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Descendants of: Frederick Walter COOKE
		b c1849
		d 7 Sep 1897 Waipukurau, HBY, NZ

And: Evelyn Mary CHAMBERS (1871-1951)
Married: 26 Dec 1893

Children
|
|----- Norman Douglas COOKE
|	b 25 Sep 1894 Motueka, NLN, NZ
|	d 8 May 1915 Gallipoli
|
|----- Geoffrey Walter COOKE
	b 5 Oct 1895 Waipukurau, HBY, NZ
	d 26 Feb 1896 Napier, HBY, NZ


Hawke's Bay Herald 8 Sep 1897
Death: COOKE - On September 7th, at his residence Bank of New Zealand,
Waipukurau, Frederick Walter Cooke, in his 48th year, Funeral today
(Wednesday), at 2 p.m.

Archives NZ Wellington Ref: AAOM 6029  5663 (1897)
Will dated 28 Aug 1894
Affidavits 16 Sep 1897
Probate granted 1 Oct 1897

This is the last Will and Testament of one Frederick Walter Cooke of
Motueka in the Province of Nelson in the Colony of New Zealand Bank
Agent

I give, devise and bequeath all my real and personal estate whatsoever
and wheresoever situate unto my wife Evelyn Mary Cooke absolutely
And I appoint my said wife sole executrix of this my Will - In witness
thereof I the said Frederick Walter Cooke have hereunto set my hand
this twenty eighth day of August one thousand eight hundred and
ninety four.

Affidavits:
I, Evelyn Mary Cooke of Waipukurau in the Provincial District of
Hawkes Bay and Colony of New Zealand widow make oath and say:-
1. That I knew the said Frederick Walter Cooke deceased when alive
he being my husband and that the said deceased was resident at
Waipukurau aforesaid within this District and that the said deceased
died at Waipukurau aforesaid on the 7th day of September 1897.

2. That I believe the paper-writing now produced to me and marked
"A" bearing date the 28th day of August 1894 to be the last Will and
testament of the said Frederick Walter Cooke deceased.

3. That I am the Executrix and sole Devisee and legatee named in the
said Will.

4. That I will faithfully execute the said Will by paying the debts
and legacies of the said deceased as far as the property will extend
and the law binds.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand Wellington District

Be it known to all men that on this first day of October 1897 the
last Will and Testament of Frederick Walter Cooke formerly of Motueka
in New Zealand but late of Waipukurau in New Zealand Bank agent who
died on the seventh day of September 1897 deceased, a copy of which
is hereunto annexed, hath been exhibited, read and proved before
His Honour Worley Bassett Edwards, Esquire, a Judge of this
Honourable Court and Administration of the Estate, Effects and Credits
of the said deceased hath been and is hereby granted to Evelyn Mary
Cooke the widow of the deceased the Executrix in the said Will named,
being first sworn faithfully to execute the said Will by paying the
debts and legacies of the deceased as far as the property will extend
and the law binds. Given under the Seal of the Supreme Court at
Wellington this first day of October one thousand eight hundred and
ninety seven.