The Andrews / Hebblethwaite family tree

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Gwendolen Mary Cooke (1901 – 1976)

Betty Hebblethwaite (1931 – 2002)

####### ####### Andrews (1959 – )

 

Victoria (1837 – 1901)

Edward VII (1901 – 1910)

George V (1910 – 1936)

Edward VIII (1936 – 1936)

George VI (1936 – 1952)

 

Thomas George Cooke

Thomas is the son of Thomas Cooke and Ann Moore and was born on the 8th of December 1864 in Radford, Nottingham.  He  died on the 16th of January 1943 at 4 Brookside Cottages, Lambley Lane, Burton Joyce, Nottingham, at the age of 78, and was buried in St Helen's Church, Burton Joyce, Plot 309 section 12.  The cause of his death was hypostatic pneumonia and myocardial degeneration. 

 

General Notes:

His granddaughter ###### believes Thomas' birthday to be 8th December 1865.  His birth-date was rechecked in St Catherine's.  There is a record for a George Thomas Cooke - Birth Oct-Nov-Dec 1864 Radford Vol 7b Page 169

 

In 1871 the census has listed the family as Thos. Cook, Ann Cook, Thos. Cook and Wm Cook.  They are living and working at the General Store on Victoria Street in Radford, Nottingham.  Thomas is a six-year old scholar.

 

In 1881, Thomas was living at 23 Bovill Street, Radford, Nottingham and was working as a lace maker.

 

Thomas played for Notts County Football Club for one season in 1888, the year he married Mary Stevens Johnson.  1888-89 was the first inaugural English Football League  season with Notts County being a founder member.  Prior to the league English and Scottish clubs played friendlies amongst themselves.  I cannot trace Thomas being in the original Notts County squad for the 1888-89 season.  So it seems that the one season he did play for them might have been 1887-88.

                                  

I have recollections of seeing a Notts County FA Cup winners medal, but they won the cup in 1894, the first second division side to do so.  It is likely that this medal was not for the FA Cup but may have been awarded during one of the friendlies that Notts played.

                                  

On the 18th of August 1888 Thomas married Mary Stevens Johnson at the Anglican church of St. Peter in Radford.  On the marriage certificate it shows that he was working as a fitter.  Mary was pregnant at the time of the wedding as just 43 days later she gave birth to their first daughter, Grace.  From her birth certificate Thomas is now classed as a machine fitter, it is unknown whether he was still in the lace trade.

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The parish of Radford was separate from Nottingham until 1877, when it was brought within the borough boundaries.  St. Peter’s on Hartley Road, now known today as St. Peter of Old Radford, served the whole parish until the 1840s.  The present church is a new building of 1812 by Henry Moses Wood and is built in the Early English and Geometric Decorated styles.  This church replaced an earlier one described in 1811 as ‘damp and ruinous’, and of which little now remains. The chancel of St. Peter’s church is an addition and was consecrated in 1872.

 

Radford’s proximity to Nottingham led to industrial and population overspill. From 2,269 people in 1801, the population of the parish grew to 12,637 by 1851.  Much of the growth was on the eastern side of the parish, which came to be known as New Radford.  To cater for the needs of these areas new churches were built and new parishes formed: Christ Church, Ilkeston Road, 1847; St Michael and All Angels (built 1889, created a parish in 1914); and All Souls, Ilkeston Road, 1904. Mission halls, and numerous nonconformist chapels were also built in the area, but while many have subsequently been demolished, St Peter’s remains as the parish church.

 

St Peter’s is built in stone with Westmorland slate roofing, and consists of a chancel, nave, small vestry, organ chamber and a low embattled western tower containing two bells, re-hung when the current church was built in 1812.

 

By 1891 the family were now living at 5 Hawksworth Street, Gainsborough in Lincolnshire and Thomas was working as an engine fitter in 1891.  The census also shows that Thomas’ brother William was staying with them.  On the 30th of October 1892 Thomas and Mary had their first son, Clement Aubrey and they were still living at Hawksworth Street.  Clement’s birth certificate shows that Thomas was still an engine fitter though classed as a journeyman as well.

 

By the time of the birth of their second son Harold on the 7th of August 1897 the family had moved to 73 Gordon Street in Gainsborough.  Thomas was still working in the same job.

 

Within four years the family had moved again within Gainsborough and on the 1901 census it shows that they were now living at 4 Lincoln Street in Gainsborough.  However Thomas’ employment appears to have changed as he is now a toolfitters foreman.  The census also gives their name as Cook and not Cooke.

 

Again the family moved and by the 1911 census they were living at 40 Garfield Street in Gainsborough, also the title of Thomas’ job had changed to engineer tool setter.  It is of course possible that it is the same job, but unfortunately the census does not give employers details.  The census does though state that Thomas and Mary had had four children all of whom were alive at that time and that the house on Garfield Street was a six-roomed dwelling.  Harold’s World War I service record from 1915 confirms that the family were still at Garfield Street.

