Individual Details

Samuel COOK

(Mar 1830 - 2 Jul 1910)

Name from son George's death registration

Events

Birth	Mar 1830	Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Marriage	6 Oct 1857	St George's Church, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom - Elizabeth GROOCOCK
Immigration	26 Feb 1858	Ship: Cairngorm, Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australian Colonies
Death	2 Jul 1910	Heart failure - "Frankfort", Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial	4 Jul 1910	Old Ground_Zone A/#/2836, Congregational section, Necropolis, Rookwood General Cemetery, Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia

Families

Spouse	Elizabeth GROOCOCK (1832 - 1862)
Child	George Eburah COOK (1858 - 1944)

Father	John COOK ( - )
Mother	Ann EBURAH (1808 - )

Notes

Death

Obituary publication: July 4 1910
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald
Text:
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tuesday 5 July 1910, page 6
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THE LATE MR. S. COOK,
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AN IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL.
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The funeral of Mr. Samuel Cook, late general manager of the "Sydney Morning Herald" and the "Sydney Mail," took place yesterday afternoon, and was very largely attended. A number of gentlemen who were more intimately associated with the deceased went out to his late residence, Frankfort, Marrickville. Their names are given below, and they represented not only the literary and other departments of the "Herald" and "Sydney Mail," and other journals, but included many well-known citizens and business men. A large addition was made to the list of those who desired to pay the last mark of respect to the deceased by arrivals from Sydney. The cortege from Frankfort to the Newtown station covered a distance of about half a mile, and many spectators lined the route to the station. The remains were interred in the Congregational section of the Necropolis at Rookwood, and the funeral service was conducted by the Rev. N. J. Cocks, of the Pitt-street Congregational Church, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Roseby, of Marrickville, who offered up appropriate prayers. Before the final and solemn, burial rite was completed the first-named gentleman touched briefly but eloquently upon the virtues of the deceased. He pointed out that in a life which had gone beyond the allotted span their deceased friend had wielded a quiet but never-the less potent influence for good. His strong, sterling character possessed points which he feared were too much a rarity nowadays, and his good work was recognised not only in the profession for which he did so much, but in other walks of life. He was a good citizen in the true sense of the word, and one whose example it would be well for others to follow.
The chief mourners were Messrs. Samuel Edward Cook, Sydney Leicester Cook, Alan Bourne Cook, and Ernest Burton Cook (sons), Dr. H. L. Maitland (son-in-law), Mr. D. H, Chisholm (brother-in-law).
Among those who attended the funeral were Messrs. Geoffrey Fairfax and James O. Fairfax (representing Messrs. John Fairfax and Sons), Mr. W. G. Conley (general man-ager' of the "Sydney Morning Herald" and the "Sydney Mail"), Mr. C. Brunsdon Fletcher (acting editor of the "Sydney Morning Herald"), and the following members of the editorial staff: Messrs. D. J. Gilbert and F. M. Gellatly, and W. R. Charlton ("Sydney Mail"). Other members of the literary staff who were present were Messrs. Horace C. Rogers (who also represented those un-avoidably absent), J. G. Kalbfell (representing the Journalists' Institute), G. Marr Thompson, A. P. Cooper, H. K. Williams, W. Stanley Hall, T. Power, A. Gregory, T. Willis, and W. Duncan, Mr. J. F. Ellis (overseer of the composing-room), Mr. J. R. Pegg (sub-overseer), Mr. L. W. Bullot (father of the chapel), and a large number of the members of the composing staff; Mr. T. R. Davis, Mr. W. F. Nicholls, Mr. C. W. McCoy, and members of the business department; Mr. J. Bullen (accountant), Mr. Henderson (publisher), Mr. C. T. Harris (computer). Mr. E. J. Williams (engineer). Mr. Henry Gorman and Mr. Robert