The Cook tree I found on Ancestry gave me his passing and then the electoral roll in Australia seemed to confirm his residence prior to that.
Presumably the Cook tree has sent me down the wrong road especially as I suppose Cook is a fairly common name; I'd thought as they've photos on their tree of the couple that the tree owner had family knowledge but seems not?
Hi Cr ... I'm guessing then that you haven't actually been in touch personally with the COOK tree owner (@ ancestry) to ask further questions ??
Unfortunately, just because a tree appears on one of these family history sites, or the internet in general, it's not a guarantee that all the information it contains, is correct.
When I glanced at the COOK trees @ ancestry, a few things didn't quite add up for me (and I only had limited knowledge of the family). And in part, that is what caused me to look further at Australian records (
having though already found your couple in Auckland, NZ, in 1978 and 1981).
As mentioned previously, the only Arthur Frederick COOK at Surfers Paradise shared an address for a time with a Rose Lavinia COOK (d. 2014 aged 93 - thanks to an AUS RootsChatter for the heads up on Rose's death. The Ryerson Newspaper Index in Australia reveals there is a funeral/death notice for Rose. ) [Have no idea if this man was her husband / or a son, as unable to locate death record or other for him in 1993.]
Certainly it appears they were both naturalised in NZ in 1979.
Yes, to Naturalisation in New Zealand in November 1979 ... (there's no disputing that).
Another thing you haven't mentioned, is a child or children of Arthur F. and Miriam COOK ... and if I recall, I didn't see mention of this in the online COOK trees ?? [Need to re-check. ]
Have some info I will send to you via a personal message, because of the very real possibility that the persons concerned are still living.
~ Lu