Charlotte Mary PUGH [6925]

  General Notes:

According to some research on Ancestry.com.au, Charlotte Pugh was the daughter of Simon Pugh alias Samuel Smith and Ann Kennedy. Charlotte married James Edwards in Launceston Tasmania on 25 Aug 1845. She then had a relationship with Joseph Purdon and a child, Rebecca Charlotte Purdon was born at the Benevolent Asylum in Portland in 1859. Charlotte then had a relationship with John Cook and had Mary Ann Cook in 1861 at Casteron, William Cook possibly in 1863, and Arthur Archie Cook in 1870 at McArthur Victoria. There was also other children, but I have not been able to confirm any birth other than Mary Ann, Rebecca and William so far. According to the research on Ancestry.com, all the children took on the surname of Cook.

Rebecca Charlotte Purdon Cook b. 1859 and died 1936 at Casterton married Charles Cook. They had 12 children from 1879 to 1905 all these children were born in Casterton.

Arthur (Archie) Cook 1870-1939 married Mary Ann Murphy and had several children. I have been unable to find a matching birth or death but I believe this information to be accurate.

There is another child reportedly named James Cook who was said to be born around 1849 and died in 1873 in the Kew Asylum, however, I have not been able to confirm this information yet.

According to Charlotte's death certificate she was 48 years old, but if the birth information is correct she would have been 62 years of age at her death. Her parents are listed as John Jackson and Charlotte Pew and she was said to have been born in Tasmania. There are 8 or 9 children mentioned on her death certificate. As follows:-
James Dec'd
Thomas
Rebecca
William (was informant of her death)
Mary Ann
Arthur
Alice dec'd
unreadable probably says dec'd

Charlotte married John COOK [6924] [MRIN: 2181] about 1848 in Geelong, Vic, Australia. (John COOK [6924] was born about 1823 in , Gloucestershire, England, christened on 30 Sep 1823 in Painswick, Gloucester, England ⁵⁹³⁹ and died in 1881 in Hamilton, Vic, Australia.)