Summary
Yet to be summarised.
Parents and family
On the 1871 Census he is with his parents
Abraham
and Emma COOK.
Birth
He was christened on 16 Dec 1860 at Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge. The
details of the entry were: name George COOK, parents Abraham, Labourer and
Emma. Abode Carlton.
Childhood and education
On the 1861 Census the family are listed at No 5. Le Mary St., Bromley,
Middlesex. The unit is occupied by two familes The MANNING family and the
COOK's. At that time the family comprised -
- Abraham COOK, Head, Mar[ried], 22, Labourer,
Cambridgeshire, Carlton
- Emma COOK, Wife, Mar, 21, , Cambridgeshire, Carlton
- George COOK, Son, 7m, , Cambridgeshire, Carlton
On the 1871 Census he is listed on at 9 Washington Street, Bromley St
Leonards, Middlesex. At that time the family comprised -
- Abraham COOK, Head, M[arried], 30, Carman, Camb, Carlton
- Emma COOK, Wife, M, 29, , Camb, Carlton
- George COOK, Son, , 11, Scholar, Middx, Bromley
- Priscilla COOK, Dau'r, , 8, Scholar, Middx, Bromley
- Alfred COOK, Son, , 6, Scholar, Middx, Bromley
- Anne COOK, Dau'r, , 4, Scholar, Middx, Bromley
- Elizabeth COOK, Dau'r, , 1, , Middx, Bromley
Employment
On the 1881 Census the family are listed at 5 Warton Road, Stratford,
West Ham, Essex. At that time the family comprised -
- Abraham COOK, Head, M[arried], 43, Carman, Cambridgeshire, Carlton
- Emma COOK, Wife, M, 41, , Cambridgeshire, Carlton
- George COOK, U[nmarried], 20, Labourer, Cambridgeshire,
Carlton
- Alfred COOK, Son, U, 16, Labourer, Middlesex, , Bromley
- Annie COOK, Daur, U, 13, , Middlesex, Bromley
- Elizabeth COOK, Daur, , 11, , Middlesex, Bromley
- Ellen COOK, Daur, U, 8, , Middlesex, Bromley
- Minnie COOK, Daur, U, 5, , Middlesex, Bromley
- Maude COOK, Daur, U, 3, , Middlesex, Bromley
Marriage to Harriet Lloyd
On 24 March 1883, at the Parish Church of South Hackney, he married
Harriet LLOYD. The registrations details are -
Groom:
George COOK, full age, Bachelor, Manufacturing Chemist, of 5 Warton
Road, Stratford, son of Abraham COOK, Manufacturing Chemist.
Bride: Harriett LLOYD, minor,
spinster, no employment, 10 Morpeth Road, South Hackney, daughter of
John LLOYD (deceased), Clerk
Witnessed by Priscilla COOK
and Wm COTTON.
Priscilla COOK was probably his sister of that name. William COTTON
was probably the William COTTON with whom Harriet's mother was in
service. Morpeth Road, South Hackney, London is just NW of Bethnal Green
and sometimes considered as part of it. It is 1.9 miles from Stratford.
About 1884 his daughter Maud COOK was born in Stratford, Essex.
In Mar Q 1885 the birth of Florence Emily P[riscilla] COOK was registered
in the West Ham district
On 16 Nov 1886 George Abram Josiah Cook was born in Stratford, on 11 Aug
1887 he was baptised at All Saints, West Ham. His parent's names were
given as George and Harriet Elizabeth COOK.
On the 1891 Census he is at 3 Jupp Road, Stratford, Essex.. At that
time the family comprised