Good afternoon Rootschatters
My Gt Gt GT Grandparents Stephen Cook b 1811 and Meloney Cook b 1808 were both born in Devon England and had their first 3 children in the Exeter area,
Thomas Cook b 1836
George Cook b 1837
James Cook b 1838
The 1841 census for Guernsey shows them all living in 9 Paris Street, St Peter Port, with additional children
Mary Cook b 1839
Elizabeth Esther Cook b. 1840
Meloney Cook b 1842 all born Guernsey
Stephen Cook's occupation is listed as a shipwright.
the 1851 census has them back in England living and working in Gosport, where they stayed.
What I would like to find out is exactly when they went to Guernsey which is obviously between the births of James and Mary and how long they stayed. Also the reason why they would have migrated specifically to Guernsey. Was there a particular project underway that would require a shipwrights skills?
I will be posting in the look-up requests for the birth dates of the Guernsey born children.
Thank you in anticipation
Wendy
