Where does the Cook surname come from?

A documented family surname appearing throughout the public record, traced here through census, vital, and cemetery records.

How far back does the Cook family tree go?

The documented line here reaches back to 1811. Most Cook lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.

Are living Cook family members listed here?

No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.

Is this my Cook family?

If a name here matches your family, it may well be. A full documented build confirms exactly how your line connects.

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Documented families

Cook families we’ve reconstructed

Real Cook family groups pieced together from the public record — parents, spouse, and children, each with the source that proves it. Recognize your line? Tap a family and we’ll start your documented tree from it.

Deacon Cookd. 1890

Green township, Mahoning County, Ohio

parentsJacob Cook & Elizabeth Cook

Deacon Cook ⚭ Sarah Pettit

childrenFreeman J. Cook · Ensign Cook · William D. Cook · John P. Cook · Martha A. Cook · George A. Cook · Walter S. Cook · Emma C. Cook · Howard D. Cook

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Emery Cookb. 1829

Chautauqua County, New York

Emery Cook ⚭ Mary Jane Benson

childrenMalcolm Cook · Ranford E. Cook · Edward W. Cook · Helen M. Cook · Susie L. Cook

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Benjamin Cookd. 1894

Harrison township, Lee County, Iowa

Benjamin Cook ⚭ Susanna Hill

childrenEvans Cook · Robert Cook · Seth Cook · Elizabeth Cook · Ella Cook

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A. W. Cookb. 1811

Boston, Massachusetts

parentsJesse Cook & Lucretia Parker

A. W. Cook ⚭ Martha S. Owsley

childrenWilliam H. Cook · Jessie Cook · Mollie O. Cook (Mrs. G. W. Bennett) · Dora D. Cook

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Esther Cookdate unknown

Indiana → Des Moines, Iowa

Esther Cook ⚭ David Kilgore, Elijah Stone

childrenAlex Kilgore · Alice Kilgore · Elizabeth Kilgore · Catherine C. Kilgore

Ida Cookdate unknown

parentsSamuel Cook

Ida Cook ⚭ William C. Schall

childrenLeroy Schall · Arden Schall · Marie Schall

Seth Cookdate unknown

Harrison township, Lee County, Iowa

parentsBenjamin Cook & Susanna Hill

Seth Cook ⚭ Maggie Williamson (m. 1881-12-21)

childrenBenjamin Rex Cook

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Jesse Cookd. 1817

Vermont

Jesse Cook ⚭ Lucretia Parker

childrenA. W. Cook

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Isaac Cookd. 1842

Ohio

Isaac Cook

childrenScott Cook

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Jacob Cookdate unknown

New York

Jacob Cook ⚭ Elizabeth Cook

childrenDeacon Cook

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W. A. Cookdate unknown

Missouri

W. A. Cook ⚭ Electa Cook

childrenJessie L. Cook

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John G. Cookdate unknown

Saxony, Germany → Buffalo, New York

John G. Cook ⚭ first wife (d. in Germany), second wife (of Buffalo

childrenWilliam Cook

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The documented line

Cook ancestors in the record

Deceased Cook ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.

Emery Cook was born in 1829 — of fighting age when the Civil War draft came. Did he go? The record can tell you. Trace this line →

A. W. Cook

b. 1811

Boston, Massachusetts

m. Martha S. Owsley

Jesse Cook

d. 1817

Vermont

m. Lucretia Parker

John Parsons Cook

1817 – 1872

Davenport

Ira Cook

1821 – 1902

Emery Cook

b. 1829

Chautauqua County, New York

m. Mary Jane Benson

William Cook

b. 1831

Saxony, Germany

Isaac Cook

d. 1842

Ohio

John C. Cook

1846 – 1920

Algona

Evans Cook

b. 1852

Malcolm Cook

b. 1854

New York

Robert Cook

b. 1854

Adelbert H Cook

1855 – 1928

Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Ranford E. Cook

b. 1856

Oswego County, New York

m. Neva B. Coates (m. 1891, first wife (died 1891

Edward W. Cook

b. 1858

Kopa Cook

1858 – 1908

Fayette County, Iowa

Elizabeth Cook

b. 1860

m. Joel McCulloch

Ella Cook

1862 – 1913

m. Joel McCulloch (his second wife)

