Obituary - Harold Cook

SAN DIEGO - Funeral services for Harold Cook were Friday at El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego.

Cook, 87, former Rock Springs resident died Monday, February 1, in San Diego where he had lived since 1954.

He was born October 17, 1905 in Rock Springs where he grew up and attended schools.

He worked in the coal mines in Rock Springs and for General Dynamics after he moved to California. He retired in 1970.

Survivors include a sister, Doll Brown of Rock Springs; a son Edward E. Cook, Oakhurst, Calif.; two daughters, Fay Miller, Logan, Utah, and Lois Begovich, El Cajon, Calif.; nine grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Lorene Howard Cook, September 24, 1967.

--Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, February 6, 1993

Learn more about Harold on the Firmage Family History website:

https://sites.google.com/site/firmagefamilyhistory/families/cook/harold-cook.

Obituary - Arthur Cook

Arthur Cook Dies At 73

Arthur Cook, 73, of 1317 11th Street, Rock Springs, died at 8:20 a.m. Tuesday, February 15, at the Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County, where he had been a patient for the past eight days. Mr. Cook had been in ill health for the past year.

He was born on August 4, 1903 in Leigh, Lancashire County, England, the son of the late Edward and Ellen Unsworth Cook.

A resident of Rock Springs since 1904, Mr. Cook attended schools here. He was a retired coal miner for the Union Pacific Coal Company. Following his retirement, Mr. Cook was employed by the Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County for nine years where he worked in the maintenance department.

He married the former Agnes Stewart on July 16, 1923 in Ogden, Utah. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the United Mine Workers of America and the International Order of Odd Fellows.

Survivors include his wife Agnes of Rock Springs; one son, Edward and one daughter, Mrs. Dale (Edith Kay) Seipp, both of Rock Springs; two brothers, Harold of San Diego, Calif. and Tom of Ogden, Utah; two sisters, Mrs., John (Florence) Firmage and Mrs. David (Ethel "Dollie") Brown, both of Rock Springs; three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents Mr. Cook was preceded in death by three brothers and one sister.

Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m., Friday, Feb. 18, at the Church of Jesus Christ' of Latter Day Saints, with the Bishop Ray Overy conducting. Interment will be in the Rest Haven. Memorial Gardens, north of Rock Springs. Friends may call at the mortuary chapel, 154 Elk Street, all day Thursday and Thursday evening and Friday morning at the L.D.S. Church from 8 a.m. until time of funeral services.

Learn more about Arthur on the Firmage Family History website:

https://sites.google.com/site/firmagefamilyhistory/families/cook/arthur-cook.

Obituary - Florence Cook Firmage

Funeral services for Florence Firmage, 79, were held Saturday, December 6, 1980 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on White Mountain Blvd. Bishop James Curry conducted the services and burial was in the Mountain View Section of the Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Robert L. Van Valkenburg, Robert W. Van Valkenburg, Dale Seipp, Calvin Potter, Andy Legerski, and Cornell Nate. Honorary pallbearers were Lyman Fearn and Evan Graham.

Mrs. Firmage died at 3:30 A.M. on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1980 at the Kimberly Manor Nursing Home. A resident of Rock Springs since 1904, Mrs. Firmage had been in ill health the past one year.

She was born in Leigh Lancashire, England on March 31, 1901. The daughter of the late Edward and Ellen Unsworth Cook.

She attended schools in Rock Springs and married John William Firmage Jr. in Green River on May 4, 1918. Mrs. Firmage was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Howard (Florence Jean) Van Valkenburg of Rock Springs, Janet McPhie of Boise, Idaho, Mrs. August (Ethel Mae) Bakka of Riverton and Mrs. Don (Esther) Woodyatt, of Evanston; two brothers, Harold Cook of San Diego, Calif., and Tom Cook of Ogden, Utah; one sister, Dolly Brown, of Rock Springs and several grandchildren; great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, John and three brothers, Arthur, Paul, and Albert Cook and a sister, Mae Faddis.

