Jemima Cooke was born in Launceston, Tasmania on 7 November 1837 and baptised on 29 November. She married Frederick Crowther in Launceston on 5 July 1859. After the death of her father, Jemima moved to Queensland in the early 1860s with her mother and siblings. She married her second husband, John Allen, in Queensland on 14 May 1865 under the name Jemima Crowther. The Port Denison Times and Kennedy District Advertiser carried a marriage notice advising that John Allen, merchant, formerly of Limerick, Ireland, had married Jemima Crowthers [sic], widow of Mr Crowthers of Tasmania, in Mackay on May 14th. Thirteen years later, ‘Mima Allen’, daughter of Francis Goude Cooke and Jane Harris, died in Queensland on 17 June 1878.

Note: Information about Jane Harris, Francis Goude Cooke and family has been contributed by Dr Kaaren Sephton. Additional research has been contributed by Jan Richardson.