Clarence served in the Merchant Marines in the 1940's and white on leave from duty he met had an automobile accident high killed him and only in his 20's, pitiful he died before having a family.
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMCD-DPG : accessed 14 June 2021), Clarence V Cook in household of Charles W Cook, Proctor, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 10B, line 86, family 201, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2557; FHL microfilm 2,342,291.
↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMP2-WVX : 10 March 2018), Clarence Usher Cook, 26 Nov 1949; citing St. Albans, Kanawha, W. Va., County Records, Dist 200 Serial 634, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 460,373.
↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMP2-WVX : 10 March 2018), Clarence Usher Cook, 26 Nov 1949; citing St. Albans, Kanawha, W. Va., County Records, Dist 200 Serial 634, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 460,373.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7CV-RCR : 8 January 2021), Clarence U Cook in household of Bessie Cook, Charleston Magisterial District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20-82, sheet 61A, line 7, family 672, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4415.
Source:
1940 United States Federal Census
MyHeritage.com [online database], MyHeritage Ltd.
https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10053/1940-united-states-federal-census
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration publication T627, 4,643 rolls.
Citation:
Residence: 1940 - North Charleston, Charleston Magisterial D, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA
Mother: Bessie Cook
Siblings: C Raymond Cook, Alice I Cook, John W Cook, Clarence U Cook, James B Cook, Gretis L Cook, William V Cook
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Clarence by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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