Stephen Benjamin Cook (abt. 1840 - 1921)

Born about 1840 in Ulcombe, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Fanny (Nash) Cook — married 2 Dec 1871 in Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Died 1921 at about age 81 in Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Benjamin Cook was born in Kent, England.

Stephen was born in Ulcombe, Kent during 1840 to parents Edward Cook & Charlotte Hayes.^[1] He was christened at Leeds, Kent on 8 November 1840.^[2]

Fanny Nash married Benjamin Cook in Maidstone, Kent on 2 December 1871.^[3] Their children were:

• James Cook, born 1872 in Hollingbourne, Kent^[4]
• Stephen Benjamin Cook, born 1873 in Hollingbourne^[5]
• George Cook, born 1875 in Maidstone, Kent^[6]
• Fanny Cecilia Cook, born 1877 in Maidstone^[7]
• Rose Cook, born 1878 in Maidstone^[8]
• Charles Cook, born 1880 in Maidstone^[9]
• Henry William Cook, born 1882 in Maidstone^[10]
• Edith Cook, born 1886 in Maidstone^[11]
• Thomas Cook, born 1889 in Maidstone^[12]
• Maud Cook, born 1889 in Maidstone^[13]

In 1881 Fanny was 35 years old and living at Market Street, Maidstone, Kent with her husband Stephen Benjamin Cook (41) and children (Benjamin 8, George 6, Rosa 2, Charles 0).^[14]

In 1891 Fanny was 43 years old and living at St Peters Street, Maidstone with her husband Stephen B Cook (42) and children (Stephen B Cook 17 & George Cook 15)^[15]

In 1901 Fanny was 55 years old and living at Upper Fant Road, Maidstone with her husband Stephen B Cook (61) and children (George 25, Rosa 22, Charlie 20, Harry 18)^[16]

In 1911 Fanny was 63 years old and living at Maidstone with her husband Stephen B Cook (69), children (Stephen 37, George 35, Harry William 28) and visitor Louisa Maud Murton 23 from Woodgreen, London^[17]

Stephen died aged 80 in the Maidstone district during 1921.^[18]

Sources

1. ↑ UK Birth Registration for Stephen Cook, HOLLINGBOURN UNION, Volume 05, Page 243, December quarter of 1840, Mother = Hayes. FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=%2FX0U1lHEwExIkSGjx%2FMpLQ&scan=1
2. ↑ "England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD2-5WL3 : 10 December 2017), Stephen Cook, 08 Nov 1840; citing Christening, Leeds, Kent, England, Kent Archives Office, Maidstone; FHL microfilm 1,473,734.
3. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNFR-Y3Y : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Cook and Fanny Nash, 02 Dec 1871; citing Maidstone, Kent, England, reference item 1 p 503, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,866,562.
4. ↑ UK Birth registration, HOLLINGBOURN, Volume 02A, Page 634, September quarter in 1872
5. ↑ UK Birth registration, HOLLINGBOURNE, Volume 02A, Page 628, December quarter in 1873
6. ↑ UK Birth registration, MAIDSTONE, Volume 02A, Page 603, December quarter in 1875
7. ↑ UK Birth registration, MAIDSTONE, Volume 02A, Page 620, June quarter in 1877
8. ↑ UK Birth registration, MAIDSTONE, Volume 02A, Page 657, December quarter in 1878
9. ↑ UK Birth registration, MAIDSTONE, Volume 02A, Page 673, September quarter in 1880
10. ↑ UK Birth registration, MAIDSTONE, Volume 02A, Page 702, December quarter in 1882
11. ↑ UK Birth registration, MAIDSTONE, Volume 02A, Page 696, December quarter in 1886
12. ↑ UK Birth registration, MAIDSTONE, Volume 02A, Page 735, March quarter in 1889
13. ↑ UK Birth registration, MAIDSTONE, Volume 02A, Page 735, March quarter in 1889
14. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27W-81X6 : 11 December 2017), Fanny Cook in household of Stephen Benjn Cook, Maidstone, Kent, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 30, Piece/Folio 927/32, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,436.
15. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVTF-1MM : 11 December 2017), Fanny Cook in household of Stephen B Cook, Maidstone, Kent, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Kent county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
16. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9FP-3WY : 8 April 2016), Fanny Cook in household of Stephen B Cook, Maidstone, Kent, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Maidstone subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
17. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWDT-4ZS : 21 December 2018), Fanny Cook in household of Stephen Benjamin Cook, Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
18. ↑ UK Death Registration for Stephen B Cook, MAIDSTONE, Volume 02A, Page 1038, December quarter in 1921, Age 80