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Mary Ann Cook

Female 1880 - 1907  (26 years)


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  • Name Mary Ann Cook 
    Relationshipwith George William Craxford
    Residence 1880  59, Friars Causeway, Leicester, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 20 Aug 1880  Leicester, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Also known as Polly 
    Occupation 1901 
    Tailoress 
    Residence 1901-1904  35, Tudor Road, Leicester, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1907  8, Wentworth Road, Leicester, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 20 Jan 1907  Leicester, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Cause: Phthisis (tuberculosis) and asthenia 
    Buried Abt 25 Jan 1907  Gilroes Cemetery and Crematorium, Leicester, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I182  Extended Craxford Family | The maternal side of Newfloridian's tree TEAL pages I179 (Walter Cook) + I193 (John Naylor)
    Last Modified 27 Aug 2015 

    Father Walter Cook,   b. 1854, Grandborough, Buckinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1921, Leicester, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Burditt,   b. 1849, Lubenham, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1931, Leicester, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 9 Nov 1874  Lubenham, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Reference:
    Witnesses 9 Nov 1874 
    Her brothers William (and his wife Fanny) and George and sister Maria 
    Photos
    The children of Walter Cook
    The children of Walter Cook
    Seated: Elizabeth (Auntie Betty); George; Ada Anne (Auntie Annie).
    Standing: Edwin Putterill (Uncle Ted); Ethel Goodall; Arthur Unwin (Uncle 'Appy)

    Leicester (West End) 1902
    Leicester (West End) 1902
    Leicester from an Old Ordnance Survey map (Leicester NW) 1902. The area around the Great Central railway station, West Bridge and King Richard's Road has been demolished and extensively redeveloped since Walter Cook and his family lived in the area.
    Avondale, Wentworth Road, Leicester
    Avondale, Wentworth Road, Leicester
    Home of the Cook family in 1906
    Census Returns
    RG: Cook, Walter (1881) and family
    RG: Cook, Walter (1881) and family
    Cook Walter       Head M 27 Waggoner  Grandborough, Buckinghamshire
    Cook Elizabeth Wife M 31 Lubenham, Leicestershire
    Cook Jesse Haddon Dau S 4 Leicester
    Cook Mary Ann Dau S 7mo Leicester

    Ref: England Census RG11/3179 Leicester West 30 21
    RG: Cook, Walter (1891) and family
    RG: Cook, Walter (1891) and family
    Jewry Wall Street was in the area of Leicester around the Great Central Railway Station.
    Cook Walter        Head M 37 Grocer's Assistant Granboro, Buckinghamshire
    Cook Elizabeth Wife M 41 Lubenham, Leicestershire
    Cook Jessie Haddon Dau S 14 Shoe Fitter Leicester
    Cook Mary Ann Dau S 10 Scholar Leicester
    Cook George Son S 8 Leicester
    Cook Annie Dau S 3 Leicester
    Cook Elizabeth Dau S 1 Leicester

    Ref: England Census RG12/2542 Leicester West 61 16
    RG: Cook, Walter (1901) and family
    RG: Cook, Walter (1901) and family
    Walter and his family were living at 35 Tudor Road, Leicester. Elijah Benson subsequently married daughter Jessie. Nellie Youle was taken in by the family and ultimately adopted.
    Cook   Walter    M Head 47 Foreman Stableman Grandborough Bucks
    Cook Elizabeth M Wife 51 Lubenham, Leics
    Cook Jessie H S Dau 24 Fitter Boot&Shoe Leicester
    Cook Mary A S Dau 20 Tailoress Leicester
    Cook George S Son 18 Warehouseman Leicester
    Cook Ada A S Dau 13 Packer Boot&Shoe Leicester
    Cook Elizabeth S Dau 12 Schoolgirl Leicester
    Youle Nellie S Brdr 6 Schoolgirl Leicester
    Benson Elijah S Brdr 25 Insurance Agent Kidsgrove, Staffs

    Ref: England Census RG13/3009 Leicester South 20 4
    Family ID F55  Group Sheet,  Family chart

    Family Thomas Samuel Skelding,   b. 1878, Hinckley, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1912, Greenvale Consumptive Sanatorium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Married 4 Apr 1904  Primitive Methodist Church, Hinckley Road, Leicester, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Reference:
    Witnesses 4 Apr 1904 
    Walter Cook (Father); Ada Annie Cook (Sister) 
    BMD Certificates
    MC: Cook, Mary Ann (1904) and Thomas Samuel Skelding
    MC: Cook, Mary Ann (1904) and Thomas Samuel Skelding
    Daughter of Walter Cook and Elizabeth Cotterill. She died of TB less than three years later
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2007 
    Family ID F57  Group Sheet,  Family chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Aug 1880 - Leicester, Leicestershire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1901-1904 - 35, Tudor Road, Leicester, Leicestershire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 4 Apr 1904 - Primitive Methodist Church, Hinckley Road, Leicester, Leicestershire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1907 - 8, Wentworth Road, Leicester, Leicestershire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Phthisis (tuberculosis) and asthenia - 20 Jan 1907 - Leicester, Leicestershire Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Mary Ann Cook
    Mary Ann Cook
    Also known as Polly. Daughter of Walter Cook and Elizabeth Burditt. Married Thomas Skelding - died 1907
    Elizabeth Cook with her daughters
    Elizabeth Cook with her daughters
    Elizabeth Cook (nee Burditt), seated, is flanked by her daughters Mary Ann (Polly) and Elizabeth

    BMD Certificates
    BC: Cook, Mary Ann (1880)
    BC: Cook, Mary Ann (1880)
    Daughter of Walter and Elizabeth Cook. The family lived in Leicester
    DC: Skelding, Mary Ann (1907)
    DC: Skelding, Mary Ann (1907)
    Daughter of Walter Cook and Elizabeth Burditt; wife of Thomas Skelding. She died from pulmonary TB

    Headstones
    HS: Cook, Walter and Elizabeth; Polly Cook; John and Elizabeth Putterill; Nellie and Hilda Dible
    HS: Cook, Walter and Elizabeth; Polly Cook; John and Elizabeth Putterill; Nellie and Hilda Dible
    IN LOVING MEMORY OF
    my dear husband
    WALTER COOK
    Died May 16th 1921
    Aged 67 years.

    Also of ELIZABETH
    beloved wife of the above,
    died Feb 16th 1931, aged 81 years

    Also
    POLLY, beloved daughter of the above
    Died Jan 20th 1907
    Aged 27 years

    Also JOHN EDWIN PUTTERILL
    Died Aug 9th 1969, Aged 87 years

    Also wife of the above
    ELIZABETH PUTTERILL nee Cook
    Died April 6th 1973, Aged 84 years

    Also MADGE NELLIE DIBLE
    mother of HILDA
    Died Jan 9th 1970, Aged 76 years


    HILDA DIBLE
    SRN. SCM. HV
    1922 - 1983
    "I know that my Redeemer liveth"

    Plot: Block H

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, Leicester 7a 287 (JAS 1880) (Reliability: 4).

    2. [S19] 1901 England Census, Leicester South RG13/3009 20 4 (Reliability: 4).

    3. [S4] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, Leicester 7a 194 (JFM 1907) (Reliability: 4).

    4. [S176] England and Wales: Death Index 1984 - 2004, Market Harborough 7a 59 (OND 1874) (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S4] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, Leicester 7a 699 (AMJ 1904) (Reliability: 4).


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