Bert Oliver Gookey

[simmonssearch]

Hi many thanks to Kgarrad & Keyboard86 for help with Henry George Simmons.
My next post is for the surname Gookey and a total mystery.
We have a WW1 discharge document for Bert Oliver Gookey Royal Engineer sapper No 325636
He enlisted 2/3/1916 at Islington aged 18y, 5m.
The surname is VERY rare and we have traced all Gookey entries from the GRO but this man has not shown up anywhere and certainly does not show on the 1901 census nor the 1911 census, there is no Birth, Marriage, or death for him but the name on  the docs is plainly GOOKEY.
so can anyone throw some light on this please.

[JJen]

Hi,

This could be a possibility -

1901 -

Alice Mason   32 b. Hampstead, London
Eva Mason   17 b. Islington, London
Ernest Mason   15 b. Islington, London
Frederick Mason   10 b. Islington, London
John Mason   7 b. Islington, London
Bertie Mason   son 3 b. Islington, London

RG13 Piece 182 Folio 52 Page 5

Birth record -

Bertie Oliver Mason
Date of Registration - q4 1898
Registration District - Islington
Volume 1b Page 284

Looking now for the marriage of Alice Mason to a Gookey 

JJ

[Manchester Rambler]

There is also this birth registration which might be interesting:

Births Jun 1897
POCOCK  Bert Oliver G        
Edmonton 3a 354

Perhaps he was illegitimate, and G = Gookey?

Rambler

Added - not sure, as there seems to be a possible match for him in 1901 with married parents.  :/

[JJen]

On Bert's Service Record he gives an address of 340 Goswell Road, Islington.

The 1920 London Electoral Register has a John William Gookey, Lydia Alice Gookey and Bert Oliver Gookey living at 340 Goswell Road, Islington.

JJ

[rutht22000]

On the Mason/Gookey point there is a John Albert Mason lving with that same Gookey 'family' on the 1924 electoral role at 340 Goswell Road.

[rutht22000]

There is also this birth registration which might be interesting:

Births Jun 1897
POCOCK  Bert Oliver G        
Edmonton 3a 354

Perhaps he was illegitimate, and G = Gookey?

Rambler

Added - not sure, as there seems to be a possible match for him in 1901 with married parents.  :/

Looks like he is Bert Oliver George Pocock  - 1939 electoral role in Edmonton - who married Rosalie Rebecca Pritchard in 1919 in Cornwall so possibly can be discounted?

[Manchester Rambler]

Looks like he is Bert Oliver George Pocock  - 1939 electoral role in Edmonton - who married Rosalie Rebecca Pritchard in 1919 in Cornwall so possibly can be discounted?

Yes - the birth reg looked possible, but I think it's a red herring.  The Mason connection looks much more promising.

[rutht22000]

Hi,

This could be a possibility -

1901 -

Alice Mason   32
Eva Mason   19
Ernest Mason   15
Frederick Mason   10
John Mason   7
Bertie Mason   son 3 b. Islington, London

RG13 Piece 182 Folio 52 Page 5

Birth record -

Bertie Oliver Mason
Date of Registration - q4 1898
Registration District - Islington
Volume 1b Page 284

Looking now for the marriage of Alice Mason to a Gookey 

JJ

Good hit Jen

1911 - census - he is Bertie Mason, mother married a  ? Gookey as a second marriage.

[rutht22000]

182 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross (RG14 898)

John Gookey, Head, 29, Carman, born Islington
Alice Gookey, Wife, 37, born Hampstead
John Mason, Step Son, 16, Mill Hand, born Islington
Bert Mason, Step Son, 12, School, born Islington
Percy Gookey, Son, 7, School, born Stoke Newington
Alfred Gookey, Son, 5, School, born Islington
Alice Gookey, Dau, 3, born Islington
Rowland Gookey, Son, 1, born Islington

now where does he go after the electoral roles in the 1920s