Descendants of Joshua CROOK
Notes
Joseph Crook was a Radical/Liberal MP for Bolton between 1851 and 1861 at the height of the Victorian Empire when the economic engine of Britain was the cotton spinning industry of Lancashire. Joseph Crook and his brothers were key figures in a cotton trade that depended on importing raw cotton from the southern American states and using the latest manufacturing technology driven by steam power to spin cloth exported to the Empire, primarily India.
This was a dramatic and exciting time in Britain's history. Joseph Crook arrived in the new neo-gothic Parliament building designed by Barry at Westminster. The constitution was developing from the Reform Act of 1832 to widen the franchise to include more of the expanding Middle Class. Elections were still by public ballot and associated with bribery and intimidation.
Joseph Crook was an example of the patrician reforming Whigs/Liberals, a member of the anti-Corn Law league, who introduced a private member's act that improved the pay and conditions of women working in the dying and bleaching industry. He was treasurer of Bolton's Liberal Association, and responsible for the reopening of the Reform Club in Derby Street. He was presented with a cheque for Ð70 as a testimonial to his work on the "Bleachers and Dyers Short Time Bill" of 1859. As one of the founders of the Mechanics' Institute, he gave support to the Bolton Education League formed in 1869, and Ð250 towards the association for the founding of nondenominational schools.
Joseph Crook was philosophically opposed to war and campaigned for substantial reductions in military expenditure. He also served on a Parliamentary reform committee to improve democracy through the introduction of the secret ballot and extension of the franchise.
The historian for the Bank Street chapel, G.M. Ramsden writes: 'Throughout his life, he was a believer in freedom of religious thought and a supporter of the chapel and of the British and Foreign Unitarian Association. He spoke at the opening of the new Chapel building. He married in 1856 Mary Dorothy Biggs (1828-1909) and died in 1884, his funeral at Deane Church being conducted by the Vicar and the Rev. C.C.Coe. There is a memorial to him in the chapel.
Ref: http://www.irdp.co.uk/JohnCrook/john.htmMarriage: Joseph Crook
Spouse: Mary Dorothea Biggs
Year of Registration: 1856
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Strand
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1b
Page: 576In the 1861 census Joseph is recorded as employing in partnership 800 persons. He is described as Magistrate Councillor Cotton Spinner in the 1871 census.
Death: Joseph Crook
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1809
Year of Registration: 1884
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 75
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 243
Marriage: Joseph Crook
Marriage: Mary Dorothea Biggs
Year of Registration: 1856
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Strand
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1b
Page: 576Death: Mary Dorothea Crook
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Year of Registration: 1909
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 81
District: East Preston
County: Sussex
Volume: 2b
Page: 214
Birth: Joseph Arthur Crook
Year of Registration: 1861
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 319Death: Joseph Arthur Crook
Year of Registration: 1862
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 215
Marriage: Mary Josephine Crook
Year of Registration: 1888
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 516
Marriage: Jane Crook
Spouse: John Haslain
Year of Registration: 1842
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 21
Page: 79Marriage: 1842, CROOK Jane to HASLAM John, Bolton Register Office or Registrar Attended, Bolton RO/4/21
Death: Jane Haslam
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816
Year of Registration: 1899
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 83
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 259
Death: John Haslam
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1817
Year of Registration: 1867
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 50
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 201
Birth: Joseph Crook Haslam
Year of Registration: 1846
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 21
Page: 126
Birth: Anne Jane Haslam
Year of Registration: 1849
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 21
Page: 142Marriage: 1877 HASLAM Ann J LOMAX Samuel Bolton Register Office or Registrar Attended Bolton RO/58/163
Marriage: Ann Jane Haslam
Spouse: Samuel Lomax
Year of Registration: 1877
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 471
Birth: Mary Crook Haslam
Year of Registration: 1850
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 21
Page: _5_Marriage: Mary Crook Haslam
Spouse: Richard Whately Cooke-Taylor
Year of Registration: 1880
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 482Marriage: 1880 HASLAM Mary Crook, COOKE-TAYLOR Richard Whateley, Bolton Register Office or Registrar Attended Bolton RO/67/148
Birth: Alfred Haslam
Year of Registration: 1851
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 21
Page: 135
Birth: Emily Tipping Haslam
Year of Registration: 1853
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 242Death: Emily Tipping Haslam
Year of Registration: 1859
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 159
Death: 1859 HASLAM Emily T, aged 6, Little Bolton, Bolton LB/23/458
Birth: Edith Rosa Haslam
Year of Registration: 1859
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 264
Birth: Ada Haslam
Year of Registration: 1860
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 2*Marriage: Ada Haslam
Spouse: Robert Bell Walkington
Year of Registration: 1884
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 521Marriage: 1884, HASLAM Ada, WALKINGTON Robert Bell, Bolton Register Office or Registrar Attended Bolton RO/79/72
Marriage: John Crook
Spouse: Mary Wilson
Year of Registration: 1845
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Manchester (1837-1924)
County: Lancashire
Volume: 20
Page: 725
Marriage: 1845, CROOK John, WILSON Mary, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester CATH/46/250A John Taylor Crook (presumably as a brother) witnessed the wedding of Joshua Crook in July 1852. So John's middle name could be Taylor.