Learn more about Florence on the Firmage Family History website:

https://sites.google.com/site/firmagefamilyhistory/families/cook/florence-cook.

Obituary - Mae Cook Faddis

Mrs. William Faddis Services Conducted

Funeral services for Mrs. William (Mae) Faddis, 57, of Kemmerer, formerly of Rock Springs, were conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the LDS Church in Kemmerer. Burial was in the Kemmerer Cemetery.

Mrs. Faddis, the former Mae Cook, was born in Rock Springs April 5, 1915 and had attended schools here. She married William Faddis in Salt Lake City. He preceded her in death Dec. 16, 1969. She had been a resident of Kemmerer more than 20 years. She died Saturday at her home in Kemmerer after a sudden illness.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Rudy (Janice) Koci of Kemmerer; her mother-in-law, Mrs. Nellie Faddis of Kemmerer; two sisters, Mrs. Florence Firmage and Mrs. Ethel “Dolly” Brown, both of Rock Springs; three brothers, Arthur Cook of Rock Springs, Harold Cook of San Diego, Calif., and Tom Cook of Ogden, Utah; and several nieces and nephews.

--Rock Springs Daily Rocket Miner, Dec 23, 1972

Learn more about Mae on the Firmage Family History website:

https://sites.google.com/site/firmagefamilyhistory/families/cook/mae-cook.

New York, Passenger Lists, 11 April 1904 Edward and Ellen Unsworth Cook Family

Name:	Florence Cook
Arrival Date:	11 Apr 1904
Birth Date:	abt 1901
Age:	3
Gender:	Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality:	English
Port of Departure:	Liverpool, England
Port of Arrival:	New York, New York
Ship Name:	Umbria
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1901 England Census for Edward and Ellen Unsworth Cook Family

1901 England Census about Florence Cook Name: Florence Cook Age: Under 1 Month Relation: Daughter Father's Name: Edward Cook Mother's Name: Ellen Cook Gender: Female Where born: Leigh, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Leigh Ecclesiastical parish: Pennington Christchurch Town: Leigh County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Leigh Sub-registration district: Leigh ED, institution, or vessel: 22 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 48 Piece: 3594 Folio: 165 Page Number: 8 Household Members: Name Age Edward Cook 24 Ellen Cook 23 Florence Cook Under 1 Month

1891 England Census Thomas and Margaret Flitcroft Unsworth Family

Name: Ellen Unsworth Age: 14 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877 Relation: Daughter Father's Name: Thomas Unsworth Mother's name: Margaret Unsworth Gender: Female Where born: Leigh, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Pennington Ecclesiastical parish: Pennington Christs Church Town: Leigh County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Leigh Sub-registration district: Westleigh ED, institution, or vessel: 11 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 3088 Folio: 58 Page Number: 17 Household Members: Name Age Thomas Unsworth 39 Margaret Unsworth 39 James Unsworth 19 John Unsworth 16 Ellen Unsworth 14 Albert Unsworth 12 Paul Unsworth 3

1881 England Census Thomas and Margaret Flitcroft Unsworth Family

Name: Ellen Unsworth Age: 3 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878 Relationship to Head: Daughter Father: Thomas Unsworth Mother: Margaret Unsworth Gender: Female Where born: Leigh, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Pennington in Leigh County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: 11 St Helens Rd Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Leigh Sub-registration district: Westleigh ED, institution, or vessel: 9 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 3807 Folio: 41 Page Number: 18 Household Members: Name Age Thomas Unsworth 28 James Unsworth 8 John Unsworth 6 Ellen Unsworth 3 Albert Unsworth 2 Margaret Unsworth 29

Here we see that Margaret is 29, one year older than her husband Thomas. She has an 8,6,3, and 2 year old. Thomas is a miner. They are living in Leigh.

Edward Cook and his daughter Florence at around the time they came to the United States. Edward was about 28 years old.



These shoes were worn by Florence Cook, daughter of Edward and Ellen Unsworth Cook, when she came to the United States from England in 1904. She was 3 years old.