Cora Belle (Baker) Cook (1879 - abt. 1953)

Born 1 Sep 1879 in Oswego, New York, United States of America

Ancestors

Wife of Floyd Harrison Cook — married 26 Oct 1909 in Syrcacuse, Onondaga, New York

Descendants

Died about 1953 at about age 73 in St. Luke's Hospital, Newburgh, New York, United States of America

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Biography

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Cora (Baker) Cook was a New Yorker.

On September 1, 1879, Cora was born in Oswego, New York^[1].

In 1880, Cora (age 9/12) lived in Ira, Cayuga County, New York with her father Frank P. Baker (age 23 - born in New York and worked as a laborer), her mother Rosa Elizabeth Robinson (age 22 - born in New York and worked at keeping house), her sister Ellen A. Baker (age 5 - name recorded as Nellie and born in New York) and her brother William M. Baker (age 2 - born in New York) ^[2].

On October 25, 1909, Cora (28) and Floyd Harrison Cook (28) signed an Affadavit for license to marry and on October 26, 1909, Cora and Floyd married^[3][4].

In 1910, Cora Belle (age 28), lived as a boarder, at 31 Linden Avenue, in Middletown, Orange County, New York, with Barnett F. Gordon (age 62 - born in Scotland and was an invalid), Martha J. Gordon (age 62 - born in New York and worked as a proprietor of a boarding house), their daughter Martha W. Gordon (age 32 - born in New York and worked as a stenographer for a lighting company), New York native servant Katie D. Boyd (age 18), New York native boarder Joseph B. Swalm (age 72 - widowed and worked as a proprietor of a grocery store), New York native boarder Julius A. Bates (age 66 - worked as a proprietor of a music store) and Cora's husband Floyd Harrison Cook (age 28 and practiced as a doctor)^[5].

In 1915, Cora (34) lived in Middletown with her husband Floyd (34), daughter Eulala Arline Cook (3) their son Floyd Harrison Cook Jr. (2), one servant Elise Jurick (18) and maid Ethel Ryder (18)^[6].

In 1920, Cora (38) and Floyd (38) lived in Middletown, Orange County, New York^[7].

In 1923, Cora and Floyd lived on 32 Lenox Place in Middletown, New York^[8].

In 1930, Cora (48) lived alone with her children Eulala (18) and Floyd (17)^[9].

In 1950, Cora (age 72 and recorded as widowed), lived in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York^[10].

Cora Belle Baker Cook (74) passed away in 1953 and was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Middletown, Orange County, New York^[11].

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61377/TH-1-159371-78712-88/900288344?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/75496806/person/42330429180/facts
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6742/4242060-00101/1393219?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/75496806/person/42330429180/facts Year: 1880; Census Place: Ira, Cayuga, New York; Roll: 814; Page: 89A; Enumeration District: 023
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61377/TH-1-159371-78712-88/900288344?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/75496806/person/42330429180/facts
4. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS8S-YF3?i=140&cc=1618491
5. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7884/images/4449363_00794?pId=108603215 Year: 1910; Census Place: Middletown Ward 2, Orange, New York; Roll: T624_1059; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0028; FHL microfilm: 1375072
6. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2703/32848_B094101-00165/5254065?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/75496806/person/42330429180/facts
7. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6061/4442078_00336/110904132?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/75496806/person/42330429180/facts
8. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/1948818/1222568177?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/75496806/person/42330429180/facts
9. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4639202_00821/44136368?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/75496806/person/42330429180/facts
10. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62308/images/43290879-New_York-077512-0018?pId=278259195 United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Auburn, Cayuga, New York; Roll: 1993; Sheet Number: 17; Enumeration District: 6-4
11. ↑ http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSmcid=48590837&GRid=172449484&

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