Friday Fotos (June 14, 2013) -- Walter W. Cooke

Walter W. Cooke (date and age unknown)

Walter Wilson Cooke circa 1930

Walter Wilson Cooke is my maternal great grandfather.  He was born to George Henry Cooke and his wife, Susannah Catherine (Appell) Cooke, on October 15, 1869 at 11 Bennett Street in Boston, Massachusetts.  He married Florence Leonette Flagg on August 2, 1891 in N. Attleboro, Massachusetts.  He was a jeweler by trade.  He and "Nettie" had six children -- four girls and two boys, but only three girls survived beyond early childhood.  One of the surviving children was my maternal grandmother, Ruth Eaton (Cooke) Carpenter.

When Nettie died in 1904, Walter married a second time.  Walter and his second wife, Flora Sayle, had one child together, Constance Cooke, born in 1926.  Walter died in N. Attleboro, Massachusetts on May 31, 1944 at age 74.

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Photographs from the personal collection of the author.

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Copyright 2013, John D. Tew

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Friday Fotos (April 19, 2013) -- Helen R. (Cooke) Roberts

Helen (Cooke) Roberts (r) reading to her half sister, Constance Cooke

Helen Raeder Cooke, was the older sister of my grandmother, Ruth Eaton (Cooke) Carpenter. Helen was born on February 21, 1892 in Attleborough, Massachusetts and died in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on October 4, 1987.  She is my grand aunt.

Helen was a nurse and was married to Dr. Frederick A. Roberts of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

The date of this photograph is circa 1930 when Constance Cooke was about 4 years old. Constance was a child of Helen's father, Walter Wilson Cooke (1869 - 1944), and his second wife, Flora Sayle.  Walter's first wife, the mother of Helen, my grandmother and four other children, was Florence Leonette Flagg.  "Nettie," as she was called, died in 1904 having been predeceased by both her sons who died in infancy.  

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Original photograph in the collection of the author.

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Copyright 2013.  John D. Tew

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