Thomas
Robert
(Robert)
Cook
Born in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Abbs Cook Jnr
and Honora (Rea) Cook
Brother of
John Augustus Cook, Nelson Henry Cook, Ann Julietta Cook, Wilhelmina Cook, Sevena Susannah Cook, Henrietta Cook and Levi David Cook
Husband of
Elizabeth (Proctor) Cook
— married
31 Mar 1886 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Descendants 
Father of
Ellen Henrietta (Cook) Raebel, Nora Elizabeth (Cook) Watson, Dorothy Mary (Cook) Evans, Lavinia Willamina Cook, Leslie Robert Samuel Cook, Catherine Florence (Cook) Fielding and Harold Thomas Cook
Died
at age 64
in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Mar 2017
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Biography
Thomas was born on 25 January 1860 in Fremantle, to parents Thomas Cook and Honora Ray.[1][2]
Thomas married Elizabeth Proctor on 31 March 1886 at Perth.[3][4]
My guess is that Thomas migrated to Australia and was a trained Blacksmith and set up a business on the corner of Norfolk St Fremantle with a house next door which is still there. The forge made iron parts for sailing ships and the business was passed down the family at least one generation. It was in the 1980's a ships chandlery.
My cousin Kaye had a 112Lb anvil from the forge and Elizabeth Cook's cast iron cot at Bunbury.
My father Robert Raebel (Cook) remembered as a boy operating a Press Brake (steam?) punching out 2" square washers with a 1" hole from heated bar stock.
From Battey Library f5623a_a9217baf76694761934e42819a812ab3.pdf Page 644 Thomas Abbs b 19/2/1834 - d 5 Feb 1897 Arr Fremantle 27 June 1850 Son of Thomas Abbs & Ann Harmer on "Sophia" with parents Honora Rea B 1829daughter of David Died 28 Nov 1903
- COOK.—On November 16, 1924, Fremantle, Thomas Robert, the dearly beloved husband of Elizabeth Cook and father of Mrs. Frank Raebel (Benger), Mrs. W. H. Watson (Busselton), Mrs. C. D. Evans (Merredin), Mrs. R. Fielding (Fremantle), Viny, Les and Harold ; aged 64 years. No flowers by request.[5]
Sources
- ↑ "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTDJ-5BD : 12 October 2023), Thomas Robert Cook, .
- ↑ West Aust birth registration - Cook Thomas Robert, parents Thomas & Ray Ellena, Fremantle #5074/1860
- ↑ Marriage: Western Australia, BDM Registration No: 6081 Year: 1886
- ↑ The Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888. [compiled by Rica Erickson], https://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/bicentennial-dictionary
- ↑ Family Notices (1924, November 27). Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 21, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37639210
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