Hello,
I am hoping that one of you can help me with a problem that is driving me mad! I know several of you enjoy a challenge!
George R Cooke was born in 1859 and through his daughter Ethel I can follow him through the censuses from 1881 to 1911. His POB is given as Hall Green Congleton, Odd Rode Congleton, Hall Green Congleton and lastly Hall Green again. Also in his details the letter R or the name Richard is given.
He married Mary Eliza Hodgkinson in 1880 in Kidsgrove Staffordshire and I have this certificate which says he was 21 and that his father was George Cooke deceased. The witnesses do not throw up any clues.
Having looked at Google maps I see that Odd Rode is only 2 and ½ miles away from Kidsgrove and about 7 miles from Wolstanton. Could he have been registered in Wolstanton? There is a birth there for George Cooke (no R) Dec 1859 in Wolstanton, Staffordshire. I will probably have to buy the birth certificate but do not want to waste money on the wrong one.
So, I need his birth and where he is hiding in 1861 and 1871 which will hopefully show another George as his father and his mother's name.
If anyone can help and put me out of my misery I would be very pleased,
Thank you for reading,
Cheers,
I am hoping that one of you can help me with a problem that is driving me mad! I know several of you enjoy a challenge!
George R Cooke was born in 1859 and through his daughter Ethel I can follow him through the censuses from 1881 to 1911. His POB is given as Hall Green Congleton, Odd Rode Congleton, Hall Green Congleton and lastly Hall Green again. Also in his details the letter R or the name Richard is given.
He married Mary Eliza Hodgkinson in 1880 in Kidsgrove Staffordshire and I have this certificate which says he was 21 and that his father was George Cooke deceased. The witnesses do not throw up any clues.
Having looked at Google maps I see that Odd Rode is only 2 and ½ miles away from Kidsgrove and about 7 miles from Wolstanton. Could he have been registered in Wolstanton? There is a birth there for George Cooke (no R) Dec 1859 in Wolstanton, Staffordshire. I will probably have to buy the birth certificate but do not want to waste money on the wrong one.
So, I need his birth and where he is hiding in 1861 and 1871 which will hopefully show another George as his father and his mother's name.
If anyone can help and put me out of my misery I would be very pleased,
Thank you for reading,
Cheers,
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