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George Washington COOK

Male Abt 1841 - 1904  (63 years)


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  • Name George Washington COOK  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] 
    Born Abt 11 Feb 1841  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 13, 14] 
    • 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]
    Two George Washington Cook Pullman Employees    		 Two George Washington Cook Pullman Employees
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Laborer, born Upper Canada, Wesleyan Methodist, age 19 
    Residence 1871  Pickering Township (Ontario County), Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation 16 Oct 1876  Balsam, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Thrasher (at birth of son John Alexander Cook) 
    Residence 1881  Balsam, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    George and Ellen (Gibson) Cook Family-1881 Census of Pickering Township, Ontario, Canada    		 George and Ellen (Gibson) Cook Family-1881 Census of Pickering Township, Ontario, Canada
    Her brother Christopher Gibson and half-brother (same mother) John Johnston are on the next page of the census.
    Arrival 1883  [3] 
    Naturalization 19 Oct 1891  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Circuit Court of Cook County, Volume R 31, page 292 - witness John W. North 
    George W Cook - Naturalization Index Card - Naturalized 19 Oct 1891 at Chicago    		 George W Cook - Naturalization Index Card - Naturalized 19 Oct 1891 at Chicago
    Volume R 31, page 292
    Residence 25 Oct 1892  361 Morse Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    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 
    George W. Cook Family at 361 Morse Avenue (now 11341 Forrestville Avenue) - Chicago Directory 1896    		 George W. Cook Family at 361 Morse Avenue (now 11341 Forrestville Avenue) - Chicago Directory 1896
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    "S L" in Yard Labor Department of Pullman Railway Car Company - 18 years of service with Pullman Company 
    George Cook (1841) Pullman Employee Cards (3 cards)    		 George Cook (1841) Pullman Employee Cards (3 cards)
    Note that son Tom listed on third card
    Two George Washington Cook Pullman Employees    		 Two George Washington Cook Pullman Employees
    George Cook (1841) Pullman Employee Card (1 of 3)    		 George Cook (1841) Pullman Employee Card (1 of 3)
    Note that son Tom is shown as a relative in company employ
    Died 15 Nov 1904  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 9, 10] 
    • 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 Cook-Death    		 George Cook-Death
    Buried 17 Nov 1904  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Oakwoods Cemetery - Section F Division 6 Lot 149 - at 2 PM by ?G. H. Woodward? of 7458 Kensington Avenue
    George Cook-Death    		 George Cook-Death
    George and Mary Ellen (Gibson) Cook - Grave Site - Oakwoods Cemetery Section F Division 6 Lot 149    		 George and Mary Ellen (Gibson) Cook - Grave Site - Oakwoods Cemetery Section F Division 6 Lot 149
    George Washington Cook - Grave Stone    		 George Washington Cook - Grave Stone
    == photograph by Wesley Johnston
    George and Mary Ellen (Gibson) Cook - Grave Site - Oakwoods Cemetery Section F Division 6 Lot 149    		 George and Mary Ellen (Gibson) Cook - Grave Site - Oakwoods Cemetery Section F Division 6 Lot 149
    Probate 29 Nov 1904  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Court appoints Chicago Title and Trust as Administrator of his estate 
    Residence Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Person ID I1241  Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2024 

