Samuel John Cook

Brief Life History of Samuel John

When Samuel John Cook was born on 26 April 1867, in London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel John Cook, was 47 and his mother, Eliza Ann Oliver, was 37. He married Sarah Ann Martin on 25 March 1892, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1869 and lived in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States in 1870. He died on 20 September 1916, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel John Cook
1867–1916
Sarah Ann Martin
1871–1935
Marriage: 25 March 1892
Sarah Viola Dunham
1888–1976
David William Dunham
1890–1973
George Leroy Cook
1892–1949
Alma Victor Cook
1894–1935
Clifton Oliver Cook
1903–1967
Infant Cook
1909–1909

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  • Samuel Cook in household of Samuel Cook, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Samuel John Cook, "England and Wales, BIRTH REGISTRATION Index, 1837-2008"
  • Samuel J. Cook, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

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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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