Brief Life History of Mary Ellen
When Mary Ellen Normington was born on 5 June 1847, in Burnley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Normington, was 28 and her mother, Maria Jackson, was 26. She married Thomas Cook Sr on 17 March 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1856 and lived in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 24 February 1922, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Taylorsville Memorial Park Cemetery, Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Cook in household of Thomas Cook, "United States Census, 1900"
- Births and Deaths of children of Thomas and Maria Jackson Normington - Burnley Branch Records, Burnley, Lancashire, England
- Mary Ellen Cook, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1848
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from any of the many places called Normanton in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, and Yorkshire. The placenames derive from the Old English personal name Northman or Old English northman (genitive singular northmannes, genitive plural northmana) ‘Norseman, Scandinavian’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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MARY ELLEN NORMINGTON
MARY ELLEN NORNGTON COOK By MABLEL COOK Mary Ellen Normington Cook was born in Burnley, Lancashire, England June 5, 1847. The first nine years of her life were spent in the old home with her pare …
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