Ancestry of
Geena Davis

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William Henry Cook

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• • Grandfather of Geena Davis — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • James Benjamin Cook 
  • Mother:
  • Ada Fisher   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 Feb 1884 
  • Birth Location:
  • West Fairlee, Orange, Vermont 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 Oct 1930 
  • Death Location:
  • near Bethel, Windsor, Vermont 
  • Burial Date:
  • 15 Oct 1930 
  • Burial Location:
  • Mayflower Hill Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Florence Martha Hall
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Nov 1915 
  • Marriage Location:
  • St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Virginia Marion Cook

  Lucille Martha Cook (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  William Henry Cook

  • Notes: 

  • Dr. William H. Cook died when an automobile he was riding as a passenger in crashed into a tree and plunged over a bank. He was thrown from the car and killed instantly.

    The gravestone for Dr. William H. Cook incorrectly gives his death year as 1931.

• Sources for William Henry Cook

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 10/09/2022).
  • ² Herald and News (Randolph, Vermont), 18 NOV 1915, p. 5, Wedding of Dr William H Cook and Florence M Hall.
  • ³ The Bethel Courier (Bethel, Vermont), 16 OCT 1930, p. 1, "Killed When Car Left Road".
  • ⁴ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for daughter Lucille Martha Cook.
  • ⁵ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for daughter Virginia Marion Bradshaw.
  • ⁶ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Draft registration for William Henry Cook.
  • ⁷ Vermont, U.S., Birth Records, 1909-2008, Birth record for daughter Lucile Martha Cook.
  • ⁸ Vermont, U.S., Birth Records, 1909-2008, Birth record for son William Henry Cook.
  • ⁹ Vermont, U.S., Death Records, 1909-2008, Death record for William Henry Cook.
  • ¹⁰ Vermont, U.S., Marriage Records, 1909-2008, Marriage of William Henry Cook and Florence Martha Hall, recorded Chelsea, at Taunton.

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