John Cooke (1864 - 1937)

Born 16 Nov 1864 in Manchester, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Enwright (Matthews) Cooke — married 8 Nov 1885 in Hulme, Lancashire, England

Died 18 Jan 1937 at age 72 in Manchester, Lancashire, England

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Biography

John Cooke was born in Lancashire, England.

Birth

16 NOV 1864. Manchester, Lancashire, England.
^[1]

Baptism

20 AUG 1865. Manchester, Lancashire, England.
Son of James & Mary Cook of Manchr. (Japanner). ^[2]

Census 1871

2 Apr 1871 Back Lomas Street, Cheadle, Cheshire, England^[3]

• Mary Cook Head 41 abt 1830 Female Cotton Winder Manchester Lancashire
• Emma Cook Daughter 18 abt 1853 Female Cotton Winder Manchester Lancashire
• Henrietta Cook Daughter 14 abt 1857 Cotton Winder Female Manchester Lancashire
• Margaret Cook Daughter 9 abt 1862 Female Boot Lace Maker Manchester Lancashire
• John Cook Son 6 abt 1865 Male Scholar Manchester Lancashire
• Mary Cook Daughter 4 abt 1867 Female Scholar Manchester Lancashire
• Mary Carrol Boarder 60 abt 1811 Female Ireland

Census 1881

3 Apr 1881 Percival Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Lancashire, England. ^[4]

• Patrick Donohoe Head Married 54 abt 1827 Male Army Pensioner Unemployed Madras, East Indies
• Mary Donohoe Wife Married 51 abt 1830 Female Housework Manchester Lancashire
• Henre. Cook Daughter 24 abt 1857 Female Machinist At Home Manchester Lancashire
• Margaret Cook Daughter 20 abt 1861 Female Machinist At Home Manchester Lancashire
• John Cook Son 16 abt 1865 Male Warehouse Manchester Lancashire
• Mary Cook Daughter 15 abt 1866 Female Milliner Manchester Lancashire
• Fanny Garside Sister in Law Widow 30 abt 1851 Female Domestic Serv Unemployed Middleton Lancashire
• James Garside Visitor 5 abt 1876 Male Scholar Oldham Lancashire

Marriage

John Cooke married Elizabeth Enwright Matthews on 8 NOV 1885 at St John the Baptist, Hulme, Lancashire, England. Groom aged 21, bachelor, warehouseman, 1 Mona Street, father James Cook (deceased), a japanner. Bride aged 20, spinster, bar maid, of St Luke's parish, father Daniel Matthews, a potter. Witnesses - Frederick Grimes and Henrietta Cook.^[5]

Census 1891

5 APR 1891. Booth Street, Hulme, Lancashire, England. ^[6]
Aged 26 - draper & warehouseman (born Hulme).

Census 1901

On 31 MAR 1901, John and Elizabeth were living at Rutland Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Lancashire, England. ^[7]

• John Cook Head Married Male 36 1865 Warehouseman velvets Manchester, Lancashire, England
• Elizabeth E Cook Wife Married Female 35 1866 Machinist children's costumes Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
• Walter J Cook Son Single Male 14 1887 Clerk boiler insurance Manchester, Lancashire, England
• Norman Cook Son Single Male 6 1895 - Manchester, Lancashire, England

Census 1911

2 APR 1911. 24 Exeter Street, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire, England. ^[8]

• John Cooke Head M M 46 Velvet Warehouseman Lancashire, Manchester
• Elizabeth Enwright Cooke Wife M F 45 married 25 years 4 children 3 still living. A hand embroiderer of children's costumes Monmouthshire Newport
• Norman Cooke Son U M 16 Apprentice Electrical Engineer Lancashire Manchester

Electoral Roll

1936 for Chorlton on Medlock, Lancashire, England. All had a residential qualification and all but young Hetty had an occupation qualification.^[9]

• Henrietta Cooke (Junr).
• Henrietta Cooke (Snr).
• John Cooke.
• Mary Cooke.

