Maryetta Cooley

Brief Life History of Maryetta

When Maryetta Cooley was born on 8 September 1850, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, John William Cooley, was 38 and her mother, Susan Jane Hunt, was 21. She married William Henry Vanderhoof about 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States for about 20 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 26 April 1931, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Henry Vanderhoof
1838–1906
Maryetta Cooley
1850–1931
Marriage: about 1864
William Henry Vanderhoof
1865–1868
Nettie Vanderhoof
1868–1962
Wellington Harold Vanderhoof
1870–1940

Sources (19)

  • Nettie Ward, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Nettie Vanderhoof, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Nettie Ward, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

World Events (8)

1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines

The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

Name Meaning

Irish (Galway and Clare): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Chúille ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Mochúille’, a rare Clare name, or a shortened form of McCooley, a variant of McCauley .

English: perhaps a variant of Colley or Culley .

Americanized form of German Kuhle or Kühle, variants of Kuhl .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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