Sands (directors of the "Daily Telegraph" Newspaper Co., Ltd.), Mr. Watkin Wynne, Dr. F. W. Ward, Mr. Henry Gullett, M.L.C., Mr. Keith L. Bennett (re-presenting the "Evening News" proprietary). Mr. Walter Jeffery, Mr. Archd. McM. Butterworth, Mr. R. E. Otter (vice-president of the N.S.W. Typographical Association), Mr. W. C. Middleton, Mr. Marcellus Parsons (New York), Mr. S. F. Nicholls (representing the "Australasian"), Mr. R. B. Pitt (president of the N.S.W. Newsagents' Association), Mr. James S. Spurway (Secretary for Railways, representing the Commissioners), Mr. John Sands, Mr. Joseph Sands, Mr. I. S. Ponder, Mr. Purves, Mr. R. W. W. McCoy, M.L.A., Mr. F. D. Kent, Mr. Harry Kent, Dr. Gor-don Craig, Dr. Lawes, Dr. Lincoln Jones, Mr. W. Angus, Mr. W. Vicars, Mr. J. Vicars, Mr. Alex. Amos, Mr. George Begg, Mr. Roy Begg, Mr. A. Mitchell, Mr. R. Pickering, Mr. W. Franks, Messrs. W. Rigg and John Hardy (trustees of the Marrickville Park, of which the late Mr. Cook was also a trustee). Alder-man Crawford (representing the trustees of Cook and Scarborough Parks), Colonel Long-field (president of the Marrickville Cottage Hospital); Messrs. T Cousins (vice-president). E. W. Downes (secretary), and G. H. Wedlock (vice-president of the Marrickville Bowling Club); the Rev. W. West, Mr. W. H. Burton, Mr. R. H. Hipsley, Mr. Jacob Garrard. Mr. John Spencer, Mr. W. Service, Mr. A. Young, Mr. Myles Ariel, Messrs. A. and O. MacGauran, Mr. Leslie Curnow, Mr. Coles, and Mr. H. B. Coles, Mr. Richardson Clark, Mr. W. Franks, Mr. J. Davis, Mr. George Merriman, Mr. W. Tye, Mr. Percy Felton, Mr. W. Cope, Mr. Fritz Paul, Mr. R. True lock, Mr. T. Holt, Mr. W. Sargent. Mr. E. Laurence, Mr. W. Cohen, Mr. W. Kenwood, Mr. C. Sydney Laurence, and Mr. J. Lee.
Among those who sent wreaths were: "From all at Frankfort," Mrs. and Miss Ingall (Tamworth) Mrs. and Miss Franks (Sydenham, England), Mrs. Graham (Strathearn), Mrs. and Miss Smythe (Marmion), Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Maitland, Messrs. John Fairfax and Sons. Mr. Thomas Honey. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Fletcher, Editorial Staff "Sydney Morning Herald," Reporting " Staff "Sydney Morning Herald," Melbourne Staff "Sydney Morning Herald," "S. M. Herald" and "Sydney Mall" Composing and Reading Staffs, Mr. James Ellis, Clerical Department "S. M. Herald" and "Sydney Mail," Mr. C. Theakstone, the Athenaeum Club, the manager and staff of Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., the Institute of Journalists, the committee and nursing staff of the Marrickville Cottage Hospital, the trustees of Cook and Scarborough Parks, "Sunday Times and Referee," N.S.W. Typo-graphical Association, committee and members of the Marrickville Bowling Club, Dr. and Mrs. Lincoln Jones, Dr. and Mrs. Gor-don Craig, Mr. and Mrs. John Sands, Miss Curnow, Mrs. and Miss MacGauran, Mr. John Spencer and family, Dr. and Mrs. Lawes, Miss Violet McDougall, Messrs. Lawrence and Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. George, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sands, Mr. and Mrs. and the Misses Angus. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sands, Mrs. and Mr. W. Service, Mr. and Mrs. P. Reading, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Kent, Mr. and Mrs. W, Vicars, Dr. and Mrs. Corlette, Mrs. Edwyn Rich, Mrs. Merriman and Mr. G. L. Meriman Mr. and Mrs. Felton and family, Mr. and Mrs. Richardson Clark, Isabel and Harold R. Petersen, Messrs. James Spicer and Sons, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Angus, Messrs. I. and H. Peterson, Mrs. W. T. Angus and Miss Angus.

Helen says: "I did know that Samuel Cook was gm of the Sydney Morning Herald. Grannie talked about him often. I used to joke that Chrisso had inherited some of his genes.

Wow talk about patriarchal. All the big nob men get a mention and the woman come in last. In 1954 he already had several great great grandchildren. Grannies sister, Bluebell, was residing in Sydney as were Bluebells children, John and Gerald Hill. Grannie’s brother, Frank, and his sons and daughter were in Bris. Her sister, Georgie, probably deceased by then, had also produced descendants. This is to name but a few. But there is not even a mention of his many descendants."