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Family HistoryFamily History - Mary Elizabeth 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 Mary Elizabeth Cook and her immediate family.



First Generation
1. Mary Elizabeth Cook,1 born 24 March 1870 in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, the daughter of Gurdon Cook and Lucina Eddy.1, 2, 3, 4
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.