George Waldon CookAge: 71 years1912–1984
- Name
- George Waldon Cook
- Given names
- George Waldon
- Surname
- Cook
 Birth | August 31, 1912 25 17 |
 Birth of a brother | Herbert Isaiah Cook October 23, 1914 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a father | Claude M Cook December 16, 1916 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a brother | Cecil Everett Cook January 20, 1917 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 4 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 5 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Marriage of a parent | Frank Mitchell Carey — Minnie May Mosher — View this family March 31, 1919 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 17 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Census | April 26, 1930 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | John Stephen Cook January 31, 1937 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | April 13, 1940 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a mother | Minnie May Mosher May 4, 1949 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John William “J.W.” Cook December 2, 1954 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Emma Cornine May 10, 1960 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Claude Leroy “Buster” Cook March 8, 1961 (Age 48 years) |
| Burial of a half-brother | Claude Leroy “Buster” Cook March 11, 1961 (Age 48 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Hope Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a brother | Cecil Everett Cook April 14, 1980 (Age 67 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Cecil Everett Cook April 18, 1980 (Age 67 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Hope Cemetery |
 Death | January 8, 1984 (Age 71 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Calvary Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Claude M Cook Birth: February 1, 1887 26 16 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: December 16, 1916 — Argentine, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Minnie May Mosher Birth: June 12, 1895 — Winchester, Jefferson, Kansas, United States Death: May 4, 1949 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: October 9, 1911 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States |
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11 months himself |
George Waldon Cook Birth: August 31, 1912 25 17 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States Death: January 8, 1984 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Herbert Isaiah Cook Birth: October 23, 1914 27 19 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States Death: July 2, 1990 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Cecil Everett Cook Birth: January 20, 1917 29 21 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States Death: April 14, 1980 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States |
| Father’s family with Georgia M Rollins |
| father |
Claude M Cook Birth: February 1, 1887 26 16 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: December 16, 1916 — Argentine, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States |
| step-mother |
Georgia M Rollins Birth: September 15, 1891 — Kansas, United States Death: April 26, 1910 — Oelwein, Fayette, Iowa, United States |
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Marriage: about 1909 — |
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15 months half-brother |
Claude Leroy “Buster” Cook Birth: April 12, 1910 23 18 — Oelwein, Fayette, Iowa, United States Death: March 8, 1961 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States |
| Mother’s family with Frank Mitchell Carey |
| step-father |
Frank Mitchell Carey Birth: December 4, 1871 — Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, United States Death: December 23, 1944 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Minnie May Mosher Birth: June 12, 1895 — Winchester, Jefferson, Kansas, United States Death: May 4, 1949 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: March 31, 1919 — |
| Family with Nira Faye Clements |
| himself |
George Waldon Cook Birth: August 31, 1912 25 17 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States Death: January 8, 1984 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States |
| wife |
Nira Faye Clements Birth: September 30, 1912 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States Death: July 28, 2001 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States |
| son |
Private |
| son |
John Stephen Cook Birth: January 31, 1937 24 24 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States Death: October 6, 1991 — Middleton, Dane, Wisconsin, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
George Waldon Cook has 7 first cousins recorded
Father's family (7)
Parents John Alexander Cuthbert + Irene A Cook
Parents Walter Herbert Cook + Marie Blanche Roussel
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Frank Mitchell Carey - Household
215 North Lime Street Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas
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