Brief Life History of John Henry
When John Henry Cook was born on 22 May 1838, in Comstock, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, his father, Henry Freeman Cook, was 23 and his mother, Sophronia Strobridge, was 25. He married Sarah Jane Quayle on 5 January 1871, in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Alpine, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 17 February 1904, in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Cedar Fort Cemetery, Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- John Cook, "United States Census, 1880"
- John F Cook, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
- John Cook, "BillionGraves Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
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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