Joseph Cook

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Cook was born in 1782, his father, John Cook, was 34 and his mother, Ann Powers, was 27. He died on 7 May 1782, at the age of 0, and was buried in Claybrooke Parva, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

John Cook
1748–1828
Ann Powers
1755–1824
Mary Cook
1774–1778
Wiliam Cook
1777–
Mary Cook
1779–
Joseph Cook
1782–1782
Thomas Cooke
1783–
Ann Powers Cook
1784–1865
John Cook
1792–
William Cook
1801–

Sources (3)

  • Joseph Cook, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Joseph Cook, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
  • Joseph Cook, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"

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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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