birth year -
Birth place -
Mother's first name(s) Elizth.
Mother's last name -
Baptism year 1812
Baptism date 18 Oct 1812
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Residence Westerleigh, Gloucester, England
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
Place Westerleigh
Collections from England, Great Britain
County Gloucestershire



alviegal

alviegal Report 19 Jan 2022 12:31

??

Cook

William



1855

1855

England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England


No looking at https://www.gro.gov.uk, this one is 70.

COOK, WILLIAM 70
GRO Reference: 1855 J Quarter in CHIPPING SODBURY Volume 06A Page 118

alviegal

alviegal Report 19 Jan 2022 13:03

COOK, JOHN MILLARD
GRO Reference: 1842 J Quarter in CHIPPING SODBURY Volume 11 Page 242
COOK, JOHN MILLARD MILLARD
GRO Reference: 1844 D Quarter in CHIPPING SODBURY Volume 11 Page 237
COOK, HANNAH MILLARD
GRO Reference: 1849 J Quarter in CHIPPING SODBURY Volume 11 Page 242
COOK, HESTER MILLARD
GRO Reference: 1855 D Quarter in CHIPPING SODBURY Volume 06A Page 130

DEATH
COOK, HESTER 0
GRO Reference: 1855 D Quarter in CHIPPING SODBURY Volume 06A Page 86

alviegal

alviegal Report 19 Jan 2022 13:07

1861 with relationships.

1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Brockridge, Frampton Cotterell, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England

Household members (8 people)
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
James Collings Head
Married Male 34 1827 Coal miner West Pennard, Somerset, England
Grace Collings Wife
Married Female 35 1826 - Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
John Cook Son in law
Unmarried Male 16 1845 Coal miner Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
... Cook Son in law
Unmarried Male 14 1847 Coal miner Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Hannah Cook Daughter in law
Unmarried Female 10 1851 Scholar Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Grace Cook Daughter in law
Unmarried Female 8 1853 Scholar Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Elizabeth Cook Daughter in law
- Female 6 1855 Scholar Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Charles Collings Son
- Male 2 1859 - Croespenmaen, Monmouthshire, Wales


Can't find births for George?, Grace or Elizabeth.


EDIT

First name(s) Grace
Place Coalpit Heath, St Saviour
Last name Cook
Town Bristol
Sex Female
County Gloucestershire
Baptism year 1851
Country England
Baptism date 21 Jun 1851
Archive Bristol Archives
Baptism place Coalpit Heath, St Saviour, Gloucestershire, England
Archive reference Baptisms, 1845-1892 (P/CH/R/1/a)
Father's first name(s) William
Record set Gloucestershire, Bristol Baptism Index
Father's last name Cook
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Mother's first name(s) Grace
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
Mother's last name Cook



First name(s) George
Country England
Last name Cook
Father's first name(s) William
Gender Male
Father's last name Cook
Birth year 1847
Mother's first name(s) Grace
Birth place Downend, Gloucester, England
Mother's last name -
Baptism year 1847
Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
Baptism date 10 Mar 1847
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Residence Downend, Gloucester, England

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 19 Jan 2022 13:22

COOK, GEORGE mmn MILLER
GRO Reference: 1847 M Quarter in CHIPPING SODBURY Volume 11 Page 228


???

COOK, ELIZABETH mmn MILLAR
GRO Reference: 1853 M Quarter in CHIPPING SODBURY Volume 06A Page 136

alviegal

alviegal Report 19 Jan 2022 14:06

Strange we can't find William's death anywhere though, as has been said, it's a common name :-(

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 19 Jan 2022 14:13

Assuming he did actually die 1851 - 1858, you'd have to look at the ages of all the William Cooks who died anywhere in that timeframe - and even if you found any of approx the right age , you'd still have to buy the certs to know for sure if any of them was the right man.

For example, there's this one - and there may be others - I haven't checked all the William Cook deaths:

COOK, WILLIAM 32
GRO Reference: 1851 J Quarter in PONTYPOOL Volume 26 Page 115