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"You lot" are brilliant! Thank you all so much for your time spent on "our Norm"! A bit of a Walter Mitty as it is understood that he may have been in ENSA for a while, on his discharge papers he says he was a Concert Director & Professional Musician! I have photo's of him on a luxury liner with other members of "the band" He never married and was written out of his father's will of 1920. His two sisters were Alice and Nora who some of you have researched for me in the past.
I was just hoping that there were records of him travelling to and from New York unless he lived there for some years before coming back in 1929? Grateful thanks again, Cameron

coo - you ain't half clever MC - that's brilliant - have spoken to my mate Cameron who is out at the moment but will come on this thread when he returns - seems this chap was such a fibber

You mentioned entertainment, he died as Harold

UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
Name: Harold Curtis-cooke
Birth Date: abt 1889
Age: 40
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 24 Dec 1929
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Plymouth
Ship Name: Ausonia
Shipping Line: Cunard Line
Official Number: 145970

A musician. Travelling to 11 New Walk Terrace, York.
Country of last permanent residence USA.

ANN !!!!!!

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well I disappear for a while and now find all this - brilliant - Thelma's posting is spot on - this is the original request I had from my friend and I will be asking him to come on here later - he's out at the minute to see this lot

This bloody Norman was a Walter Mitty in that I believe he "fled" to America between mid 1913/1914 at outbreak of war so as not to join up! During his stay there he changes his name to Norman Curtis-Cooke, not sure what he did in America (New York) but it may have been in the entertainment business? He returns to England prior to 1917 as he joins the Army Service Corps and is stationed in Avonmouth servicing tracted vehicles, so he joins up when America decide to help us out and not wanting to get hurt does not see active service!
I was just wondering if any of you America searching lot had any record of passenger ships with either a Norman Cameron Crichton or a Norman Curtis-Cooke on board?

British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
about Norman Cooke Name: Norman Cooke
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1890
Age at enlistment: 27
Residence: 13 Ferd Avenue Heworth York
Document Year: 1917
Regimental Number: 285790
Regiment Name: Army Service Corps (Motor Transport)
Number of images: 19

HAROLD NORMAN CURTIS COOKE
Next of kin
Mrs May Yaxley(sister)>??????? Not one of his known sisters.

If Norman Cameron Crichton was the same person as Curtis-Cooke et al the it appears that it was his real name:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Norman Cameron Crichton
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1889
Registration district: Hull
Inferred County: Yorkshire East Riding
Volume: 9d
Page: 279

Just looking at the service records it appears he went AWOL in 1911, having left the country.

He was an engineer, which ties in with Ann's info. No mention of aliases for him.

Norman Cameron Crichton
Birth: Dec 1889 - Hull, Yorkshire East Riding
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Norman Crichton
Birth: abt 1890 - Hull, Yorkshire, England
Residence: 1891 - Kingston upon Hull, Holy Trinity, Yorkshire, England
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Norman Crichton
Birth: abt 1890 - Hull, Yorkshire, England
Residence: 1901 - Kingston upon Hull, Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England
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Norman Cameron Crichton
Birth: abt 1890 - Hull, Yorkshire, England
Residence: 2 Apr 1911 - Cottingham, Yorkshire-East Riding, England
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British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
about Norman Cameron Crichton Name: Norman Cameron Crichton
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1890
Age at enlistment: 18
Birth Parish: Holy Trinity
Birth County: Yorkshire
Document Year: 1908
Regiment Name: Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
Number of images: 8
============================
Name: Harold N Cooke
Birth: abt 1890
Death: Dec 1949 - York, Yorkshire West Riding, England

Have found a well documented tree on ancestry who has the Norman Cook from the 1911 and 1915 passenger lists. He was back & forth to US quite a bit with his job, married a Florence Jowett and died in Wales in 1948.

Yours died in the West Riding of Yorkshire

This is definitely the 1911 for the one who went to US in 1915:

COOK, John William Head Married M 56 1855 Textile Machinist Wisbech Cambs
COOK, Sarah Elizabeth Wife Married22 years F 55 1856 Oldham Lanc
COOK, Norman Son Single M 21 1890 Representative For Textile Machinery Didsbury Nr Mahr
BACON, Emma Servant Single F 20 1891 General Servant Domestic Youlgrave Derbyshire

RG number: RG14 Piece: 23661
Reference: RG14PN23661 RG78PN1377 RD464 SD1 ED4 SN91
Registration District: Chorlton
Sub District: Didsbury
Enumeration District: 4
Parish: South Manchester

Address: 22 Belfield Road Didsbury County: Lancashire

** Personally, I don't think it's the one you're looking for.

message from my friend

Right age as he was born in Hull in 1889 though knowing his track record he lied about where he was "born"! However there is a Norman Cook born in Hasligden Manchester registration District 1890.
Norman's name maybe right as he changed names pretty often (however he was an engineer not a machinist) from Norman Cameron Crichton to Norman Curtis-Cooke (with an e) then Harold Norman Cooke when he died in 1949!

Beleive it was Yorkshire but I'll check on that

Ann - you never said where or when your chap was born, does the info fit?

If it is the right chap do you need any more info?

well how clever are you lot!!! I shall pass this on to my friend who will be delighted - of course, I'll tell him I found it!! ;-) ;-) ;-)

Arrival stateside:

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Norman Cook
Arrival Date: 27 Mar 1915
Birth Year: abt 1890
Birth Location: England
Birth Location Other: didsbury manchester
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: English
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Lusitania

A textile machinist. nok in England was father Mr John W Cook, 18 Exchange Street, Manchester. Very hard to make out where he was headed, looks like Belmont Works, New York - no name given.

Any good.......??

Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960 Transcription
First Name: NORMAN Last Name: COOK Title: MR Collections from: United Kingdom Category: Immigration & Travel Record collection: Migration Record set: Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960 Departure Day: 9 Departure Month: 3 Departure Year: 1915 Ship Departure Port: LIVERPOOL Destination Port: NEW YORK State: Country: USA Destination Place: NEW YORK Destination Place Country: USA Birth Day: Birth Month: Birth Year: 1890 Age Transcribed: 25 Marital Status: Gender: M Occupation: MACHINIST Country Of Birth: Last Residence Country: UK Address: Ship Name: LUSITANIA Ship Official Number: 124082 Ship Master's First Name: W T Ship Master's Surname: TURNER Ship Master's Title: Shipping line: CUNARD Departure Port: LIVERPOOL Ship Destination Port: NEW YORK Ship Destination Country: USA Ship Square Feet: 5070 Ship Registered Tonnage: 9145 Number Of Passengers: 534

trying to help a friend find this man travelling from UK to USA 1913/1914 - I have failed miserably and wondered if anyone else can find him on passenger lists please

Any assistance gratefully appreciated