Family History - Lucina Eddy

1. Lucina Eddy,¹ born ca. 1855 in Rhode Island (parents not determined).^{1, 2} Lucina married Gurdon Cook (born March 1849 in Connecticut, the son of Nathaniel H. Cook and Jane Dunbar;^{1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} Gurdon died 18 February 1913 in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island³). Gurdon is buried in First Hopkinton Cemetery, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island.³

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Mary Elizabeth Cook, born 24 March 1870 in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island.1, 7, 10, 11

1. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Rhode Island, Washington County, Hopkinton, Image 22 of 68, Nathaniel Cook, 53, Connecticut, farmer; Jane Cook, 47, Connecticut; James N. Cook, 15, Rhode Island; Gurdon Cook, 21, Rhode Island, farmer; Mary E. Cook, 2/12, Rhode Island; Lorinda Cook [? this is probably Lucina Eddy, wife of Gurdon; she shows as the mother of Mary Elizabeth Cook in the latter’s birth record], 15 [? could be 5, the notation “keeping house” suggests this is not a five year old], Rhode Island.
2. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Rhode Island, Washington County, Hopkinton, E.D. 154, Page No. 33, Lucina Cook, 26, Rhode Island, works in woolen mill (she is a border in the household of William Simpson).
3. Find a Grave (website). First Hopkinton Cemetery, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, Gurdon Cook, born: 1849; died: 18 February 1913 in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents and spouse, m. 1875).
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Connecticut, New London County, North Stonington, Image 2 of 48, Nathaniel Cook, 33, New York, stonecutter; Jane Cook, 29, Connecticut; James Cook, 10, Connecticut; Josephine Cook, 4, Connecticut; Gurdeon Cook, 1, Connecticut.
5. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Rhode Island, Washington County, Hopkinton, Page 30, Nathaniel H. Cook, 41, New York, stonecutter; Jane Cook, 39, Connecticut; Gurdon Cook, 11, Connecticut; William A. Cook, 10, Connecticut; James N. Cook, 5, Rhode Island; Aaron Church, 58, Rhode Island, day laborer; James Dunbar, 69, Connecticut, day laborer.
6. Rhode Island State Census 1865, Washington County, Hopkinton, Page 149, Nathaniel H. Cook, 46, Connecticut, farmer; Jane Cook, 43, Connecticut; Gurdon Cook, 16, Connecticut, asst. farmer; William A. Cook, 14, Connecticut; James N. Cook, 10, Hopkinton; Mary A. Lock, 16, Connecticut, asst. housekeeper.
7. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Rhode Island, Washington County, Westerly, E.D. 163, Page No. 35, Gurdon Cook, 32, Rhode Island, works in woolen mill; wife Lydia Cook, 23, Rhode Island, works in woolen mill; son William Cook, 4, Rhode Island; daughter Mary E. Cook, 11, Rhode Island; sister-in-law Abby Burdick, 18, Rhode Island, works in woolen mill.
8. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Rhode Island, Washington County, Hopkinton Town, E.D. 233, Sheet No. 2A, Gurdon Cook, 51, Connecticut, March 1849, stone mason; wife of 21 years Lydia Cook, 44, Rhode Island, July 1855, 1 child, 1 living.
9. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Rhode Island, Washington County, Hopkinton Town, E.D. 301, Sheet No. 2A, Gurdon Cook, 62, Connecticut, married twice, mason, stone; wife of 35 years Lydia A. Cook, 54, Rhode Island.
10. Rhode Island State Births Index, 1819, 1852-1900, Mary Elizabeth Cook, born: 24 March 1870 in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island; father: Gurdeon Cook; mother: Lucina Eddy.
11. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Rhode Island, Washington County, Hopkinton, E.D. 154, Page No. 14B, Nathaniel Cook, 63, N. York, stonemason; wife Jane Cook, 59, Connecticut; granddaughter Mary E. Cook, 10, Rhode Island; grandson William Cook, 4, Rhode Island [the latter two are children of Gurdon Cook, son of Nathaniel and Jane. The children are also enumerated with their parents in a separate 1880 census]; border Henry Palmer, 35, Rhode Island, laborer.