Birth: 14 June 1864 Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Father: William Neave (Reave) Cooke c1833-1884
Mother: Elizabeth Framingham c1830-1900
Christening: 6 October 1867 Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Marriage: July-September 1890 Mutford, Suffolk, UK
Wife: Mary Ann Taylor [Cowles] 1855-1934
Death: April-June 1921 Mutford, Suffolk, UK
Herbert John Cooke (Cook) 1891-1957
Birth of Henry William Cooke in FreeBMD in April-June 1864 in Mutford (4A 723).
His brother was registered in July-September 1866 in Mutford, surname Cook, baptised on 8 October 1866 at St Margaret, Lowestoft when they were living in Lowestoft, surname Cook,and was buried on 15 October 1866 at St Margaret, Lowestoft, surname Cooke.
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Henry William Cooke baptised 6 October 1867 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, parents William Neave and Elizabeth Cooke.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919 for Henry Wlliam Cooke baptised 6 October 1867 in Lowestoft, St Margaret, Suffolk, parents William Neave and Elizabeth Cooke. "Page 113 Baptisms solemized in the Parish of Lowestoft in the County of Suffolk in the Year 1867 [...] 186? Oct 6 No. 900 Henry William [parents] William Neave, [a] Blacksmith & Elizabeth Cooke [of] Lowestoft."
His sister was registered in April-June 1868 in Mutford and baptised on 1 March 1868 at St Margaret, Lowestoft, surname Cook, when they were living in Lowestoft.
His sister was registered in January-March 1868 in Mutford surname Cooke, and baptised on 1 March 1868 at St Margaret, Lowestoft, surname Cook, when they were living in Lowestoft.
His brother was registered in April-June 1869 in Mutford and baptised on 6 June 1869 at St Margaret, Lowestoft, when they were living in Lowestoft.
In the 1871 census as Henry W Cooke born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, and living with his parents (William N and Elizabeth), two brothers (John H and William J), and six sisters (Alice E, Anne M, Elizabeth A, Florence M, Harriet E and Mary J) at 10 Gun Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
His sister was registered in April-June 1871 in Mutford and baptised on 7 May 1871 at St Margaret, Lowestoft, when they were living in Lowestoft.
His brother was registered in January-March 1873 in Mutford, surname Cooke, and baptised on 6 April 1873 at St Margaret, Lowestoft, surname Cook, when they were living in Lowestoft.
In the 1881 census as Henry W Cooke aged 16, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, single, a blacksmith, and living with his parents (William N and Elizabeth), three brothers (Arthur G, John H and William J), two sisters (Anna M and Mary Ann), and a boarder (John Balls aged 16, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, single and a blacksmiths lad) at 10 Gun Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1853-1928 for Henry William Cooke born on 14 June 1864 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, height 5 ft 4.5 in, brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion and a blacksmith, signed up on 3 July 1882 for 10 years, on Pembroke until 19 November 1883 as Blacksmith's crew and Arm crew, on Excellent from 20 November 1883 to 4 April 1884 and on Temeraire from 5 April 1884 to on 31 March 1885 and paid £12 on discharge with a very good character.
Marriage of Henry William Cooke and Mary Ann Cowles in FreeBMD in July-September 1890 in Mutford (4A 1436).
In the 1891 census as Henry W Cooke aged 26, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, a blacksmith and living with his wife (Mary Ann), stepson (Lewis E Cowles) and stepdaughter (Lucy B Cowles) at 59 Edinburgh Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
His son was born on 12 May 1891 and baptised on 28 June 1891 at St Margaret, Lowestoft when he was a blacksmith living at 74 Queen's Road.
In the 1901 census as Henry W Corke (sic in the index, Cooke on the original) aged 37, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, a shoeing smith, and living with his wife (Mary A), son (Herbert J) and a boarder (William Redman aged 37, born in Abbotts Ann, Hampshire, single, a sailing engineer and employer) at 2 Ladysmith Terrace, Alexandra Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
In the 1911 census as Henry William Cooke aged 47, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, a shoing and general smith and an employer, and living with his wife (Mary Ann) in five rooms at 21 Stanley Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Death of Henry W Cooke in FreeBMD in April-June 1921 aged 56 in Mutford (4A 997). His wife was a widow in the 1921 census which was held on 19 June.
There are thirty three entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Henry William Cooke.
Henry William Cooke was the husband of Mary Ann Taylor, wife of Edward Cowles, my second cousin once removed.
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