Hobert Finley Cook

Brief Life History of Hobert Finley

When Hobert Finley Cook was born on 4 May 1906, in Rush Springs, Grady, Oklahoma, United States, his father, James Marshall Cook, was 41 and his mother, Mary Adeline Harman, was 38. He married Margaret Miller White on 7 February 1938, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 11 September 1987, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Good Shepherd Cemetery, Huntington Beach, Orange, California, United States.

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Hobert Finley Cook
1906–1987
Margaret Miller White
1911–1944
Marriage: 7 February 1938
Halbert Cook
1939–2000
Mary Elizabeth Cook
1944–1944

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  • Hobert F Cook in household of William R Cook, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Hobert F Cook, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Hobert Finley Cook, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

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1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

1908 · The Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot

Being listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot dates to the more prosperous era in the history of American railroad travel. Originally called the Union Station, it was jointly constructed by the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroads and the Oregon Short Line. The platforms behind the station ran north-to-south, parallel to the first main line built in the Salt Lake Valley. When Amtrak was formed in 1971, it took over the passenger services at the station, but all trains were moved to the Rio Grande station after it joined Amtrak. In January 2006, The Depot was opened as a shopping center that housed shops, restaurants and music venues.

1928 · The Tower Theater

The Tower Theatre is a historic film theater operated by the Salt Lake Film Society. The theater presents independent films and is a venue for the Sundance Film Festival. It also presents classic films on occasional weekends and hosts a movie-rental library for those that want to expand their cinematic knowledge.

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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