George A. Cook

b. 1863

Green township, Mahoning County, Ohio

Helen M. Cook

1863 – 1891

Achilles W. Cook

b. 1866

Liberty township, Clinton County, Iowa

Susie L. Cook

b. 1870

Anna Cook

1871 – 1962

Iowa

Mary K Cook

1871 – 1966

Iowa

Lewis Cook

1872 – 1962

Iowa

Maria Cook

1873 – 1934

Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Martha Cook

1873 – 1965

Iowa

George Cram Cook

1873 – 1924

Davenport

William Cook

1874 – 1964

Iowa

Nora Cook

1874 – 1972

Iowa

Evelyn Cook

1874 – 1969

Iowa

Nancy Cook

1874 – 1967

Iowa

Mary A Cook

1875 – 1970

Iowa

Bessie Cook

1876 – 1965

Iowa

Gertrude Cook

1876 – 1964

Iowa

Laura Cook

1876 – 1969

Iowa

Trustum W Cook

1876 – 1968

Iowa

Jane Cook

1876 – 1969

Iowa

Mary Cook

1876 – 1964

Iowa

Mary Cook

1876 – 1968

Iowa

Ella Cook

1877 – 1966

Iowa

Christine Cook

1877 – 1972

Iowa

William Cook

1877 – 1968

Iowa

Chris Cook

1877 – 1963

Iowa

George Cook

1878 – 1963

Iowa

Elizabeth Cook

1878 – 1974

Iowa

Carrie Cook

1878 – 1966

Iowa

Theo Cook

1878 – 1962

Iowa

Nicholas Cook

1878 – 1966

Iowa

Cora Cook

1878 – 1966

Iowa

Mamie Cook

1878 – 1967

Iowa

May Cook

1878 – 1967

Iowa

Emily Cook

d. 1879

m. E. W. Roberts (married name Roberts)

