52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Wk 9/52: Caroline COOK (nee JEFFERIES) 1852-1928 - Women's History Month
Caroline Cook - photo in possession of Geraldine Cook Ahnentafel Number 19 NB Variations in spelling of Surnames: COOK/COOKE Context for discovery: This biography was written as part of the 52 ancestors in 52 weeks exercise devised by Amy Johnson Crow. You can join in too here . March is Women’s History Month and this week’s theme is females. I am using this exercise to tidy up and check all my files. This week I have created a Vital Records spreadsheet for everyone in my family. I did have one before, but it was very scrappy and handwritten. Now I have one in Excel. This has made me realize that I don’t have a death certificate for Caroline. Oh dear! Must add that to the TO DO LIST! Birth Date/Place : Caroline was born 21 March 1852 Dock Row, Portsea, Hampshire, England [i] . I have looked for Dock Row on many maps but can't find it. Michael Gunton who wrote the introduction to the the map of Portsea 1896 says...