Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Cook was born on 10 December 1822, in Cranwell, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Cook, was 31 and his mother, Charlotte Waddington, was 27. He married Ellen Haworth on 13 August 1848, in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1854. He died on 23 May 1874, in Douglas, Nevada, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Genoa Cemetery, Genoa, Mexican Cession, United States.
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- Ellen Cook Household - 1880 United States Federal Census - Carson Valley, Douglas, Nevada, USA
- Richard Cook, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Richard Cook, "BillionGraves Index"
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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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