James Crooks and Margaret Bell marriage

Date: 1857 [unknown]
Location: Cookstown, Derryloran, Count Tyrone, Ireland
Surnames/tags: crooks bell

Contents 1 Marriage record 2 Children born in Ireland 3 1881 census 4 1891 census 5 1901 census 6 Grandchildren

Marriage record

• Link: James Crookes(sic) / Margaret Bell / 20 October 1857 / GR 3265247 / SR Cookstown.
• Marriage solemnized at Cookstown in the Parish of Derriloran(sic) in the Co. Tyrone.
• When Married: 20th Oct 1857.
• James Crooks, full age, Bachelor, Farmer, resident of Drumgrass, son of James Crooks, Farmer.
• Margaret Bell, full age, Spinster, resident of Tamlaghtmore, daughter of Henry Bell, Farmer.
• Witnesses: James Bell, Thos Bell.

Children born in Ireland

See 3rd Cookstown Presbyterian Church: Notes on the Congregation -- Drumgrass second visit right down the bottom of the page.

1881 census

• FamilySearch - incorrect surname transcription "Crook"
• Ancestry Record 7572 #4002045

Address: 20 Low Garbult St, Shildon, Durham.

1. James Crooks, head, 56, wagonwright.
2. Margaret Crooks, wife, 54.
3. Henry Crooks, son, 22, Engine Fitter.
4. William Crooks, son, 20, Colliery Blacksmith.
5. Elizabeth Crooks, dau, 18, Dressmaker.
6. Robert Crooks, son, 15, Scholar.
7. Alexander Crooks, son, 13, do.
8. Margaret Crooks, dau, 10, do.
9. Ellen Crooks, dau 6, do.

The children were all recorded as born in Ireland.

1891 census

1891 Census: "1891 England Census"
The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 4051; Folio: 25; Page: 3; GSU roll: 6099161
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 6598 #1948487 (accessed 3 May 2023)
Margb Stobbs (20) daughter in household of Kidd Stobbs (61) in Stockton on Tees, Stockton on Tees in Stockton registration district in Durham, England. Born in Shildon, Durham, England.

Mis-transcribed Crooks as "Stobbs" and misattributed parents on the Ancestry transcription. The children are all recorded as born in Shildon.

1901 census

James age 75 boards with married daughter Ellen Jane Bramley.

• Ancestry Record 7814 #29366614

Grandchildren

Tentatively, children Alexander and Margaret both name a daughter Ivy.