Early NZ? birth help please Cooke/Cook

[mare]

Hi Lu, thanks for rejoining and Happy 09

Wasn't aware of that baptism myself previously...

Interesting re another Amos and Charlotte nee May marriage 1865 and as you say the William could certainly relate there

Has your UK researcher covered that Lizzie ?  ( uncovered that marriage )

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[mare]

Can't contain myself  Just had to share what I found while clearing out the house of the sister of my late M-I-L over the weekend ....

.... a WHOLE BOOK covering the family lines of Emma Allen who married William Robert Cook the subject of the OP.
Emma was the daughter of Charles Allen and Elizabeth nee Hamblyn so when I saw the title Hamblyn Family History I got rather excited.
Aunt did remember attending a reunion but didn't have much recolllection of names ... they're in the book!
It covers the  Hamblyn history from Plymouth to New Plymouth 1841 to 1976 and is by M. N. Shaw.
The author, Margaret Noeline, appears to have other family history publications also.

There are bound to be other copies out there but I am happy to refer to 'mine'  to answer any queries.

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[Lucy2]

That's wonderful news Mare !   

[And all the "hard yards" done for you too. ]   


Lu

[Lucy2]

Incidentally, I don't know if you ever spotted this ?

It appears to confirm that a "Walter Robert COOK of Brighton" was "the nephew of COOK of Brighton".   

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/

Grey River Argus - 13 April 1880 - page 2 - "Resident Magistrates Court"

and  ...

West Coast Times - 7 September 1880 - "Supreme Court"


Lu

[mare]

Thanks very much for leading me right to those Lu, Liz may have already found it, I abandoned searching the papers on the coast earlier on in the thread after spending hours finding nothing and hadn't been back 

Walter must have thought his uncle would be known by that hotelkeeper in Greymouth then!  ...Walter became a hotelkeeper himself, in Westport
Interesting that the pub doors opened for customers before the banks did! Perhaps they were open all night 

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[pauashell]

  I had heard tell that the pubs on the West Coast never did shut!
How awesome to see all of the help and support you have had here Mare 
Cheers Ev

[mare]

Howdy Ev 

It's a lengthy read but yes as you say really awesome, to start with a few clumsy clues and get so much help and encouragement. Such a bonus having family contacts from info posted in the thread also.... hopefully that will keep coming 

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[Lizzie(ac)]

Hi Lu, Hi Mare,

Yes, I had found those papers in which it seems one of mine was busted doing something he shouldn't.  Oops!!  Hehe.  Have to say I was quite excited - so far it's been disappointing to not find any more skeletons in the closet!  And what a bonus having WR essentially speak from beyond the grave "I'm the nephew of the Cook at Brighton".

I agree Mare, it sounds like Aner was well-known in the area and probably well-respected if WR made a habit of introducing himself as his nephew.

Anyway - thought I'd post a recent update on our research.  Ancestry are always extending/modifying their records, and you can see all the info from a marriage cert without buying it to see whether it's the right one.  It came up with marriage banns for Aner and Charlotte Cook (Will Rob Martin's parents).  Seems that when they married Aner was a widower.  I initially got all exciting thinking that maybe Will Rob was somehow connected to Aner's first marriage, which would explain the blank issue on Aner's and Charlotte's death certificates.  Then I realized the dates don't match.  Not even a little bit.  Nuts.

I'm working at it though.  Still can't find Aner and Char in the 1851 census, so perhaps they were abroad for a while...

Onwards and upwards...

Liz

[mare]

Still working on it quietly too Liz ...

I had seen Aner on the IGI for marriage 1935 prior to his 25.July.1941 marriage to Charlotte Smart,

...Aner Cook spouse Martha Elizabeth Kindred
marriage 26.July.1935 Saint John The Baptist, Shoreditch, London, England

I've assumed it was him, though haven't had a census lookup as yet.

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