 

Using the electoral rolls for 1935 – 1939 it appears that Thomas has now moved to Mansfield Road in Calverton, Nottinghamshire.  However the 1939 register shows that the house number is 11.  The register was used by the Government to issue identity cards and ration books during the Second World War.  On the register at this address are Thomas and Mary, Thomas is a retired toolfitter and Mary is ‘unpaid domestic duties’.  The register though gives Thomas’ birthdate as 11 Dec 64.

 

Again the family moved between 1939 and 1943 as Thomas died at home on the 16th of January 1943 in 4 Brookside Cottages, Lambley Lane, Burton Joyce, Nottingham. The death was registered two days later on the 18th of January.  The cause of death was hypostatic pneumonia and myocardial degeneration, the death certificate gave his employment as an engineer’s tool fitter (Retired).  As at the 3rd of August 2004 the property of 4 Brookside Cottages appears to have been combined with 5 Brookside Cottages.

                                 

                                  

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          

 

 

 

 

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  Left: Grave markers at St. Helen's Church Burton Joyce Section 12 plot 309.

 

Research Notes: Possess

Death Certificate

Marriage Certificate

 

Noted events in his life were:

*  Living: 1871, General Store, Victoria Street, Radford, Nottingham. 

*  He worked as a scholar in 1871.

*  Living: 1881, 23 Bovill Street, Radford, Nottingham. 

*  He worked as a Lace Maker in 1881.

*  He worked as a Fitter on 18th August 1888. From Marriage Certificate

*  Living: 18th August 1888, 179 Norton Street. 

*  He worked as a Machine Fitter on 30th September 1888. At time of Grace's birth.

*  Living: 1891, 5 Hawksworth Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. 

*  He worked as an Engine Fitter in 1891.

*  Living: 30th October 1892, 5 Hawksworth Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire - Clement Aubrey Cooke's birth certificate.

*  He worked as an Engine Fitter (Journeyman) on 30th October1892.

*  He worked as a Tool Fitter (Journeyman)

    as listed on Birth Certificate of his son, Harold Cooke on 7th August 1897.

*  Living: 7th August 1897, 73 Gordon Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. 

*  Living: 1901, 4 Lincoln Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. 

*  He worked as a Toolfitters Foreman in 1901.

*  Living: 1911, 40 Garfield Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. 

*  He worked as an Engineer Tool Setter in 1911.

*  Living: 1915, 40 Garfield Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. From Harold Cooke's WWI Service record.

*  Living: 1935-1939, Mansfield Road, Calverton.  Found on electoral rolls

*  Living: 1939, 11 Mansfield Road, Calverton. 

*  He worked as a retired Toolfitter in 1939.

*  He died on 16th January 1943 in 4 Brookside Cottages, Lambley Lane, Burton Joyce, Nottingham.

*  Death registered 18th January 1943.   Cause Hypostatic Pneumonia and Myocardial Degeneration

*  He worked as an Engineers Tool Fitter (Retired) at time of death on the 16th of January 1943.

 

Thomas married Mary Stevens Johnson on 18th August 1888 in St Pauls, Radford Parish Church, Nottingham. 

 

Children from this marriage were:

i.    Grace Cooke – (30/9/1888 – 1/3/1973)

ii.   Clement Aubrey Cooke – (30/10/1892 – 1946)

iii.  Harold Cooke – (7/8/1897 - )

iv.  Gwendolen Mary Cooke – (18/12/1901 – 15/5/1976)

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Mary Stevens Johnson

Mary is the daughter of Thomas Johnson and Mary Ann Stevens she was born on the 10th of February 1871 in Gosberton, Lincolnshire.  She was christened on the 3rd of April 1874 in Gosberton, and died in November 1950 in Burton Joyce, Nottingham at the age of 79, and was buried in St Helen's Church, Burton Joyce, Plot 309 section 12. 

 

General Notes:

In the census' Mary does not appear to work.  The family was relying on the income of Thomas whilst Mary looked after the home.

                                   

Research Notes: Possess

Birth Certificate

Marriage Certificate

                                  

Mary’s life before she married Thomas shows that in 1871 she lived with her parents and family in Risegate Road in Gosberton.  By the 1881 census the family were still at this address and Mary was now a scholar. 

 

Gosberton was always regarded as a progressive village and was at the forefront of improving the villagers living standards.  In 1871 Gosberton introduced a gas supply.  The picture below shows the Lodge at the entrance to Gosberton House park, and on the left near to where the children are standing, one can see the front of the house occupied by the Gas Works manager. The works themselves were to the side and behind the house and nothing now remains.

