18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Mary Louisa Seels    
                Born: 1849                 in Lincolnshire  1 (see note 1)
              Census: 1891                 in Chaucer Road, Trumpington   (see note 2)
              Father: Henry John Seels 
              Mother: Jane Armstrong   (1821 - 1901) 
             Husband: Alfred Hands Cooke     
             Married: 1881                 in Lincolnshire  2 (see note 3)
                Born: 1854                 in London  2 (see note 4)
              Census: 1891                 in Chaucer Road, Trumpington   (see note 5)
          Occupation: 1891                 Fellow, Dean, Lecturer King's College  
          Occupation: 1900 - 1920          Headmaster, Aldenham School  3
                Died: 1934                 in Oxfordshire  4 (see note 6)
              Father:
              Mother:
          Media link: https://academic.oup.com/mollus/article-abstract/21/4/229/1002523?redirectedFrom=fulltext
          Media desc: Obituary
           M Child 1: Cyril Hands Cooke      
                Born: 11 Dec 1883          in Cambridge  2,5 (see note 7)
              Census: 1891                 in Chaucer Road, Trumpington   (see note 8)
             Resided: 1939                 in Warwickshire  5
          Occupation: 1939                 Joint Headmaster, Dunchurch Hall School  5
                Died: 1961                 in Sussex  4 (see note 9)
                Wife: Adela Jane Edith Horwood  b. 17 Jan 1895  d. 1959  
             Married: 1918                 in Berkshire  2 (see note 10)
           M Child 2: Alan Welldon Hands Cooke      
                Born: 1886                 in Cambridge  2 (see note 11)
              Census: 1891                 in Chaucer Road, Trumpington   (see note 12)
                Died: 24 Mar 1918          in France  6 (see note 13)

Sources:
(1) GRO index. 
(2) FreeBMD website. 
(3) Obituary. 
(4) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 
(5) 1939 Register. 
(6) Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Jun 1849 Spilsby 14 635   mothers surname Armstrong
Note (2) Age 39, born Wainfleet, with husband Alfred H Cooke and two sons
Note (3) Sep 1881 Spilsby 7a 874
Note (4) Dec 1854 Edmonton 3a 105
Note (5) Age 36, born Hornsey.  Clerk in Holy Orders; Fellow, Dean, Lecturer King's
College
Note (6) Dec 1934 Henley 3a 1258   age 80
Note (7) Mar 1884 Cambridge 3b 507
Note (8) Age 7, born Cambridge, with family
Note (9) Sep 1961 Cuckfield 5h 172   age 77
Note (10) Sep 1918 Bradfield 2c 873
Note (11) Dec 1886 Cambridge 3b 495
Note (12) Age 4, born Cambridge, with family
Note (13) Captain COOKE, ALAN WELLDON HANDS
Died 24/03/1918
22nd Bn.  Durham Light Infantry

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