Peter Cook
16 November 1858–30 November 1858
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
The Life Summary of Peter
When Peter Cook was born on 16 November 1858, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, his father, Archibald Cook, was 42 and his mother, Elizabeth Strang, was 41. He died on 30 November 1858, in his hometown, at the age of 0.
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Family Time Line
Archibald Cook
1815–1870
Elizabeth Strang
1817–1890
Archibald Cook
1838–1892
John Cook
1839–1889
Betsy Cook
1841–1902
Ann Cook
1843–1901
Christina Cook
1847–1922
Margaret Cook
1848–1882
William Cook
1851–1896
Janet D. Cook
1852–1928
David Cook
1855–1907
James Cook
1856–1877
Peter Cook
1858–1858
Parents and Siblings
1815–1870Male
1817–1890Female
Siblings
(11)
1838–1892Male
1839–1889Male
1841–1902Female
1843–1901Female
1847–1922Female
+6 More Children
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.
Cookson
Cocke
Coke
Kuhar
Cooke
Kew
Sources (1)
- Peter Cook, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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