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Unfortunately the supply of gas was somewhat unreliable and the Press of the day often records periods of days and weeks when no gas was available. Due to its unreliability it is not surprising that the locals did not rush to avail themselves of this ‘modern’ convenience.

 

Although a gas supply was available in Victorian Gosberton many families had a shared well or cistern and if they were lucky a pump in the yard.  In parts of the village this sum persisted until well after World War II.  Many families were not so lucky and had to rely on water from rivers and drains to provide for themselves and their livestock.  It is no surprise therefore that death from Typhoid and other fevers were not uncommon.  A water main to Quadring and Gosberton finally arrived in 1912 when the Donington water company extended its pipework.

 

In 1885 a picture was taken of Miss Child’s class, it is possible that one of the elder children in the picture is Mary.

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On the 4th of June 1887 Mary witnessed the marriage of her elder and only brother Thomas William Johnson and Sarah Ann Vintner.  The following year saw her own marriage to Thomas George Cooke on the 18th of August 1888 in St Pauls, Radford Parish Church, Nottingham.  On the marriage certificate there is no occupation listed for Mary but it states that she is 19 years old which means she was born in 1868/9 and not 1871.  The 1939 register clearly states that her birth date is Feb 10 ’71.

 

In 2016 it appears that Hawksworth Street no longer exists as such and is an entrance to W. Boyes car park.  The building itself seems to have been merged with other properties to make a shop, at present it is Birmingham Memorials.

 

73 Gordon Street is a mid-terraced house.

40 Garfield Street is a semi-detached house.  In 2012 it had three reception rooms and a kitchen, with three bedrooms and a bathroom and garden to rear.  It was on sale for £69,950.

 

In 2016 there does not appear to be a Mansfield Road in Calverton, through there is a Mansfield Lane.

 

Noted events in her life were:

*  Living: 1871, Risegate Road, Gosberton, Lincoln. 

*  Living: 1881, Risegate Road, Gosberton, Lincoln. 

*  She worked as a Scholar in 1881.

*  On her Marriage Certificate there is no occupation listed

*  She has conflicting birth information, on her Marriage Certificate of 18th August

    1888 she is listed as 19 years old which means she was born in 1868/9.

*  Living: She is living at 6 Ellen Terrace at the time of her wedding, 18th August 1888. 

*  Living: 1891, 5 Hawksworth Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. 

*  Living: 30th October 1892, 5 Hawksworth Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. 

    From Birth Certificate of Clement Aubrey Cooke

*  Living: 7th August 1897, 73 Gordon Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. 

*  Living: 1901, 4 Lincoln Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. 

*  Living: 10th March 1909, 40 Garfield Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. 

*  Living: 1911, 40 Garfield Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. 

*  Living: 1915, 40 Garfield Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.  From Harold Cooke's WWI Service record.

*  Living: 1935-1939, Mansfield Road, Calverton.  Found on electoral rolls

*  Living: 1939, 11 Mansfield Road, Calverton. 

*  She worked as an unpaid domestic duties in 1939.

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Clement Aubrey Cooke - Grand Uncle - (1892 - 1953)

Clement was born in Gainsborough and worked as a salesman.

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There is a C. A. Cooke who was born in Gainsboro (sic), Lincolnshire and who was working as a salesman whose WWI record shows that he had a medical examination on the 15th of March 1915 in Ramsgate. He joined Brigade RFA on the 20th of March regimental number 1793 and transferred to 222nd Brigade RFA, regimental number 910695.  He became non-effective 'having been commissioned in the Indian Army'.  He was 'Discharged on appointment to a Commission' on 25th of March 1915.

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In the Indian Army list there is a 2nd. Lieutenant dated 29th March 1918.

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There is no evidence that this record refers to our Clement but it is unlikely as there is a Lieutenant C. A. Cooke in the Indian Volunteer Corps in 1902.

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However there is a Medal Record for Clement Aubrey Cooke regimental number 910695 for the British War Medal.  This is for Acting Bombardier, of the Royal Field Artillery, Territorial Force of the Regiment of the Royal Artillery (Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery).  Previously served the RFA. T. 1793 Div.

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Harold Cooke - Grand Uncle - (1897 - )

Clement was born in Gainsborough and enlisted on the 10th of December 1915, at the age of 18 in the Royal Tank Corps, regimental number 2283, previously 112283, 167996 and 11982.

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He served in the B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) in France 1916 - 1917.  On the 2nd of March 1917 he was suspected of having Diptheria and was invalided to England on the 3rd of April.  Though his record shows that from 20/3/17 to 31/10/17 he was at home, followed by 1/11/17 to 17/7/18 he was with the E.E.F. (Egyptian Expeditionary Force) and was embarked to Alexandria.  On the 18th of July 1918 he was posted to the reserve unit of the Tank Corps. at their depot.

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