Albert Cook

1879 – 1967

Iowa

William Cook

1879 – 1969

Iowa

Daisy Cook

1879 – 1978

Iowa

Ada Cook

1879 – 1967

Iowa

Blanche Cook

1879 – 1970

Iowa

Leonard Cook

1879 – 1968

Iowa

Mary Cook

1880 – 1977

Iowa

Gertie Cook

1880 – 1972

Iowa

Mae Cook

1880 – 1972

Iowa

Alva Cook

1880 – 1963

Iowa

Eva Cook

1880 – 1966

Iowa

Fred Cook

1881 – 1970

Iowa

Fred Cook

1881 – 1971

Iowa

Harry Cook

1881 – 1971

Iowa

Charles Cook

1881 – 1968

Iowa

George Cook

1881 – 1970

Iowa

James Cook

1881 – 1974

Iowa

Effie Cook

1881 – 1974

Iowa

Edna Cook

1881 – 1984

Iowa

Sarah E Cook

1882 – 1966

Iowa

Ivy Cook

1882 – 1984

Iowa

Stella Cook

1882 – 1976

Iowa

Daisy Cook

1882 – 1981

Iowa

Walter Cook

1882 – 1963

Iowa

William Cook

1882 – 1964

Iowa

Floyd Cook

1882 – 1973

Iowa

Harry Cook

1882 – 1972

Iowa

Cecil Cook

1882 – 1973

Iowa

Fannie Lucina Cook

1882 – 1961

Traer

Charles Cook

1883 – 1965

Iowa

Nora M Cook

1883 – 1967

Iowa

Floy Cook

1883 – 1969

Iowa

John Cook

1883 – 1977

Iowa

Ernest Cook

1883 – 1967

Iowa

William Cook

1883 – 1971

Iowa

Jasper Cook

1883 – 1969

Iowa

Elizabeth Cook

1883 – 1970

Iowa

Eva Cook

1883 – 1973

Iowa

Atwater Cook

1883 – 1963

Iowa

Jasper Cook

1884 – 1966

Iowa

Sarah Cook

1884 – 1982

Iowa

Margaret Cook

1884 – 1969

Iowa

Frank Cook

1884 – 1970

Iowa

Jane Cook

1884 – 1969

Iowa

Roy Cook

1884 – 1971

Iowa

James Cook

1884 – 1969

Iowa

Lee Cook

1884 – 1968

Iowa

Willis Cook

1884 – 1971

Iowa

Flora Cook

1884 – 1976

Iowa

Wesley Cook

1884 – 1967

Iowa

Beth Cook

1885 – 1968

Iowa

Cecelia Cook

1885 – 1975

Iowa

James Cook

1885 – 1963

Iowa

Mae Cook

1885 – 1970

Iowa

Anna Cook

1885 – 1972

Iowa

Henrietta Cook

1885 – 1980

Iowa

Mae Cook

1885 – 1971

Iowa

Monroe Cook

1885 – 1969

Iowa

Bertha Cook

1885 – 1972

Iowa

Alice Cook

1885 – 1963

Iowa

George Cook

1885 – 1971

Iowa

Myrtle Cook

1886 – 1963

Iowa

Bushnell Cook

1886 – 1964

Iowa

Dora Cook

1886 – 1975

Iowa

Pearl Cook

1886 – 1973

Iowa

Lawrence H Cook

1886 – 1968

Iowa

Lillian Cook

1886 – 1974

Iowa

Mabel Cook

1886 – 1977

Iowa

Henry Cook

1886 – 1980

Iowa

Virgil Cook

1886 – 1971

Iowa

Edith Cook

1886 – 1978

Iowa

Carrie Cook

1886 – 1981

Iowa

Minnie B Cook

1886 – 1991

Iowa

Carleton Cook

1887 – 1975

Iowa

Oliver Cook

1887 – 1973

Iowa

Marie Cook

1887 – 1974

Iowa

Laura Cook

1887 – 1974

Iowa

Zack Cook

1887 – 1969

Iowa

Grace Cook

1887 – 1976

Iowa

William Cook

1887 – 1962

Iowa

William Cook

1887 – 1967

Iowa

Nellie Cook

1887 – 1981

Iowa

Matie Cook

1887 – 1976

Iowa

Nellie Cook

1887 – 1978

Iowa

Fred Cook

1887 – 1963

Iowa

Jessie Cook

1887 – 1981

Iowa

Robert Cook

1887 – 1977

Iowa

Mearl Cook

1888 – 1970

Iowa

John Cook

1888 – 1977

Iowa

Harriet Cook

1888 – 1975

Iowa

George Cook

1888 – 1969

Iowa

Jasper Cook

1888 – 1971

Iowa

Floyd Cook

1888 – 1971

Iowa

Orpha Cook

1888 – 1980

Iowa

Raymond Cook

1888 – 1972

Iowa

Anna Cook

1888 – 1966

Iowa

Carl Cook

1888 – 1980

Iowa

Raymond Cook

1888 – 1977

Iowa

George Cook

1888 – 1975

Iowa

Harry Cook

1888 – 1975

Iowa

Flora Cook

