Jay Emerson Cook

Male 1884 - 1949  (64 years)


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  • Name Jay Emerson Cook 
    Born 18 Aug 1884  Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 May 1949  Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7
    Buried 27 May 1949  Beaverton, Washington, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I330  Semon-Amburn
    Last Modified 27 Feb 2014 

    Family Minnie Julia Dieffenbacher,   b. 4 Mar 1885, Coulterville, Randolph, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1974, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 17 Nov 1913  Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Both were listed as residents of Christopher, Illinois.
    Family ID F218  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Aug 1884 - Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 17 Nov 1913 - Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 May 1949 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 27 May 1949 - Beaverton, Washington, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Doc# 433 IGI Marriage entry form for Emerson Cook and siblings. Submitte d by Sarah Marie McCleave Arthur.
      Doc# 555. Family bible entries from Cook family

      There may be three children from a first marriage, that died. Sweetwate r county, wyoming
      There are no vital records for Sweetwater county at FHL
      I checked the cemetery books at the FHL for sweetwater county and found n othing.
      Did internet search looking for marriage, probably in wyoming. Not in Wes tern States marriage index.
      In 1900, his parents are in Star Valley, Unita, Wyoming, but he is not li sted with them.

      Doc# A-2. Tithing slip from Western States Mission, 31 May 1928, Sherida n Branch, Black Hills District. $1.00

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] 1920 Census, heritagequest.com.
      Cook, Emerson, age 34 b. UT, fa. b. Conn, mo. b. Sweden, merchant of stee l works
      , Minnie, age 34, b. IL fa. b. PA, mo. b. KY
      , Leonard, age 18, b. IL. fa. b. Germany, mo. b. IL
      , Henry, age 15, b. IL
      , Mammie, age 13, b. IL
      Wyoming, Lincoln, ED #6

    2. [S4] 1930 Census, www.ancestry.com.
      Cook, J. Emerson, age 46, b. UT, fa. b. Conn, mo. b Sweden
      , Minnie age 46,b. IL, fa. b, Missouri, mo. b. IL
      , Ladine, age 6, b. WY
      Wyoming, Sheridan Co.,

    3. [S84] WW I Draft Registration.

    4. [S98] 1910 US Census.
      Cook, Emmerson, head, age 25, first mg for yrs., b. Utah. fa. b. Conn, mo . b. Sweden
      , Ella, age 21, mother3/0 living, b. Wyoming, fa. b. ?, mo. b. Scotland
      Wyoming, Sweetwater, Middle, (Rock springs city)

    5. [S34] IGI, Doc# 433.
      Marriage IGI entry form. Lists death of Emerson Cook as 8 Feb 1943

    6. [S99] COOK.
      Oregonian, May 26, 1949, page 4

    7. [S7] Vital Records: State of Oregon.
      J. Emerson Cook, died Portland, Washington, Oregon, on 24 may 1949, marri ed to Minnie, b. Logan, UT, to Phineas cook and Johanna, b. 18 aug 1884 , machinist, wood worker, not veteran, SSn520-05-1280, acute coronary occ ulsion, buried 27 may 1949 at Crescent Grove Cemetery, Beaverton, OR, Peg g's Mortuary, Beaverton.
      Death certificate from Oregon State Archives, Salem, OR