Jay Emerson Cook, 1884–1949 (aged 64 years)

Name
Jay Emerson Cook
Given names
Jay Emerson
Surname
Cook
Name suffix
(twin)
Birth August 18, 1884 64 39
Birth of a brotherOmer Cook
August 18, 1884 (aged 0 days)
Death of a brotherOmer Cook
February 11, 1885 (aged 5 months)
Birth of a brotherParley Abraham Cook
March 23, 1886 (aged 1 year)
Birth of a brotherAdelbert L. Kinfort Cook
July 20, 1889 (aged 4 years)
Note: Obituary printed in the Star Valley, Wyoming obituaries: "Delbert L. Cook died 15 October 1960 at Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born 20 July 1889 at Logan, Utah. He was taken to Afton, Wyoming after his birth until his marriage to Mildred Zumbrunnin in Kemmerer, Wyoming." ("Wyoming, Star Valley Independent Obituaries, 1901-2015," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WJ-Y1NM : accessed 13 July 2019), Delbert R Cook, ; citing Lincoln, Wyoming, United States, Star Valley Historical Society, Afton; FHL microfilm 101,903,571.)
Birth of a sisterIdalia Johanna Cook
September 4, 1889 (aged 5 years)
LDS baptism August 31, 1892 (aged 8 years)

Death of a sisterHilma Josefina Jonson
March 25, 1894 (aged 9 years)
Death of a half-sisterHilma Josefina Jonson
March 25, 1894 (aged 9 years)
Death of a fatherPhineas Wolcott Cook
July 24, 1900 (aged 15 years)
Burial of a fatherPhineas Wolcott Cook
July 27, 1900 (aged 15 years)
MarriageElla Bell — View this family
February 20, 1906 (aged 21 years)
Note: Divorce 1910
MarriageMinnie Julia Dieffenbacher — View this family
November 17, 1913 (aged 29 years)

Death of a half-sisterPhebe Irene Cook
April 18, 1914 (aged 29 years)

Death of a sisterAlma Elvira Jonson
April 10, 1918 (aged 33 years)

Death of a half-sisterAlma Elvira Jonson
April 10, 1918 (aged 33 years)

Death of a half-brotherHyrum Howland Cook
December 26, 1918 (aged 34 years)

Death of a half-brotherDavid Savage Cook
February 27, 1924 (aged 39 years)
Death of a motherJohanna Christina Palsson or Pahlson
February 13, 1929 (aged 44 years)
Burial of a motherJohanna Christina Palsson or Pahlson
February 17, 1929 (aged 44 years)
Death of a half-brotherJoseph Wolcott Cook
February 25, 1931 (aged 46 years)
Death of a half-brotherHenry Howland Cook
March 29, 1933 (aged 48 years)
Burial of a half-brotherHenry Howland Cook
March 31, 1933 (aged 48 years)
Death of a half-brotherAlonzo Howland Cook
June 7, 1933 (aged 48 years)
Burial of a half-brotherAlonzo Howland Cook
June 9, 1933 (aged 48 years)
Death of a half-sisterHarriet Betsy Cook
October 31, 1933 (aged 49 years)
Death of a half-brotherWilliam Cook
October 31, 1933 (aged 49 years)
Burial of a half-brotherWilliam Cook
November 3, 1933 (aged 49 years)
Death of a brotherKib Phineas Cook
October 12, 1934 (aged 50 years)

Death of a half-sisterMary Rozaliz Cook
May 29, 1945 (aged 60 years)
Death May 24, 1949 (aged 64 years)
LDS endowment May 17, 1957 (7 years after death)

