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Hi All   Have just come across this site and chats. I am Jack (John) Musgrove. My Grandmother was Alice Crook, daughter of Charles Croke/Crook, son of Michael Croake, son of Dominick. On a recent trip to UK, I visited the Islington & St. Pancras cemetery in E. Finchley. Three Crooks, and one Musgrove are buried there, which includes Charles ‘Dominio’ Crook. My Gt. G’father was a professional vocalist. I was always led to believe they were a well to do Catholic family, but found all four were buried in communal graves, Charles with 8 other people. I only knew of him as Charles, until I found the burial, with Dominio added. Seeing Michaels father, ‘Dominick’ leads to believing that this is where the name comes from. (Spelling errors maybe) Michael is listed on the 1871 census as Croake, yet his wife and kids are Croak. Charles’ marriage cert. is Croke, but on my G’mothers birth it’s Crook. We initially thought, as a professional vocalist, Croke wasn’t a good name, and he’d changed it to Crook, but don’t believe that now.