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John Alexander COOK

Male 1876 - 1943  (66 years)


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  • Name John Alexander COOK  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] 
    Born 16 Oct 1876  Balsam, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    John Alexander Cook - Delayed Birth Certificate - Filed in 1938    		 John Alexander Cook - Delayed Birth Certificate - Filed in 1938
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1881  Pickering Township (Ontario County), Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Arrival 1890  [3] 
    Residence 1896  361 Morse Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    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  339 Watt Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    339 Watt (now 11341 St. Lawrence) - age 23, born Oct 1876, married 1 year, born Canada to Canada father & Ireland mother, arrived US 1890, naturalized, Painter, renting - John A & Fanny V 
    Residence 1910  11145 Stephenson Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    11145 Stephenson Avenue [now Champlain Avenue], age 32, married once for 11 years, born Canada to Michigan father and Ireland mother, Painter at Car Works, renting - John A & Fannie & kids Meta F., Haroldine C 
    Residence 12 Sep 1918  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    WWI Draft Registration: 11150 Parnell Avenue - born 16 Oct 1876 - Naturalized - Foreman at Pullman Company - wife Fanny Cook at same address - medium height, solid build, brown eyes & hair 
    John Alexander Cook - World War I Draft Registration    		 John Alexander Cook - World War I Draft Registration
    Residence 1920  Chicago Ward 9, Cook (Chicago), Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1930  Chicago, Cook, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1935  10125 Calumet Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Residence 9 Apr 1940  10125 Calumet Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    age 63, married, born Canada, paint inspector for Pullman car company 
    Died 14 Apr 1943  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 12] 
    Buried 17 Apr 1943  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Person ID I1245  Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2024 

    Father George Washington COOK,   b. Abt 11 Feb 1841, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1904, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother 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) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 24 Dec 1863  Pickering Township. Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 16] 
    • 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
    Family ID F358  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Fannie VanDyke MCDOWELL,   b. 29 Dec 1878, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1940, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 28 Sep 1898  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 17] 
    John Cook-Fannie McDowell - Marriage    		 John Cook-Fannie McDowell - Marriage
    Children 
    +1. Meta Frances COOK,   b. 23 May 1902, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1982, Geneva, Kane, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)  [natural]
     2. Haroldine Victoria COOK,   b. 24 May 1908, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1984, Winfield, DuPage, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2024 
    Family ID F363  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Sep 1898 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - WWI Draft Registration: 11150 Parnell Avenue - born 16 Oct 1876 - Naturalized - Foreman at Pullman Company - wife Fanny Cook at same address - medium height, solid build, brown eyes & hair - 12 Sep 1918 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Apr 1943 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 17 Apr 1943 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    John Alexander Cook - World War I Draft Registration    		John Alexander Cook - World War I Draft Registration
    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 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
    John Cook-Fannie McDowell - Marriage    		John Cook-Fannie McDowell - Marriage

  • Sources 
    1. [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: 1877
      Birth place: Ontario
      Residence date: abt 1881
      Residence place: Ontario South, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881canada&h=3011789&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1881 Census of Canada      		 1881 Census of Canada


    2. [S23] Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1909, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Births and Stillbirths – 1869-1909. MS 929, 206 reels. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario.Archives of Ontario. Delayed;).
      Birth date: 16 Oct 1876
      Birth place: Ontario, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontario_births&h=1740304&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1909      		 Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1909


    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: Oct 1876
      Birth place: Eng Canada
      Marriage date: 1899
      Marriage place:
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Chicago City, Cook, Illinois
      Arrival date: 1890
      Arrival place:
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=11683943&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. [S11] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the Unit;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 33, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_280; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 1443; Image: 767.
      Birth date: abt 1878
      Birth place: Canada English
      Residence date: 1910
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 33, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910uscenindex&h=5193321&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1910 United States Federal Census      		 1910 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 33, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_280; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 1443; Image: 767.


    5. [S1] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 9, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_312; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 590; Image: 49.
      Birth date: abt 1876
      Birth place: Canada
      Residence date: 1920
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 9, Cook (Chicago), Illinois
      Arrival date: Un
      Arrival place:
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=14886191&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1920 United States Federal Census      		 1920 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 9, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_312; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 590; Image: 49.


    6. [S3] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 429; Page: 47A; Enumeration District: 377; Image: 991.0.
      Birth date: abt 1877
      Birth place: Canada
      Residence date: 1930
      Residence place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=23505792&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1930 United States Federal Census      		 1930 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 429; Page: 47A; Enumeration District: 377; Image: 991.0.


    7. [S67] Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original records..Original ;).
      Birth date: 16 Oct 1876
      Birth place: Balsam, Ont , Canada
      Death date: 14 Apr 1943
      Death place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=fsillinoisdeath&h=2135417&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    8. [S39] Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.Original data - Cook County Clerk. Cook County Clerk Genealogy Records. Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago, IL: Cook County Clerk, 2008.Original data: Cook County Clerk. Cook County ;).
      Death date: 14 Apr 1943
      Death place: Cook County, IL
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=cookcountydeaths&h=5927842&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    9. [S52] Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - “Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871–1920.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health records. "Marriage Records, 1871–pr;).
      Birth date: abt 1876
      Birth place:
      Marriage date: 28 Sep 1898
      Marriage place: Maryan Park, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=fscookilmarriage&h=353706&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    10. [S7] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Admi;), Registration Location: Cook County, Illinois; Roll: 1493567; Draft Board: 21.
      Birth date: 16 Oct 1876
      Birth place:
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ww1draft&h=134461&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918      		 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
      Registration Location: Cook County, Illinois; Roll: 1493567; Draft Board: 21.


    11. [S37] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T627_939; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 103-574.
      1940 United States Federal Census      		 1940 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1940; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T627_939; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 103-574


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    14. [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)


    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, ;).

    16. [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: .


    17. [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: Dec 1876
      Birth place: Pennsylvania
      Marriage date: 1899
      Marriage place:
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Chicago City, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=11683944&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: .