Maryette Cook

Brief Life History of Maryette

When Maryette Cook was born in 1837, in Cortlandville, Cortland, New York, United States, her father, Edwin A. Cook, was 29 and her mother, Almira Doud, was 27. She married John Wesley Cook in 1859, in Castile, Castile, Wyoming, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Castile, Castile, Wyoming, New York, United States in 1880.

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Family Time Line

John Wesley Cook
1834–
Maryette Cook
1837–
Marriage: 1859
Ida A. Cook
1861–
Nellie May Cook
1863–
Wesley Irving Cook
1867–

Sources (6)

  • Marett Cook in household of John W Cook, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Marette Cook in entry for W Irving Cook and Sadie Rush, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Narette Cook in household of John W Cook, "United States Census, 1870"

World Events (8)

1841

Historical Boundaries 1841: Wyoming, New York, United States

1846

The Town of Genesee Falls was formed from Pike and Portage (Livingston Co.) on 1 April 1846.

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

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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