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He was
employed by the Halifax Conservative Union /
a political clerk for registration agent [1911] /
a Conservative agent in Coventry /
a traveller for Johnson & Company, wine & spirit merchants in
Coventry.
In [Q4] 1915, he married Elsie Mabel Jackson
at St Mark's Church, Coventry.
They lived at Halifax
During World War I,
he served as a Bombardier
with D Battery
122nd Brigade
Royal Field Artillery.
He died 8th May 1918 (aged 27).
The Halifax CourierCooke, Arthur Gilbert Ref 452-1798
Elsie Mabel was the eldest daughter of Thomas Jackson,
of Coatham Road, Redcar
He was buried at Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref II L 7].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint Jude's Church, Savile Park, and on the Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax
She was murdered by Livingstone Thwaites on 21st October 1909.
The two had been living together at Shroggs Road for some time.
The two had gone for a walk and he attacked her with a knife,
slitting her throat.
Her body was found on Shroggs Road tip.
Dr Crossley Wright conducted the post mortem.
Thwaites was sentenced to death at Leeds Assizes, but the
sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on grounds of insanity
He married Unknown.
Child: George
Born in Halifax [16th April 1856].
He was
a shop assistant [1881] /
a printer, bookseller & stationer in Bull Green, Halifax [1887, 1905]
/
a newspaper manager [1891] /
a stationer (employer) [1901] /
a newsagent & stationer (employer) [1911] /
one of the subscribers to The Old Halls & Manor Houses of Yorkshire
[1913] /
a retired newsagent [1939]
In 1887, he married Sarah Alice Shepherd [1865-1951] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1911] was granddaughter Winifred Alice [b
1911].
Frank died Q3 1941 (aged 85).
Sarah died Q1 1951 (aged 85).
They both died in Halifax
Became a Baronet in 1661
In April 1861, he was declared insolvent
He was one of the subscribers to the Leeds Infirmary [1792]
He started in business in 1868.
He married Unknown.
Children:
They lived at 6 High Street, Brighouse.
He retired in 1899
Nephew of Abraham Kershaw
Children:
His followers were the Cookites or Methodist Unitarians and
they set up a number of societies in the Rochdale district in the
early 19th century.
Their first meeting house in Todmorden, the Todmorden Unitarian Chapel, was built in 1823-4
He was a plug tester at Halifax Corporation Water Works [1911].
In [Q2] 1905, he married Elizabeth in Halifax.
Children:
The family – including 6 of Elizabeth's children by her first
marriage – lived at 27 Crossley Terrace, Halifax [1911]
She married Archibald William Reith
He married Baptista, daughter of Robert Milnes
He was a livery stable keeper.
In August 1850, he was fined £10 plus costs for
He married Martha [1809-1872].
Children:
Richard died 14th December 1852 (aged 52).
Martha died 12th March 1872 (aged 63).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 524]
with their granddaughter Martha Eleanor Carter [1875-1897]
In May 1866, he was declared bankrupt
He was
a printer & stationer /
a stationer [1881].
In [Q3] 1853, he married Ellen Cox [1832-1???]
in Brighton.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
They lived at 3 Bull Green, Halifax [1881]
Cooke, Beatrice Ref 452-565 Cooke, Bryan Ref 452-404 Cooke, Frank Cox Ref 452-1577
Sarah Alice, of Queens Road, Halifax, was born in Hallfields /
Bilston, Staffordshire [6th November 1865], the daughter of Thomas
Shepherd, sewing machine dealer
Cooke, George Ref 452-422 Cooke, H. Ref 452-1855 Cooke, James Ref 452-1140 Cooke, James Ref 452-2223 Cooke, James Ref 452-567
Cooke, James Ref 452-2660
Cooke, John Ref 452-345
Isabel was the daughter of Richard Stansfeld
Cooke, Joseph Ref 452-88 Cooke, Joseph Ref 452-1114
Elizabeth [née Slater] was the widow of Samuel Henry Cunliffe
Cooke, Lucy Ref 452-480 Cooke, Richard Ref 452-1913 Cooke, Richard Ref 452-5290
conveying passengers, for hire, in the gig mail driven by him from
Todmorden, he not having a stage carriage licence
Cooke, Richard Ref 452-1128
Cooke, W. Ref 452-1856 Cooke, William Ref 452-2101 Cooke, William Ref 452-47
Cooke, William Ref 452-1272
Ellen was born in Lewes, Sussex
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Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 4721
Cooke surname Ref 452-1
Unattached BMDs for Cooke
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