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Thanks Gwen, funny they didn't put which town in 1851, perhaps she didn't know. I was hoping Romford in case she had returned there to have her children...

I think I might be rather stuck with this one as I can't be sure that the John junior is 'mine' without knowing his mother's name.

Many thanks for everyone's help.

Helen

hi helen.
elizabeth was born in essex.

gwen,

Thanks very much for that Gwen, is there a place of birth for Elizabeth please?

Here goes....
john cook abt 1790 born peldon age 60.(carpenter)
head,
elizabeth cook abt 1799 age 52 wife.
caroline cutting servant age 13
richard sparrow servant (carpenter)
reg dis:peldon
sub reg dis:wivenhoe
gwen x

It's near Colchester...bit far from Romford but possible John junior was born there and the family then moved. Are you able to provide the details for 1851 please?

Many thanks Gwen!

Aha, could be promising Gwen, thank you very much! Will get on Streetmap to see where Peldon is...

hi helen,
found this for you...1841 census....
john cooke born essex abt 1824 age 17
john cooke born essex abt 1791 age 50
elizabeth cooke born essex abt 1765 age 76
sarah cooke born essex abt 1825 age 15
civil parish:peldon
county:essex
reg dis:lexden and winstre
s. r .d:peldon
HOIO7 P/342 F/8
hope this helps,
gwen x

here is 1851 for above john is a carpenter (joiner)
H0107 P/1782 F/270

Thanks for checking Samspade...I was wondering whether there was any connection with the Cookes of Gidea Hall (Romford) so rather hoped we might be able to get a bit further back on this line. Oh well!

Thank you very much for your help.

Helen

I can't find him in 1841 or 51 sorry

Hi, could anyone please check IGI for the Cooks if the censuses are proving difficult to locate (I can't access it on my PC at the mo)? I see that there are some deaths for John Cooks in Romford on free BMD so John Cook senior may have also been dead by the time of the marriage.

Cheers Christine, might have to order the cert!

Many thanks to everyone for the Guest information, I think I have some new details to work on.

Can anyone help with the Cook line at all please, although it is possible he might have been at sea in 1841 and 1851 (although he was presumably around in March 1851 as he had a son born nine months later!) ?

very possible!

they didn't always mention that the father was deceased

Happy hunting

Christine

Shame...thought we might have been on to something there...

I've just found a death for a John Guest in Goole (free BMD) in Sept 1841, maybe he was dead by the time of the marriage and they just hadn't recorded the fact on the cert?

no Tasker/Guest or Tasker/Cook marriages that fit!

Christine :((

The witnesses are William Tasker (not certain of first letter of surname) who means nothing to me but the other is Mary Guest (maybe a sister - such as in the 1841 census!).

Unfortunately it just says 'Goole' on the marriage cert and they were married in Hook...

Thank you both! I think it's likely that Elizabeth was in service then but I suppose either of those results could be possible. Thanks for the 1851 for John Guest, Christine. Possible given the daughter Emma (same as 1841 although the other children don't tie up) and I suppose that he could have changed occupation, maybe he felt too old for marinering!

Do you have an address for elizabeth when she married?she may have been there in 41

do the witness names on the marriage cert mean anything to you?

might be worth trying to tie them in if poss?

Christine

Name: John Guest
Age: 53
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1798
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Rotherham, Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish: Rotherham
Town: Rotherham
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Rotherham
Sub registration district: Beighton
ED, institution, or vessel: 5h
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 9
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Blackburn 22
Emma Guest 19
George Guest 14
John Guest 53
John Guest 17

could be John in 1851 - but he's an ostler

Christine

Name: Elizabeth Guest
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Gender: Female
Where born: Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish: Snaith
Hundred: Osgoldcross (Lower Division)
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation: View Image

Registration district: Goole
Sub registration district: Goole
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Alice Marshall 35
Elizabeth Marshall 12
William Marshall 7
Henry Marshall 5
Elizabeth Guest 20

don't know if this one is her???
a servant to the Marshall family
in 1841

Christine