LDS child sealing

Status: Born in the covenant

Unique identifier
15E0F5F3AC264A4F905C44714175A3195B1D

Last change May 31, 2019

Family with parents
father
1819–1900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
mother
1845–1929
Birth: August 8, 1845 25 38 — Malmo, Malmohus, Sweden
Death: February 13, 1929 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
Marriage
Marriage: September 13, 1878 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
-9 years
elder sister
1870–1873
Birth: March 2, 1870 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: February 26, 1873 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
14 months
elder sister
1871–1894
Birth: April 15, 1871 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: March 25, 1894 — Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States
20 months
elder sister
1872–1918
Birth: November 25, 1872 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: April 10, 1918
7 years
elder brother
1879–1970
Birth: September 25, 1879 60 34 — Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: December 24, 1970 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
14 months
elder brother
1880–1970
Birth: November 20, 1880 61 35 — Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: February 17, 1970
20 months
elder brother
1882–1934
Birth: July 4, 1882 62 36 — Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: October 12, 1934
2 years
himself
1884–1949
Birth: August 18, 1884 64 39 — Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: May 24, 1949 — Tigard, Washington, Oregon, United States
0 months
twin brother
1884–1885
Birth: August 18, 1884 64 39 — Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: February 11, 1885 — Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
19 months
younger brother
1886–1960
Birth: March 23, 1886 66 40 — Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: May 19, 1960 — San Bernardino, California, United States
3 years
younger brother
1889–1960
Birth: July 20, 1889 — Logan, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
Death: October 15, 1960 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 months
younger sister
1889–1985
Birth: September 4, 1889 70 44 — Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: June 3, 1985 — Los Angeles, California, United States
Father’s family with Ann Eliza Howland
father
1819–1900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
step-mother
1823–1896
Birth: June 18, 1823 29 32 — Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
Death: May 17, 1896 — Garden City, Rich, Utah, USA
Marriage
Marriage: January 1, 1840 — Ross, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
12 months
half-sister
1841–1847
Birth: January 7, 1841 21 17 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Death: November 23, 1847 — Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
21 months
half-brother
1842–1844
Birth: October 5, 1842 23 19 — Ross, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Death: September 14, 1844 — Ross, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
2 years
half-sister
1844–1933
Birth: October 28, 1844 25 21 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Death: October 31, 1933 — Sun River, Cascade, Montana, USA
2 years
half-sister
1846–1847
Birth: October 9, 1846 27 23 — Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
Death: May 12, 1847 — Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
17 months
half-sister
1848–1867
Birth: March 9, 1848 28 24 — Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
Death: September 26, 1867 — Fish Haven, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
23 months
half-brother
1850–1876
Birth: January 28, 1850 30 26 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: October 5, 1876 — St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
2 years
half-sister
1852–1914
Birth: January 19, 1852 32 28 — Manti, Sanpete, Utah, USA
Death: April 18, 1914
2 years
half-brother
1854–1854
Birth: January 23, 1854 34 30 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: October 27, 1854 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
20 months
half-sister
1855–1857
Birth: September 29, 1855 36 32 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: February 3, 1857 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
0 months
half-brother
1855–1933
Birth: September 29, 1855 36 32 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: June 7, 1933 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
2 years
half-sister
1857–1857
Birth: December 31, 1857 38 34 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: December 31, 1857 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
14 months
half-brother
1859–1933
Birth: February 28, 1859 39 35 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: March 29, 1933 — Woodruff, Rich, Utah, USA
2 years
half-sister
1861–1861
Birth: April 24, 1861 41 37 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: April 24, 1861 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
13 months
half-brother
1862–1933
Birth: May 19, 1862 42 38 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: October 31, 1933 — Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
22 months
half-sister
1864–1864
Birth: March 10, 1864 44 40 — Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death: March 10, 1864 — Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
2 years
half-brother
1866–1918
Birth: May 6, 1866 46 42 — Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: December 26, 1918
Father’s family with Amanda Polly Savage
father
1819–1900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
step-mother
1836–1915
Birth: August 23, 1836 24 21 — Leeds, Ontario, Canada
Death: July 15, 1915 — Garden City, Rich, Utah, USA
Marriage
Marriage: December 18, 1853 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
4 years
half-brother
1858–1924
Birth: January 13, 1858 38 21 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: February 27, 1924 — Garden City, Rich, Utah, USA
6 years
half-sister
1863–1863
Birth: November 12, 1863 44 27 — Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: December 13, 1863
0 months
half-sister
1863–1945
Birth: November 12, 1863 44 27 — Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: May 29, 1945 — Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
3 years
half-brother
1866–1866
Birth: May 4, 1866 46 29 — Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: August 31, 1866
Father’s family with Catherine McCleve
father
1819–1900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
step-mother
1836–1869
Birth: September 17, 1836 29 21 — Belfast, Down, Ireland
Death: December 19, 1869 — Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, USA
Marriage
Marriage: December 18, 1853 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Divorce
Divorce: —
16 months
half-brother
1855–1931
Birth: April 21, 1855 35 18 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: February 25, 1931 — Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Father’s family with Johana Ulrika Lundgren
father
1819–1900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
step-mother
1807–1883
Birth: March 13, 1807 — Vor Frue Sogn, København, København, Denmark
Death: November 9, 1883 — Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
Marriage
Marriage: July 8, 1880 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Mother’s family with Jim Jensson
step-father
mother
1845–1929
Birth: August 8, 1845 25 38 — Malmo, Malmohus, Sweden
Death: February 13, 1929 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
Marriage
Marriage: — Sweden
elder sister
1870–1873
Birth: March 2, 1870 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: February 26, 1873 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
3 years
elder sister
1872–1918
Birth: November 25, 1872 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: April 10, 1918
-20 months
elder sister
1871–1894
Birth: April 15, 1871 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: March 25, 1894 — Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States
Family with Ella Bell
himself
1884–1949
Birth: August 18, 1884 64 39 — Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: May 24, 1949 — Tigard, Washington, Oregon, United States
wife
Marriage
Marriage: February 20, 1906 — Green River, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States
Family with Minnie Julia Dieffenbacher
himself
1884–1949
Birth: August 18, 1884 64 39 — Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: May 24, 1949 — Tigard, Washington, Oregon, United States
wife
Marriage
Marriage: November 17, 1913 —
Marriage

