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 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and 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.
Do you know John Henry? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
+6 More Children
+5 More Children
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
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.
Possible Related NamesHENRY 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 …
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.