Hi,
Some more thoughts and a couple more questions, (perhaps rhetorical, but offered anyways
)...
Re info on NSW m.c. for Edith’s children. I explain ... I am currently looking at a NSW m.c. from 1930’s. The bride’s mother’s details show as (names altered, but I hope I am explaining OK) Mary White, laterly Brown, formerly Jones, nee Smith. (bride’s father was Jones, deceased).
So, on the m.c.s for Edith’s children, How is Edith notated please?.
Re electoral rolls ... I explain ....I have had a close look at the NSW ER 1913, for the Electorate of Redfern, polling place Redfern. I cannot find either Robert or Edith there. I can see others (different surnames) in Walker St, Waterloo in that electorate, but none surnamed Crook, and of course it was not yet compulsory to vote.
So, where was the child born who is indexed on the NSW BDM online as born 1906 to Robert J and Edith M?
Or perhaps more importantly, where were each of the children married?
If in NSW, then perhaps the electoral rolls held by the NSW State Library may help you to find if Edith was living nearby at the times her children were marrying. The ERs pre computerisation of the rolls were printed off into each electorate and then within the electorate by surname. It would be easier (but still time consuming) to look through one particular electorate rather than the entire state of NSW to find someone with the same address.
Many of the historic electoral rolls are held at the State Library of NSW, Family History Section, Macquarie St, Sydney. From the NSW SRO’s online Archives In Brief 5 - Electoral rolls I read
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0f35/ “Any research into electoral rolls should take into account the fact that they were not updated every year, but names are listed alphabetically by division until 1990. After 1990 it is possible to obtain a listing that is alphabetical by state.”Finally, re Sweden ... this could well be way off track, but I noticed on the NSW SRO index that a Charles CROOK, born SWEDEN, was naturalised, but that was back in 5 May 1875 ...
Fingers crossed this is helpful.
Cheers, JM