Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival - Day Seventeen
James Vernon Cook This is my 2nd great-grandfather James Vernon Cook, father of Eleanor Eliza Cook who married Edwin Conner. At least that's what it says on the back of several copies of the photos that I have It doesn't help that Eleanor's brother was called James and her father...and her grandfather.... So, I'm not sure when this was taken. Let's say c1900. His final rank was Chief Gunner or I think Lieutenant Commander in retirement. Certainly if you look at this ad for a full dress uniform from Christie's it seems very similar. Here's another great photo of him courtesy of my cousin Geraldine in England. According to Geraldine's photo of his grave, he died 25 January 1928 so I imagine this was taken a bit before then. What do you think he is standing next to? Geraldine says it might be a dovecote. I posted pictures of his funeral before here on my other blog. According to the Natio...