Will

16 APR 1936. Levenshulme, Lancashire, England. ^[10]
This is the last will and testament of me JOHN COOKE of 34 Audley Road Levenshulme in the city of Manchester commercial traveller.
1. I appoint my son Walter John Cooke of 16 Bridge Lane Bramhall in the county of Chester representative of a Limited Company and James Gill Lister Farrar of 79 Fountain Street in the said city of Manchester solicitor to be the executors and trustees of this my will and they and the survivor of them and the executors or admininstrators of such survivor their or his assigns and other the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my will are intended to be included in the expression "my trustees" used throughout this my will.
2. I give my gold watch and chain and ring to my said son Walter John Cooke free from duty.
3. I devise and bequeath all my estate whatsoever and wheresoever unto my trustees upon trust that they shall sell convert and collect the same (nevertheless I empower them to postpone the sale and conversion thereof for so long a period as they shall think proper) and out of the proceeds thereof pay my debts funeral and testamentary expenses and stand possessed of the residue thereof upon trust to pay the sum of two pounds per month for the maintenance and support or benefit of my daughter Henrietta Cooke during her lifetime. But I declare that if she shall become entitled to any other estate either by will or deed such payment of two pounds per month shall be reduced so that in no event shall she be paid more than two pounds per month and my trustees shall in their absolute discretion divide the payment of the said sum of two pounds per month with such other estate as the said Henrietta Cooke may beome entitled to as aforesaid in such proportions as they shall think fit And if the said Henrietta Cooke shall die before such residue shall have been exhausted Then I direct my trustees to stand possessed of such unexhausted residue In trust for such of my sons as shall then be living and such issue then living of any of them then dead as shall then have attained or shall thereafter attain the age of twenty one years or shall have been or shall be married as tenants in common but so that the issue in each generation shall take in equal shares per stirpes the share only to which the immediate parent would for the time being if living have been entitled.
4. My executors and my trustees may in their uncontrolled discretion instead of acting personally employ and pay a solicitor or any other person to transact any business or do any act of whatever nature required to be done in the premises including the receipt and payment of money and any executor or trustee hereunder being a solicitor or other person engaged in any profession or business and whether or not a sole executor or trustee may be so employed or act and shall be entitled to charge and may be paid all professional and other charges free from duty for any business or act done or time expended by him or his firm in connection with the trust including acts which an executor or a trustee not being a person engaged in any profession or business could have done personally.
5. And hereby revoking all former wills made by me I declare this only to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this sixteenth day of April one thousand nine hundred and thirty six.

(Witnesses John Andrews Clerk with Messrs Farrar & Co. Solicitors of Manchester & C. Neville Dixon articled Clerk with Messrs Farrar & Co.).

Death

18 JAN 1937. Manchester, Lancashire, England.
Aged 72. Of 13 Tennyson Street, Chorlton on Medlock.^[11]

Probate

18 JAN 1937. Manchester, Lancashire, England.
Probate granted to Walter John Cooke representative of a limited company and James Gill Lister Farrar solicitor. Effects £343 7s 7d.^[12]

Burial

21 JAN 1937. Southern Cemetery, Manchester, Lancashire, England.
Grave No. 1839. From Burial Register: a retired commercial traveller, address 13 Tennyson Street, Chorlton on Medlock.
Also in this grave John's wife Elizabeth Enwright Cooke and their infant daughter Gwendoline. Mentioned also is Dorris Amy Fuon?? Death for this last was registered surname Frear - an infant death 1898.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ DOB on baptism record.
2. ↑ Manchester Cathedral Records Images from Ancestry https://www.ancestry.co.uk.
3. ↑ UK Census for England & Wales RG10/3663 Folio 38 p23
4. ↑ UK Census for England & Wales RG11/3915 Folio 105 p34
5. ↑ Manchester Libraries Information and Archives Images via Ancestry https://www.ancestry.co.uk
6. ↑ UK Census for England & Wales RG12/3199 Folio 70 p32
7. ↑ UK Census for England & Wales RG13/3694 Folio 44 p38 Chorlton on Medlock, St Luke's
8. ↑ UK Census for England & Wales RG14; Piece: 23709
9. ↑ Manchester Central Library - Local Studies. Microfilm.
10. ↑ Copy from National Probate Office https://www.gov.uk/search-will-probate
11. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941 from Ancestry
12. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941 from Ancestry https://www.ancestry.co.uk
13. ↑ Manchester Burial Records http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk/