CROOK/DREW Family Information
by Colin L. Miller
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Picture of Henry Crook
Picture of Memorial Card
Picture of Emma and Mary Jane
Emma, baby Victoria and Mary Jane
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Note by Emma Crook in book
Picture of Hiram Drew and unknown 3rd wife
Hiram's brother, John Drew
Descendants of Henry Crook
Generation No. 1
1.
REV. HENRY 1 CROOK was born Abt. 1805 in Wales, England, and died August 19, 1890. He married (2) ? Abt. 1835 in England. She was born in England.Notes for
REV. HENRY CROOK:Wesleyan Methodist misister. He baptized Mary Jane Crook Drew.
Child of
REV. HENRY CROOK is:i. EMMA 2 CROOK, b. May 2, 1840, Coalbrook Vale, South Wales, England; d. October 2, 1872, Bur. Ansonia, CT (with father & mother); m. HIRAM DREW, February 20, 1864, Abergavenny, South Wales, Monmouthshire, England; b. February 9, 1845, Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England; d. May 8, 1901, 1905 Chestnut St., Erie, PA (Susan's house).
More About EMMA CROOK:
Fact 1: Buried in Ansonia, CT with mother & father
More About HIRAM DREW:
Fact 1: May 12, 1901, Funeral at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 3 P.M. Sunday
Marriage Notes for EMMA CROOK and HIRAM DREW:
Married in Baptist church, Cromtellery, South Wales, Monmouthshire, England
Children of
HENRY CROOK and ? are:2. ii. EMMA 2 CROOK, b. May 2, 1840, Coalbrook Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales, England; d. October 2, 1872,
USA.
iii. WILLIAM CROOK.
Generation No. 2
2.
EMMA 2 CROOK (HENRY 1 ) was born May 2, 1840 in Coalbrook Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales, England, and died October 2, 1872 in USA. She married HIRAM DREW February 20, 1864 in Baptist church Cromtellery, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, South Wales, Monmouthshire, England, son of JAMES DREW and MARY. He was born February 9, 1845 in Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England, and died May 8, 1901 in 1905 Chestnut St., Erie, PA (Susan's house).More About
EMMA CROOK:Burial: Ansonia, CT (with mother and father)
Fact 1: Buried in Ansonia, CT with mother & father
More About
HIRAM DREW:Fact 1: May 12, 1901, Funeral at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 3 P.M. Sunday
Children of
EMMA CROOK and HIRAM DREW are:3. i. MARY JANE CROOK 3 DREW, b. May 23, 1865, Ansonia, New Haven Co., CT; d. October 24, 1948, Marshfield Hills, MA.
ii. VICTORIA ADELIADE DREW, b. February 10, 1867, Ansonia, CT; d. October 8, 1868, Ansonia, CT.
4. iii. SUSAN ADELAIDE DREW, b. March 11, 1869, Ansonia, CT; d. Abt. 1940, (Erie, PA).
Generation No. 3
3.
MARY JANE CROOK 3 DREW (EMMA 2 CROOK, HENRY 1 ) was born May 23, 1865 in Ansonia, New Haven Co., CT, and died October 24, 1948 in Marshfield Hills, MA. She married FRANCIS MILLER December 25, 1900 in Boston, MA, son of FRANCIS MILLER and JANE HALL. He was born December 26, 1864 in Sheffield, York Co., England, and died March 19, 1911 in Boston, MA.Notes for
MARY JANE CROOK DREW:Agnes Cave Howard: foster mother of Jennie from about 1872 to 1886, from age 7, following the death of Emma Crook Drew. Mary Jane went by the name "Jennie Howard".
Obituary of Mary Jane Crook Drew Miller:
"At the home of her daughter, Mrs. Siegfried A. Carlson, Pleasant St., Marshfield. Oct. 24, Mary J. C. (Drew), wife of the late Francis J. Miller, formerly of New Bedford, in her 84th year: mother of George W. Miller of Plympton. Services at the Trinity Episcopal Church, Marshfield Hills, Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 1pm. Relatives and friends invited. Committal service at Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, 3pm. Visiting hours at the Separrell Funeral Chapel, Central St., Norwell, Monday, 7 to 9pm; Thursday, 2 to 9 pm."
- From newspaper clippings of G.W. Miller from Peter S. Miller.
Newspaper clippings:
"Francis Miller, Taunton; Henry Miller administrator; real $1450, a one-half interest in house and land in New Bedford." "Inventories Filed. Inventories in the following estates in New Bedford and vicinity, pending in the probate court have been filed at Taunton: Of property of George Washington Miller and Franced Miller of New Bedford, under guardianship of Mary J. Miller; real $483.33, appraised value of house and land on Rockdale Avenue."
"Mary J. Miller, New Bedford, was appointed guardian of George Washington Miller and Edith Frances Miller, minor children of said guardian and of her late husband, Francis Miller of Taunton, deceased; real $1,000."
"Henry Miller et alii have quitclaimed to Antonio E. Perry four acres of land and buildings on the west side of Rockdale Avenue. Mary Miller, Guardian has deeded 1/3 of this property to Antonio E. Perry."
More About
MARY JANE CROOK DREW:Burial: 1948, Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, MA.