ROOK Coleford / Coalway Blacksmith family (General)
by slowhands 
, proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Sunday, July 01, 2007, 01:03 (6357 days ago)
THOMAS ROOKE
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Marriages:
Spouse: ELIZABETH STEEL
Marriage: 22 FEB 1813 Newland, Gloucester, England
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Messages:
Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record.
The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date.
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Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
M036201 1754 - 1851 0856960 Film 6911883 Film
Sheet: 00
ROOK as Rock ( transcriber error)
1841 Coleford Meend
Thomas Rock abt 1791 Dean Forest Gloucestershire Blacksmith
Elizabeth Rock abt 1791 Dean Forest Gloucestershire
Charles Rock abt 1826 Dean Forest Gloucestershire
Paul Rock abt 1831 Dean Forest Gloucestershire
Joseph Rock abt 1816 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest Gloucestershire
Thomas Rock abt 1821 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest Gloucestershire
1851 Lane End
Elizabeth Rook abt 1786 Bristol, Somerset, England Head West Dean Gloucestershire
Paul Rook abt 1831 Chepst, Monmouthshire, Wales Son West Dean Gloucestershire
Thomas Rook abt 1819 Newland, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean Gloucestershire
1861 Coalway Lane End
Elizabeth Rook abt 1786 Halwell, Somerset, England Mother West Dean Gloucestershire
Thomas Rook abt 1819 Newland, Gloucestershire, England Head West Dean Gloucestershire
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Name: Eliza Agnes Prosser
Name: Thomas Rook
Year of Registration: 1867
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
DISTRICT: Monmouth (1837-1939)
County: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 63
1871
Thomas Rooke abt 1819 Coleford, Gloucestershire, England Head West Dean Gloucestershire
Eliza Agnes Rooke abt 1838 Llannor, Monmouthshire, Wales Wife West Dean Gloucestershire
Agnes Rooke abt 1869 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean Gloucestershire
Infant Rooke abt 1871 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean Gloucestershire
1881
Thomas Rook abt 1819 Coalford, Gloucestershire, England Head Brightside Bierlow Yorkshire
Eliza A. Rook abt 1838 Usk, Monmouth, Wales Wife Brightside Bierlow Yorkshire
Agnes Rook abt 1869 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Brightside Bierlow Yorkshire
David J. Rook abt 1871 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Brightside Bierlow Yorkshire
Esther A. Rook abt 1873 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Brightside Bierlow Yorkshire
Jane L. Rook abt 1879 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Daughter Brightside Bierlow Yorkshire
Mary E. Rook Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Daughter Brightside Bierlow Yorkshire
1891
Eliza Agnes Rook abt 1839 Pontypool; Monmouth Head Brightside Yorkshire
Agnes Rook abt 1869 Coalway; Lane End, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Brightside Yorkshire
David Thos Rook abt 1871 Coalway; Lane End, Gloucestershire, England Son Brightside Yorkshire
Loui Jane Rook abt 1879 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Daughter Brightside Yorkshire
Mary Elizh Rook abt 1881 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Daughter Brightside Yorkshire
ROOK Coleford / Coalway Blacksmith family
by rookancestrybest , United Kingdom, Sunday, July 01, 2007, 08:46 (6357 days ago) @ slowhands
Thank you these are definitely my family and Steade must have been mistakenly recorded as Steele.
ROOK Coleford / Coalway Blacksmith family
by rookancestrybest , United Kingdom, Sunday, July 01, 2007, 11:42 (6357 days ago) @ rookancestrybest
In case you're interested: the Sheffield branch never forgot Coleford, - in fact it is mentioned on the family gravestone in Sheffield. Esther married and had two children. David, Mary and Loui Jane did not marry and had no children. David worked at Samuel Osborne's like his father, Mary (though very bright) had polio when she was a child and therefore didn't have chance to work and Loui Jane (known as Ginnie) became the head teacher of a Sheffield Catholic school. Agnes married and had four daughters and a son, I'm the grand daughter of one of those daughters. One daughter had a daughter, two of the other daughters had two daughters each, the other one had three sons and the son had one son. I've been to Coleford twice to see what it was like, once in the 1970s and again about a decade ago and will try and visit again some day. David could speak Welsh and often used to speak to one of his neighbours, Mr. Jones in Sheffield in Welsh!
ROOK Coleford / Coalway Blacksmith family
by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Sunday, July 01, 2007, 13:18 (6357 days ago) @ rookancestrybest
Steed, Stead, Steel, Steele - I suspect all are possible. Unless we can see the written record, and even then we often only see a record of what the recorder heard - most of the "donors" were not literate.
... Rook, Rooke, Ruck may also be valid variations :-(