Researching George Cooke
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 16527 people with the Cooke surname? In that year Cooke was ranked number 227 for popularity in the UK. |
The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Cooke on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Cooke and the Cooke Family History
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Cooke Family Tree Databases
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Some Famous People called George Cooke
George Edwin Cooke
George Edwin Cooke (February 17, 1883 – June 3, 1969) was an American amateur soccer player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in St. Louis, Missouri.
In 1904 he was a member of the St. Rose Parish team, which won the bronze medal in the soccer tournament. He played all three matches as a fullback. His younger brother Thomas was also member of the bronze medal team, but he broke his leg during the first game with Galt F.C. and was replaced with Johnson in the later games.
Outside of soccer, Cooke worked for the Liggett Group for over 50 years. Cooke married Anna Sullivan, with whom he had nine children who survived him. His funeral was held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in St. Louis, and he was interred in that city's Calvary Cemetery.
Source: George Edwin Cooke, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaGeorge Cooke (Australian politician)
George Cooke (1 May 1869 – 24 March 1938) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Barossa from 1924 to 1933. He was elected as a member of the Labor Party, but was expelled from the party in the 1931 Labor split and sat with the splinter Parliamentary Labor Party for the remainder of his term.
Cooke was born in Toowoomba, the son of a farmer. He was a sheep and cattle farmer and at other times a labourer and contractor for many years. He joined the Labor Party when it was first established in Queensland. He bought a home at Gilles Plains in South Australia around 1908. Having studied fruitgrowing at the Adelaide School of Mines, he established his own orchard, specialising in peaches.
He supported the White Australia Policy and opposed conscription in World War I.
He retired from politics at the 1933 election. He died in 1938, having suffered "creeping paralysis" that made him "virtually an invalid" for several years prior to his death.
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