Melinda Carolina Cook^{[1, 2]}

1841 - 1912  (71 years)

• Name	Melinda Carolina Cook
  Born	12 Jan 1841	Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Christened	30 Sep 1855	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1858	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Family Photograph	1882	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Standing, left to right: Alice Elvira, Margaret Angeline, Elizabeth Jane, Cordelia Diana, Melinda Caroline Middle Row: Jacob Cook Seated, left to right: Ellen Roselia, Hannah Maria, Mary Jemima, Anna Christina, Henrietta Josephine. Taken at Preston, Ontario in 1882
  		Jacob S. Cook with sister in 1882
  Name	Caroline Melinda Cook
  Name	Melinda Carolina Oberholtzer
  Eby ID Number	00086-5079.1
  Died	13 Dec 1912  [5]
  Buried	Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I4725	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	James Cook,   b. 20 Jan 1800, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 29 Feb 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Williams,   b. 22 Jun 1810, , England ,   d. 4 Feb 1874  (Age 63 years)
  Married	30 Sep 1828	Toronto Township, Peel Co., Ontario   [9]
  Family ID	F7252	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Aaron B. Oberholtzer,   b. 29 Feb 1836, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Oct 1910  (Age 74 years)
  Married	7 Sep 1858	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Children	1. Clara Oberholtzer,   b. Abt 1841, Of, Alarison, , Michigan ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F1465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Melinda Carolina Cook 1882

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 148. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 172. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 2 Pg 93. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-8 Page 11. [S488] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Zion United Maple Grove CC#4503 Cemetery Internet Link . Aaron Oberholtzer/ born Feb 29 1836/ died Oct 3 1910/ Caroline Melinda Cook/ his wife/ born Jan 12 1841/ died Dec 13 1912/ Oberholtzer [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 11. [S101] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register - transcript of cards, Kitchener Public Library, Volume 1 Page 402 Rev. G. Kennedy. Melinda Caroline Cook b. 12 Jan 1841 Beverly Baptised 30 Sep 1855 Waterloo Child Of James Cook & Elizabeth Cook Residence: Waterloo [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Aaron Obertholtzer, 23, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, son of Abraham and Rachel, married 7 Sept 1858 Catherine Malinda Cook, 17, res. Waterloo, b. Beverly, daughter of James and Elizabeth [S1441] Vit - ON, Home District Marriage Register, Register of Rev. James Harris Presbyterian Church, 1826-1831. Sept. 30 - James COOK to Elizabeth WILLIAMS both of Toronto Twp. Wit: E. Austin, Ann Cook.. Sept. 30, 1828 Celebrated Matrimony by License, between James Cook of the Township of Toronto, Home District, Upper Canada. Bachelor and Elizabeth Williams of the same place Spinster In Witness of Ebenezer Austin Anne Cook

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Jan 1841 - Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Christened - 30 Sep 1855 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1858 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 7 Sep 1858 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Family Photograph - 1882 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth