Brief Life History of Ann
Ann Cook was born about 1755, in Long Ditton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. She married Thomas Morris Nicholson on 13 August 1791.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Legacy NFS Source: Ann Cook - Church record: Marriage record or certificate: birth-name: Ann Cook
- Ann Cook, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
Spouse and Children
1743– Male
about 1755– Female
World Events (3)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 46
1815
Age 60
1823
Age 68
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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