George William Rook

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Gary Curnick who got it from Julie Aldous
& John Lynch @ genes who states:
George was Eliza Rook's son, but there's no reason to suppose he was William Dear's. Eliza had another child before she and William married. In the 1881 census they appear like this: Dwelling:Main Rd To Hitchin Workhouse Row Census Place:Henlow, Bedford, England Source:FHL Film 1341390 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1631 Folio 28 Page 17 MarrAgeSexBirthplace James ROOKM60 MHenlow, Bedford, England Rel:Head Occ:Ag Lab Sarah ROOKM59 FHenlow, Bedford, England Rel:Wife Occ:Straw Plaiter Eliza ROOKU20 FHenlow, Bedford, England Rel:Daur Occ:Straw Plaiter Rosina ROOKU17 FHenlow, Bedford, England Rel:Daur Occ:Straw Plaiter George ROOKU2 MHenlow, Bedford, England Rel:Grand Son
& Graham Rook who writes:
My father was Ralph George Rook, son of George William Rook, son of Eliza Rook, daughter of William Rook of Henlow, son of William Rook. You will see that my grandfather, George, was given the Rook name as he was born out of wedlock.

• connection. Graham Rook's connection to me is as follows:

Graham Rook
His father was Ralph Rook
His father was George Rook (1879)
His father was William Dear (1857) who later went on to marry Elizabeth Rook (1861)
Her father was James Rook (1821) & he also had Mary Rook (1843) who married James Huckle (1842)
They had Eliza Huckle (1862) who married Walter Presland (1861)
They had Arthur Presland (18840 who married Annie Reeves (1890)
Her father was William Reeves (1866)
His father was Ephraim Reeeves (1830) & he also had Elizabeth Reeves (1859) who married John Kilcommons (1859)
They had James Kilcommons (1887) who married May Davis (1895)
Her father was Thomas Davis (1868)
His father was George Davis (1846)
His father was Thomas Davis (1805c) & he also had Joseph Davies (1852)
He had Joseph Davies (1852)
He had G. A. Davies (1894)
He had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

• note. Graham Rook notes:
You may recall that I was in contact with you some years ago and I may have misinformed you regarding my family line. My father, Ralph George Rook, was born in Arlesey, NOT Stotfold in 1907, NOT 1910. There had also been some doubt in the family as to whether his father, George Rook, was the son of William Dear as he was registered with his mother's name, Rook. I have, for some years, endeavoured to find a member of the Dear family who had taken a DNA test to compare with mine. A few days ago I received an update from My Heritage with my latest matches and I was inforfmed that an Amanda Laidler was my first cousin once removed or my second cousin. I contacted Amanda and found that she was descended from both the Dears and the Rooks and the closeness of our DNA data confirm that George Rook's father WAS William Dear. This means that for three generations (four including my two daughters) my family has been registered as Rooks when we really should be Dears. I am more than happy with the name Rook, so I have no plans to change my name now.

George married Ada Henrietta Hewson on 7 Apr 1901 in Christ Church, West Green, London England. (Ada Henrietta Hewson was born on 1 Mar 1868 in Poplar, Kensington, Greater London, London, Middlesex England and died in Jul 1937 in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire England.)