Elisha E. Cook

Brief Life History of Elisha E.

When Elisha E. Cook was born on 2 September 1866, in Cross Roads Country Harbour, Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, James Cook, was 43 and his mother, Charlotte Eve Beiswanger, was 43. He lived in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1866 and Stormont, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871. He died on 2 February 1950, in Lockeport, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 83, and was buried in Osborne Harbour Cemetery, Osborne Harbour, Shelburne, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Family Time Line

James Cook
1823–
Charlotte Eve Beiswanger
1823–1921
Edward James Cook
1846–1901
Gideon Cook
1848–
Sarah Ann Cook
1851–1889
Shadrack Cook
1853–
Lucy Oridge Cook
1856–1940
Emily Cook
1859–1941
John Adam Cook
1861–1923
Louisa Laurinda Cook
1864–
Elisha E. Cook
1866–1950
William Malachi Cook
1871–

Sources (10)

  • Elisha Cook, "Canada Census, 1871"
  • Elisha Cook, "Canada, Nova Scotia Births, 1864-1877"
  • Elisha Cooke, "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955"

World Events (5)

1869

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1871

British Columbia joins the confederation.

1909 · First Canadian Flight

The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.

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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