Born in Queensland, Australia
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of John Lionel Cook
and Amy (Lawrence) Cook
Sister of
Amy (Cook) Harbourne, Ivy May (Cook) Yates, Ada Annie (Cook) McFie, Grace (Cook) Yarwood, Helen (Cook) Moody, Janet (Cook) Howkins and John Alfred Cook
Wife of
Jesse Henry Thomas O'Brien
— married
26 Jul 1938 in Queensland, Australia
Descendants 
Mother of
[private son (1940s - unknown)]
Died
at age 81
in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia [uncertain]
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| Created 24 Feb 2016
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Biography
Violet (Cook) O'Brien was born in Queensland, Australia
Violet (Cook) O'Brien has English ancestors.
Violet Lily (Cook) O'Brien was born on 19 Mar 1917 in Queensland, Australia. She is the daughter of John Cook and Amy Lawrence. [1]
She married Jesse Henry Thomas O'Brien on 26 Jul 1938 in Queensland, Australia. [2] Jesse died early in a work accident, leaving baby Cliff O'Brien. Violet and Cliff lived at Kalapa with her mother Amy Cook. [3]
Violet Lily Cook O'Brien died on 20 Sep 1998 in Rockhampton, Queensland and was buried in the Rockhampton Memorial Gardens, Rockhampton, Queensland. [4]
Sources
- ↑ Queensland Birth registration: Violet Lily Cook Birth date: 19/03/1917 Mother's name: Amy Lawrence Father/parent's name: John Lionel Cook Queenland Birth Registration details: 1917/C/2946
- ↑ Queensland Marriage registration: Jesse Henry Thomas O'Brien Marriage date: 26/07/1938 Spouse's name: Violet Lily Cook Queensland Marriage Registration 1938/C/3482
- ↑ Oral history, Gloria Kane
- ↑ FindAGrave: Violet Lily Cook O'Brien; Born: 19 Mar 1917 Queensland, Australia; Died: 20 Sep 1998 Rockhampton, Queensland; Cemetery: Rockhampton Memorial Gardens, Rockhampton, Queensland; Find A Grave: Memorial #166538380 accessed: 07 Sep 2022
- FamilySearch Person: GG9L-QVJ
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Violet by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Violet:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Violet by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Violet:
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~25.00%
~25.00%
Gloria (Hawley) Kane 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member gloriakane76
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Peter Kane :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KB8244478 [compare], Ancestry member peterjkane
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~0.78%
Nigel Gillett :
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Peter Kane
Cook-14588 and Cook-14662 appear to represent the same person because: hi owen, your profile probably has more info than mine
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Rejected matches › Violet May Cook (1916-1973) › Violet (Cook) White › Violet C. Cook (1912-) › Violet Gertrude (Cook) Roddy (1906-1990) › Violet May (Collier) Hook (1907-1979) › Violet Ruth (Badgett) Cooke (1917-1994) › Violet Belle Cooke (1921-bef.2013) › Anis Violet (Coke) Satterfield (1910-2002) › Irene Violet (Henton) Cook (1908-2001) › Jessie Violet (Cook) Clark (1927-2009) › Violet L Cook (abt.1920-1921) › Violet Minnie Cook (1908-1908) › Hazel V. (Cooke) Skeggs › Violet Alice (Kokko) Argall (1913-2001) › Edna Violet (Smith) Cook (abt.1911-) › Violet Eunice (Dunbarr) Cook (1921-1966) › Roberta Violet (Cook) Redding (1919-1993) › Violet Louisa (Bowling) O'Brien (1916-1940)
Featured National Park champion connections: Violet is 17 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 20 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 19 degrees from George Catlin, 21 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 29 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 19 degrees from George Grinnell, 25 degrees from Anton Kröller, 19 degrees from Stephen Mather, 18 degrees from Kara McKean, 19 degrees from John Muir, 13 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 32 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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