1888 – 1963

Iowa

Alpha Cook

1888 – 1982

Iowa

Joseph A Cook

1888 – 1994

Iowa

Nellie Cook

1888 – 1964

Iowa

Lucy Cook

1888 – 1986

Iowa

Alfred Cook

1888 – 1968

Iowa

Marie Cook

1888 – 1981

Iowa

Homer Cook

1889 – 1968

Iowa

John Cook

1889 – 1976

Iowa

Ralph Cook

1889 – 1975

Iowa

Eugene Cook

1889 – 1969

Iowa

Clarence F Cook

1889 – 1969

Iowa

Jess Cook

1889 – 1966

Iowa

Ella Cook

1889 – 1976

Iowa

Stella Cook

1889 – 1971

Iowa

Carrie Cook

1889 – 1975

Iowa

Minnie Cook

1889 – 1974

Iowa

Mildred Cook

1889 – 1965

Iowa

Eva Cook

1889 – 1973

Iowa

Fload Cook

1889 – 1971

Iowa

Hattie Cook

1889 – 1982

Iowa

Ethel Cook

1889 – 1981

Iowa

George Cook

1889 – 1965

Iowa

Vivian Cook

1889 – 1971

Iowa

Morris Cook

1889 – 1975

Iowa

Leon Cook

1889 – 1979

Iowa

James Cook

1889 – 1978

Iowa

Roland Cook

1889 – 1963

Iowa

John Cook

1889 – 1968

Iowa

Luella Cook

1889 – 1968

Iowa

Hazel Cook

1889 – 1985

Iowa

John Cook

1889 – 1972

Iowa

Nellie Cook

1889 – 1986

Iowa

Deacon Cook

d. 1890

Green township, Mahoning County, Ohio

m. Sarah Pettit

Sidney Cook

1890 – 1977

Iowa

Lester Cook

1890 – 1980

Iowa

Hurley Cook

1890 – 1986

Iowa

John Cook

1890 – 1983

Iowa

George Cook

1890 – 1978

Iowa

Wilbur Cook

1890 – 1971

Iowa

Hazel Cook

1890 – 1977

Iowa

Merle Cook

1890 – 1973

Iowa

George Cook

1890 – 1976

Iowa

Claude Cook

1890 – 1968

Iowa

Ethel Cook

1890 – 1978

Iowa

Archie Cook

1890 – 1979

Iowa

Mary Cook

1890 – 1973

Iowa

May Cook

1890 – 1986

Iowa

William Cook

1890 – 1971

Iowa

Roy Cook

1890 – 1971

Iowa

Lois Cook

1891 – 1971

Iowa

Lee W Cook

1891 – 1989

Iowa

Vallie Cook

1891 – 1975

Iowa

Grace Cook

1891 – 1975

Iowa

Teresa Cook

1891 – 1985

Iowa

Carl Cook

1891 – 1965

Iowa

Gertrude Cook

1891 – 1973

Iowa

Loie Cook

1891 – 1992

Iowa

Bonna Cook

1891 – 1985

Iowa

Eliza Cook

1891 – 1981

Iowa

Angelia Cook

1891 – 1976

Iowa

Martha Cook

1891 – 1975

Iowa

Marie Cook

1891 – 1983

Iowa

Sophia Cook

1891 – 1976

Iowa

Harry Cook

1891 – 1972

Iowa

Jake Cook

1891 – 1984

Iowa

Thomas Cook

1891 – 1971

Iowa

Fred Cook

1891 – 1960

Iowa

Edward Cook

1891 – 1967

Iowa

John Cook

1891 – 1984

Iowa

Blanche Cook

1891 – 1984

Iowa

Mina Cook

1891 – 1976

Iowa

Alelia Cook

1891 – 1979

Iowa

Harry Cook

1891 – 1971

Iowa

Valeda Cook

1891 – 1977

Iowa

Philip Cook

1891 – 1974

Iowa

Leah M Cook

1891 – 1989

Iowa

Florence Cook

1892 – 1975

Iowa

Barbara Cook

1892 – 1979

Iowa

Lena Cook

1892 – 1966

Iowa

Stella Cook

1892 – 1982

Iowa

Mabel Cook

1892 – 1982

Iowa

Everett Cook

1892 – 1968

Iowa

Nellie Cook

1892 – 1985

Iowa

Vincie Cook

1892 – 1995

Iowa

Fern Cook

1892 – 1975

Iowa

Henry Cook

1892 – 1965

Iowa

Howard Cook

1892 – 1960

Iowa

Clara Cook

1892 – 1967

Iowa

William Cook

1892 – 1964

Iowa

Ross Cook

1892 – 1971

Iowa

Wayne Cook

1892 – 1966

Iowa

Ella Cook

1892 – 1985

Iowa

Vera Cook

1892 – 1976

Iowa

Ina Cook

1892 – 1983

Iowa

Floy Cook

1892 – 1984

Iowa

Walter Cook

1892 – 1987

Iowa

Nettie Cook

1892 – 1972

Iowa

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