Missing wife of William Cooke, Chesterfield

[sp1jpe]

I was recently given very good leads on this forum, and would like to ask for further help. William Cooke (Bapt Whittington 1822) appears in the censuses 1851-1881 as married, but no wife is present. There is a possible marriage (William Cooke/Hannah Mettam, Whittington, 1847), but I failed today on Ancestry to find a possible Hannah Cook(e) in the censuses; there was at least one of that name, but she was with her husband. The Ancestry site crashed several times (accessed via public library), and I may have missed some possibilities. In 1871 William was living with Rebecca Thorley in Newbold, and they had a daughter who is the ancestor I am investigating (Rebecca led a complicated life). If anyone can find the missing wife (who may not have been called Hannah), I would be delighted; or alternatively, does anyone have suggestions as to where she could have been for over 30 years?
Many thanks
JohnE

[keyboard86]

Hi watching football, but their were also marriages at St Mary & All Saints Chesterfield

1844 William Cooke to Phillis Walker
1847 William Cooke to Caroline Bostock
1849 William Cooke to Ann Reddish

Just throwing these in as alternatives ok!
Keyboard86

[SmallTownGirl]

Where is William living in 1851-81 and does he have [his] children living with him?  If so, perhaps the baptismal register might have the mother's name in.

Just a thort.

STG

[trish1120]

A Tree has the William who Married Hannah Mettam dying in NSW, Australia 1875 age 61

Christenings for William/Hannah in Whittington are on Familysearch.
1861 in Whittington we have;
William COOKE, 46
Hannah, 35
Henry, 9
Thomas, 3
Jane, 3mths

They had a Hannah 1850, buried same year/Hannah 1854 buried same year/Richard 1855 buried 1859

1871 William/Hannah/Thomas/Jane are still in Whittington. William is born c 1815 Staveley.

1851 William/Hannah are with his Father RICHARD in Whittington.

Is your William down as Mar, Coal Miner, with Parents THOMAS/ ELIZABETH born c 1824 Whittington. Living in Newbold in 1851?

Trish

[trish1120]

Marriage;
16 March 1847, Chesterfield, Derbyshire;
William COOKE, Father THOMAS Cooke
Caroline BOSTOCK, Father ..ERVASE Bostock
Both Single
That would likely be Gervase, Source of Record Familysearch.Org

[trish1120]

1841 Census Caroline Bostock is born c 1828 and is living with Parents GERVASE/ELIZABETH in Chesterfield.

?
Caroline COOK, born c 1828 Wittington, Derbyshire, Mar, Housekeeper, Labourers Wife.
In the Household of  John Spotswood.
Living in Handsworth, Yorkshire
With her Children;
Halfortina Cook, 4, born Wittington, Derbyshire***
Jemima Cook, 2, born Worsperdale, Yorkshire

EDIT***;
Probable Birth Reg;
Sept 1847
COOKE,  Albertina, Chesterfield, 19 439

Also in 1841 Census Caroline has a Sister Jemima.

[suzard]

.....and in 1841 Caroline Bostock is living next door but one to Thomas & Elizabeth Cooke!

Suz

[trish1120]

 
didnt notice that!

I cant find any of them after 1851 Census, Caroline/Albertina/Jemima or John Spotswood.
Maybe immigrated?

[suzard]

I wondered that too.

Suz