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Male 1864 - 1933  (68 years)


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  1. 1.  James Christopher - Christopher James - James - COOK was born on 22 Sep 1864 in Balsam, Ontario, Ontario, Canada (son of George Washington COOK and Mary Ellen - Ellen - GIBSON); died on 10 Jan 1933 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 12 Jan 1933 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1871, Pickering Township (Ontario County), Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1881, Pickering Township (Ontario County), Ontario, Canada
    • Arrival: 1884
    • Arrival: 1885, USA
    • Residence: 1896, 361 Morse Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 361 Morse Avenue is now 11341 Forrestville Avenue - George W. laborer, James C. fireman, John painter, Thomas G. steamfitter == “The Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago 1896” (Chicago: The Chicago Directory Company, 1896), pp 461-462
    • Residence: 1900, 103 Stephenson Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 103 Stephenson (now 11117 Champlain) - age 35, single, born Sept 1864 Canada to Canada parents, arrived US 1884, naturalized, laborer (car works) [Pullman]-George & Ellen & son James & nephew George H Gibson
    • Residence: 1910, 11123 Watt Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 45, married once (number of years left blank), born Canada to Canada parents, Boiler Helper at Car Works, lodger in boarding house of Jane & Peter Sheridan
    • Residence: 7 Mar 1918, 880 South State Street, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; US RESIDENT SERVING IN BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCES: born 1866 in Canada, single, Blacksmith, residing 880 So. State St
    • Residence: Apr 1930, 2037 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 65, rents for $40, married, age 57 [1922] at first marriage, born Canada to Canada father & Ireland mother, arrived US 1885, naturalized, night watchman for printing business [Donnelly?] - James & Mary
    • Residence: 10 Jan 1933, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; residence at time of death

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Oakwoods Cemetery - Underraker: F.D. & G.D. Doty at 214 E 115th Street

    Died:
    2000 Calumet Avenue - age 68, laborer, single - father George W. Cook born Detroit - mother Mary Ellen Gibson born County Armagh, Ireland - Informant J A Cook of 10125 Calumet Ave - Chronic Myocarditis == FHL Film 1893421 DGS 4205181

    James married - first wife of James Cook - before 1910. - died before 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    he is shown as married once in the 1910 census but has no wife; his 1918 marriage in England shows him as a widower - he and his first wife were probably married in Chicago

    James married Dorothy May ELDRIDGE on 31 Jul 1918 in Thanet Registry Office, Kent, England, UK. Dorothy (daughter of Arthur CHAPMAN) was born about 1897 in Henley, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    date and location for his British Army WWI Service Record, he widower, she spinster == Thanet Registration Distict, Kent County, Jul-Aug-Sep 1918, Vol 2a, p 2639

    James married Mary - married James Cook - in 1922 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Mary was born about 1878 in Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    1930 census ages at first marriage place their marriage about 8 years earlier, thus about 1922


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George Washington COOK was born about 11 Feb 1841 in Ontario, Canada (son of John COOK and Jane BEACH); died on 15 Nov 1904 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 17 Nov 1904 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa
    • Residence: 1861, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, born Upper Canada, Wesleyan Methodist, age 19
    • Residence: 1871, Pickering Township (Ontario County), Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 16 Oct 1876, Balsam, Ontario, Canada; Thrasher (at birth of son John Alexander Cook)
    • Residence: 1881, Balsam, Ontario, Canada
    • Arrival: 1883
    • Naturalization: 19 Oct 1891, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Circuit Court of Cook County, Volume R 31, page 292 - witness John W. North
    • Residence: 25 Oct 1892, 361 Morse Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Voter Registration List - 1st Cg Dist, Ward 34, Pct 13 - born Canada, in pct 1 yr, co & st 8 yrs - naturalized Oct 1891 Cook Co Court - Applied to vote 25 Oct 1892 - voted
    • Residence: 1896, 361 Morse Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 361 Morse Avenue is now 11341 Forrestville Avenue - George W. laborer, James C. fireman, John painter, Thomas G. steamfitter == “The Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago 1896” (Chicago: The Chicago Directory Company, 1896), pp 461-462
    • Residence: 1900, 103 Stephenson Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 103 Stephenson (now 11117 Champlain) - age 59, married 36 years [c 1864], born Feb 1841 Canada to Canada father & Vermont mother, arrived US 1883, naturalized, laborer (car works) [Pullman]-George & Ellen & son James & nephew George H Gibson
    • Occupation: 15 Jul 1902, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; "S L" in Yard Labor Department of Pullman Railway Car Company - 18 years of service with Pullman Company
    • Probate: 29 Nov 1904, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Court appoints Chicago Title and Trust as Administrator of his estate

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Feb 1841 from 1900 census - abt 11 Feb 1839 calculated from age 65-9-4 at death 15 Nov 1904 - son John+James death records give GWC birthplace as Detroit and 1920 census as Michigan [all other records say Ontario]

    Buried:
    Oakwoods Cemetery - Section F Division 6 Lot 149 - at 2 PM by ?G. H. Woodward? of 7458 Kensington Avenue

    Died:
    9438 Burnside Avenue (Ward 33) - age 65 years 9 months 4 days [c 1839 Feb 11] - at 2:30 AM - Born Canada, Father born Canada, Mother born America - widowed Laborer - burial 17 Nov 1904 2PM at Oakwoods by ?G. A. Woodward? of 25 Arcade in Pullman

