Joseph Crooks (son of Francis Crooks and Charlotte Burrows) was born 1852 in Markfield, Leics. GRO: June 1852 Barrow upon Soar 7a 139, and died 1901 in Cumberland aged 48 yrs. GRO: Dec 1901 Cockermouth 10b 391. He married Elizabeth Ann Wilkinson on 27 Jun 1875 in Register Office, Stokesley, N Yorks (Cert). GRO: June 1875 Stokesley 9d 377, daughter of Robert Wilkinson and Jane Forster.
Notes for Joseph Crooks: At time of marriage Joseph was 24 yrs, a quarryman and Edith was 21 yrs, a dressmaker and both lived in Great Ayton.. Witnesses were Eliza Conning and Mary Anne Crooks
1881 census RG11/4865/11/8 at High Street, Great Ayton, N Yorkshire - 28 yrs quarryman with wife Elizabeth Ann 27yrs and children Ada Jane 5, Florence 3 and Francis 2yrs
1891 census RG12/4023/12/56 at Great Ayton - 39yrs quarryman with wife Elizabeth 37 and children Florence 12, Edith A 9, Joseph 7, Mary E 5 and May 1yr.
Place of birth: 1881 census Markfield, Leics; 1891 census Mountsorel, Leics
See 1901 census at Markfield, Leices. Joseph 51 yrs, quarryman. Rest of family in Cumberland - see Elizabeth
More About Joseph Crooks and Elizabeth Ann Wilkinson: Marriage: 27 Jun 1875, Register Office, Stokesley, N Yorks (Cert). GRO: June 1875 Stokesley 9d 377.
Children of Joseph Crooks and Elizabeth Ann Wilkinson are:
Ada Jane Crooks, b. 1876, Great Ayton, N Yorks. GRO Sept 1876 Stokesley 9d 637, d. date unknown.
Florence Crooks, b. 1878, Great Ayton N Yorks. GRO: June 1878 Stokesley 9d 663, d. date unknown.
Francis Crooks, b. 1880, Great Ayton, N Yorks. GRO: Mar 1880 Stokesley 9d 602, d. 1886, Great Ayton aged 6 yrs. GRO: Sept 1886 Stokesley 9d 401.
+Edith Annie Crooks, b. 23 Dec 1881, Great Ayton, N Yorks (Cert). GRO: Mar 1882 Stokesley 9d 614, d. date unknown.
Joseph Crooks, b. 1884, Great Ayton N Yorks. GRO: June 1884 Stokesley 9d 662, d. date unknown.
Mary Elizabeth Crooks, b. 1886, Great Ayton N Yorks. GRO: Mar 1886 Stokesley 9d 622, d. date unknown.
May Crooks, b. 1889, Great Ayton N Yorks. GRO June 1889 Stokesley 9d 652, d. date unknown.
Charles Henry Crooks, b. 1891, Great Ayton N Yorks. GRO June 1891 9d 660, d. date unknown.