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Hi ive just updated my account to search the 1911 census but as hard as i try i cant find any info on my gramp . His name was alfred henry cook born swindon in 1908 he had a sister vera cook born 1907 but icant seem to find them on the 1911 cencus am i doing something wrong ? :-(

There is a Henry here and a Vera but she was born in 1911

I have removed that because it is incorrect.

She was Vera Frederica born 1907

There's a Harry Cook down as born 1909 with a Vera in Swindon.......but i can't access the census

Theres also a Henry born 1908 too

hi yes gramps sister was vera frederica and he was always called harry instead of alfred , does it mention the parents names and there place of birth , cant thank you enough , i cant find a sausage on them .

I don't know if it does as i can't access the census

i wonder why that is ? well you have got alot further than i did , i put there names in and i say o finds , thanks for you search its very much appriated , thank you

wonder if this is Harry ?

1911

MATERFACE, Richard Head Married M 47 1864 Boiler Rivetter Retired Exeter Devon VIEW
MATERFACE, Florence Wife Married
30 years F 46 1865 Exeter Devon VIEW
MATERFACE, Gertrude Daughter Single F 18 1893 Sewing Machinist Tailoring Swindon Wilts VIEW
MATERFACE, Vera Daughter F 4 1907 Swindon Wilts VIEW
>>>>>COOK, Harry Nephew M 2 1909 Swindon Wilts VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
11802 Reference:
RG14PN11802 RG78PN651 RD240 SD2 ED36 SN1

Registration District:
Swindon Sub District:
Swindon Enumeration District:
36 Parish:
Swindon

Address:
59 Victoria Road Swindon County:
Wiltshire

Thanks for that choccy , im not sure as vera and harry should be brother and sister , but its the right area as gramp was born in swindon .

Its like they never existed or does genes not have all the details do you think .

Alfred henry cook

Birth 12-7-1908 in 1, groundwell road , swindon .
Death 1989 in stroud , glos


Parents & Siblings
Frederick cook (-)

Kate maud heughes (-)


No Siblings
Spouse & Children
Roseliand may gardner (1910-)

I found this on Ancestry. No siblings. Is he yours?

yes he is , thats my gramp . is there anything you can find out about his parents ?
i wonder why i cant find anythung out on here . i wondered if there was something strange going on as i couldnt find anything about him , thanks very much .

It looks as if the Harry Cook that Choccy found , nephew of Richard and Florence Materface could well be your grandfather because Florence was Florence Hughes before her marriage. The Ancestry tree shows that his mother was Kate Hughes.

Marriages Jun 1882
Hughes Florence Isabella E J Highworth 5a 32
MATERFACE Richard Henry Highworth 5a 32

This is your granp's marriage:

Alfred H Cook
Spouse Surname: Gardner
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1932
Registration district: Stroud
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 937
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Rosalind M Gardner Cook Jul-Aug-Sep 1932 Stroud Gloucestershire

Interestingly Vera Materface, who is the same age as Vera Frederica Cook , does not appear to have her birth indexed in the freeBMD.

thank you so much , do you really think that it is the family , that would be a new line , thank you to salve , ive never been able to go further back than my gramp , yes gramps mum was kate huges before she married freerick cook .
i did wonder at one time if there was illigitamate children as there always seemed to be a secretcy to it all , genes has not help apart from you kind people .

what does that mean kucinta , do yiou think they may of been born out of wedlock ?

Have you got a date for the marriage of Frederick Cook to Kate Hughes?


FMP has transcribed Materface as Waterfall in the 1901 census.

hi adeline , i havnt , these are the couple ive been looking for some time now , i cant understand whats going on lol

Did you note the address that the Materfaces were living at in 1901?

1 Groundwell Road, Swindon which is where the tree on Ancestry states that Alfred Henry was born in 1908

yes my gramp was born at groundwell road so do you think that the materfaces where my gramps mums family ? because i thou8ght her name was heughes ?
facinating i dont quite know what to do from here ?

HI,

I found myself wondering if Vera 'Materface', was actually born Vera Frederica Cook, and possibly informally adopted?

It just seemed a co-incidence the two cousins had the same first name and age, were both born in Swindon, yet there is seemingly no record of Vera Materface's birth.

But maybe I'm reading too much into it.