James Cook

Brief Life History of James

James Cook was born in Canada as the son of William Cook and Nancy De Gossh. He married Lydia Lovina Bishop in April 1862, in Sutton, Caledonia, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 12 December 1910, in Burke, Caledonia, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Cook
–1910
Lydia Lovina Bishop
1845–1905
Marriage: April 1862
Mary F Cook
1869–
Son
–1868
Henrietta B Cook
1871–1953
Anson A. Cook
1875–

Sources (15)

  • James Cook, "United States, Census, 1880"
  • Vermont Marriage Record
  • James Cook, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

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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