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John Crooks death
« on: Saturday 31 March 12 12:43 BST (UK) »
John Crooks was born 1855 in Pleasley, Mansfield. He married in Sheffield to Julia in 1876. and stayed in Sheffield the rest of his life.
He was a groom, coachman, ostler and family story has it he was kicked to death by a horse. We cannot find his death. His wife is married in 1901 but we cannot find him so he could be in hospital.
By 1911 Julia is a widow. 

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Re: John Crooks death
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 31 March 12 12:55 BST (UK) »
The free index to the 1911 census suggests that a John Crooks matching his description may have been in the Worksop area.  Perhaps the story of a fatal equine accident was a concoction to cover up for Julia's having been abandoned?
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: John Crooks death
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 31 March 12 13:01 BST (UK) »
There is also a death of a 78-yr-old John Crooks in Mansfield in Mar qtr 1933 - a possibility if he had gone back to his roots?
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)
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