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COOK, Walter Sims
1850 - Aft 1911 (> 62 years) Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.
1843 - Aft 1911 (> 69 years)-
Name COOK, Walter Sims Birth 1850 Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, England 
Gender Male Death Aft 1911 Person ID I6857 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family SHARP, Emma Neale, b. 1843, Emneth, Norfolk, England d. Aft 1911 (Age > 69 years) Marriage 1868 North Witchford,Cambridgeshire, England Family ID F2271 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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WILLIAM SIMS COOK 1850-
The birth of a Walter Sims COOK was registered in 1850.
(GRO June Q 1850 Chesterton [which includes Waterbeach] 14 52)
The marriage between Emma Neale SHARPE and Walter COOK was registered in 1868.
(GRO June Q 1868 North Witchford 3b 926)
From the 1871 census of Well End, March, Cambridgeshire:
*William COOK, head, aged 21, railway engine fitter, born at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire;
Emma COOK, wife, aged 24, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
Emma J. Cook, daughter, aged 3, scholar, born at March, Cambridgeshire;
William J. Cook, son, aged 1, born at March, Cambridgeshire.
(RG10/1610/44/14)
From the 1881 census of the Wakefield-Barnsley Road, Carlton in Barnsley, Yorkshire:
*Walter COOK, head, aged 31, colliery labourer, born at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire;
Emma Elizabeth COOK, wife, aged 34, born at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire [sic];
Emma Jane COOK, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born at March, Cambridgeshire;
William John COOK, son, aged 11, scholar, born at March, Cambridgeshire;
Ernest COOK, son, aged 3, born at Monk Bretton, Yorkshire;
Annie COOK, daughter, aged 1, born at Carlton, Yorkshire;
John COOK, brother, aged 33, married, colliery labourer, born at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire;
Reuben WHITEHEAD, boarder, aged 27, unmarried, colliery lamp man, born at Alshmore [?], Cambridgeshire.
(RG11/4598/49/42)
The 1911 census of 9 Carlton Road, Smithers, Barnsley, Yorkshire:
*Walter COOK, head, aged 61, coal miner, born at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire;
Emma COOK, wife, aged 66, married 42 years, 8 children of whom 4 living, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
Walter MARRIOTT, grandson, aged 31, single, coal miner, born at Smithers, Yorkshire;
Thomas JONES, boarder, aged 33, single, coal miner, born at Ruther, Denbighshire.
(RG14/27597)
NOTES & QUERIES:
1891 Census: Untraced.
1901 Census: Untraced.
(revised 19.07.2012)