Elizabeth Motley (Austen) Cooke (1780 - 1858)

Born 10 Jul 1780 in Westminster, London, England

Ancestors

Wife of William Skyring RA — married 13 Jul 1802 in St Mary Magdalene, Woolwich, Kent, England

Wife of Christopher Cooke — married 5 Jul 1810 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Descendants

Died 20 Dec 1858 at age 78 in Chargrove Street, Piccadilly, London, England

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Biography

Elizabeth Motley Austen (1780-1858)^[1] was the daughter of Francis Motley Austen & his wife Elizabeth née Wilson
She married firstly Colonel William Skyring in 1802 at St Mary Magdalene, Woolwich, Kent.
She married secondly Christopher Cooke in 1810 at Sevenoakes, Kent She died in 1862.^[2]

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Marriages

Married: 13 JUL 1802 in St Mary Magdalene, Woolwich, Kent.
William Skyring of this Parish, Bachelor, and Elizabeth Austen of the Parish of Sevenoaks in the county of Kent, Spinster, Married in this Church by Licence this 13th day of July One Thousand Eight Hundred and Two, By me Heneage Horsley Rector.
This Marriage was solemnized between Us W Skyring and E Austen
In the Presence of FM Austen and F Austen.

LDS marriage record

Census

1851 census for Upper Grosvenor Street, Saint George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England :
Elizabeth Cooke : Head : Widow : Age 70 : Fundholder : Birthplace London, Middlesex, England :

Cristopher Cooke : Son : Unmarried : Age 29 : Solicitor : Birth place Hampshire, England.

Robert Heway Torrens : Grand Son : Unmarried : Age 14 :Scholar At Home : Birth place Ireland.

There were five servants in this household.

Sources

1. ↑ Name: Elizabeth Austen Gender: Female Birth Date: 10 Jun 1780 Christening Date: 17 Jul 1780 Christening Place: Westminster, London, England Christening Age: 0 Father: Francis Motley Austen Mother: Elizabeth Source Information

   Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah

2. ↑ Name: Elizabeth Skyring Registration Year: 1862 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration district: Islington Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District Inferred County: London Volume: 1b Page: 128 Source Information FreeBMD. England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
3. ↑ LDS birth/baptism record
4. ↑ http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIsCharlton,%20Woolwich/01.htm KENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY]
5. ↑ freeBMD Deaths Dec Q 1858 St Geo Han Sq 1a 166 Cooke Elizabeth (Age 78).

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