See also

Family of Frederick Edward Cook and Dorothy May Saunders

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1952 marriage Frederick Edward Cook to Dorothy May Saunders

  • Husband:

  • Frederick Edward Cook (1906-1985)

  • Wife:

  • Dorothy May Saunders (1930-2009)

  • Marriage:

  • 13 Sep 1952

  • St. Gregory the Great Church, Old Ruttington Lane, Canterbury, Kent, England1 2

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  • Frederick a widower serving as a Corporal A.C.C. (Army Catering Corps?) and son of Edward Cook a deceased journeyman? Dorothy a spinster and daughter of retired George Matthew Seaman Saunders. Both of The Barracks Canterbury, married by banns and witnessed by Sylvia Gosnell (sic) and Joseph Francis Jones

Husband: Frederick Edward Cook

  • Name:

  • Frederick Edward Cook1 2 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 17 Sep 19063

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  • Death:

  • 26 Aug 1985 (age 78)

  • Winchester "Registration District", Hampshire, England3 4

  •  

  • Frederick's death wasn't registered until November, but probate says died 26th August 1985, could these be different people?

  • Probate:

  • 13 Nov 1985

  • Probate Registry, Brighton, East Sussex, England4

  •  

  • of 29 Ruskin Close Selsey Chichester West Sussex died 26th August 1985, probate of £72,254 (~£199,000 in 2017)

Wife: Dorothy May Saunders

Note on Husband: Frederick Edward Cook

Unsure about Frederick's birth details as there are several options, need more information

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Canterbury 1952 quarter:3 volume:5b page:572. Cit. Date: 1 August 2026.

2.

Marriage Certificate. own copy, index:102a. Cit. Date: 22 August 2026. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Winchester 1985 quarter:4 register:1185 volume:20 page:1820. Cit. Date: 23 August 2026.

4.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Brighton 1985 page:1783 no:8551315829K. Cit. Date: 23 August 2026.

5.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stepney 1930 quarter:3 volume:1c page:205. Cit. Date: 1 August 2026.

6.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hampshire 2009 quarter:3 district:5041E register:1E007 entry:501935956. Cit. Date: 1 August 2026.