Emma Jane Cook
10 November 1861–
Woolwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom
The Life Summary of Emma Jane
When Emma Jane Cook was born on 10 November 1861, in Woolwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom, her father, James William Cook, was 32 and her mother, Mary Ann Miskin, was 23. She lived in Minster, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Milton Gravesend, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1881.
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Family Time Line
James William Cook
1829–
Mary Ann Miskin
1838–1906
Emma Jane Cook
1861–
James William Cook
1863–1900
Maria Georgina Cook
1865–
Mary Ann Cook
1867–
Alice Hill Cook
1879–1949
Parents and Siblings
1829–Male
1838–1906Female
Siblings
(5)
1861–Female
1863–1900Male
1865–Female
1867–Female
1879–1949Female
World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
Age 19
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
Age 19
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Age 23
1884
Age 23
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
Age 43
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
Age 43
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
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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Sources (3)
- Emma Jane Cook in household of James Cook, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Emma J Cook in household of Mary A Cook, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
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