Ancestry of
Valda Ruth Parks

(1909–2000)

Lafayette Cook

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• • Great-grandfather of Valda Ruth Parks — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 10 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Gaskill Cook 
  • Mother:
  • Salyndo Cook   
  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Jun 1829 
  • Birth Location:
  • Pompey, Onondaga, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Oct 1915 
  • Death Location:
  • Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
  • 1 Nov 1915 
  • Burial Location:
  • Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Ellen Stoodley
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Mar 1858 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Londonderry, Windham, Vermont 
  • Child:

  Ellen Rebecca Cook (Ahnentafel No:5 )

• Sources for Lafayette Cook

  • ¹ Federal Census, VT, Windham County, 1860, Londonderry, p. 212, Image 5 of 36.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/15/2023).
  • ³ Greenfield, MA: Records, 1775-1911, Greenfield, MA: Church Records, p. 304, Death record for Lafayette Cook.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925, FHL No 4289821, Image 742, Death record for spouse Ellen Stoodley Cook.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1911-1915, 1915/30 Death, p. 257, Death certificate for Lafayette Cook.
  • ⁶ Vermont Genealogy, 2014, Vol. 19, p. 182, Marriage of Lafayette Cook and Ellen Stoodley.
  • ⁷ Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, FHL No 4543202, Image 754, Marriage of Lafayette Cook and Ellen Stoodley.
  • ⁸ Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908, Marriage record for James W Parks and daughter Ella R Cook.
  • ⁹ Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908, Birth record for daughter Ellen Rebecca Cook.