It's very intriguing to speculate about whether my forebears knew (about)
yours. My side has one possible candidate for the black-sheep slot, apart
from Frank Cookson: John (known as Jack) Tiplady (see outline above) was
certainly a Remittance Man, but in Australia not S Africa. A cousin of my
fathers writes about him as follows: "A bad lot. I'm not too sure what
form his badness took. He was very good-looking and had lots of lovely
charm, and drank too much, but I don't think he was dishonest. Anyway as
the result of some shenanigans (I've always wondered if he seduced a
Wetherby maiden) he was shipped off to Australia in 1924 or 5, where he
lived a fairly disreputable life until he married a lady called Rose who
straightened him out a bit. After his parents' death my father made sure
that his share of the money was sent out to him monthly, as he'd have drunk
the capital in no time had he been able to get at it. He and Rose had no
children. According to Mary's family tree he died in 1968. I don't know
what happened to Rose." RM008 Diana Pratt Yule
per Celia Moss: South Africa; unmarried
per Celia Moss: South Africa. Unmarried
per Celia Moss: agent for malts and hops.
Occ: Missionary
Occ: Curate
1881 census, per Edmund Cookson
Curate without care of souls. Living at Ipswich St Mathew.
DEATH: Death cert Ipswich 6b 504 Dec 1925, aged 87
DEATH: Death cert Ipswich 4a 860 Dec 1925, age 84.
DEATH: Death cert Ipswich 4a 803 Sep 1919 age 54
Occ: Schoolmaster
Educated at Leeds. Matric 1853. Scholar 1854-7. MA Caius College, Cambridge 1861. Articled to George Nelson, farmer, of Great Limber, Lincs. Took farm on Humber and lost money. Maths master at Rugely, Rotherham and Northampton Grammar Schhols. Headmaster of Thetford GS 1880. Brother of Edward.
1881 at London Rd School House, Thetford St Mary.
DEATH: Shot himself in London hotel. Death cert Strand 1b 416 Dec 1883.
Married: Married Emily, daughter of George Nelson, farmer, of Great Limber, Lincs.
Daughter of George Nelson, farmer, Great Limber, Lincs.
DEATH: Death cert: Richmond 2a 213 Dec 1889, aged 49.
Reginald Thomas Chorley COOKSON
per Edmund Cookson email:
Occupation; Schoolmaster
Sdm Scholar Queens, Oxford Michs 1894. Educated Malvern College. Matric 1894. Scholar 1896. BA 1899. MA 1902. Asst Master at Malvern 1897 - 1939.
Death cert Malver 9d 232 March 1957 aged 81.
Lieutenant Reginald Thomas Chorley Cookson, R.F.A., T.F. Born 1875; the son of T.C.Cookson, Leeds Educated at Malvern College from 1885 to 1894 where he was a School Prefect and a member of the Cricket XI and the Football XI. In 1894, a Scholar at Queens College Cambridge where he earned a B.A. (Second Class) in 1897. Assistant Master at Malvern Clooge from 1897 to 1938 and was Editor of the Malvern Register in 1905 and 1915. Private, London Regiment (Artist Rifles) Joined 353rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, Territorial Force in December 1916. Served in France from May 1917 to January 1919. Assistant Master, Elms School, Colwall, 1940 - 1944 and Link School, Malvern Link 1944 to 1959. In 1950 lived at Scarsdale, Priory Road, Malvern.