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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Derbyshire => England => Derbyshire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: Mike E on Sunday 21 February 10 21:57 GMT (UK)
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I am looking for birth details on my GGG grandfather, James Cook (sometimes spelt Cooke) born about 1789/91 in Overseal (in Leicestershire at that time but now part of Derbyshire and records are located in the Matlock Archives). He was later a blacksmith in Higham on the Hill, Leicestershire.
Please could some kind person also look to see if he was married to Sarah (surname unknown) in Overseal or thereabouts around 1815/17?
Many thanks
Mike
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It may seem odd to reply to my own post! ::) However, I am pleased to have found a possible baptism for James Cook in a transcription on another website: baptism St Peter's Overseal, 20th March 1791, son of John and Ann.
However, I still don't have a marriage between James Cook and Sarah, probably about 1815 in Overseal or Netherseal. Can anybody help with these parish records, please?
... and since the above is a transcription, does anyone have easy access to the microfilms to confirm, please?
Mike
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Hi,
Have you tried Brett Paynes derbyshire site it has some fantastic reseach on it and Brett is really helpful if ou email him.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brett/sdindex.htm
I live in Netherseal and if you need any grave look ups i would be happy to help, hope the link above is helpful.
All the best Sharon
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Just a suggestion as James appears to be a Widower in 1841 Census is it possible Sarah was not from Leics?
There is this possible Marriage in the right time-frame in Derbys.
James COOK
Sarah RENSHAW, 08 April 1816, North Wingfield, Derby, England
( extracted record IGI)
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Have you been in contact with the person on Ancestry with this family in their Tree?
They have James marrying Sarah MARSTON, (1795-1840) in Nuneaton, Warwickshire 17 August 1812.
She is related to Samuel Cook 1826-1889
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Hi,
Have you tried Brett Paynes derbyshire site it has some fantastic reseach on it and Brett is really helpful if ou email him.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brett/sdindex.htm
I live in Netherseal and if you need any grave look ups i would be happy to help, hope the link above is helpful.
All the best Sharon
Hi Sharon -
Thanks very much for this link - in fact I found the possible birth information from Brett Payne's parish pages. I haven't found anything further - but I may need to search his excellent resources more.
I am grateful too for your kind offer to look up locally - I may well come back to you on that, as I am in the Channel Islands and it's a bit difficult to 'pop over' to Derbyshire.
For the record, the information I already have on James Cook is:
James Cook
Birth Date: 1789/1791 Overseal, Leics
Christen Date: 20 Mar 1791 St Peter, Netherseal (source: Brett Payne website)
Death Date: 1861 Hinckley Union Work House aged 72 yrs
Burial Date: 12 Sep 1861 Higham on the Hill (from parish register)
Occupation: Blacksmith
Father: John Cook
Mother: Ann
Spouse (1): Sarah Marriage Date: estimated about 1815 ?
Death before 1841 (? Higham parish register records a possible burial 1838 ?*)
Children:
John 1817 (from Higham parish register)
Alice 1819 (IGI)
Sarah 1821 (IGI)
Samuel 1825 (IGI)
Jane 1829 (IGI)
Elizabeth 1830 (IGI) (?died before 1841 - not on census)
Eliza 1833 (IGI)
Spouse (2): Mary ? error (from Higham register)
Children: James 1835 *
Notes:
1841 census Parish house no.6 Higham on the Hill
James Cook 50 blacksmith Y
Jane 12 Y
Eliza 8 Y
James 5 Y
1851 census Rowden Hamlet,
James Cook 60 Blacksmith wid. b.Leics, Overseal??
1861 census Hinckley Union House
'JC' widr 72 yrs Blacksmith born: Overseal [initials only given]
Mike
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Just a suggestion as James appears to be a Widower in 1841 Census is it possible Sarah was not from Leics?
There is this possible Marriage in the right time-frame in Derbys.
James COOK
Sarah RENSHAW, 08 April 1816, North Wingfield, Derby, England
( extracted record IGI)
Trish - thanks. Yes, it is quite possible either of the marriages you mention are right - both are fairly nearby. It would be really helpful if anyone local could kindly check the registers for more details, if any.
Mike