Brief Life History of George W
When George W Cook was born on 20 March 1850, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Henry Freeman Cook, was 35 and his mother, Sophronia Strobridge, was 37. He married Ellen Mariah Phippen on 17 November 1873, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1900. He died on 26 November 1916, in Dingle, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Dingle, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.
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Sources (34)
- George Cook, "United States Census, 1910"
- George Cook in entry for Nicholas Cornelius Laughter and Edna Muriel Cook, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- George Cook in entry for Beatrice Jacobsen Jensen, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
Spouse and Children
1850–1916 Male
1865–1957 Female
Children (13)
1884–1884 Female
1885–1950 Female
1886–1903 Female
1888–1965 Female
1891–1974 Female
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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)
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
Age 7
1863
Age 13
1871
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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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