    Father John COOK,   b. Abt 1808, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1861  (Age < 52 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Jane BEACH,   b. Abt 1814, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1907, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F639  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ellen - Ellen - GIBSON,   b. Abt Oct 1834, Ireland (Northern) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1903, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 24 Dec 1863  Pickering Township. Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 15] 
    • 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. James Christopher - Christopher James - James - COOK,   b. 22 Sep 1864, Balsam, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1933, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)  [natural]
     2. Mary Ellen COOK,   b. 6 Aug 1870, Balsam, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1943, Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)  [natural]
    +3. Thomas G COOK,   b. Oct 1873, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1914, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)  [natural]
    +4. John Alexander COOK,   b. 16 Oct 1876, Balsam, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1943, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2024 
    Family ID F358  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 11 Feb 1841 - Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNaturalization - Circuit Court of Cook County, Volume R 31, page 292 - witness John W. North - 19 Oct 1891 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - "S L" in Yard Labor Department of Pullman Railway Car Company - 18 years of service with Pullman Company - 15 Jul 1902 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Nov 1904 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 17 Nov 1904 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - Court appoints Chicago Title and Trust as Administrator of his estate - 29 Nov 1904 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    George Cook (1841) Pullman Employee Card (1 of 3)    		George Cook (1841) Pullman Employee Card (1 of 3)
    Note that son Tom is shown as a relative in company employ
    Thomas Cook-Death-1914    		Thomas Cook-Death-1914
    place of death: Blue Island for 6 years - usual residence: 12114 Lowe Avenue (Ward 9) - married - age 40-1-2 born Canada to George W Cook and Ellen Gibson - stem fitter in factory - at 9:30 AM of Aortic Stenosis of 10 months duration, contributed by Rupture of Compensation
    George and Ellen (Gibson) Cook Family-1881 Census of Pickering Township, Ontario, Canada    		George and Ellen (Gibson) Cook Family-1881 Census of Pickering Township, Ontario, Canada
    Her brother Christopher Gibson and half-brother (same mother) John Johnston are on the next page of the census.
    George Cook-Death    		George Cook-Death
    George and Mary Ellen (Gibson) Cook - Grave Site - Oakwoods Cemetery Section F Division 6 Lot 149    		George and Mary Ellen (Gibson) Cook - Grave Site - Oakwoods Cemetery Section F Division 6 Lot 149
    George Washington Cook - Grave Stone    		George Washington Cook - Grave Stone
    == photograph by Wesley Johnston
    George W. Cook Family at 361 Morse Avenue (now 11341 Forrestville Avenue) - Chicago Directory 1896    		George W. Cook Family at 361 Morse Avenue (now 11341 Forrestville Avenue) - Chicago Directory 1896
    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
    John Alexander Cook - Delayed Birth Certificate - Filed in 1938    		John Alexander Cook - Delayed Birth Certificate - Filed in 1938
    George and Mary Ellen (Gibson) Cook - Grave Site - Oakwoods Cemetery Section F Division 6 Lot 149    		George and Mary Ellen (Gibson) Cook - Grave Site - Oakwoods Cemetery Section F Division 6 Lot 149
    George W Cook - Naturalization Index Card - Naturalized 19 Oct 1891 at Chicago    		George W Cook - Naturalization Index Card - Naturalized 19 Oct 1891 at Chicago
    Volume R 31, page 292

    Documents
    George Cook (1841) Pullman Employee Cards (3 cards)    		George Cook (1841) Pullman Employee Cards (3 cards)
    Note that son Tom listed on third card

    Histories
    Two George Washington Cook Pullman Employees    		Two George Washington Cook Pullman Employees

  • Sources 
    1. [S18] 1871 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. Appreciation is expressed to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for providing the 1871 Canada Census Index.Images reproduced by courtesy of Library and Archives Canada, ;).
      Birth date: abt 1842
      Birth place: Ontario
      Residence date: '1871'
      Residence place: Ontario South, Ontario, 'canada'
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1871canada&h=1073624&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1871 Census of Canada      		 1871 Census of Canada


    2. [S22] 1881 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. 1881 Canada Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite;).
      Birth date: 1843
      Birth place: Ontario
      Residence date: abt 1881
      Residence place: Ontario South, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881canada&h=3011784&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1881 Census of Canada      		 1881 Census of Canada


    3. [S8] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, ;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: .
      Birth date: Feb 1841
      Birth place: Canada Eng
      Marriage date: 1864
      Marriage place:
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Chicago City, Cook, Illinois
      Arrival date: 1883
      Arrival place:
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=11681504&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1900 United States Federal Census      		 1900 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: .


    4. [S68] Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Illinois, Cook County Deaths 1878–1922.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health. “Birth and Death Records, 1916–present.;).
      Birth date: abt 1839
      Birth place: Canada
      Death date: 15 Nov 1904
      Death place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=fscookildeath&h=862749&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    5. [S17] 1861 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. Appreciation is expressed to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for providing the 1861 Canada Census Index..Original data - Census returns for 1861. Microfilm C-999 to C;).
      Birth date: 1842
      Birth place: Upper Canada
      Residence date: 1861
      Residence place: Ontario, Canada West, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1861canada&h=795390162&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1861 Census of Canada      		 1861 Census of Canada


    6. [S64] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    7. [S101] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1943; Roll: 08.
      Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011      		 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
      Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1943; Roll: 08


    8. [S102] Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    9. [S113] Illinois, Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Administrators bonds and letters, 1877-1931; Author: Illinois. Probate Court (Cook County); Probate Place: Cook, Illinois.
      Illinois, Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999      		 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999
      Administrators bonds and letters, 1877-1931; Author: Illinois. Probate Court (Cook County); Probate Place: Cook, Illinois


    10. [S103] Web: Illinois, Select Deaths Index, 1877-1916, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).

    11. [S43] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta), Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory titl;).
      U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)      		 U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)


    12. [S36] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).

    13. [S71] U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project), Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors in partnership with the following organizations: Anchorage Genealogical SocietyCalifornia State Genealogic;), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-19.
      U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)      		 U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)
      National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-19


    14. [S70] Chicago, Illinois, Voter Registration, 1892, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001;).
      Chicago, Illinois, Voter Registration, 1892      		 Chicago, Illinois, Voter Registration, 1892


    15. [S8] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, ;).