Waterloo Region Generations
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Robert Taylor Cook

Male 1884 - 1949  (65 years)


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  • Name Robert Taylor Cook 
    Born 23 Jan 1884  Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-220808 
    Died 26 Jan 1949 
    Buried Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I220808  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father James Cook,   b. 30 Apr 1851, , Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1938, , Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Sarah Ann "Annie" Kerr,   b. 16 Jan 1856, , Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1938, Freelton, East Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F60124  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sybil Lauretta Thompson,   b. 11 Mar 1889, Marathon, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1864 
    Married 26 Nov 1914  Miles City, Custer, Montana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Anna Juliet "Lettie" Cook,   b. 12 Aug 1916, Baker, Custer, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1998, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     2. Thelma Y. Cook,   b. 28 Feb 1918, Baker, Custer, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1941, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
     3. Edith Gertrude Cook,   b. 28 Jul 1919, Baker, Custer, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 2007, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     4. Leona Carolyn Cook,   b. 3 Jul 1921, Baker, Custer, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F60121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • COOK, ROBERT TAYLOR

      Lifelong resident of the old Cook homestead in Puslinch, at his residence on Wednesday, January 26, 1949, in his 66th year. He had been in ill health for one month. Mr. Cook was born on the old Cook homestead and farmed there all his life. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Waterdown and an adherent of the United Church. Surviving are his wife, Sybil L. Thompson; three daughters, Lettie (Mrs. K. W. Manning) and Edith (Mrs. F. G. Petty), both of Galt; Mrs. J. J. Rolls of Hamilton; two brothers, George of Vancouver; Lorne of Kitchener; one sister, Mrs. R. Hamilton of Manitoba; and five grandchildren.

      The following six members of Waterdown Lodge A. F. & A. M. were pallbearers at the funeral of Mr. Cook of R. R. #3, Puslinch, held at the Coutts Funeral Home in Galt on Fri., Jan. 28 at 3: 15: Oliver Leslie, Charles Purnell, Hanley Gray, Basil Ballard, Russell Wise and J. R. Nicoll. Interment was in Mount View Cemetery. Rev. C. R. Albright of Freelton United Church officiated.

      -Information from the birth certificate: Born in Beverly Twp. On Jan. 23, 1884, son of James Cook and Sarah Ann Kerr.

      A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
      Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  • Sources 
    1. [S1933] Montana, County Marriages 1865-1950.
      Name:Robert Taylor Cook
      Gender:Male
      Race:White
      Marital status:Single
      Age:29
      Birth Date:1885
      Birth Place:Hamilton, Can
      Marriage Date:26 Nov 1914
      Marriage Place:Miles City, Custer, Montana
      Father:James Cook
      Mother:Annie Kerr
      Spouse:Sybil Thompson
      Gender:Female
      Race:White
      Marital status:Single
      Age:29
      Birth Date:1889
      Birth Place:Marathon, IA
      Father:John D. Thompson
      Mother:Julia Goble

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Jan 1884 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 Nov 1914 - Miles City, Custer, Montana, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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