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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
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Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 5 Send Message	Vivan	Report	16 Nov 2008 21:49
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 5 Send Message	widow annie merga had four children by john james cook from 1903,living in atherton,lancs.can find no record of marraige.does anyone know anything or do i presume they did not marry viv
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 4,475 Send Message	Janice	Report	16 Nov 2008 22:27
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 4,475 Send Message	Didn't find what you wanted but did find this: Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1925 MERGA Edith Annie GALLEY Raymond Atherton St. John The Baptist Registers at Wigan & Leigh If it's a daughter, then she's got her mother's name as her surname.
Member Since: September 2007 Posts: 1,798 Send Message	Tania	Report	16 Nov 2008 22:34
	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Jun 1903 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MERGA Ernest Cook Leigh 8c 355 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Jun 1904 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merga Margaret Liverpool 8b 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Sep 1904 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merga Maud Cook Leigh 8c 327 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Dec 1904 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merga Louis Joseph W. Derby 8b 598 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Mar 1906 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merga Agnes W. Derby 8b 526 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Jun 1906 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merga Emily Cook Leigh 8c 341 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Sep 1908 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merga James Cook Leigh 8c 345 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Jun 1909 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MERGA Elsie Leigh 8c 327 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 5,764 Send Message	lancashireAnn	Report	16 Nov 2008 22:45
	one of the birth cerificates of those with a middle name of Cook should confirm they did not marry (at least before 1908)
	Researching: Liverpool (Cartwright, Chambers, Miller), Todmorden (Sutcliffe, Mallison), Abergavenny (Watkins, Prosser)
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 4,475 Send Message	Janice	Report	16 Nov 2008 22:48
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 4,475 Send Message	Some marriages: Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1929 MERGA Emily Cook GREEN Ernest Leigh Register Office Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1932 MERGA James Cook TUNSTALL Catherine Atherton St. John The Baptist

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