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"completed" 1911 census ... Martha COOKE..Birmingham
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:51 pm
by expat66
Could someone please see if there is a Martha COOKE or COOK still alive in 1911 in Birmingham.
I think she may have died the summer of 1911.... so should still be on 1911 census?
She was born around 1844 in Handsworth ( daughter of William and Francis BASSETT)... married to Thomas Henry COOKE, a file cutter.
Martha was widowed by 1901...think I found her then in Lodge Rd, Birmingham...boarding with James and Annie NICHOLL. Martha was there listed as a launderess.
In 1891 she lived on Garbett St, and before that in 1881 Devonshire St, Birmingham
Many thanks
Expat
Re: 1911 census ... Martha COOKE..Birmingham
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:28 pm
by Annie
I can't see a Martha in Birmingham, would she be living alone ?
Annie
Re: 1911 census ... Martha COOKE..Birmingham
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:37 pm
by Annie
These are the one's I have found , let me know if you think any are your Martha.
Annie
Re: 1911 census ... Martha COOKE..Birmingham
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:40 pm
by sparkstopper
Could this be her:
1911 7 Weston Place, Stratford Rd., Sparkbrook, B'ham.
M. COOKE hd. widow, 67 b.B'ham.
Lily COOKE dau. single. 32 Machinist driller in Brass Foundry b. B'ham.
Lily Fletcher G/dau. 24 single .Layer on in Printing Works. b. B'ham.
9 children born alive
4 still living
5 died.
Re: 1911 census ... Martha COOKE..Birmingham
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:06 pm
by sparkstopper
sparkstopper wrote:Could this be her:
1911 7 Weston Place, Stratford Rd., Sparkbrook, B'ham.
M. COOKE hd. widow, 67 b.B'ham.
Lily COOKE dau. single. 32 Machinist driller in Brass Foundry b. B'ham.
Lily Fletcher G/dau. 24 single .Layer on in Printing Works. b. B'ham.
9 children born alive
4 still living
5 died.
Don't think this is Martha....looking at previous
census's looks like this one is MARY.....
Re: 1911 census ... Martha COOKE..Birmingham
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:21 pm
by expat66
Maybe she died before 1911?...& I just picked out the wrong death record.
Could she be in Wolverhampton?...as that is where her family were from before moving to Birmingham?
I know she wasn't living with daughter Harriet or son William in 1911... As I have 1911census for them. Don't know about her other daughters though?
Will dig out their details & add in a minute
Expat
Re: 1911 census ... Martha COOKE..Birmingham
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:34 pm
by expat66
The other 2 daughters I have for Martha are...
Sarah Ann Cooke, who married James Henry Hindley in 1886, they had several children & some of this family ended up in Canada. I don't know where Sarah is in 1911... I would expect her to have a son Gilbert .. He was born around 1905
The other daughter is Mary A Cooke...I don't know where she is after 1881, when she was in the family home on Devonshire St
Don't know whether Martha is with one of them?
Expat
Re: 1911 census ... Martha COOKE..Birmingham
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:59 am
by sparkstopper
Try this one:
1911 11 Park Avenue, Suffrage St. Smethwick.
Martha COOK hd. Widow. 70 Receives Parish Pay. b. Handsworth, Stafford.
6 children born alive
4 living
2 died.
Lodge Rd.(Where she was living in 1901) goes almost to
the border of Smethwick
Re: 1911 census ... Martha COOKE..Birmingham
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:15 pm
by expat66
That one looks promising.....If I am correct...she would still have 4 chldren alive by 1911, though I don't have the 2 that died ( have to see if I can find any record of 2 dying in infancy)
Thanks for your help
Expat
Re: 1911 census ... Martha COOKE..Birmingham
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 5:30 pm
by expat66
OK to archive
Thanks again!
Expat