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Frederick H COOKE & Helen SHERIFF


Husband: Frederick H COOKE
Born:
 ABT 1805
 in England
Married: 
Died: 
Father: 
Mother: 
Spouses: 
Wife: Helen SHERIFF 1 2
Born:
 ABT 1805
 in Scotland 3
Died:
 14 JUN 1875
 in 442 West 43rd St, New York, USA 4 5
Father: 
Mother: 
Spouses: JOSEPH DANDO
Children
01  (M): Frederick Henry COOKE
Born:
 1839
 in New York, USA
Died:
 14 FEB 1904
 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Spouses: 

Additional Information

Helen SHERIFF:
Alternative Name: Ellen Stirling or Sheriff 6
Alternative Name: Helen SHIRREFF 7
Residence: New York, USA 8
Health: Helen was blind and was cared for by her daughter, Charlotte, for many years 9 10


Footnotes

  1. Genealogy of the Sharpless Family Descended from John and Jane Sharples, Settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania - Compiled by Gilbert Cope, Page 874.
    ...Joseph Dando and Helen Sheriff, of New York...
  2. The Sharples-Sharpless Family - Editor: Bart Anderson, Pages 228 - 229.
    ...Joseph and Helen (Sheriff) Dando...
  3. New York City Death Notices, 1835-1880.
    Age : 70
    Birth year : 1805
    Death date : 14 Jun 1875.
  4. Ibid.
    First name(s) : Helen
    Last name : Cooke
    Age : 70
    Birth year : 1805
    Death year : 1875
    Death date : 14 Jun 1875
    Spouse's name : L Frederick H. Cooke, Sr
    Other relative's name : M Mrs John Jones
    Town/city : 442 W 43rd St
    County : -
    State : New York
    Newspaper : New York Herald
    Newspaper date : 16 Jun 1875
    Record set : New York City Death Notices, 1835-1880
    Category : Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
    Subcategory : Civil Deaths & Burials
    Collections from : Americas, United States.
  5. Family Letters, Private Letters.
    Letter from Charles Sterling Dando dated June 20th 1875 which he wrote to his half sister, Louisa Kate (Katie) Tozer, nee Dando.
    Excerpt...
    "I found Mother very weak unable to speak or swallow in fact miserable but in no pain she lingered on till Monday night at 11.15 she passed quietly away without a murmur and a pleasant smile on her face."
  6. London Gazette (Newspaper), 22nd December 1871.
    ...The said Joseph Dando the younger is believed to have contracted marriages...In the year 1830 or 1831, to one Ellen Stirling or Sheriff, and to have been divorced from her in New York...
  7. Dublin, Ireland, Probate Record and Marriage Licence Index, 1270-1858, Marriage Licence.
    Spouse: Helen Shirreff.
  8. Genealogy of the Sharpless Family Descended from John and Jane Sharples, Settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania - Compiled by Gilbert Cope, Page 874.
    ...Joseph Dando and Helen Sheriff, of New York...
  9. Family Letters, Private Letters.
    Letter from Henry Bayard Dando dated 2nd Feb 1878 which he wrote to his sister, Louisa Kate (Katie) Tozer, nee Dando.
    Excerpt...
    "for 16 years she took care of her blind mother and then Mr. Jones married her"
    ['she' is a reference to daughter, Charlotte].
  10. Ibid., Private Letters.
    Letter from Charles Sterling Dando dated June 20th 1875 which he wrote to his half sister, Louisa Kate (Katie) Tozer, nee Dando, just after the death of his mother, Helen.
    Excerpt...
    "Poor Lottie is regularly Bowd [sic] down with Pain and Grief and at present not in a fit state to take the long journey to the lake. As she feels the loss of her Baby as she calls her that she has watched and tended night and day for 21 long years"
    [Lottie is a reference to daughter, Charlotte].


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