Brief Life History of Elizabeth Ellen
When Elizabeth Ellen Cook was born on 17 December 1856, in Paulding, Jasper, Mississippi, United States, her father, John Hancock Cook Sr., was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Ouzier Harper, was 34. She married Dr. John Henry Kelly on 10 January 1878, in Paulding, Jasper, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Beat 5, Jasper, Mississippi, United States in 1910 and Heidelberg, Jasper, Mississippi, United States in 1930. She died on 16 October 1935, in Jasper, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Heidelberg Cemetery, Jasper, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Ellen E Kelly in household of George W Kelly, "United States Census, 1920"
- Ellen Cook Kelly, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ellen E Cook in entry for Frank Kelly, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1877 · Mississippi State Board of Health is Created
In 1877, the Mississippi State Board of Health was established to protect and advance health throughout the state. There are several different categories that fall under their watch such as disease, environment, injury, standard care, shots, keep records, and more.
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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