Gifford William Cook ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Death Notes:

Name: Gifford Cook
Given Name: Gifford
Surname: Cook
Event Type: Death
Event Date: Apr 1979
Event Place: Pardeeville, Columbia, Wisconsin
Event Place (Original): Pardeeville, Columbia, Wisconsin
Age: 85
Birth Date: 15 Sep 1894

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JL9M-KY9 : 4 December 2020), Gifford Cook, Apr 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Noted events in his life were:

• His occupation in June 1917 was a Farm Laborer for Jay Cook in Cambria, WI. ⁶

• He resided in Cambria, WI in June 1917.
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• United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918: 5 June 1917. ⁶ Name: Gifford William Cook
Birth Date: 15 Sep 1894
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Wyocena Township, Columbia County, WI on 6 May 1930. ¹

1930 US Census
Sheet 6A, Roll 2565, District 0036, Household 123
Wyocena Township, Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States
Home owned
Gifford Cook..Head..35..WI..Farmer, General
(Living with wife and 2 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Wyocena Township, Columbia County, WI on 25 April 1940. ²

1940 US Census
Sheet 8A, Roll 4466, District 11-36, Family 136
Wyocena Township, Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States
Home owned, $1500
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Gifford Cook..Head..45..WI..9th grade..Farmer
(Living with wife and 2 children.)
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• He resided at Rt. 1 In 1942 in Pardeeville, WI.
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• Gifford William Cook registered for WW II Draft: 1942, Pardeeville, WI.

⁷ Name:Gifford William Cook
Event Type:Draft Registration
Event Date:1942
Event Place:Pardeeville, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States
Gender:Male
Birth Date:15 Sep 1894
Affiliate Publication Title:World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Wisconsin
Affiliate Publication Number:M2126
Affiliate ARC Identifier:623273
GS Film Number:1572588
Digital Folder Number:004249946
Image Number:02618



Citing this Record:
"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X59G-92J : accessed 05 Dec 2014), Gifford William Cook, 1942.

• He was buried after 4 April 1979 in the Marcellon Cemetery in Pardeeville, WI.

Based upon the birth dates given on his WW I and WW II Draft Registration forms (15 Sep 1894), it appears that his gravestone has the wrong birth year of 1895. No other birth document has yet been located.

Find A Grave Memorial #83142495
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Gifford married Mariam Schult, daughter of Charles William Schult and Rachel Sophia Wallace, about 1921.^{1 2} (Mariam Schult was born on 25 February 1900 in Columbia County, WI,^{1 2 8 9 10 11 12 13} died on 10 November 1942 ^{8 13} and was buried after 10 November 1942 in Pardeeville, WI ¹³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Wyocena Township, Columbia County, WI on 6 May 1930. ¹

1930 US Census
Sheet 6A, Roll 2565, District 0036, Household 123
Wyocena Township, Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States
Home owned
Gifford Cook..Head..35..WI..Farmer, General
Mariam Cook..Wife..30..WI
Elaine Cook..Daughter..8..WI
Gifford Cook Jr..Son..6..WI
.

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Wyocena Township, Columbia County, WI on 25 April 1940. ²

1940 US Census
Sheet 8A, Roll 4466, District 11-36, Family 136
Wyocena Township, Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States
Home owned, $1500
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Gifford Cook..Head..45..WI..9th grade..Farmer
Mariam Cook..Wife..40..WI..8th grade
Elaine E. Cook..Daughter..18..WI..12th grade
Gifford Cook..Son..16..WI..11th grade
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