Alfred COOKE

1839 - 1905  (65 years)

• Name	Alfred COOKE
  Birth	Between Oct 1839 and Dec 1839	Horsell, Woking, Surrey, England   [1]
  Baptism	20 Oct 1839	Horsell, Woking, Surrey, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	6 Jun 1841	Horsell, Woking, Surrey, England   [3]
  	Age: 1y
  	Address: Horsell
  	Living with parents
  Census	30 Mar 1851	Horsell, Woking, Surrey, England   [4]
  	Age: 11y
  	Address: North East of Road leading to Chobham
  	Relation to Head of House: Son Scholar. Living with parents
  Demobbed	16 Feb 1880	Delhi, India   [5, 6]
  	He has completed 22 year and 150 days in the army. He served 16 years 7 months of that time overseas in the East Indies. He has 4 Good Conduct badges, a 2nd Class School Certificate
  Census	3 Apr 1881	Newington, London, England   [7]
  	Age: 41y
  	Address: 2 Cottage Grove
  	Relation to Head of House: Visitor (Brother-in-law) Unmarried. Visitor to sister Emma's family (Emma Foster) He is a Chelsea Pensioner Brother in law works for GPO
  Occupation	3 Apr 1881	Newington, London, England
  	Chelsea Pensioner
  	Age: 41y
  Occupation	7 Oct 1889  [8]
  	Porter - G Post Office
  	Age: 50y
  	Marriage certificate
  Census	5 Apr 1891	Newington, London, England   [9]
  	Age: 51y
  	Address: 57 Carter St., Newington, London
  	Relation to Head of House: Head Porter - General Post Office
  Occupation	5 Apr 1891	Newington, London, England
  	Porter - G Post Office
  	Age: 51y
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Newington, London, England   [10]
  	Age: 61y
  	Address: 57 Carter St., Newington, London
  	Sorter GPO
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901	Newington, London, England
  	Sorter - GPO
  	Age: 61y
  Reference Number	BR 0044b
  Reference Number	BR-J
  Death	Between Jan 1905 and Mar 1905	Southwark, London, England   [11, 12, 13]
  	Age: 65y
  Person ID	I388	Jacobs
  Last Modified	21 May 2022

  
  

  Marriage	14 Feb 1829	Horsell, Woking, Surrey, England   [14, 15]
  Family ID	F109	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Matilda ABRAHAM,   b. 18 Aug 1860, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England d. 28 Sep 1947, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	7 Oct 1889	St Mary, Newington, London, England   [16]
  	Address: 37 Carter St
  	She was living at Carter St. He was living at 47 Penrose St. (200 yds apart) They moved in with her father.
  Children	+ 1. Alfred Lewis COOKE,   b. 9 Sep 1890, Newington, London, England d. 1 Jun 1947, Charlton, London, England (Age 56 years)   2. Ethel Elizabeth COOKE,   b. Between Jan 1892 and Mar 1892, London, England d. Between Jan 1892 and Mar 1892, London, England (Age 0 years)   3. Harold Edwin COOKE,   b. Between Jan 1893 and Mar 1893, London, England d. Between Apr 1893 and Jun 1893, London, England (Age 0 years) 4. Ellen Annie COOKE,   b. Abt 1903   d. 24 Jan 1990, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Between Oct 1839 and Dec 1839 - Horsell, Woking, Surrey, England Baptism - 20 Oct 1839 - Horsell, Woking, Surrey, England Census - Age: 1y,Address: Horsell - 6 Jun 1841 - Horsell, Woking, Surrey, England Census - Age: 11y,Address: North East of Road leading to Chobham - 30 Mar 1851 - Horsell, Woking, Surrey, England Demobbed - 16 Feb 1880 - Delhi, India Census - Age: 41y,Address: 2 Cottage Grove - 3 Apr 1881 - Newington, London, England Occupation - Chelsea Pensioner,Age: 41y - 3 Apr 1881 - Newington, London, England Marriage - Address: 37 Carter St - 7 Oct 1889 - St Mary, Newington, London, England Census - Age: 51y,Address: 57 Carter St., Newington, London - 5 Apr 1891 - Newington, London, England Occupation - Porter - G Post Office,Age: 51y - 5 Apr 1891 - Newington, London, England Census - Age: 61y,Address: 57 Carter St., Newington, London - 31 Mar 1901 - Newington, London, England Occupation - Sorter - GPO,Age: 61y - 31 Mar 1901 - Newington, London, England Death - Age: 65y - Between Jan 1905 and Mar 1905 - Southwark, London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  On his marriage certificate (1889) his age appears to be 50 On the 1891 census his age appears to be 51 On the 1901 census his age is clearly given as 61 In 1881 census he is a Chelsea Pensioner At Kew, look in : WO97 Royal Hospital Chelsea Soldiers Service Documents 1760-1913 Cannot find him in 1861/1871 censuses, may have been in army. 1911 Census shows that they had 2 children who died In 1897 when Lewis Michael (A)Braham was living in Carter St. with his daughter Alice and her husband Alfred Cooke, Charles Booth did a survey of London and produced a series of maps depicting the status of the people in individual streets. Carter St was described as Fairly comfortable. Good ordinary earnings. Web site: http://booth.lse.ac.uk

  
  

• Sources

  [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 29 Nov 2016, 1839 OND Chertsey 4 63. GRO Checked [S1142] Baptism Cert - Cooke, Alfred, 9 Apr 2012. [S345] 1841 Census - HO 107/1074/5 F023 P13 - Cooke, Alfred, 1 Jan 1980. [S344] 1851 Census - HO 107/1593 F422 P18/19 - Cooke, Alfred, 1 Jan 1980. [S1141] Military Record - Cooke, Alfred, 25 Mar 2012. [S3264] Email from Derek Stokes, 27 Nov 2019. [S343] 1881 Census - RG 11/0538 F046 P05 - Cooke, Alfred, 1 Jan 1980. [S137] Marriage Cert - Braham, Alice Matilda, 1 Sep 2012, 1889 OND St Saviour 1d 122 YES. [S93] 1891 Census - RG 12/0355 F074 P11 - Braham, Alice, 1 Jan 1980. [S101] 1901 Census - RG 13/0375 F100 P52 - Braham, Alice Matilda, 1 Jan 1980. [S356] Death Cert - Braham, Alice Matilda, 1 Jan 1980. Alive in 1901 census Wife is widow when she dies [S674] 1911 Census - RG 14/01822 SN175 - Cooke, 1 Jan 1980. Wife is a widow [S3241] BMD - Death Index, 1 Jan 1980, 1905 JFM Southwark 1d 82. [S1731] Marriage Cert - Cookes, James - Rapley, Martha, 29 Nov 2016. [S1730] Marriage Entry - Cookes, James - Rapley, Martha, 29 Nov 2016. [S137] Marriage Cert - Braham, Alice Matilda, 18 Oct 2014, 1889 OND St Saviour 1d 122 YES.