Derwent Keith Cook (1907 - 1966)

Born 15 Nov 1907 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Kathleen Grace Daley — married 26 Jul 1932 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Descendants

Died 20 Dec 1966 at age 59 in Goodwood, Tasmania, Australia

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Birth

Keith Derwent Cook was born on 15th November, 1907 at Macquarie Street, Hobart. His parents were Andrew Cook & Sarah Elizabeth Cash (1)

Keith Derwent was married to Kathleen Grace Daley on the 26th July, 1932 at the Registrar General's Office, Hobart. (2) At the time Kathleen was working at the Freemasons Hotel as a kitchen hand and Keith was a regular drinker there.

After they married they moved to South Hobart where they had 4 children.

• Betty Doreen Cook (1933 - 2005)

• Geoffrey Keith Cook (1934 - 1996)

• John Desmond Cook (1935 - )

• Graeme Edwin Cook (1937 - )

Keith died on the 20th December, 1966 at Goodwood, suffering a heart attack after just getting home from work. (3) He was buried on the 22nd December 1966 at Cornelian Bay Cemetery. (4)

Sources

• (1) Tasmanian Federation Index (1900 - 1930) 162/1908

• (2) Certificate of Marriage - Tasmania 753/1932

• (3) Headstone - Cornelian Bay Cemetery - Methodist EM#42"

• (4) Southern Regional Cemetery Trust - #B8375"

Some of my personal memories

My grandparents lived up South Hobart for most of their early married years. The first house was on Stoney Steps Road, the second at Waterworks Road, South Hobart. Both houses were burnt down during bush fires, prompting them to move out into the northern suburbs of Goodwood.

Derwent was a foreman at the Hobart Gas Company, located down near the Hotel Grand Chancellor. He worked there for many years. Derwent, like his two sons, Geoff & Graeme, loved animals. I can vaguely remember him from my young days but I can always remember hearing the dogs and the chickens that he had. This hobby seemed to carry on, for as long as I can remember, my father also had dogs and chickens, even today he has a small menagerie of animals on his 3 acre block.

They moved to a small house in Goodwood, at 94 Renfrew Circle. It was here where Derwent suffered a heart attack one day after work. Kathleen was in the kitchen making Derwent a cup of tea when she heard him fall to the ground. She ran out to see what had happened but there was little she could do.

I was nearly 5yo when Derwent passed away and am afraid to say that I cannot even see him in my memories anymore. Even with the only photo I have of a blurry face, it does not look like anyone that I would recognise.

I was told that he was a hard father, but he instilled great values to his own 4 children, of all whom he would have been very proud of if he was still alive today.