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Edward Crook
c1820-1905
According to census records Edward was born in either Marylebone London or Donnington, Berkshire.
In 1841 Edward (14) was recorded as a Horse Keeper, living in the City, Newbury
The 1851 census records him aged 28, working as an Agricultural Labourer, lodging in the City Bartholomew’s, Newbury, Berkshire.
The 1871 census records Edward (51) a Labourer, as a visitor at The Greyhound Inn, Bartholomew Street, Newbury.
Edward married in 1872
Marriage details:
Place: St Nicolas Church Newbury
Date: 18th December 1872
Groom: Edward Crook, full age, bachelor, occupation, Labourer, abode, Newbury
Bride: Hannah Maria Coxhead, full age, spinster, abode, Newbury
Fathers: William Coxhead and ? Crook, both Labourers
Witnesses: John R. Stillman and Ann Case or Carr
Hannah Maria (aka Anna Maria and Hannah) was baptised as Anne Maria, on the 8th May 1836, in East Woodhay, Hampshire, the daughter of William (a Labourer) and Anna (Hannah) Coxhead (nee Bailey) who were married on the 15th May, 1828 at St Mary, Kintbury, Berkshire.
She had the following four illegitimate children, before she married Edward:
Eliza, 1858 in Hampstead Marshall
Frederick James, 1861 in Hampstead Marshall
Louisa Ann 1864 in Hampstead Marshall
Elizabeth, 1867 in Woodhay Hampshire
Edward and Hannah Maria had the following children:
Mary Maria, baptised 28th September 1875 in Wootton, Hampshire
Ellen Georgina, baptised 18th August 1878 in Wootton, Hampshire
William, baptised 4th September 1881, at St Nicolas Newbury
The 1881 census records Edward (62) was recorded as a General Labourer, residing in the Newbury Workhouse. Hannah (44) a Charwoman, was recorded living in Rose and Thistle Yard, Pembroke Road, Newbury, with her children, Elizabeth Coxhead (13), Maria Crook (5) and Georgina Crook (2).
The 1891 census records Edward (71) as a Scavenger, living at 5 Herborough Road, Newbury, with Hannah (54) and their children Mary (12) and William (9)
Edward (81) and Hannah (64) were living at 3 Bartholomew Almshouses in 1901.
Edward died aged 82 in 1905. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 30th January.
The 1911 census records Anna Maria (74), living on her own means at 2 St John’s View, Bartholomew Street, Newbury (Surname recorded as Croach on ancestry)
Anna Maria died aged 75 on the 11th March 1912. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 16th March.
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