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Re: Early NZ? birth help please Cooke/Cook
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 11 December 07 21:59 GMT (UK) »
Hi Mare

  .... just for starters  ....

Charlotte SMART married Aner COOK
25 July 1841
St. Mary's Islington, London, ENG

[Source:  IGI  - Familysearch]

I think your man "William Robert", perhaps born England?

Still searching  ...

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Re: Early NZ? birth help please Cooke/Cook
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 11 December 07 22:50 GMT (UK) »
Hi, if you wish to send for a certificate for the above marriage the details are on FreeBMD
thanks Christine
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Re: Early NZ? birth help please Cooke/Cook
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 11 December 07 23:52 GMT (UK) »
As Christine says, marriage appears on FreeBMD  ... was hoping too that this same source might reveal a birth for William Robert COOK .... I haven't found anything, but you may like to take a look Mare ?

...  the following (from IGI) ... maybe there's a family link ?

>   Aner COOK (female) b. 5 March 1861
     Chr.  17 March 1861 - Saint Lukes, Old St, Finsbury, London
     Parents:  Abraham Robert COOK and Anna Maria ?
   

>   Abraham Robert COOK married Anna Maria SMART
     15 November 1841 - Old Church, St. Pancras, London

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Re: Early NZ? birth help please Cooke/Cook
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 12 December 07 00:05 GMT (UK) »
Nice work Bunny   :)   ...  finding the abovementioned site!

I've managed to open "marriages" files (COOK & COOKE) -
the marriage of William Robert Martin COOK and Emma ALLEN
appears in the "COOK" section.

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Re: Early NZ? birth help please Cooke/Cook
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 12 December 07 01:58 GMT (UK) »
Hi Mare

Having now found the Aner COOK / Charlotte SMART marriage, I get the feeling  that William Robert COOK was perhaps born, Brighton, ENGLAND ?

Some "online" activities for you : -

1)    Certainly contact the person who has posted the COOK / COOKE  BDM info ~ there may just be a link to your family ?

2)     William Robert COOK  ~  "possibly Superintendent of Napier Prison"   ...  this job sounds like the pinnacle of a career  .... perhaps William retired in Napier ?

(a)    Check for a burial in Napier
       http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shipstonz/cemeteries.html
(see Napier City Council link)

(b)     Napier Library may have information about the Prison and its employees ?

3)    UK Census  -  post "look-ups" at RootsChat UK
(keep the details brief ... good idea to have a look first to see how others have worded their enquiries) :

  >    1841  -  you may find Aner COOK ?

  >    1851 / 1861 /1871 - search for Aner, Charlotte and family.

Good luck ...  we look forward to learning what you've discovered.      :)

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Re: Early NZ? birth help please Cooke/Cook
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday 12 December 07 02:07 GMT (UK) »
... not sure why the cemeteries link is not highlighted ?

Try again

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shipstonz/cemeteries

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Re: Early NZ? birth help please Cooke/Cook
« Reply #15 on: Wednesday 12 December 07 02:33 GMT (UK) »
Hi, just to make this even harder Lucy2 is there a Brighton in Australia???

They could have gone England - Australia - New Zealand
or William Robert Martin Cooke could have arrived here by himself,
this is just an idea for I can not find a Aner or Charlotte Cook/Cooke
anywhere in any New Zealand records.

What do you think???
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Re: Early NZ? birth help please Cooke/Cook
« Reply #16 on: Wednesday 12 December 07 03:28 GMT (UK) »
Hi Christine      :)

Yes,  there are at least  FIVE "Brightons" in AUS  !   (And ... something I didn't know ...   a Brighton near Dunedin) !

The family moving from ENG to AUS is a real possibility ... I only did a fleeting check of records there ... perhaps Mare could have a closer look ?

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Re: Early NZ? birth help please Cooke/Cook
« Reply #17 on: Wednesday 12 December 07 08:30 GMT (UK) »
hello

 :o

 So quickly done there Lu  8) with contributions from Christine and Bunny

really showing me up on my research "skills" and I have looked at quite a lot of online Family History sites etc. ( do get a bit distracted tho' - just like going to put something in a cupboard and stopping to tidy the cupboard - I end up reading lots I didn't start out to look at ::)  )

10 sparkley stars awarded for that and please take a share of my delight.

Great to see those UK marriages of Aner and Charlotte, and his brother and her sister marrying amazing enough bonus without the brother calling his daughter Aner!!! So that's an interesting tradition in the family????

AND did William start adding the E   ???  I did notice on the marriage printout there was only a line beside the k like the start of an e.

So many questions for me but wonderful information.
OH came home midday and couldn't help peeking at what was coming in and is chuffed too.

(Robert) William, for some reason I keep wanting to refer to him as Robert was known as Charlie probably came here by himself I'm thinking. Unsure of his age as both ages marriage and Aners birth certs might be incorrect, partly why I didn't want to keep going back through Wellington for search until I knew a bit more.

Plenty to work on for now eh :) :) :)  Mare
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