Isaiah ROOK b 1887 Coleford (General)
by rookancestrybest 
, United Kingdom, Thursday, April 14, 2011, 21:27 (4976 days ago)
I am trying to work out what happened to Isaiah Rook. He was one of the sons of Joseph Rook(e). Joseph Rooke was born 1856/1857 /Baptised January 28th 1857, Monmouth district; died August 2nd 1942 in Broadwell, Coleford. Joseph's wife being Elizabeth Hale (nee Fox) (widow when she married Joseph), they married on October 14th 1880. Isaiah had 7 siblings, some of whom I have found out quite a lot about.
Isaiah was born on 6th March 1886 in West Dean and was baptised September 18th 1887 (C of E) in Coleford. Isaiah is spelt, on the 1911 census as Isiah. He was still alive in 1919 as he was witness at his brother, Joseph's wedding. His occupation was listed as coal hewer. In 1911 he was living in Pontypridd.
There could have been two Isaiah Rooks in the UK at the same time as he lived or they could be one and the same person. He could therefore have been in WW1 and it appears he probably had a war pension.
The only other reference I can find to an Isaiah Rook is one dying in Yorkshire in 1935, he is listed as a collier. This man married a Ms. Farrell.
It is possible that he could have lived in Barnsley as another relative moved up to Barnsley, Charles Rook (his uncle, son of Paul Rook) (see photograph on this website). The latter lived in Worsborough and Worsborough Dale (Barnsley). My mother used to say a relative lived in Wombwell/Barnsley but she never said who and I am wondering if this could have been Isaiah? It could, however, equally have been a relative of the wife of Charles Rook who lived in Wombwell or someone else.
Can anyone shed any light on this mystery?
Isaiah ROOK(E) 1886 - 1935 Lane End -> YORKS
by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Thursday, April 14, 2011, 22:48 (4976 days ago) @ rookancestrybest
Looks like one and the same man...
Name: Isaiah Rooke
Death Registration Month/Year: 1935
Age at death (estimated): 49 [inferred 1886]
Registration district: Wakefield
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9c
Page: 102
Name: Isaiah Rooke
Spouse : Mary Farrell
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1919
Registration district: Wakefield
Registration county (inferred): Yorkshire - West Riding
Volume Number: 9c
Page Number: 169
WWi medals
Name: Isiah Rooke
Regiment or Corps: 1st/2nd Mon Regiment
Regimental Number: 1458
WWI war pension
Isaiah Rooke abt 1886 West Dean Gloucestershire
Working at Cannop Colliery
Living Coalway Lane End
26 years old 5ft 4in tall - enlisted 30th July 1912 {inferred 1886 birth]
Spent just over a year in France as part of the Expeditionary Force
Discharged March 1916 Oswestry.
1911
ROOK JOSEPH M 1885 26 Pontypridd Glamorganshire
ROOK PALL M 1889 22 Pontypridd Glamorganshire
ROOK ISIAH M 1886 25 Pontypridd Glamorganshire
1901
Joseph Rooke abt 1857 Lane End, Gloucestershire, England Head Coleford, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Rooke abt 1853 Lane End, Gloucestershire, England Wife Coleford, Gloucestershire
Annie Rooke abt 1881 Lane End, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Coleford, Gloucestershire
Joseph Rooke abt 1885 Lane End, Gloucestershire, England Son Coleford, Gloucestershire
Isaiah Rooke abt 1886 Lane End, Gloucestershire, England Son Coleford, Gloucestershire
Passe Rooke abt 1889 Lane End, Gloucestershire, England Son Coleford, Gloucestershire
Charles Mantle abt 1894 St Wales, Swansea Nephew Coleford, Gloucestershire
1891
Joseph Rook abt 1857 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head Newland, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Rook abt 1853 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife Newland, Gloucestershire
Benjamin Hale abt 1876 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Stepson Newland, Gloucestershire
Annie Elizabeth Rook abt 1881 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Newland, Gloucestershire
Theresa Rook abt 1883 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Newland, Gloucestershire
Joseph Rook abt 1885 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Newland, Gloucestershire
Isara Rook abt 1886 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Newland, Gloucestershire
Paul Rook abt 1889 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Newland, Gloucestershire
Hannah Rook abt 1830 Franifton, Gloucestershire, England Mother Newland, Gloucestershire
George Powell abt 1871 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Nephew Newland, Gloucestershire
Year: 1887
Month: Sep
Day: 18
Parents_Surname: ROOKE
Child_Forenames: Isaiah
Fathers_Forenames: Joseph
Mothers_Forenames: Elizabeth
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Lane End Coleford
Occupation: Collier
Officiating_Minister: JW Thomas Assist[ant] Curate
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Born Mar 6 1886
Notes:
Register_Reference: P93 IN I/6
Page_Number: 179
Parish_Chapel: Coleford
Name: Isaiah Rook
Year of Registration: 1886
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
DISTRICT: Monmouth (1837-1939)
COUNTY: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 19
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Isaiah ROOK(E) 1886 - 1935 Lane End -> YORKS
by rookancestrybest , United Kingdom, Friday, April 15, 2011, 20:47 (4975 days ago) @ slowhands
Thank you so much for this, I really do apprecitate it. I hadn't expected Wakefield but it is only next door to Barnsley. He sounds like my family in that he is not very tall, most of the woman (but not usually the men) from that side of my family are not tall so that ties in well. Now you have verified it I can see whether or not he spent any time living in Wombwell which, as I said, is not a million miles from Wakefield.