Brief Life History of Hester A
Hester A Cook was born in 1860, in Grant, Kentucky, United States. She married William Preston Kinmon on 18 October 1878, in Owen, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Owen, Kentucky, United States in 1880. She died on 13 October 1893, in Grant, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Williamstown, Grant, Kentucky, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Hester Kinman in household of William Kinman, "United States Census, 1880"
- Hester Cook, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Hester Ann Cook Kinman, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1853–1921 Male
1860–1893 Female
Children (6)
1879– Male
1879–1880 Male
1880–1958 Male
1881–1964 Male
1885–1968 Female
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1861
Age 1
1863
Age 3
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 10
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a cook, a seller of cooked meats, or a keeper of an eating house, from Middle English cok, coke, cook, couk, cuk(e) (Old English cōc) ‘cook’ or ‘seller of cooked foods’. See also Kew .
Irish and Scottish: usually identical in origin with the English name (see 1 above), but in some cases a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cúg ‘son of Hugo’ (see McCook ).
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘cook’, such as German and Jewish Koch , Dutch Kook , Polish Kucharz and Kucharczyk , Slovenian and Croatian Kuhar , North German Kuk .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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