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Registrants for name: COOKE
| Name | Country | More Information | |
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| Malcolm Cooke | fhm@metropolis.co.uk | UNITED KINGDOM | I cannot trace the date or birthplace of my 4x great-grandfather George Cooke. I know he married Mary Ann Newhouse on 21st March 1791 at St Mary, Chatham. They had three children, all baptised at St Mary’s: George, born 1792; Mary Ann, 1793; and William Frederick, 1795. He was buried at St Mary’s on 5th December 1795 (no age given). He was a bricklayer so possibly he was drawn into the area by the building work going on in Chatham Dockyard at the end of the 18th century. I would be most … |
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