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Mary Jemima "Jemima" Cook

Mary Jemima "Jemima" Cook

Female 1845 - 1921  (75 years)

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  • Name Mary Jemima "Jemima" Cook 
    Born 4 Oct 1845  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Christened 30 Sep 1855  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Methodist 
    Residence 1869  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Methodist 
    Family Photograph 1882  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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    		 Jacob S. Cook with sister in 1882
    Name Jemima Cook 
    Name Mary Jemima "Jemima" Sims 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Presbyterian 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-151414 
    Died 1 Feb 1921  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Buried Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I151414  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

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

    Family Councillor Peter Harvey Sims,   b. 18 May 1844, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 18 May 1869  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Harvey James Sims,   b. 25 Dec 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     2. Rella May Sims,   b. 11 Jan 1877, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F37853  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • MARRIED.

      By the Rev. T. A. Ferguson, Wesleyan Minister of Berlin, at the residence of the bride's father on the 18th alt., Mr. Peter H. Sims of Salem, to Miss Mary Jemima Cook, daughter of James Cook Esq., of Preston.

      Waterloo Chronicle 3 Jun 1869, p. 2

  • Sources 
    1. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 2 Pg 93.

    2. [S302] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1881, Waterloo Village 1881 Div. 2 Page 44.

    3. [S101] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register - transcript of cards, Kitchener Public Library, Volume 1 Page 402 Rev. G. Kennedy.
      Mary Jemima Cook b. 04 Oct 1845 Waterloo Baptised 30 Sep 1855 Waterloo Child Of James Cook & Elizabeth Cook Residence: Waterloo

    4. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      SIMS, Peter Murray, 25, Glenelg Twp., b. Waterloo Twp., s/o James SIMS & Janet HARVEY to Mary Jemina COOK, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Twp., d/o James & Elizabeth COOK, witnesses: Eva WESSLER, Salem & Hannah COOK, Waterloo Twp., May 18 1869

    5. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 4 Page 30.

    6. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 11 Page 81.

    7. [S2658] aaaaWaterloo Village 1871, Sect. 1 Page 47.

    8. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129161395.

    9. [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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Oct 1845 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 30 Sep 1855 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1869 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 May 1869 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFamily Photograph - 1882 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Feb 1921 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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