Frances Anna (Whitney) Cook (1844 - 1929)

Born 1844 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Wife of Frank W Slayton — married 19 Nov 1863 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Died 16 Feb 1929 at about age 85 in Massachusetts, United States

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Research Notes

It looks like her proper name may be Frances Anna or Anna Frances, and Fannie is a nickname...? Add second marriage to Mr. Cook, 1900. Her headstone reads Anna F., which of course some folks dismiss completely; but why not consider what a person's loved ones wanted carved in stone? They cannot all be fraught with errors.

Biography

Fannie (Very unsure if she used this name after reviewing all sources found for her) was born in 1843, daughter of Josiah Dudley Whitney and Catherine Augusta née Harvey Whitney.

She married Frank Slayton on 19 November 1863 in Worcester, Massachusetts. After his passing, she married Henry Cook in 1900.

Henry passed away in 1917, and Anna Frances née Whitney Slayton Cook passed away in Massachusetts in 1924.

Sources

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCRC-27H : 15 January 2020), Frances Whitney, 1844.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9W-J4V : 22 December 2020), Anna F Whitney in household of Catharine Whitney, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4MN-FGX : 10 March 2021), Frank N. Slayton and Fannie A. Whitney, 19 Nov 1863; citing Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,021.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQD-WGM : 29 May 2021), A Fannie Slaton in entry for Frank W Slaton, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHX9-GY3 : 19 February 2021), Fannie A Slaiton in household of Frank W Slaiton, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 435, sheet 32A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,543.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPB-S2Y : 29 July 2021), Anna Frances Whitney Slayton in entry for Henry Cook, 1900.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48198811/anna-frances-cook: accessed 04 November 2022), memorial page for Anna Frances Whitney Cook (10 Jul 1844–16 Feb 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48198811, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Dannielle & Friends of Potters Field (contributor 47434725) .

Acknowledgments

Originally entered by Brenda Orr, Saturday, June 14, 2014. A huge family tree! Thank you!