Mary Wright 1821 - 1899

Born Kellington, West Yorkshire

1821 Mary Wright was born 2/9/1821 Kellington to Joseph Wright , labourer, & Willis Hampshaw. Address Kellington- Ancestry. image exists

1841C. A Mary Wright, 15 ( this OK- ages rounded down to nearest 5) , , b. Yorkshire , was a FS in Heck, Kellington

1842. Mary Wright married George Baldwin, miller on 25/12/1842 in Kellington Parish Church. He was the son of Joseph & Hannah Baldwin of Knottingley

1851C. Mary Baldwin was living at 29 Holes, Knottingley with her husband & 3 children.

George Baldwin Head Married Male 29 1822 Miller Knottingley, Yorkshire, England
Mary Baldwin Wife Married Female 29 1822 - Kellington, Yorkshire, England
Joseph Baldwin Son Unmarried Male 7 1844 Scholar Knottingley, Yorkshire, England
Bracewell Baldwin Son Unmarried Male 4 1847 - Knottingley, Yorkshire, England
Anne E Baldwin Daughter - Female 2 1849 - Knottingley, Yorkshire, England

Her eldest son, Joseph, died in an accident at the age of 10 [likely died 1854 Pontefract ] . 2nd son, Bracewell, disappeared ( although was later found married with children in Hull.)

1851-1854. 2 more daughters were born, Sarah & Lucy Baldwin. .

1856. Her husband , George Baldwin, died Pontefract Mar 1856 at the age of 35 ( Coroner's Inquest recorded a verdict of 'natural causes') .

Joe Baldwin was born 3/3/1859- Pontefract Mar 1859

1861C. Mary Baldwin, widow, is living 71 & 72 Holes, Knottingley, with her children and George Cooke , miller, was a lodger there

Mary Baldwin Head Widow Female 40 1821 Laundress Rillington, Yorkshire, England
Anne Eliz Baldwin Daughter Unmarried Female 12 1849 Scholar Knottingley, Yorkshire, England
Sarah Baldwin Daughter - Female 9 1852 Scholar Knottingley, Yorkshire, England
Lucy Baldwin Daughter - Female 7 1854 Scholar Knottingley, Yorkshire, England
Joe Baldwin Son - Male 2 1859 Scholar Knottingley, Yorkshire, England

Plus George Cooke 31, lodger, b. South Kirby, miller labourer and another lodger record originally found on Ancestry

1861. Mary Baldwin, widow, married George Cooke, corn miller journeyman, on 14/10/1861 in Knottingley Parish Church . His father Joseph Cooke, labourer: hers Joseph Wright, labourer

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Joe Baldwin 1859 became Joe Baldwin Cooke - grandfather of Geoffrey Baldwin Cooke, the source of much research on the Cooke family: this sent to me as Scans 4-22 by Nigel on 16/7/2019

1862. Mary Jane Cooke was born

1865. Frederick Cooke was born on 30/7/1865 to George & Mary in Knottingley

1870. George Cooke appears as a shopkeeper in Whites Trade Directory

1871C. Mary Cooke was living Rhodes Buildings Swaddling Stones, Stanley cum Wrenthorpe, Wakefield

George Cooke Head - Male 41 1830 Corn merchant & Shopkeeper - South Kirkby Yorkshire, England
Mary Cooke Wife - Female 48 1823 - KillingtonYorkshire, England
Sarah Baldwin Step-Daughter - Female 19 1852 - Knottingley Yorkshire, England
Mary J Cooke Daughter - Female 9 1862 - Knottingley Yorkshire, England
Joe B Cooke Son - Male 12 1859 - Knottingley Yorkshire, England
Frederick Cooke Son - Male 6 1865 - Knottingley Yorkshire, England

1881C. Mary Cooke was living Jacobs Well Lane, Stanley cum Wrenthorpe, Wakefield

George Cook Head Married Male 50 1831 Gro Provision Dealer South Kirkby, Yorkshire, England
Mary A Cook Wife Married Female 60 1821 - Kellington, Yorkshire, England
Joe B Cook Son Single Male 27 1854 Solicitors Clerk Knottingley, Yorkshire, England
Mary J Cook Daughter Single Female 19 1862 - Knottingley, Yorkshire, England
Frederick Cook Son Single Male 16 1865 - Knottingley, Yorkshire, England
Sarah Baldwin Step Daughter Single Female 30 1851 - Knottingley, Yorkshire, England
Lucy Dearlove Daughter Married Female 28 1853 - Knottingley, Yorkshire, England
Alice G Dearlove Grand Daughter Single Female 3 1878 Scholar Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Mary A Dearlove Grand Daughter Single Female 0 1881 - Wakefield, Yorkshire, England

 

1884. George Cooke died 28/3/1884 in Wakefield . leaving £282. Buried in the family grave??

Mary's name replaced George's as a shopkeeper in Directories, only disappearing on her death.

1891C. Mary Cooke, 69. widow, living on own means, was living Stanley Road, Stanley cum Wrenthorpe, Wakefield with her son, Frederick

Frederick Cooke Head Single Male 26 1865 Butcher KnottingleyYorkshire, England
Mary Cooke Mother Widow Female 69 1822 Living On Own Means Hellenaim Yorkshire, England
Mary J Cooke Sister Single Female 28 1863 - Knottingley Yorkshire, England
Alice G Dearlove Niece - Female 13 1878 Scholar Wakefield, Yorkshire, England

1899. Mary Cooke died 7/4/1899 in Wakefield . No probate. Burial on FMP?.

Buried in the family grave?? Wakefield only 19 k S of Leeds- any possibility of you going to the cemetery there Nigel, and looking at their records( take photos of them) and graves

" I believe Mary to have been a tiny lady( Frederic had a picture of her in his dining room but unfortunately this was destroyed on Auretta's death in 1939) but she must have had great stamina to have outlived 2 husbands and to have brought up 2 families all of whom survived (apart from Joseph, died aged 10) to have families of their own". - Geoffrey Baldwin Cooke, 1920, her ggrandson , via Joe Baldwin Cooke 1859

 

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