A John and Mary Crook, aged 32 born Eccles, Lancashire, can be found in the 1851 census but only a widowed Mary Crook, aged 44 born Swinton, Lancashire, with two children can be found in the 1861 census. It is assumed that this is John's family.
Birth: Name: Florence Crook
Year of Registration: 1853
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Manchester (1837-1924)
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8d
Page: 323Marriage: Florence Crook
Spouse: William Klingender
Year of Registration: 1874
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Ormskirk
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 1055
John H Crook (b1915)'s great uncle on his father's side was Colonel Harry Crook.
Marriage: Henry Crook
Spouse: Margaret Hannah Harris
Year of Registration: 1850
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Newcastle Upon Tyne
County: Northumberland
Volume: 25
Page: 362Henry and his youngest brother Joshua married sisters. Margaret Hannah Harris was Isabella Barr Auchinvole Harris's elder sister.
Death: Henry Crook
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Year of Registration: 1868
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 47
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 180
Marriage: Henry Tipping Crook
Year of Registration: 1878
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Brighton
County: Sussex, East Sussex
Volume: 2b
Page: 401
Birth: CROOK, Lucy Anne
Quarter: March
Year: 1859
District: Bolton
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 256
Birth: CROOK, Roland Harris
Quarter: June
Year: 1860
District: Bolton
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 283Death: Crook, Roland Harris
Age at death: 32
Quarter: March
Year: 1893
District: Conway
County: Caernarvonshire Denbighshire
Volume: 11b
Page: 373
Marriage: James Higgin
Spouse: Sarah Tipping Crook
Year of Registration: 1850
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Bolton
County: Lancashire
Volume: 21
Page: 166
Marriage: 1850, CROOK Sarah to HIGGINS James, Bolton Register Office or Registrar Attended, Bolton RO/4/65
Death: Sarah Tipping Higgin
Year of Registration: 1861
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 153
Marriage: James Higgin
Spouse: Sarah Tipping Crook
Year of Registration: 1850
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Bolton
County: Lancashire
Volume: 21
Page: 166Marriage: James Higgin
Spouse: Laura Thomas
Year of Registration: 1864
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Ormskirk
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 1036
39. Joseph Laurence Buchan HIGGIN
Birth: Joseph Laurence Buchan Higgin
Year of Registration: 1851
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 21
Page: 191
Birth: James Walter Higgin
Year of Registration: 1853
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Salford
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8d
Page: 6
Name: Higgin, William Henry
Record Type: Births
Quarter: June
Year: 1857
District: Salford
County: Greater Manchester Lancashire
Volume: 8d
Page: 2
Birth: Lucy Higgin
Year of Registration: 1858
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Barton Upon Irwell (1850-1934)
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 456
Birth: Robert Frank Higgin
Year of Registration: 1859
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Barton Upon Irwell (1850-1934)
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 463
Birth: John Frederick Higgin
Year of Registration: 1860
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Barton Upon Irwell (1850-1934)
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 44
In the Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers' Directory of 1887. Page 59. Bolton.
Crook Joshua & Sons, Limited (and doublers), Blackburn Street Mill, Blackburn st.; 34,000 spindles, 50*/90* twist and weft; 400 looms shirtings, cambries, velvets, dimities, twills and satteens; Manchester warehouse - 10 Norfolk Street. Pay day every Wednesday. George H. Crook, sec. Telegrams, "Crookson, Bolton."
Marriage: Joshua Crook
Spouse: Isabella Barr Auchinvole Harris
Year of Registration: 1852
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Newcastle Upon Tyne
County: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10b
Page: 135Joshua and his brother Henry married sisters. Isabella Barr Auchinvole Harris was Margaret Hannah Harris's younger sister.
Joshua was the head of the firm Joshua Crook and Son Ltd. of Dean Road. He was the brother of Joseph Crook who was the liberal Member for the borough from 1852 to 1861 and the author of the Bleachers' Short Time Act.
Joshua Crook was a man of unobtrusive nature, never took any active part in public affairs, but he was one of the trustees of Bank Street Chapel, where he worshipped, and in the prosperity of which he took the warmest interest.
Death: Crook, Joshua
Age at death: 79
Quarter: June
Year: 1907
District: Bolton
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 246
Death: Charles Crook
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Year of Registration: 1872
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 16
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 273
Birth: CROOK, Violette Agnes
Quarter: December
Year: 1862
District: Bolton
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 291Death: Crook, Violette Agnes
Age at death: 11
Quarter: December
Year: 1873
District: Bolton
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 217
Birth: Emily Marian Crook
Year of Registration: 1864
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 292Death: Crook, Emily Marian
Record Type: Deaths
Age at death: 8
Quarter: September
Year: 1873
District: Bolton
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 220
