Brief Life History of William
William Cook was born in 1800, in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. He married Nancy De Gossh about 1822, in Barnet, Caledonia, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter.
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Sources (2)
- Cook, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
- Cook in entry for William Cook, "Vermont Deaths and Burials, 1871-1965"
Spouse and Children
1800– Male
1806– Female
Children (4)
1822–1860 Female
1825–1910 Male
1828–1912 Male
1831– Male
World Events (2)
1869
Age 69
1871
Age 71
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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