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Wiltshire / Re: What happened to Worthy CROOK
« on: Friday 08 March 19 14:48 GMT (UK)  »
I would have to check with cousin. It will take me a few days.
I thought it unlikely they were his parents which is why I added the ? They did seem to travel for work especially mining, can understand Wiltshire to South Wales as it’s not such a big hop, but Lancashire?  Unless they sent her away to have the baby?

Thanks for looking it up though.

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Wiltshire / Re: What happened to Worthy CROOK
« on: Friday 08 March 19 09:24 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Rosie

I’ve found an Ann Mellen and Abraham Crook as his possible parents?  It’s not confirmed.
Bax and Lovell were popular middle names in my family.  In Melksham area I read there used to be a Lord Lovell and Lovell House. Maybe they wanted to remember the area where they came from? Also the Braveheart film springs to mind where the Lord demanded rights to sleep with daughter on wedding night but think I’m entering the realms of flights of fantasy here, but who knows? Lovell is a very common middle name in that area.

I’ve attached some research, again it’s not confirmed and why they have question marks after their names.  They were from another relative who’s been doing family history for a while.  As I haven’t got the birth certs or any other certs it’s not confirmed by me.

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Wiltshire / Re: What happened to Worthy CROOK
« on: Thursday 07 March 19 13:45 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Rosie99

A ‘Worthy Crook’ has come up on my dna.  I just don’t know how he’s connected to ‘my Crooks’ yet, I haven’t got back that far.  I’ve attached what’s come up on my dna search under gedcom gen.
my understanding is if you search under your number for a name - what comes up is connected to your dna (I think? that’s how it works?).
Also doing a search on Henry has come up with 11 children which means a lot of searching to find the connection.
Regards Sue

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Wiltshire / Re: What happened to Worthy CROOK
« on: Thursday 07 March 19 12:29 GMT (UK)  »
Yes that’s my Stephen, Absolom and Abraham, my (direct line) grandparents x 3, 4 and 5.
The middle name Lovell has shown up a couple of times too.

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Wiltshire / Re: What happened to Worthy CROOK
« on: Thursday 07 March 19 09:30 GMT (UK)  »
thats great thanks I’m happy to share what I have too, I haven’t gone much further back than Stephen as I’ve only been doing this about 6 months. 
I got engrossed/side tracked in the mining history especially as I live in the same village they lived and worked in.  4 relatives were killed altogether in mining accidents here, so finding out about them has been quite interesting and quite sad.  I’m fascinated that I could quite possibly be walking down the street that they walked to work on.
I don’t have any photos of them, my relatives were the youngest so suspect if there’s any pics the oldest members of the family inherited them.  But I do have photos of the mines and local area.
I’m on ancestry too, my tree isn’t private, so search under Susan Crook and it should pop up.

Have any of you done dna test?

Sue

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Wiltshire / Re: What happened to Worthy CROOK
« on: Thursday 07 March 19 07:09 GMT (UK)  »
I checked for a possible dna link on genesis gedmatch and a couple of Worthy Crooks did pop up in my dna matches.

I haven’t worked out how we are connected but my gtgfx3 Stephen Crook is from Wick and Abson in South Gloucester so I suspect a possible connection there somewhere?

I’ll try and do a bit more searching later today.  I’ve attached what I found so far?

Regards Sue

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Wiltshire / Re: What happened to Worthy CROOK
« on: Wednesday 06 March 19 20:52 GMT (UK)  »
I know this is an old post but my Crooks were from Wiltshire too.  I don’t know if anyone still reads this post, but my Crooks followed the mining work to Monmouthshire.  Please reply if you’re interested.

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Monmouthshire Lookup Requests / Re: Edward Jones and his Wife Sarah Ann (mn Crook)
« on: Wednesday 06 March 19 20:46 GMT (UK)  »
Stephen Crook and Hesther are my gtx3 grandparents. 
I still live in the area they lived and worked in.  Stephen was a fireman in the Risca Blackvein pit.  Stephen lost his son Mark in a mine explosion in 1880.  That’s why he has grand children living with him on the census and the ages look odd as he took in his daughter in law and grand children to live with him.  Both Marks are buried in Risca cemetery (old parish).  I’m not sure where Stephen/Hesther are they might have been buried back in Wiltshire.

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