Divorce 1910

Note

BIRTH Phineas W. Cook Family Record, handwritten by P.W. Cook, Church History Library MS 6974, p. 2: "Emer was born August 18th, 1884 at one o'clock a.m. Omeer was born at one o'clock and 15 minutes inclosed in a perfect sack at Logan City, Cache Co. Utah, sons of P. W. Cook and Johannah Paulson Cook. Emer was blesst by his father and Omer was blesst by Wm. Hyde, bp. of the 5th ward the 2 day of October." Birth 18 August 1884 at Logan, Cache, Utah (Source Information Ancestry.com. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989. Private Donor.) "The twins were born on the 18th of August 1883 and now there were five boys. The twins were named Emer and Omer, fine old names from the Book of Mormon, names of Jaredite kings." (APPENDAGE #3<b> </b>"The Logan Period, 1883 to 1889," by Eva Covey Madsen.<i> The Life and History of Phineas Wolcott Cook,</i>) found at  http://www.cookfamily.org/journal/toc.htm, printed journal p. A-19.

W.W.1 DRAFT REGISTRATION "Jay Emerson Cook" Serial #6841; Order #5237; Address: R.R.1 Mulkey Town?, Franklin, Illinois; age 34, born August 18, 1884. He is a mechanic at Old Ben Coal Corp. at North City, Franklin, Illinois. Signed Jay Emerson Cook. Registered Sept. 12, 1918.

BORDER, WYOMING "Joseph Wolcott Cook settled in the area of Border, Wyoming, on a hay ranch. He ran cattle on something like 2,000 acres of land. Carl Cook and his brother Emerson, worked for him first in haying and in 1900 built a big barn for him. Of him, Carl in his diary reports, "J. W. or "Wolk" as we commonly spoke of him, was a real brother to me and my brothers. He was a kind hearted man with good "Common Sense" judgment and wide experience....He was devoted to the Church, had filled two regular missions, and was always a leader and valiant supporter of any public cause or improvement. His family also have been and are kind, friendly and devoted to the welfare and progress of their communities and the Church." (by Helen McAllister, reprinted in <i>The Life and History of Phineas Wolcott Cook,</i>) found at  http://www.cookfamily.org/journal/toc.htm, printed journal p. B 4.)

1910 Census "Emmerson Cook": Middle, Sweetwater, Wyoming, age 25, born about 1885 in Utah. Father born in Connecticut; mother born in Sweden. His wife is Ella Cook, age 21, born in Wyoming. ("United States Census, 1910," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPJK-DT8 : accessed 28 May 2018), Emmerson Cook, Middle, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 119, sheet 6A, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1746; FHL microfilm 1,375,759.)

1920 Census "Emerson Cook:" Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, age 34, born in Utah about 1886. Father born in Connecticut; mother born in Sweden. His wife is Minnie, age 34, born Illinois. Children are Lenard age 18, Henry age 15 and Mammie age 13, all born in Illinois. ("United States Census, 1920," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNB2-MBF : accessed 28 May 2018), Emerson Cook, Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States; citing ED 61, sheet 2B, line 98, family 44, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 2027; FHL microfilm 1,822,027.)

1930 Census "J. Emerson Cook:" Sheridan, Wyoming, Election District 16; age 46, born about 1884 in Utah. Father born in Connecticut; mother born in Sweden. Wife is Minnie Cook, age 46, born in Illinois. Child is Ladien, a female, age 6, born Wyoming. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7W4-8H8?from=lynx1&treeref=KWVP-LRP)

1940 Census "J. Emerson Cook:" Sheridan, Wyoming, Election District 16; age 56, born about 1884 in Utah. Lives in the same house. Father born in Connecticut; mother born in Sweden. Wife is Minnie Cook, age 56, born in Illinois. A daughter Maime Ryan is there, age 32, born Illinois. A granddaughter Ladine Cook, age 16 born Wyoming is also there. ("United States Census, 1940," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VT41-QF6 : accessed 28 May 2018), J Emerson Cook, Election District 16, Sheridan, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17-20, sheet 1A, line 25, family 6, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4575.)

DEATH "J. Emerson Cook" born 18 August 1884 died 24 May 1949 at Tigard, Washington County, Oregon. Buried at Crescent Grove Cemetery. Record # 183171444. ("Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QGVB-C46Q : 14 December 2017), J Emerson Cook, 1949; Burial, Tigard, Washington, Oregon, United States of America, Crescent Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 183171444, <i>Find a Grave</i>, http://www.findagrave.com.) Funeral Notice of J. Emerson Cook Published in the Oregonian (Portland, OR), Thursday, 26 May 1949, pg. 28, column 5."Funeral Notices -COOK - May 24, J. Emerson Cook, 8007 SW Parrway dr.; husband of Minnie, father of Leonard and Henry Semon, Mrs. M. E. Bergren, Mrs. Joe Pierce; 7 grandchildren; brother of Mrs. Leslie Covey, Parley, Mose and Carl Cook. Services will be Friday, May 27, 1:30 pm, at the Pegg Chapel, Beaverton, Interment Crescent Grove cemetery." (https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/41215568?p=14631772&returnLabel=Emerson%20Cook%20(KWVP-LRP)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FKWVP-LRP)

BURIAL May 27, 1949 at Crescent Grove Cemetery, Beaverton, Oregon

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