John Wilmot Cook

1840 - 1924  (84 years)

• Name	John Wilmot Cook
  Born	4 Feb 1840	Salcombe
  Christened	12 Apr 1840	Salcombe Chapelry Malborough
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Nov 1924
  Person ID	I525	Salcombe
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2014

  
  

  Father	Thomas Cook,   b. 1816, Kingsbridge ,   d. 15 Jun 1865  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Sarah Wilmot,   b. 1816,   d. 11 Apr 1854  (Age 38 years)
  Married	8 Apr 1838	Malborough Church
  Family ID	F211	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Rundle Thornton,   b. 1843, Galmpton, Hope Cove ,   d. 11 Jan 1939, Registered Kingsbridge  (Age 96 years)
  Married	28/02/ 1866	South Huish
  Children	+ 1. James Wilmot Cook,   b. 1867, Salcombe Devon England + 2. Sydney Robert Cook,   b. 26 May 1868,   d. 1935, Kingsbridge  (Age 66 years)   3. Alfred Edward Cook,   b. 9 Apr 1870, Salcombe ,   d. 1948, Registered Kingsbridge Q2 7a 412  (Age 77 years) + 4. John Henry Cook,   b. 5 Jun 1872,   d. 6 Feb 1967  (Age 94 years)   5. Ada Ellen Cook,   b. 1 May 1875 + 6. Francis Rowland Cook,   b. 3 Jan 1877,   d. 2 Jun 1954  (Age 77 years)   7. Sarah Mary Cook,   b. 23 Apr 1881,   d. 24 Apr 1881  (Age 0 years)   8. Mabel Roseclere Cook,   b. 25 Dec 1882,   d. 11 Jun 1966  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2010
  Family ID	F184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Feb 1840 - Salcombe Married - 28/02/ 1866 - South Huish  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  John Wilmot Cook may have been one of the first Salcombe lifeboatmen. There was a J Cook listed as one of the crew in 1870 on the "Rescue" in 1911 he was a confectioner/ baker living 76 Fore St with his Wife, Son Roland, Daughter Mabel and Son in Law Adams Hannaford Shepherd. His Grandson John Ashley Cook was one of the lifeboatmen that perished in the 1916 lifeboat disaster.