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    Cooke, Michael

    Cooke, Michael

    Male Abt 1820 - 1892  (~ 72 years)

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    • Name Cooke, Michael 
      Born Abt 1820  Ballintemple, Tipperary, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died 12 Aug 1892  Draper, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I05545  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 28 Apr 2015 

      Father Cooke, John,   b. Abt 1790, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1850, Ballintemple, Tipperary, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
      Mother Friday, Mary,   b. Abt 1795, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1826, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 31 years) 
      Married Abt 1815  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F03500  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 1 Humphrey, Mary,   b. Abt 1820, Billesden, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1871, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years) 
      Married 1849  Lewisham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
       1. Cooke, Arthur,   c. 27 Mar 1855, Plumstead, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
       2. Cooke, Martha,   b. Abt 1857, Plumstead, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
       3. Cooke, Elizabeth Mary,   b. Abt 1859, Plumstead, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1919, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years)
       4. Cooke, Frank Humphrey,   b. 1862, Woolwich Barracks, England Find all individuals with events at this location
      Family ID F01663  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 2 Newsome, Mary Anne Eliza,   b. Abt 1838, Of Coventry, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1889, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years) 
      Married 22 Sep 1887  Draper and Oakley, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F01664  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Photos
      Michael Cooke
      Michael Cooke

    • Notes 
      • 1851 Census Woolwich, Kent, England:
        Name: Michael Cooke
        Age: 31
        Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820
        Relation: Head
        Spouse's Name: Mary
        Gender: Male
        Where born: Ireland
        Civil Parish: Woolwich
        Town: Woolwich
        County/Island: Kent
        Occupation: Searjant Royal Artillery
        Country: England
        Registration district: Greenwich
        Sub registration district: Woolwich Arsenal
        ED, institution, or vessel: 8
        Neighbors: View others on page
        Household schedule number: 66
        Household Members: Name Age
        Michael Cooke 31
        Mary Cooke


        Census 1861 Woolwich, Kent, England:
        TNA Ref RG09-0405
        Image No 344
        Folio No 171
        Page No 23
        Entry No 12
        Location details
        County London, Kent
        Sub District 5 WOOLWICH DOCKYARD
        Registrar's District GREENWICH
        Enumeration District No
        Parish WOOLWICH
        City
        Town WOOLWICH
        Street ... ARTILLERY BARRACKS
        Household Number
        Record details
        First name MICHAEL
        Last name COOKE
        Title Seargant Major Royal Artillery
        Age 41 years
        Sex M
        Birth County Ireland
        Listed with wife Mary, aged 43 years of Billesden, Leicestershire and son Arthur aged 6 years born Plumstead, Kent
        Martha aged 4 born Plumstead, Kent
        Elizabeth aged 2 born Plumstead, Kent.



        Immigrated to Canada, landing Quebec in 1866. Michael, Mary, Arthur, Elizabeth and Frank all arrived per SS Lawerence.
        Name: Michael Cooke
        Year: 1871
        Age: 50
        Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
        Place: Ontario, Canada
        Source Publication Code: 1823.28
        Primary Immigrant: Cooke, Michael
        Annotation: Date and place of census. Census films are available from the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa. Place of birth, sex of the immigrant, religion, ethnicity, occupation, district, subdistrict, division, and page number of original record are also provid
        Source Bibliography: ELLIOTT, BRUCE S. Index to the 1871 Census of Ontario: Renfrew and the North. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1992. 107p.
        Page: 19



        1871 Census Muskoka, Canada:
        Name: Michael Cooke
        Age: 50
        Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
        Gender: Male
        Widower
        Birth Place: Ireland
        Residence District: Muskoka
        Residence Location: Draper, Oakley, Ryde
        Ethnic Origin: Irish
        Religion: Church of England, Anglican
        Occupation: Farmer
        Microfilm Roll: C-10023
        Page: 5
        Head of Household Comment: This person is listed as a head of household.


        1891 Census Ontario Canada: (remarried?)
        Name: Michael Cook
        Gender: Male
        Marital Status: Married
        Age: 66
        Birth Year: abt 1825
        Birthplace: Ireland
        Relation to Head of House: Head
        Religion: Church of England
        French Canadian: No
        Father's Birth Place: Ireland
        Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
        Province: Ontario
        District Number: 100
        District: Ontario North
        Subdistrict: Draper
        Archive Roll #: T-6357
        Neighbors: View others on page
        Household Members: Name Age
        Michael Cook 66
        Mary Ann Eliza Cook 49

        Source Information:
        Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada). Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data:
        Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1922. MS932, 695 reels. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
        Name: Michael Cooke
        Birth Place: Ireland
        Age: 72
        Estimated Birth Year: abt 1815
        Father Name: Dead Cooke
        Mother Name: Cooke
        Spouse Name: Mary Elizabeth Newsome
        Spouse's Age: 46
        Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
        Spouse Birth Place: England
        Spouse Father Name: Henry Newsome
        Spouse Mother Name: Mary Ann Newsome
        Marriage Date: 22 Sep 1887
        Marriage Place: Muskoka District
        Marriage County: Muskoka
        Family History Library Microfilm: MS932_57

        Ontario, Canadia Death 1869-1934
        Name: Michael Cooke
        Death Date: 12 Aug 1892
        Death Location: Draper, Muskoka District
        Gender: Male
        Occuoation: Farmer
        Aged: 75 years
        Estimated Birth Year: abt 1817
        Birth Location: Tip,Irl
        Certified: Arthur Cooke, son

        Michael Cooke: Muskoka Herald Aug. 25, 1892 " It is again my painful duty to chronicle the death of another old and respected resident of this place in the person of Michael Cooke who died suddenly on Friday evening 12th of August. Mr. Cooke has been a sufferer for several years and although death came
        suddenly at last, yet it was not altogether unexpected. The funeral took place on Monday last in the new English Church cemetery, Rev. A. H. Allman officiating. Mr. Cooke was an old soldier in the English army and was up to the time of his death receiving a good pension. He leaves a wife, two sons and one daughter to mourn his loss. Deceased was about 70 years of age."


        British Army Service Records 1760-1913
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        First name(s): Michael
        Last name: COOKE
        Calculated year of birth: 1819
        Parish of birth: Ballintemple
        Town of birth: Cashel
        County of birth: Tipperary
        Age at attestation: 22 years
        Attestation date: 5 November 1841
        Attestation corps:
        Attestation soldier number:
        Discharge rank: Serjeant Major
        Discharge corps: Royal Artillery
        Discharge soldier number: 5355
        The National Archives reference: WO97/1315/ 67