Laken Cook

Brief Life History of Laken

When Laken Cook was born in 1795, in Kentucky, United States, his father, David Madison Cook, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Pullin, was 35.

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David Madison Cook
1755–1824
Sarah Pullin
1760–1801
David Cook
1779–1831
Loftus Cook
1780–1824
Cook
1781–
Valentine Cook
1782–1834
Cook
1785–1824
Many Cook
1781–
Nancy Cook
1784–1850
Nancy Cook
1784–1850
John C. Cook
1785–1840
Martha Cook
1788–1834
Jane Cook
1791–1850
Laken Cook
1795–

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    World Events (3)

    1796 · Wilderness Road Opens to Wagons

    In 1796, the Wilderness Road opened up for wagon use. The route was used by colonial and early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. It started in Virginia, and went southward to Tennessee and then went north to Kentucky. The main danger of this route was Native American attacks.

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

    1803

    France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

    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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