Rebecca Cooke

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☨ Rebecca Cooke
Profession	circus artist
Personal details
Born	1814

Dead	1898


Spouse(s)	1850 James Boswell

Residence
Country	United Kingdom

Locations
Title	artist -
Location	at Cooke’s Circus in United Kingdom

Biography details

Rebecca Cooke , circus artist in United Kingdom

Cooke was born * 1814 dead 1898 , daughter of director Thomas Taplin Cooke

Married 1850 to James Boswell born 1826-01-04 Halifax, West Yorkshire in United Kingdom .

Rebecca married George Robert Woolford (of Bristol) in Glasgow, 15 Sept 1835. We know they performed in America with Thomas T Cooke and they had a daughter (Rebecca Marianna Woolford 1838/1907).
On 7 Dec 1850 (widow) Rebecca married James Clement Boswell.

Children

Total: 3 children

Harry Boswell. Born: ?.
James Clements Boswell II. Born: 1853.
Nellie Boswell. Born: 1858. Dead: † 1938

Siblings

Siblings through the father Thomas Taplin Cooke (1782 -- 1866):

William Cooke Born 1808
James Cooke Born 1810 Dead: † 1869
Henry Cooke Born 1814 Dead: † 1901
Mary Cooke Born ?
Alfred Cooke Born 1821 Dead: † 1854

Rebecca Cookes ancestral Ahnentafel:
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Rebecca Cooke is mentioned on 2 other person pagesJames Boswell, James Boswell,

Rebecca Cooke is mentioned on 1 location pagesCircus Sanger,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). artist Rebecca Cooke in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 December 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1261. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

*STOCKLEY, https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=350629.18

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