Sidney Bertram Wills COOKE (1907

Sidney Bertram Wills COOKE (1907 - 1993)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Lawton Coleman Spencer Wills COOKE (1920 - ) Living Living Living Living	Sidney Bertram Wills COOKE (1907 - 1993) + Dorothy Joan WATKINS Frances Edith SCOTT (1916 - ) Mildred Isobel BERRY	Bertram George COOKE (1882 - 1966)	Sidney COOKE

			Clara Alice CHAMBERS

		Eva Irene 'Rene' WILLS (1888 - 1980)	Horace Spencer WILLS (1847 - 1928)	Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS (1811 - 1861)
				Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE (1817 - 1907)
			Sarah Eliza BESWICKE (1852 - 1916)	Charles BESWICKE
				Elizabeth KEYS

Pic P1. from 'A Currency Lad"

Pic 1. from 'A Currency Lad"

b. 21 Jan 1907 at Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

m. (1) Dorothy Joan WATKINS

m. (2) 14 Feb 1944 Frances Edith SCOTT (1916 - ) at Drummoyne, NSW, Australia

m. (3) 1959 Mildred Isobel BERRY at Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria, Australia

d. 1993 at Berwick, Victoria, Australia aged 86

Near Relatives of Sidney Bertram Wills COOKE (1907 - 1993)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Sidney COOKE
Grandmother	Clara Alice CHAMBERS
Grandfather	Horace Spencer WILLS	16 Jun 1847	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	08 Oct 1928	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	81
Grandmother	Sarah Eliza BESWICKE	1852	Victoria, Australia	16 Dec 1916	Kew, Victoria, Australia	64

Father	Bertram George COOKE	1882	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1966	Mornington, Victoria, Australia	84
Mother	Eva Irene 'Rene' WILLS	07 Jun 1888	Queensland, Australia	1980	Kew, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia	92

Self	Sidney Bertram Wills COOKE	21 Jan 1907	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1993	Berwick, Victoria, Australia	86

Wife	Dorothy Joan WATKINS
Wife	Frances Edith SCOTT	02 Nov 1916
Wife	Mildred Isobel BERRY

Son	Lawton Coleman Spencer Wills COOKE	1920	Camberwell, Victoria, Australia
Son	Living or Recently Deceased
Son	Living or Recently Deceased
Daughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Son	Living or Recently Deceased

Aunt	Ethel Mary WILLS	1875	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia	22 Jun 1919	Sandham, Victoria	44
Uncle	Alan Roseby FORDYCE	1886	Dunedin, New Zealand	1930	Randwick, NSW, Australia	44
Aunt	Ada (Ida) Clare WILLS	03 Jun 1880	Springsure, Queensland, Australia	1964	Los Angeles, California, USA	84
Uncle	Tyson Asbridge PEARSON	1877	Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia	1970	Shasta, California, USA	93
Aunt	Hebe Eugenie WILLS	08 Mar 1885	Queensland, Australia	10 Nov 1948	Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	63
Uncle	Henry Fowler RANSFORD	1862	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia	1947	Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	85
Aunt	Maud WILLS	1886		1886		0

Cousin	Lorna Spencer Wills FORDYCE	10 Dec 1912		2005	Victoria, Australia	93
Cousin	Horatio Spencer Wills (Bill) FORDYCE	31 Mar 1914	Kew, Victoria, Australia	2010	Balwyn, Victoria, Australia	96
Cousin	Beryl FORDYCE	15 Nov 1915		15 Dec 1971		56

Events in Sidney Bertram Wills COOKE (1907 - 1993)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
21 Jan 1907		Sidney Bertram Wills COOKE was born	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1920	13	Birth of son Lawton Coleman Spencer Wills COOKE	Camberwell, Victoria, Australia	Note 2	55
1931	24	Residence	5 Boondara Gr, St Kilda, Victoria	Note 3	37
14 Feb 1944	37	Married Frances Edith SCOTT (aged 27)	Drummoyne, NSW, Australia	Note 4	52, 55
1949	42	Residence	Quietways, B'field Upper, Berwick, Victoria	Note 5	37
1959	52	Married Mildred Isobel BERRY	Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria, Australia	Pearce tree - Ancestry
1966	59	Death of father Bertram George COOKE (aged 84)	Mornington, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	52
1980	73	Death of mother Eva Irene 'Rene' WILLS (aged 92)	Kew, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	52
1993	86	Sidney Bertram Wills COOKE died	Berwick, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	52

Note 1: Reg No 575/1907 - Bertram Geo Cooke and Eva Irene Wills

Note 2: Pockley book - 1920 - a bit young

Terry Wills -
Sidney Bertram Wills Cooke born in Kew Vic died 2/11/1993 in Hampton Victoria
Married 3 times
Marriage 1 1daughter 2 sons (including me)
Marriage 2 1 daughter 2 sons
Marriage 3 No children (thank God!)
Lawton Coleman Spencer Wills Cooke Born Camberwell Vic 15/11/1920 Married 1 son 1 daughter still living

Note 3: COOKE Sidney Bertram Wills - accountant

Note 4: Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 about Sidney Bertram Wills Cooke
Name: Sidney Bertram Wills Cooke
Spouse Name: Frances Edith Scott
Marriage Date: 1944
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Drummoyne, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1944
Registration number: 22413

Note 5: COOKE Sydney Bertram W - accountant; Frances Edith - hd

Note 6: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Bertram George Cooke
Name: Bertram George Cooke
Death Place: Morn Hill, Victoria
Age: 84
Father's Name: Sidhey
Mother's Name: Clara Alice Chambers
Registration Year: 1966
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 8511
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882

Terry Wills - Bertram George Cooke born St Kilda Vic 21/4/1882 died Mornington Vic 6/5/1966

Note 7: still on electoral roll 1943 - living at same address as grandson Lawton COOKE

still alive 1948 - death notice of sister Hebe
RANSFORD. —On November 10, at her residence, Perangiwa, 1081 Malvern rd, Toorak, Hebe Eugenie, widow of H. F. Ransford, loved daughter of the late Horace Spencer and Sara Wills, late Cullin-lar-ingo, Queensland and Kew, loved sister of Ethel Tyson Fordyce (deceased), Ida (Mrs.Tyson Pearson), and Rene (Mrs. Wills Cooke).

Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Rene Wills Cooke
Name: Rene Wills Cooke
Death Place: Cambrian Hill, Victoria
Age: 92
Father's Name: Horace S Wills
Mother's Name: Eliza Sarah
Registration Year: 1980
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 26083
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888

Note 8: Terry Wills -
Sidney Bertram Wills Cooke born in Kew Vic died 2/11/1993 in Hampton Victoria
Married 3 times
Marriage 1 1daughter 2 sons (including me)
Marriage 2 1 daughter 2 sons
Marriage 3 No children (thank God!)

Source References:

37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government

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52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

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- Notes: Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 about Sidney Bertram Wills Cooke
Name: Sidney Bertram Wills Cooke
Spouse Name: Frances Edith Scott
Marriage Date: 1944
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Drummoyne, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1944
Registration number: 22413

- Reference = (Name, Notes)

- Reference = (Birth)

- Reference = (Death)

55. Type: Book, Abbr: Edward Wills Family and Descendants, Title: Ancestor Treasure Hunt; The Edward Wills Family and Descendants in Australia 1797 - 1976, Auth: R.V. Pockley, Publ: Wentworth Books - Sydney, Date: 1976

- Reference = (Marriage)

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