George Cooke

George was born in 1895 the son of William and Amy Cooke nee Hartshorn. His father William Cooke was born in Arnold in 1895 and his mother, Amy Cooke, in 1865, also in Arnold. His parents were married in 1884; the marriage was recorded in the Basford Registration District. On the 1911 Census they state that they had had ten children but sadly three died in infancy or childhood. The surviving children were: William Thomas b. 1893, George b 1895, Eva b. 1897, Horace b. 1899, Amy b. 1901, Elizabeth b. 1903 and Eleanor b. 1905. In the 1911 Census they were living at 48 Edwin Street, Arnold, Nottingham, with William who was 50 years old, head of the family and a house painter, living with his wife Amy 46 years and their children William Thomas 18 years, a pawn broker's assistant, George 16 years, a painter's apprentice, Eva 14 years, an errand girl, Horace 12 years, a scholar, Amy 12 years, a scholar, Elizabeth 8 years, a scholar, and Eleanor 6 years, who was also a scholar. At the time of his death George was living at 86 Hunger Hill Road.