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Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 67 Send Message	sebastian	Report	7 Oct 2012 11:05
Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 67 Send Message	Hi, I am trying to find info on John Colston Cook, especially his parents. John was born abt 1889 in Bristol and married Mabel Barrett. I think his parents were George Cook and Elizabeth Jane Stephens but I can't verify it without buying a cert. Any help would be appreciated. Regards, Seb
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	7 Oct 2012 11:09
	What info do you already have such as census ?
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Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 67 Send Message	sebastian	Report	7 Oct 2012 11:10
Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 67 Send Message	I have done a search on ancestry and the best (top) matches are 1891 - St phillip and St Jacobs - 14 Little Ann Street 1901 - St phillip and St Jacobs - 8 buck street Marriage - 1912 - to Mabel Barrett I know this is correct
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 12,081 Send Message	Andrew	Report	7 Oct 2012 11:13
	At least he has a middle initial Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriages Dec 1912 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Barrett Mabel Cook Bristol 6a 336 Cook John C Barrett Bristol 6a 336 Andy
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	7 Oct 2012 11:17
	Only finding this one with that middle name Name: John Colston Cook Birth Date: 11 Nov 1913 Date of Registration: May 1999 Age at Death: 85 Registration district: Bristol Inferred County: Gloucestershire Register Number: I14C District and Subdistrict: 3011I Entry number: 168
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	7 Oct 2012 11:19
	Are you guessing his year of birth ?? Name: John C Cook Birth Date: abt 1889 Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1951 Age at Death: 62 Registration district: Bristol Inferred County: Gloucestershire Volume: 7b Page: 211
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 12,081 Send Message	Andrew	Report	7 Oct 2012 11:21
	Possibly a brother? England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Edward Colston Cook Name: Edward Colston Cook Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1886 Registration district: Barton Regis Inferred County: Gloucestershire Volume: 6a Page: 73 (click to see others on page) Andy
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	7 Oct 2012 11:22
	Good spot Andy
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 67 Send Message	sebastian	Report	7 Oct 2012 11:22
Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 67 Send Message	Yes, according to the census. ?The first record you displayed was his son (also named John Colston Cook). The 2nd record and the census date his birth at around 1889/1890
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	7 Oct 2012 11:25
	1891 just having a look around Name: Edward C Cook Age: 4 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1887 Relation: Son Father's Name: William Jas Cook Mother's Name: Martha Cook Gender: Male Where born: Bristol Civil parish: St James and St Paul Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrews Town: Bristol County/Island: Gloucestershire Country: England Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Barton Regis Sub-registration district: Ashley ED, institution, or vessel: 15 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 1972 Folio: 10 Page Number: 14 Household Members: Name Age William Jas Cook 49 Martha Cook 46 William S W Cook 21 Emma B Cook 19 Mildred G Cook 17 George R Cook 16 Elsie Cook 14 Arthur E Cook 12 Harold H Cook 10 Ralph S Cook 8 Grace E Cook 5 Edward C Cook 4 Llewellyn Cook 3 1911 not convinced right family Name: William James Cook Age in 1911: 69 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842 Relation to Head: Head Gender: Male Birth Place: Gloucestershire Civil parish: Bristol County/Island: Gloucestershire Country: England Street Address: 7 Belvoir Rd, Montpelier, St Andrews, Bristol, Glos Marital Status: Married Occupation: Unemployed Traveller Registration district: Bristol Registration District Number: 319 Sub-registration district: Ashley ED, institution, or vessel: 10 Household schedule number: 270 Piece: 15068 Household Members: Name Age William James Cook 69 William James Cook 66 Emma Bucknall Cook 39 Arthur Edgar Cook 31 Harold Howard Cook 29 Grace Ethel Cook 25 Llewellyn Cook 23
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 67 Send Message	sebastian	Report	7 Oct 2012 11:27
Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 67 Send Message	I would be surprised if they gave their sons the smae middle name? I guess it may have been possible, but I notice he does not appear on your 1891 info Glitterbaby. I was wondering if Colston had any significance (a grandparents surname possibly?)
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 12,081 Send Message	Andrew	Report	7 Oct 2012 11:30
	I think you are going to have to get the marriage cert. Andy
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	7 Oct 2012 11:30
	You really need the marriage cert to confirm his age and occupation and that of his father then it might be possible to find the right one in 1911 and earlier census
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	7 Oct 2012 11:32
	Where someone married is not really any indication of where they were born Do you know when he died ?
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 67 Send Message	sebastian	Report	7 Oct 2012 11:33
Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 67 Send Message	I do have some other info (looking through my notes). He had at least 2 sisters, one named Rose and one named Eva/Ava
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	7 Oct 2012 11:38
	How do you know that he had sisters? What actual evidence do you have or this based on what census info you think you have found ?
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 67 Send Message	sebastian	Report	7 Oct 2012 11:40
Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 67 Send Message	Sorry I should have said. John Colston was the father of my partner's grandfather. He remembers to aunties named Rose and possibly Ava. I found on one census the parents George and Elizabeth Jane and they had John, Rose and Emma amongst others. Unfortunately he does not remember his grandfather
Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 67 Send Message	sebastian	Report	7 Oct 2012 12:18
Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 67 Send Message	Does anyone know the cheapest and quickest palce to get a copy cert?
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	7 Oct 2012 12:32
	No cheap way You need to register first https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/register.asp?UserType=Individual
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 2,869 Send Message	HeyJudeB4Beatles	Report	7 Oct 2012 12:40
	Sebastian - you ought to have kept this on your thread about George Cook and Elizabeth Jane Stephens Jude
	Researching: Cording/Llewellyn/Hyde/Homer/Pattie/Irvine/Hunt/Mead

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