Brief Life History of George W
George W Cook was born in 1854, in Utah, United States. He married Hannah Maria Carroll on 6 February 1892, in Park City, Summit, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- George W Cook, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
Spouse and Children
1854– Male
1873–1973 Female
Children (1)
1893–1934 Female
World Events (8)
1863
Age 9
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 9
1886
Age 32
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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