Brief Life History of James Hunter
When James Hunter Cook was born on 11 July 1860, in Davis, Utah, United States, his father, David Simpson Cook, was 31 and his mother, Janet Hunter, was 22. He married Mary Bingham on 1 June 1898, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 3 November 1941, in South Weber, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- James H Cook, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- James H. Cook, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- James Hunter Cook, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United 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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James Hunter Cook obituaries
Obituary (1): "The Salt Lake Tribune", Salt Lake City, Utah, (Tuesday), November 4, 1941, page 17: James Hunter Cook, South Weber, Davis County - James Hunter Cook, 81, lifetime resident of South We …
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