Robert COOKE (1809

Robert COOKE (1809 - 1892)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
John Robert COOKE (1852 - 1931) James COOKE (1853 - 1940) Anna Mary COOKE (1855 - 1938) Edward Gustavus COOKE (1861 - 1907)	Robert COOKE (1809 - 1892) + Marianne Mary Anne ROBINSON (1821 - 1907)

Pic P1. Aged 83 Years
Youngest son of Robert of Kilhman Castle
Died at 'Petfield' Tumut
Robert held a B.A

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Sat 18 Jun 1892
Deaths.
COOKE.—May 29, 1892, at his residence, Petfield, Tumut,Robert Cooke, B.A., son of the late Robert Cooke, of Kilhman Castle, County Tipperary, Ireland, in the 83rd year of his age.

Pic S1. Aged 86 Years
Daughter of James and Jane
Died at 'Petfield' Tumut

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wed 28 Aug 1907
COOKE -August 27, at Petfield, Marianne, widow of the late Robert Cooke, of Petfield, Tumut, and
daughter of the late James Robinson, of Copabella, in her 86th year.

Pic 1. Aged 83 Years
Youngest son of Robert of Kilhman Castle
Died at 'Petfield' Tumut
Robert held a B.A

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Sat 18 Jun 1892
Deaths.
COOKE.—May 29, 1892, at his residence, Petfield, Tumut,Robert Cooke, B.A., son of the late Robert Cooke, of Kilhman Castle, County Tipperary, Ireland, in the 83rd year of his age.

b. 1809 at Tipperary, Ireland

m. 1851 Marianne Mary Anne ROBINSON (1821 - 1907) at Copabella, New South Wales, Australia

d. 29 May 1892 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia aged 83

Children (4):

John Robert COOKE (1852 - 1931)

James COOKE (1853 - 1940)

Anna Mary COOKE (1855 - 1938)

Edward Gustavus COOKE (1861 - 1907)

Events in Robert COOKE (1809 - 1892)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1809		Robert COOKE was born	Tipperary, Ireland		63
1851	42	Married Marianne Mary Anne ROBINSON (aged 30)	Copabella, New South Wales, Australia
1852	43	Birth of son John Robert COOKE	Jingellic, New South Wales, Australia
1853	44	Birth of son James COOKE	Jingellic, New South Wales, Australia
1855	46	Birth of daughter Anna Mary COOKE	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1861	52	Birth of son Edward Gustavus COOKE	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
29 May 1892	83	Robert COOKE died	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia		63

Personal Notes:

Robert Cooke was born in Tipperary, Ireland in 1809. His father had fought under Wellington in the Battle of Waterloo. Robert landed in Australia in 1836 and after two years (in 1838) came to Tumut.

At first Robert Cooke selected land on the Gilmore Creek, then known as The Pound Station and later occupied by the McGillivray family.

He then went to the Upper Murray and in 1850 returned to Tumut and purchased at public auction a considerable number of rich river flat blocks in the vicinity of Shelley's Bridge on the west side of the river. The property later became known as "Petfield". For many years he leased much of the land to tenant farmers. Some of those farmers remained tenants for over 50 years. He had freehold land along the river flats comprising 709 acres, purchased at the time for £l per acre.

Robert Cooke died on 29 May 1892 aged 83 years. His wife Marianne Cooke, who was born at Tyrone, Ireland on 21 October 1821, died at Tumut on 27 August 1907 aged 86 years.

Mrs. Cooke's mother, Mrs. Jane Robinson, who also was born at Tyrone, Ireland on 3 April 1794, and who had lived for years with the Cookes at "Petfield" died on 10 August 1881, aged 87 years. Descendants of Robert Cooke have occupied a portion of the original estate until at least 1967.

Source References:

63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/

- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 2 Aug 1907 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 2 Aug 1907 (Birth)

- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 2 Aug 1907 (Death)

This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.

My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
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Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).

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