William Cook^[1]

1871 - 1907  (35 years)

• Name	William Cook
  Birth	3 May 1871	Methilhill, Fife, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  _UID	6982C4B04BAC41DF9F3D0B6B1FFA6F82D2E5
  Death	28 Apr 1907	Johannesburg, , Gauteng, South Africa
  Person ID	I4242	The Maw Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	David Watters Cook,   b. 15 Mar 1846, Donibristle Colliery, Aberdour, , Fife, Scotland d. 24 Oct 1911, , , Victoria, Australia (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Alison Smith,   b. 25 Apr 1848, Dunfermline, , Fife, Scotland d. 22 Jul 1926, , , Victoria, Australia (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	26 Oct 1866	Aberdeen, , Aberdeen, Scotland
  Family ID	F1162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Cairns MacDonald,   b. 1867, Methilhill, Fife, Scotland d. 27 Dec 1917, Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F1353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2017

  
  

• Notes

  William b.1871, the eldest son of David Waters Cook and Alison Smith, was (according to Margaret Counsel) never in Australia with the rest of the Cook family, but sought his fortune in the gold mines of South Africa. He worked for over 12 years there, and visited his home in Methil several times. He died in Johannesburg in 1907 of the 'fell disease that works such havoc among the miners of the Rand'. In the 1901 census he (29, stone miner) is living at Smith's Buildings, Connercial Street, Methil, with Catherine Macdonald (34, born Methil) and four children, Annie (9), David (7), Alison (2) and William (5mo.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] Andrew Dunsire, Andrew Dunsire.