Leon
James
Cook
Born in Michigan, USA
Ancestors 
Son of James E Cook
and Rose E Harper
Husband of
Cleo M Albright
— married
21 Aug 1937 in White Cloud, Newaygo, Michigan, USA
[children unknown]
Died
at age 42
in Michigan, USA
Profile last modified
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Biography
- Leon James Cook, son of James E Cook and Rose E Harper
- Middle Name: James, per his wife's obituary
- BIRTH AND DEATH:
- Birth Date: 28 Aug 1915, per SS death index
- Birth Place: Michigan, per census
- Death Date: 10 Jun 1958, per his wife's obituary
- Death Place: assume Michigan, based on burial location
- EVIDENCE OF PARENTS:
- Leon has childhood census with parents & siblings in 1920
- Leon's marriage record names parents as "James Cook and Rose Harper"
- Named in sister Lena's 1992 obit as preceded in death by brother "Leon Cook"
- and wife in sister Lena's 1992 obit as "sister-in-law, Cleo Cook of Fremont"
- SS DEATH INDEX:
- Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- Name: Leon Cook
- SSN: 383-05-6009
- BORN: 28 Aug 1915
- Died: Jun 1958
- State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951)
- BURIAL:
- Find A Grave Memorial# 73571979 (headstone pictured)
- Inscription: Leon J Cook
- Birth: 1915
- Death: 1958
- Burial: White Cloud Cemetery, White Cloud, Newaygo County, Michigan, USA
- Created by: Douglas Day
- Record added: Jul 18, 2011
- MARRIAGE:
- Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952
- Name: Mr Leon J Cook
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
- Age: 22 ... [born about 1915]
- Birth Place: Michigan
- Marriage Date: 21 Aug 1937
- Marriage Place: White Cloud, Newaygo, Michigan, USA
- License County: Newaygo
- Residence Place: White Cloud, Michigan
- Father: James Cook
- Mother: Rose Harper
- Spouse: Cleo M Albright
- Spouse's Age: 18 ... [born about 1919]
- Spouse's Birth Place: Michigan
- Spouse's Residence Place: White Cloud, Michigan
- Spouse's Father: J C Albright
- Spouse's Mother: Nellie Rattin
- County File Number: 4422
- State File Number: 62 1578
- Film: 171
- Film Title: 62-NewayGo 1210 63-Oakland-339
- Film Description: Newaygo (1935) - Oakland (1926)
- CHILDREN:
- Their three children (Darlene, Jane, Bettie) are named in wife Cleo's obituary.
CENSUS
- 1920 census: Dayton, Newaygo, Michigan
- James E Cook .... 39 ... MI,PA,PA
- Rose Cook ......... 33 ... MI,IL,OH
- Clyde Cook ........ 14 ... MI,MI,MI
- Marrion Cook .... 11 ... MI,MI,MI
- Clifford L Cook .... 6 ... MI,MI,MI
- Leon Cook ........... 4 ... MI,MI,MI <--------
- 1930 Dayton, Newaygo, Michigan *** NOT VERIFIED ***
- Adelbert Mansfield ... 69 ... MI,MI,MI
- Effie Mansfield .......... 61 ... MI,OH,MA
- Leon Cook ................. 14 ... MI,MI,MI ... border <--------
- 1940 census: White Cloud, Newaygo, Michigan
- Leon J Cook .............. 25 ... MI
- Cleo M Cook ............. 21 ... MI
- Darlene Cook ............. 1 ... MI
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leon 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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Leon:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leon 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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Leon:
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~1.56%
Patrick Harper
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ZcarHW
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~0.78%
L Adcox :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A895963 [compare], Ancestry member LADCOX
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