Wayne Francis Cook

Brief Life History of Wayne Francis

When Wayne Francis Cook was born on 19 May 1915, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Francis Edward Cook, was 18 and his mother, Myrtle Sophia Larson, was 21. He married Olga Johanna Madsen on 2 January 1934, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Utah, United States in 1930 and Provo, Utah, Utah, United States for about 5 years. He died on 16 October 1992, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wayne Francis Cook
1915–1992
Olga Johanna Madsen
1913–2000
Marriage: 2 January 1934
Francis Kelley Cook
1941–2018

Sources (18)

  • Wayne Cook in household of George F Dashwood, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Wayne Francis Cook, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Wayne Francis Cook, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

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World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

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1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York

Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

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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