Arthur Leonard Cock

Brief Life History of Arthur Leonard

When Arthur Leonard Cock was born in 1899, in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, his father, Joseph Cock, was 38 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Tozer, was 33.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Cock
1861–1922
Mary Elizabeth Tozer
1866–1903
Henry John Cock
1894–
Gertrude Cock
1896–1972
Arthur Leonard Cock
1899–
Samson George Cock
1900–1900
Evie Eileen Cock
1901–
Mary Elizabeth Cock
1903–1954

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    World Events (3)

    1901

    First Federal election.

    1901

    The Australian flag flown for the first time.

    1901

    At the beginning of 1901, following a proclamation by Queen Victoria, Victoria ceased to be an independent colony and became a state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

    Name Meaning

    1 English: (i) occupational name from Middle English cok ‘cook’, a possible variant of Cook if shortening of the vowel of Old English cōc ‘cook’ occurred before it developed to Middle English coke, couk, cook. In examples of Coc and Cok below, the vowel may be short or long, so they could alternatively be cited under Cook . (ii) nickname from Middle English cok (Old English and Old French coc) ‘male bird, cock’ (especially the male of the domestic fowl), perhaps used humorously of a leader or chief man in a social group, though this sense is not recorded before the 16th century in OED . Some of the following early bearers may alternatively belong under other senses below.

    2 English: relationship name occasionally perhaps from the Middle English personal name Cok, of uncertain origin. For possible early bearers of the surname see examples without the definite article in (1) above.

    3 English: (i) locative name from Middle English cok (Old English cocc) ‘hillock, haycock, heap’, denoting someone who lived by a hillock or mound. (ii) occupational name from Middle English cok, cok(k)e ‘ship’s boat’, and used for a boatman. Compare Barge . (iii) locative name, occupational name for someone who lived or worked or at a house or inn distinguished by a sign depicting a haycock or mound, a boat, or a cock bird (see the senses above).

    Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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