Background
COOKSON, Catherine was born on June 20, 1906 in Jarrow. Northumberland. Daughter of Catherine F’awcett.
COOKSON, Catherine was born on June 20, 1906 in Jarrow. Northumberland. Daughter of Catherine F’awcett.
Worked as a laundress in a workhouse, Hastings until 1939.
Kate Hannigan 1950, Maggie Rowan 1954, A Grand Man 1954, Rooney 1955, The Lord and Mary Ann 1956, The Menagerie 1958, The Devil and Mary Ann 1958, Love and Mary Ann 1961, The Garment 1962, Life and Mary Ann 1962, The Blind Miller 1963, Hannah Massey 1964, Marriage and Mary Ann 1964, Mary Ann’s Angels 1965, Katie Mulholland 1967, Mary Ann and Bill 1967, The Round Tower 1968, Our Kate (autobiography) 1969, The Glass Virgin 1970, The Dwel ling Place 1971, Pure as a Lily 1972, The Mallen Streak 1973, The Mallen Girl 1974, The Mallen Litter 1974, The Invisible Cord 1975, The Tide of Life 1976, The Girl 1977, The Cinder Path 1978, The Man who Cried 1979. Tillv Trotter 1980, Tilly Trotter Wed 1981. Tilly Trotter Widowed 1982.
Hamilton 1983, The Whip 1983, The Black Velvet Gown 1984. Goodbye Hamilton 1985, A Dinner of Herbs 1985, Catherine Cookson Country (memoirs) 1986, Bill Bailey 1986, The Parson’s Daughter 1986, The Cultured Handmaiden 1988, Bill Bailey’s Daughter 1989, The Harrogate Secret 1989, The Black Candle 1989, The Wingless Bird 1990, the Gillyvors 1990, My Beloved Son 1991, The Rag Nymph 1991. Also several novels as Catherine Merchant.
Married Thomas Cookson in 1940.