Hi Brian Thank you for this - I was worried I was going to have to go back to the drawing board. You say you have many COOKs. My COOK interests are extremely vague and unproved. I have a family bible dedicated to my G-G-Grandmother, Charlotte HOPKINS, of Hawkesbury. The inscription reads: [Charlotte HOPKINS In remembrance of the late Mr. John COOK who died Aug. 3rd 1848. And by it "the ?long? dead ?yet? speaketh" Hebr XI 4.] I am reading from a copy of a copy of a scanned copy, so it is possible the quote is not correct. I deduce that John COOK was possibly (or likely) Charlotte's Grandfather. I have not yet got her mother's maiden name and so it is possible it was COOK. Her mother was Caroline and she married James HOPKINS. I have found them in Newent on 1851 Census and it shows her birthplace as Linton, GLS. Have you anything that might prove any of this? Thanks and Regards from Vancouver Karen Davies ----- Original Message ----- From: <DeeMorg@aol.com> To: <ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 2:47 PM Subject: [[Hawks]] Re: [[Hawks]] Families with children of same name > Hi, > >From the experience in my own sets of families over the counties of Hereford, > Somerset, Gloucester, Wilts and parts of Wales I would say it was extremely > common to use the name of a dead child for the next one of the same sex. I > have one example, where a girl, Alice, died and three successive girls were > born, all named Alice, all but the last died. Quite different in more recent > times, when it seems that a dead child's name is not used again. Of course > today we don't use names in a familial succession context that is so useful > to genealogists. > > Which Cooks are you looking at in Hawkesbury? I have many. > > Brian Morgan > > ______________________________