    George married Mary Ellen - Ellen - GIBSON on 24 Dec 1863 in Pickering Township. Ontario, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Christopher GIBSON and Elizabeth - Eliza - GRAY) was born about Oct 1834 in Ireland (Northern); died on 19 Oct 1903 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 22 Oct 1903 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Ellen - Ellen - GIBSON was born about Oct 1834 in Ireland (Northern) (daughter of Christopher GIBSON and Elizabeth - Eliza - GRAY); died on 19 Oct 1903 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 22 Oct 1903 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1852, Pickering Township, Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Pickering Township (Ontario County), Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1881, Pickering Township (Ontario County), Ontario, Canada
    • Arrival: 1884
    • Residence: 1900, 103 stephenson avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 103 Stephenson (now 11117 Champlain) - age 60, married 36 years [c1864], mother of 5 children of whom 4 living, born Oct 1839 Canada to England father & Canada mother, arrived US 1884-George & Ellen & son James & nephew George H Gibson

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Oakwoods Cemetery - Section F Division 6 Lot 149 - at 2 PM by ?G. H. Woodward? of 7458 Kensington Avenue

    Died:
    103 Stephenson (Ward 33, Sanitary Division 14) - at 5:20 PM - age 64 [c 1839] born Canada - lived in Illinois 18 years [c 1885] - cause Progressive Bulbas Paralysis of 3 months duration, contributed to by Old Age [Stephenson in Kensington is now Champlain

    Notes:

    Married:
    HE: 22, Pickering, Canada, s/o John & Jane COOK= SHE: 22, Pickering, Ireland, d/o Christopher & Elizabeth GIBSON -- witn: Thomas GIBSON & William McFADDEN, both Pickering -- by Rev William McFadden homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/ont1863.htm

    Children:
    1. 1. James Christopher - Christopher James - James - COOK was born on 22 Sep 1864 in Balsam, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died on 10 Jan 1933 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 12 Jan 1933 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Mary Ellen COOK was born on 6 Aug 1870 in Balsam, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Jul 1943 in Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA; was buried on 5 Jul 1943 in Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA.
    3. Thomas G COOK was born in Oct 1873 in Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Nov 1914 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 28 Nov 1914 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    4. John Alexander COOK was born on 16 Oct 1876 in Balsam, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Apr 1943 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 17 Apr 1943 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John COOK was born about 1808 in Canada; died before 1861.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    His name is known as John via son George's 1863 marriage record - birth in Canada per son George in 1900 US census

    Died:
    he is not with the family in the 1861 Canada Census of Reach Township

    John married Jane BEACH. Jane was born about 1814 in Vermont, USA; died on 31 Oct 1907 in Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Jane BEACH was born about 1814 in Vermont, USA; died on 31 Oct 1907 in Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; all Wesleyan Methodist - 2-story frame: D KAY 70 England Farmer, F KAY 66 England wife, J KAY 22 UC Labour - 1-story log: C COOK 23 UC Farmer, Jane COOK 47 USA Housekeeper, G COOK 19 UC Labour, Mary COOK 10 UC - Clinton and/or Charles? - see Ag Census

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Her name is known via son George's 1863 marriage record. Her maiden name is known from son Clinton's death record. - Birthplace USA from 1861 census - birth in Vermont per 1900 US census of son George

    Died:
    age 97, born US, widow, cause: old age, Methodist, Dr. Shire

    Children:
    1. Clinton COOK was born on 3 Aug 1837 in Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died on 28 Apr 1916 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Charles Bidwell COOK was born on 17 Nov 1839 in Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died on 13 Dec 1926 in Millington, Tuscola, Michigan, USA.
    3. 2. George Washington COOK was born about 11 Feb 1841 in Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Nov 1904 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 17 Nov 1904 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    4. Mary COOK was born about 1851 in Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Christopher GIBSON was born about 1805 in Ireland (Northern) (son of father of Christopher and John & MAYBE Mary Sarah GIBSON); died on 1845 or sooner in Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: Abt 1841, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Birth:
    birth year estimated based on wife's estimated birth year

    Christopher married Elizabeth - Eliza - GRAY about 1833 in Ireland (Northern). Elizabeth was born between 1805 and 1806 in Ireland (Northern); died on 1882 or later in Pickering Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth - Eliza - GRAY was born between 1805 and 1806 in Ireland (Northern); died on 1882 or later in Pickering Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: Abt 1841, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1852, Pickering Township, Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Pickering Township, Ontario South, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 16 Oct 1876, Balsam, Ontario, Canada; attended birth of grandson John Alexander Cook
    • Residence: 1881, Balsam, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Birth:
    possibly she or her married family were in Newtonhamilton in County Armagh per Gibson family tradition

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Ellen - Ellen - GIBSON was born about Oct 1834 in Ireland (Northern); died on 19 Oct 1903 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 22 Oct 1903 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Thomas GIBSON was born on 31 May 1837 in Northern Ireland; died on 16 Jan 1916 in Brooklin, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1916 in Brooklin, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
    3. James GIBSON was born between 1839 and 1840 in Armagh, Northern Ireland; died on 21 Oct 1887 in Euphrasia Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada.
    4. John GIBSON was born on 19 Oct 1842 in Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Oct 1842 in Ontario, Canada.
    5. Christopher GIBSON was born about 1843 in Pickering, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died in in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  father of Christopher and John & MAYBE Mary Sarah GIBSON
    Children:
    1. Mary Sarah GIBSON was born about 1802 in Ireland; died before 1871 in Scott Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 6. Christopher GIBSON was born about 1805 in Ireland (Northern); died on 1845 or sooner in Ontario, Canada.
    3. John GIBSON was born on 24 May 1811 in County Armagh, Ireland; died on 21 Oct 1886 in North Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada; was buried after 21 Oct 1886 in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.