Brief Life History of Edwin Alexander
When Edwin Alexander Cooke was born on 15 April 1873, in Ogdensburg, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States, his father, William Cooke, was 36 and his mother, Susanna C. Harvey, was 34. He married Clara Edith Lassell on 6 December 1900, in Howard, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Brainerd, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States in 1920 and Barnum, Carlton, Minnesota, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1899. He died on 26 December 1965, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.
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- Edwin Cook in household of William Cook, "United States Census, 1880"
- Edwin A. Cooke, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Edwin Alexander Cooke, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1887
Historical Boundaries: 1887: Polk, Minnesota, United States 1896: Red Lake, Minnesota, United States 1910: Pennington, Minnesota, United States
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: variant of Cook .
History: Francis Cooke (died 1663) and his eldest son John were passengers on the Mayflower in 1621; they were joined two years later by Francis's wife and other children. In the words of William Bradford, he lived long enough ‘to see his children's children have children’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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