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,m trying to trace his children who would have all been fairly young when he died.I have a list of 5 boys.I will check my info and see what it says on funeral card.I have met a relative of his,this chap would have been his nephew.all through this site too.we are still in touch now,hes in his late 80,s...I know village he was born in and where hes buried...and maybe I might find his granchildren????who knows.I have a picture of him in his ww1 uniform...

This is the youngest Death on Freebdm, but seems to old to have served in WW1
Deaths Sep 1925
Cook Henry 56 Tewkesbury 6a 440

Hello Jackie, when you say you're trying to find his family do you mean his parents, siblings and back over?

You say you have his funeral card - what sort of information does it give? e.g. church, date, age, etc

Do you know when and where he was born?

As Ingrid says earlier, Harry is a very common nickname for the names Henry and Harold. In his case it's Henry as his marriage was registered in his "proper" name.

Jackie
Do you have his Birth date off his records?

Henry's are often known as Harry . he married with his correct name but guess the records after that show his name as he was known ie Harry. I certainly wouldnt worry about the name difference.

Shirley you are a star,thankyou so much...Harry died abt 1925 but his war record says wounded...gas....wonder if that contributed to his death???yet to find his death notice.all I know is hes buried in Alderton,Gloucs..The list I,ve got from family had him down as Harry,his mum had 17 children...his funeral card also says HARRY?????

Name: Mabel A K Cook
Death Registration Month/Year: 1957
Age at death (estimated): 68
Registration district: Chesterfield
Inferred County: Derbyshire
Volume: 3a
Page: 101

Jackie

Harry is a pet name for Henry.
The 1911 Census was taken on Sunday 2 April, 1911, so he may well have still been at home.

Cheers

census was taken on the night of Sunday 2nd April 1911 so he would still be single.

according to 1911 census he was single & still living at home..depending on when census was taken???

just found the other one too already posted,. looks more the correct one

thankyou,so could his name have been written down wrong??????

wonder if he was already married but he used his marriage as a fact for his Army record

Name: Henry Crook
Year of Registration: 1911
[1911]
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Cheltenham
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 961
spouse either
Jane Chambers or Caroline Corbett

Edit : nope not this one I misread his surname as CRook not Cook

Found this marriage on FreeBDM

Marriages Dec 1911
Brookes Mabel A K Cheltenham 6a 967
Cook Henry Cheltenham 6a 967


Cheers

I am trying to find the family of a Harry Cook who died in 1925.His wife was a Mabel Brookes[brooks] and by my research they had 5 boys between 1913 & 1925.On his WW1 records they were down as marrying in St Pauls in Cheltenham in 1911,but I can find no record of it.Could they have lied & were living in sin?????Anyone got any ideas????