William Ernest Cook, known as Bill[1], was born in Overseal, Derbyshire on 4 May 1924.[2][3][4]
He was the eldest son of Horace Cook and Lizzie Wilkins. The 1939 Regsiter records the Cook family in Lullington Road, Overseal (the new name for Moore Street). Horace is a Colliery Deputy Underground, Lizzie performs Unpaid Domestic Duties and William is a Bricklayers apprentice. There are also two closed records associated with the family.
Bill was in the right age group for military service in WW2, however I can find no record for him. It is possible that as a coal miner[5] he was in a protected occpation.
Bill lived in Overseal all of his life. He didn't marry or have any children and passed away in Hospital in Burton on Trent,[6][7] on 11 May 1984, a few days after his 60th birthday.[8][9] No burial details are known for any of the Cook family.
↑ "England and Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVC1-CSP3 : accessed 18 January 2015), William Ernest Cook, May 1984; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," index, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death Registration, East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
↑ "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV3D-7TZN : accessed 18 January 2015), William E Cook, 1924; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," index, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
↑ Birth Certificate BXCH136948 (William Ernest Cook)
↑ Death Certificate QBDAA 446496 (William Ernest Cook)
↑ Death Certificate QBDAA 446496 (William Ernest Cook)
↑ Family Knowledge & Overseal is in Derbyshire, the district of East Staffs matches Burton
↑ "England and Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVC1-CSP3 : accessed 18 January 2015), William Ernest Cook, May 1984; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," index, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death Registration, East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
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