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Trying to find Cook

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Diane

Diane Report 28 Apr 2005 12:23

Looking for Scottish Cooks - descendants of James Cook (my ggg grandfather) b. abt 1826 - d. 25 Oct 1885. James married Mary McGregor abt 1850. They had 8 children. 1. Adam 2. James 3. Agnes b. abt 1851 in Beith, Ayr, Scot 4. William (my gg g'father) b 9 Jan 1854 Glasgow, d. 27 Mar 1922, Rosewood, Qld Aust 5. George b 4 Aug 1856 Govan, Lanark 6. Hannah b. 17 Nov 1860 Inkerman, Renfrew m. William Ballantyne abt 1881 7. Elizabeth Mathieson b. 21 Jan 1863 Inkerman. William Cook married Margaret Ann Holden McNair on 30 Dec 1874 Inkerman, Renfrew & had 5 children. 1. Janet b. 12 Sep 1874 2. Rachel Blair b. 1876 3. Mary McGregor b. 26 Jan 1878 4. George McNair (my g g'gather) b. 13 Apr 1880 5. Margaret b. 1889 (all born Scotland & the family arrived in Brisbane 16 Oct 1889 on the 'Taroba'. George McNair Cook married Elizabeth Ann Levett 27 Mar 1901 atTallegalla, Qld Aust & had 10 children. 1. William George b. 22 Oct 1901 2. Betsy Lilian (my grandmother) b. 6 Jan 1903 3. Rachel Blair b. 6 Apr 1905 4. Robert Edward b. 9 Oct 1907 5. George b. 2 Dec 1909/10 6. Janet Elizabeth b. 14 Sep 1912 7. Margaret McNair b. 13 Nov 1914 8. James b. 1 Oct 1916 9. Joseph Percival b. 28 Apr 1920 10. Elizabeth Ann b. 28 Apr 1923. Betsy Lilian Cook married Walter Henry Smoothy 17 Feb 1923, Toogoolawah, Qld Aust. I would appreciate any info.