Land valuation files
Application for consent to sale - Walter Rout Crook to Ashley Iveson Williams ORDER DETAILS »
1945 1945 High Court Auckland, Department of Justice

Auckland insolvency files
Crook, John Edward ORDER DETAILS »
1914 1921 Commercial Affairs Division, Auckland

Information found on archway.archives.govt.nz

No not directly - maybe a passage down the Wye in a small craft would be possible to Chepstow, then across the Bristol Channel to Bristol in a larger craft and onwards. More likely is rail to Liverpool, London or Southampton.

John CROOK - 30, Hatter, Hosier & Outfitter, born, Middx. Shoredith (photographer 1881 census)
Emma CROOK - 23 - born Kent, Shoreham
Winnifred Dora CROOK - 5 months, born Hereford, Ross
Thomas CRANE? Asst.20 Hatters to Asst.born Warwick, Birmingham
Ann AUBREY, Servant, 19 - born Hereford, Aston Ingham

Were they non-conformists or did they take the children back home to be christened? (which we did, so our family and old friends could attend)

John CROOK married Emma ROUT - Oct/Nov/Dec Qtr 1869 - District Wandsworth

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1861 Census, Kent, Loose (spelt ROAT on Ancestry)

Loose Road
Shernold Cottage

ROUT

James C - 71 - retired farmer, born Shoreham
Susanna - 50
Emma - 13
Susannah - 8 - born Loose
+ one Servant

1851 Census, Kent, Maidstone

1 Suffolk Place

ROUT

James C - age 61, Proprietor of Houses, born Hants Romsey
Susannah - 41 - born Shoreham, Kent
Susannah - 19 - born Middx. Clerkenwell
Rebecca - 6 - born Kent, Shoreham
Emma - 4 - born ditto
+ 1 servant

England & Wales National probate Calender

ROUT James Clark - Effects under £3,000

3 May 1867

The Will of James Clark ROUT late of Shernold Cottage in the Parish of Loose in the County of Kent, Gentleman deceased who died 3 February 1867 at the Parish aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of Susanna ROUT of Loose aforesaid Widow the Relic William GANDY of Wargrave in the County of Berk, Grocer and John LEE of Maidstone in the County of Kent aforesaid Grocer the Executors.

Name: Walter Rout Crook
Year of Registration: 1880
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 245

Name: Gwendoline G. Crook
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: John Crook
Mother's Name: Emma Crook
Gender: Female
Where born: Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England

Civil parish: Westbury On Severn - East Dean
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England

Street Address: Commercial Street
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Westbury On Severn
Sub-registration district: Newnham
ED, institution, or vessel: 17
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Crook 40
Emma Crook 31
Winifred D. Crook 10
Emelene M. Crook 8
Gwendoline G. Crook 6
Eleanor Crook 3
John E. Crook 2
Walter R. Crook 11 mths

Births
Name: Gwendoline Constance Crook
Year of Registration: 1874
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a

Name: Winifred Dora Crook
Year of Registration: 1870
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Ross
County: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Hereford and Worcester
Volume: 6a

Name: Ada Lilian Crook
Year of Registration: 1876
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a

Name: Emeline Maude Crook
Year of Registration: 1872
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a