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Hi Gabby - this is also my husband's family and I have more information, but am struggling with Fergusons. My husband's grandmother was Margaret Ferguson, sister of Elizabeth who married Charles Allen Copeland in 1899 in Fleetwood. I know one of their children was daughter Louie (my father in law cousin) who married Fred Todd and they lived in Methuen Avenue, Fulwood Preston. Fred died in 1963.

There are so many Cooke's and possibly some surnames spelt Cook, just need to sort out the links. William Cooke & John Cooke - we believe twins - born 1821. John married Mary Elizabeth Cooke (b1822), and one of their daughters, Alice Elizabeth Cooke, b1866, (they had two of this name, one died) married Thomas William Cooke, b1865, in 1892, witnesses were Walter Sandford Taylor and Mary Emma Cooke. We think Mary Emma was Alice's niece. John Cooke's parents were William and Mary, and Mary Elizabeth Cooke's parents were Charles Cooke and Alice Sandford, born c1872.
Hope this gives you a flavour of the family. Most were farmers around Alkington, Wolverley, Lacon, Wem and Loppington although John Cooke was a butcher in Aston Street, Wem in 1881 census.

Does anyone have any records or connections to Cooke family in Loppington?

Very interested in your post. I am searching for all the Cooke family in Loppington and Wem (as well as Whitchurch) and have found several in the area - also in Alkington and Wolverley Hall (our relatives). We recently moved to the area ourselves and I'm really keen to find family matches