Born before in East Kennett, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jeremiah Cook
and Mary Jane (Sutton) Cook
Sister of
Elijah Cook, Charlotte (Cook) Wood, Jane (Cooke) Fleay, Henry Cook, Phoebe (Cook) Wallace, Sarah (Cook) Grover, John Cook, Mary Ellen (Cook) Hale, Harriet Cook and Henry Randall [half]
Wife of
Alexander Dewar
— married
27 Nov 1838 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Descendants 
Mother of
Ann (Dewar) Knapp, Mary Jane (Dewar) Thompson, Janet (Dewar) Bone, Elizabeth (Dewar) Brandis, Margaret Jane Dewar, Margaret Jane (Dewar) Webber, John Dewar, Ellen Dewar, Jane Dewar and Alexander Dewar
Died
after age 68
in Chapman, Western Australia, Australia
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Biography
Elizabeth was born in East Kennet, Wiltshire and baptised there on 3 August 1823.[1] She was the daughter of Jeremiah Cook and Mary Sutton.
She came to Western Australia with her parents on the Drummore, arriving on 1 February 1831.[2]
She married Alexander Dewar on 27 November 1838 in Perth.[3] They had ten children over the next 24 years.
Victorian Express (Geraldton, WA : 1878 - 1894), Friday 8 January 1892, page 2
DEWAR.—On January 1st, 1892, at her daughter's residence, Chapman, ELIZABETH DEWAR, wife of the late Alexander Dewar of the Greenough Flats. Aged 69 years.[4]
Sources
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPLP-VTL : 6 December 2014, Elisabeth Cook, 03 Aug 1823); citing East Kennet, Wiltshire, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 6,115,313.
- ↑ The Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888. [compiled by Rica Erickson], https://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/bicentennial-dictionary
- ↑ "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTZD-HPY : 28 January 2020), Elizabeth Cooke in entry for Alexander Dewar, 1838.
- ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212533530
- West Aust death registration #61/1892, aged 69
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth:
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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Mark Dorney
Cook-31193 and Cook-8377 appear to represent the same person because: Spouse, birth and death details the same
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Susan (Pearson) Brandis
Cook-18751 and Cook-8377 appear to represent the same person because: Obvious duplicate
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by Susan (Pearson) Brandis
Susan (Pearson) Brandis
I have added correct information for Elizabeth Dewar according to sources.
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by Susan (Pearson) Brandis
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