Thomas Cooke

Thomas Cooke was born in Harbury, and living with his parents in Napton in the 1841 census. He is probably the Thomas Cooke who was a servant with a wine dealer in Leamington Priors in the 1851 census. He later lived in Stockton, Warwickshire, and then Napton on the Hill, Warwickshire, described variously as a farmer, grazier, and cattle dealer. Some records relating to his son, Thomas Arthur, refer to him as a grocer or butcher. In his son William Henry’s marriage record, T.C. is given the middle name “William”. A family tradition that he was a Church of England clergyman who had attended Oxford is not supported by the evidence.

Events

Date of Birth: probably between 7 April and 30 May 1830.

Place of Birth: Harbury,Warwickshire, England.

His age is given as 11 in the 1841 census (taken on 6 June 1841), 20 in 1851 census (taken on 30 March), and 30 in the 1861 census (taken on 7 April, 1861). This, combined with the date of baptism, suggests that he was born between 7 April and 30 May 1830. Harbury is given as his place of birth by the 1851 and 1861 censuses.

Date of Baptism: 30 May 1830.

Place of Baptism: Harbury, Warwickshire, England.

The place and date are given in the register of baptism. [image at FamilySearch]

Date of Death: 2 October 1865.

Place of Death: Napton-on-the-Hill, Warwickshire, England.

The National Probate Calendar gives this date and place of death, as does his death certificate. The date is also given in a death notice in the Coventry Standard. The cause of death was tuberculosis. A family tradition has it that his death was caused by a fall from a horse, but this is not mentioned on the death certificate.

Date of Burial: 5 October 1865

Place of Burial: Napton-on-the-Hill, Warwickshire, England.

The burial register gives this date and place. [image at FamilySearch]

Relationships

Father: George Cooke (1789 - 1858).

Thomas's baptism record gives his father as “George Cooke, Harbury, Gentleman.” Thomas’s marriage registration gives his father as “George Cooke, Gent.n”. He is a child in the family of George Cooke in the 1841 census.

Mother: Elizabeth Bloxham (1796 - 1857).

Thomas’s baptism record gives his mother’s name as “Elizabeth”. Thomas is a child in the family of George and Elizabeth Cooke in the 1841 census.

Spouse: Emma Stuttard (1830 - 1898). Married 16 February 1853, Islington, London, England (St. Mary’s)

The date and place of his marriage are given in the marriage registration.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Thomas Arthur Cooke (bap. 1 December 1853 - 1934) married (1) Ellen (or Ann) Price 12 October 1874 in Leamington Priors, Warwickshire; married (2) Jane Charlotte Saul 21 April 1878 in Leamington Priors.

Ida Emma Cooke (29 September 1856 - 3 Jun 1936) married William Barret 15 September 1883 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Elizabeth Beatrice Cooke (10 December 1857 - 15 September 1920) married Henry Gamble Adamson 6 June 1876 in Toronto.

Edward Ernest Cooke (chr. 20 August 1860 - bur. 6 December 1860)

William Henry Cooke (5 January 1862 - 1939) married Martha Jane Peters 29 April 1884 in Toronto.

John Ambrose Cooke (chr. 19 March 1865 - 1865)

Evidence

His marriage:

The Parish Church in the Parish of Islington

Married 16 Feb.y 1853

Thomas Cooke, of full age, Bachelor, Farmer, [residence] Napton, Warwickshire, [father] George Cooke, Gent.n

Emma Stuttard, [of full age], Spinster, [residence] 3 Colebrook Terrace [Islington], [father] John Stuttard, Agent

from the Banbury Guardian (3 March 1853, page 4, marriages)

Same day [February 17], in London, Mr. Thomas Cook, of Napton-on-the-Hill, to Miss Sutard, of London.

Thomas Cooke death entry (GRO)

Registration District: Southam

1865 Death in the Sub-district of Southam in the County of Warwick

When and where died: Second October 1865 Napton

Name and Surname: Thomas Cooke

Sex: Male

Age: 35 Years

Occupation: Grazier and Cattle dealer

Cause of Death: Tuberculosis Certified

Signature, description and residence of informant: Frances Lloyd present at death Napton

When registered: Fifth October 1865

References

Thomas Cooke baptism record, register for Harbury, baptisms 1825 - 1849, page 70, no. 558; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2014) citing Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1176; Document Reference: DR 303.

Thomas Cooke - Emma Stuttard marriage registration (16 Feb 1853), Islington St Mary, p. 235, no. 474; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2014) citing London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Mary, Islington, Register of marriages, P83/MRY1, Item 1218

Thomas Cooke entry of death, (certified copy). General Register Office. England and Wales. Civil Registration Certificates. (London, United Kingdom: General Register Office).

Thomas Cooke probate entry (13 Dec 1865), England & Wales, National Probate Calendar; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2014) citing Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England

Thomas Cooke burial registration, Napton, Warwickshire, 1850 - 1874, page 58, no. 462; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2014) citing Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1269; Document Reference: N1/09.

Thomas Arthur Cooke - Elle Harvey (Price) marriage registration, Leamington Priors St Mary, marriages 1850 - 1874, page 44, no. 90 ; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2014) citing Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl 09000 68; Document Reference: DR 610/76.

Thomas Arthur Cooke - Jane Saul, marriage registration, Leamington Priors, St Mary, marriages 1875 - 1899, page 94, no. 187; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2014) citing Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl 09000 68; Document Reference: DR 610/76.

William Henry Cooke - Martha Jane Peters Ontario marriage registration no. 013883 (29 April 1884); digital image digital image Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2014), citing MS 932, reel 48.

1841 Census of England, Warwickshire, Southam, Knightlow Hundred, Napton on the Hill, Enumeration District (ED) 25, folio 16, page 5, George Cook household; digital image Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2014) citing HO107, piece 1138, book 12.

1851 Census of England, Warwickshire, Warwick, Leamington Priors, Wm Mann household; digital image Findmypast.co.uk (http://Findmypast.co.uk : accessed 9 March 2014), citing HO107, piece 2072, folio 330, page 47

1861 Census of England, Warwickshire, Southam, Southam, Napton, Enumeration District (ED) 17, Thomas Cooke household, RG09, piece 2243, folio 6, page 5; digital image, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2014)