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~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 5 Apr 2008 12:54

I have just received the marriage cert for an ancestor. I'd not been able to find her birth and she is listed on the census as born in Rome, as a British Subject. It was a bit of intrigue so I was eagerly waiting this cert. Her father is listed as Henry (something) Cook and his occupation is Jockey. Her mother on the 1881 is a widow so he must have been deceased at the wedding in 1888.

Does anyone have any ideas where I might be able to find some info on a Jockey? The middle name looks like it would be a wonderful help if only it was fully legible. It could say Salisare but I wouldn't bet on it. LOL

Tried the Jockey Club website but that doesn't look like much help.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 5 Apr 2008 12:55

Post the 1881 details if you need to find the family on earlier census

Researching:
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~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 5 Apr 2008 13:08

Their elder daughter was born in Holland in 1871 so it would be a fair guess that that is why I can't find them earlier. They obviously moved about a fair bit. I'm more looking for tips on how to find a Jockey, if anyone else has one in there tree etc.

Thanks.

(ETA - Have to go out now, but will check back this evening)

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 5 Apr 2008 13:27

I was trying to work out the middle name by working backwards.

Overseas birth are on Findmypast

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Battenburg

Battenburg Report 5 Apr 2008 14:44


Glitter the family are on the 1881 census.
Look for Henry Terey Cook 1865 Croydon Surrey

RStar

RStar Report 5 Apr 2008 15:54

nudge. My lot were horse dealers and jockeys from Wales. We might have ancestors racing today, SS!

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 5 Apr 2008 16:46

Margaret,

I had found the family in 1881, after finding out about the child born in Holland, but not really sure that I could find a birth for Henry 1865 or find him on a later census to help with going backwards through the census.

Maureen

Researching:
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~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 7 Apr 2008 21:42

Sorry, I was struck down by a migraine of doom I was off the net until now and it's still not gone completely.

I didn't say that he was a racing jockey, just that he was a jockey.The site is interesting, but I've no evidence that they ever went to America.

I've found a possible birth for Henry. Henry J Cook 1866 Q2 Croydon Vol: 2a P: 173, going off the theory that the middle name might not be Terey, perhaps misheard by the enumerator? I may well get this cert when I've already got ones pertaining to direct ancestors.

I have looked through the overseas births and others have looked for me and not found Florence unless we've missed something somewhere.