John Lindsey Cook

Brief Life History of John Lindsey

When John Lindsey Cook was born on 10 December 1870, in Jumbo, Izard, Arkansas, United States, his father, Dr William Pinkney Cook, was 23 and his mother, Amanda E Smith, was 23. He married Mary Jane Rosa Vest on 2 November 1893, in Izard, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Mangum, Greer, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Brinkman, Greer, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 30 March 1950, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Lindsey Cook
1870–1950
Mary Jane Rosa Vest
1877–1951
Marriage: 2 November 1893
Sylvan Jefferson Cook
1895–1971
Alma Pearl Cook
1897–1961
William Amos Cook
1900–1900
Bertha Myrtle Cook
1901–1906
Deltz Theo Cook
1904–1983

Sources (19)

  • John L Cook, "United States, Census, 1940"
  • John L Cook, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • John Lindsey Cook, "Find A Grave Index"

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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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