Brief Life History of Harriett Elizabeth
When Harriett Elizabeth Cook was born on 7 November 1824, in Oneida, New York, United States, her father, Archibald Cook, was 32 and her mother, Betsey Mosher, was 30. She married Brigham Young on 2 November 1843, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1848 and lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 5 November 1898, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Harriet C Young in household of Brigham Young, "United States Census, 1860"
- Harriet E C Young, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Harriet Snow, "United States Census, 1870"
Spouse and Children
1801–1877 Male
1824–1898 Female
Children (1)
1846–1910 Male
Parents and Siblings
1792–1866 Male
1794–1875 Female
Siblings (8)
1815–1860 Female
1816–1895 Female
1818–1898 Male
1821–1913 Male
1823–1872 Male
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World Events (8)
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 1
1827
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1845 · Oh My Father
Age 21
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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