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Ellen Rebecca Cook

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• • Great-grandmother of Penn Jillette — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 13 
  • Father:
  • Lafayette Cook 
  • Mother:
  • Ellen Stoodley   
  • Birth Date:
  • 19 May 1859 
  • Birth Location:
  • Londonderry, Windham, Vermont 
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Oct 1923 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • James W. Parks
  • Marriage Date:
  • 12 Jan 1880 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Rockingham, Windham, Vermont 
  • Child:

  Robert Henry Parks (Ahnentafel No:6 )

  • Notes: 

  • Ellen Cook's given name is also seen as Helen.

• Sources for Ellen Rebecca Cook

  • ¹ Federal Census, MA, Franklin County, 1900, Greenfield, E.D. 480, Sheet 29A, Image 57 of 64.
  • ² Federal Census, VT, Windham County, 1860, Londonderry, p. 212, Image 5 of 36.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/15/2023).
  • ⁴ Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915, Marriage record for son Robert H Parks and Elizabeth Jenkins.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Greenfield, Vol. 376, p. 404, Birth record for son Robert Henry Parks.
  • ⁶ The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), 15 OCT 1923, p. 8, Obituary for Ellen R Parks.
  • ⁷ The Recorder (Greenfield, Massachusetts), 19 FEB 1964, p. 4, Obituary for son Robert H Parks.
  • ⁸ Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908, Marriage record for James W Parks and Ella R Cook.
  • ⁹ Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908, Birth record for Ellen Rebecca Cook.

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