Elizabeth Cook

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Cook was born on 17 September 1789, in Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Cook, was 34 and her mother, Mary Sykes, was 28. She married John Heap on 18 June 1815, in Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Chadderton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 24 November 1863, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Heap
1789–1853
Elizabeth Cook
1789–1863
Marriage: 23 July 1815
Mary Heap
1812–
Sarah Heap
William Cook Taylor
1813–1852
Thomas Heap
1815–
Mary Heap
1819–1898

Sources (16)

  • Betty Heap, "England and Wales, Census, 1841"
  • Betty Cook, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
  • Elizabeth Heap, "BillionGraves Index"

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World Events (8)

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

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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