David Alfred Cook

Brief Life History of David Alfred

When David Alfred Cook was born on 1 November 1884, in Anderson, Texas, United States, his father, Daniel Green Cook, was 33 and his mother, Martha Emaline Evans, was 35. He married Della Lucy Basham in June 1911. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Hill, Texas, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 3, Lynn, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 June 1951, in Lynn, Texas, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Draw Cemetery, Tahoka, Lynn, Texas, United States.

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David Alfred Cook
1884–1951
Della Lucy Basham
1891–1977
Marriage: June 1911
Thedo Washburn Cook
1912–1974

Sources (16)

  • David A Cook, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Dave Cook, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
  • David Alfred Cook, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company

Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

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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