Gertrude & Thomas COOK

[kanskar]

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=256628.0

Might be a link back from WJT Cook with the Cook family on this thread.

Kanskar

[garlands]

Annette

You spotted  my deliberate mistake!!!

Thanks. I'll make the necessary deletion.

George

[garlands]

Kanskar,

Thank you. I'll follow-up later today and come back to you

[garlands]

Kanskar,

Thanks, I've had a look but I'm afraid there does not appear to be any connection, but thanks again for your interest

[garlands]

Is the T A registered in Hatfield in 1947 definitely the brother of J R? If so, then his BC should reveal his mother's first name.

I'll get a copy of Walter's Will to see if that's any help.

George

[jonw65]

TA born Hatfield is certainly likely to be a son of the Cook couple who later lived at 23 Primrose Avenue. They weren't listed there in the first years after the war. But the Downer family was in the street for some years.

Good luck with the will, good idea to get hold of it while they are so cheap.
John

[garlands]

O K

I'll have a punt on TA and see if I can get a copy of the BC

[garlands]

Will due by e-mail 29th July

BC due for despatch by post 31st

Thumb-twiddling time

George

[garlands]

I now have a copy of the Will

Some facts and some thoughts

1.   In 1988, he’s living in Mudeford with his wife, Maisie Ellen (note the order of her names; is she the Eleanor M DOWNES whom he married in 1938?)
2.   His sons are confirmed as JR and TA
3.   His wife has 2 sons who carry the surname SEAL. Presumably, she was a widow/divorcee, so what was her maiden name?
4.   If Maisie Ellen and Eleanor M are one-and-the-same person, she must be the mother of JR and TA. Who, then, is the Gertrude of 1960?
5.   His wife was still alive when he wrote his Will in 1988. Who, then, is the Eleanor Mary COOK who died in Sep 1982 in Enfield?