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
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