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Family HistoryFamily History - Gurdon A. Cook


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Gurdon A. Cook and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Gurdon A. Cook,1 born 1904 in Rhode Island, the son of William E. Cook and Jessie Robinson McColl;1, 2, 3, 4, 5 died 1952.1 Gurdon is buried in First Hopkinton Cemetery, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island.1
  1. Find a Grave (website). First Hopkinton Cemetery, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, Gurdon A. Cook, born: 1904; died: 1952 (from record).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Rhode Island, Washington County, Westerly Town, William E. Cook, 34, Rhode Island, butcher, meat cart; wife of 14 years Jessie R. Cook, 32, Scotland, 6 children, 6 living; daughter Jessiebelle Cook, 12, Rhode Island; son William E. Cook, Jr., 13, Rhode Island; daughter Beatrice M. Cook, 10, Rhode Island; son Gurdon A. Cook, 5, Rhode Island; son George W. Cook, 2, Rhode Island; son Joseph H. Cook, 11/12, Rhode Island.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Rhode Island, Washington County, Westerly, William E. Cook, 43, Rhode Island, widowed, butcher, meat; son Gurdon A. Cook, 15, Rhode Island; son George Cook, 12, Rhode Island; son Joseph Cook, 10, Rhode Island; daughter Avis M. Cook, 8, Rhode Island; daughter Gladys Cook, 7, Rhode Island. Living in the same dwelling: Charles Knight, 23, Connecticut, machinist, general; wife Jessie Knight, 21, Rhode Island; daughter Jessie Knight, 1 1/12, Rhode Island. Also in the same dwelling: William E. Cook, Jr., 23, Rhode Island, laborer, odd jobs; Mary Cook, 21, New Jersey.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Rhode Island, Washington County, Westerly, E.D. 5-16, Sheet No. 12A, William E. Cook, 54, Rhode Island, widowed, 23 at first marriage, meat cutter, farmer; son Gideon Cook, 23, Rhode Island, laborer, farm; son George Cook, 21, laborer, odd jobs; daughter Gladys Cook, 17, Rhode Island.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Rhode Island, Washington County, Westerly, E.D. 5-32, Sheet No. 14B, William E. Cook, 64, Rhode Island, widowed, meat cutter, meat store; son Gurdon Cook, 36, Rhode Island, laborer, road construction; son George Cook, 33, Rhode Island, laborer, railroad.