Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Cook was born on 22 January 1842, in Comstock, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, her father, Henry Freeman Cook, was 27 and her mother, Sophronia Strobridge, was 28. She married Moroni Dayton on 9 February 1860, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1900 and Dingle, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1920. She died on 16 April 1926, in Cokeville, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Dingle, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.
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- Hannah Cook in household of Hy F Cook, "United States Census, 1860"
- Hannah Cook in entry for Wm F. Dayton, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
- Hannah Be*y, "United States Census, 1870"
Spouse and Children
1834–1903 Male
1842–1926 Female
Children (11)
1862–1897 Female
1864–1887 Female
1866–1889 Female
1868–1899 Female
1870–1927 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1815–1882 Male
1813–1909 Female
Siblings (10)
1838–1904 Male
1840–1906 Male
1842–1926 Female
1844–1895 Female
1846–1846 Male
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 4
1847
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1865
Age 23
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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Henry Freeman Cook (12 January 1815 - 14 April 1882)
HENRY FREEMAN COOK BORN:12 Jan 1815Homer, Cortland, New York DIED:14 Apr 1882Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah FATHER:William Cook6 Sep 1780 - 4 Nov 1840 MOTHER:Lucy Chapman5 May 1787 - 16 Oct 1857 …
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