Genette (Calder) Cook (1861 - 1945)

Born 20 Apr 1861 in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Howland Cook — married 3 Jun 1880 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States

Died 4 Oct 1945 at age 84 in Provo, Utah County, Utah, United States

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Biography

Genette was born in 1861. She is the daughter of Robert Calder and Flora Simmons. She passed away in 1945.

Married Henry Howland Cook, 3 Jun 1880

The First 100 Years in Woodruff

Genett Calder was born April 20, 1861, at Bountiful, Davis, Utah to Robert and Flora Ann Simmons Calder. On May 1, 1872, the family moved to Randolph, Rich, Utah. Genett and her sister Polly walked all the way and drove the cows. In May, 1979, they moved to Garden City, Utah.

On June 3, 1880, Gennett and Henry were married in the Endowment House at Salt Lake City, Utah. Their first home was in Garden City. They leased land and farmed and also helped Henry's father with the mills.

In July, 1892, they moved to Woodruff, Rich, Utah where Henry and his brothers went into the merchantile business. Soon after they moved to Woodruff their oldest son, William who had diptheria, died. They had to burn everything; they moved in the back room of the store and then later on they bought the John Smith home.

They were the parents of ten children; Henry William, Effa Gennett, Ann Aurellia, Rowena, Lorin Calder, Thomas Calder, Phoebe Irene, Irwin Calder, Veraun Calder and Amanda Loveda.

Henry and Gennett were outstanding people. Their home was always open to everyone and they had a piano and organ. Gennett was a very good cook and always had goodies to serve. She was especially good to the sick and the elderly.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCR-TDC : 17 October 2014), Jeanette Colder in household of Robt Colder, Utah, United States; citing p. 27, family 227, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,109.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSV-5VF : 3 October 2016), Genett Calder in household of Robert Calder, Garden City Village, Rich, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district ED 39, sheet 547A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1336; FHL microfilm 1,255,336.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT4Z-7MV : accessed 11 December 2016), Genetta Cook, Ward 5, Provo, Provo Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 25-53, sheet 2A, line 25, family , 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 4220.

• "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZP2-N5V : 11 September 2015), Genette Calder Cook, 1945.

• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBY3-267 : 24 June 2015), Genett C. Cook, died 09 Oct 1945; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Woodruff Cemetery, Woodruff, Rich, Utah, United States.

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