William E. Cook

Person/Family

Spouse 1

Jessie Robinson McColl (daughter of Alexander McColl and Annie Robinson)

1.	William E. Cook, Jr.

+2.	Jessie R. Cook

3.	Beatrice M. Cook

4.	Gurdon A. Cook

5.	George W. Cook

6.	Joseph H. Cook

7.	Avis M. Cook

8.	Gladys Cook

Sources

1. Find a Grave (website). First Hopkinton Cemetery, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, William E. Cook, born: 1876; died: 1957 (from record).
2. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Rhode Island, Washington County, Westerly, E.D. 163, Page No. 35, Gurdon Cook, 32, Rhode Island, works in woolen mill; wife Lydia Cook, 23, Rhode Island, works in woolen mill; son William Cook, 4, Rhode Island; daughter Mary E. Cook, 11, Rhode Island; sister-in-law Abby Burdick, 18, Rhode Island, works in woolen mill.
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Rhode Island, Washington County, Hopkinton, E.D. 154, Page No. 14B, Nathaniel Cook, 63, N. York, stonemason; wife Jane Cook, 59, Connecticut; granddaughter Mary E. Cook, 10, Rhode Island; grandson William Cook, 4, Rhode Island [the latter two are children of Gurdon Cook, son of Nathaniel and Jane. The children are also enumerated with their parents in a separate 1880 census]; border Henry Palmer, 35, Rhode Island, laborer.
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Rhode Island, Washington County, Westerly Town, E.D. 242, Sheet No. 3A, William E. Cook, 24, Rhode Island, March 1876, butcher; wife of 3 years Jessie R. Cook, 22, Scotland, December 1877, 3 children, 3 living; son William E. Cook, Jr., 3, Rhode Island, January 1897; daughter Jessie R. Cook, 2, Rhode Island, March 1898; daughter Beatrice M. Cook, 9/12, Rhode Island, August 1899.
5. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Rhode Island, Washington County, Westerly Town, William E. Cook, 34, Rhode Island, butcher, meat cart; wife of 14 years Jessie R. Cook, 32, Scotland, 6 children, 6 living; daughter Jessiebelle Cook, 12, Rhode Island; son William E. Cook, Jr., 13, Rhode Island; daughter Beatrice M. Cook, 10, Rhode Island; son Gurdon A. Cook, 5, Rhode Island; son George W. Cook, 2, Rhode Island; son Joseph H. Cook, 11/12, Rhode Island.
6. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Rhode Island, Washington County, Westerly, William E. Cook, 43, Rhode Island, widowed, butcher, meat; son Gurdon A. Cook, 15, Rhode Island; son George Cook, 12, Rhode Island; son Joseph Cook, 10, Rhode Island; daughter Avis M. Cook, 8, Rhode Island; daughter Gladys Cook, 7, Rhode Island. Living in the same dwelling: Charles Knight, 23, Connecticut, machinist, general; wife Jessie Knight, 21, Rhode Island; daughter Jessie Knight, 1 1/12, Rhode Island. Also in the same dwelling: William E. Cook, Jr., 23, Rhode Island, laborer, odd jobs; Mary Cook, 21, New Jersey.
7. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Rhode Island, Washington County, Westerly, E.D. 5-16, Sheet No. 12A, William E. Cook, 54, Rhode Island, widowed, 23 at first marriage, meat cutter, farmer; son Gideon Cook, 23, Rhode Island, laborer, farm; son George Cook, 21, laborer, odd jobs; daughter Gladys Cook, 17, Rhode Island.
8. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Rhode Island, Washington County, Westerly, E.D. 5-32, Sheet No. 14B, William E. Cook, 64, Rhode Island, widowed, meat cutter, meat store; son Gurdon Cook, 36, Rhode Island, laborer, road construction; son George Cook, 33, Rhode Island, laborer, railroad.
9. Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932, Marriages, William Cook, 21; father: Gurdon Cook; mother: Liddy Burdick; and Jessie R. McColl, 19; father: Alexander McColl; mother: Annie Robinson; married on 12 December 1896 in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island.