Brief Life History of Eliza
Eliza Cook was born in 1843, in Haughton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of Harriet Cook.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Eliza Cooke in household of Henry Aron, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Legacy NFS Source: Eliza Cook -
- Eliza Cooke in household of Ann Cooke, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1843
Age 0
1850 · Industrial Revolution in Lancashire
Age 7
1878 · Bacup Natural History Society
Age 35
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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