Birthdays – The Cook Family Website

Happy Birthday Olive Elizabeth Haynes

Posted on April 3, 2019
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https://youtu.be/2DbKp_wKTJc Happy 117th birthday Aunt Olive! Thank you for teaching me to never wear patterned shirts with plaid pant, and thank you for all the laughs. Here's a link to a little video tribute I put together to honor her. You'll see a lot of her family including her mother,…continue reading →

Cecil Templeton DeLancey

Posted on March 28, 2019
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Cecil Templeton DeLancey1907-2001Seen here standing in front of his parents Thomas Wesley & Nellie Ann (Peters) house. Hey everyone! It's Cecil Templeton DeLancey's 112th birthday today! Anyone remember this guy?! I do. He was quite a character, always full of fun. According to our records, Cecil was born in Woonsocket,…continue reading →

Charles Henry Haynes

Posted on March 21, 2019
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Charles Henry Haynes - 1873-1934 Charles Henry Haynes Today my Great Grandfather Charles Haynes would have turned 146. He was born in 1873 and was married by the time he was 22. Charles married Wanda Voelker on September 16, 1895, and the two of them raised 5 children on the…continue reading →

James A. Starr

Posted on March 9, 2019
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James A. & Margaret Sophia (DeLancey) Starr Today is the birthday of my 2nd Great Uncle James A. Starr. He would've been 144 today. There really isn't much in our note for him (except for his vitals), so I don't have any stories to tell about him. (I thought I…continue reading →

William Collins Benson

Posted on March 9, 2019
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William Collins Benson9 Mar 1791 to 10 Jun 1858(this is possibly his photo, although some say, since he died in 1858 it would have been too early for photos to have been taken) Today my 4th Great Grandfather William Collins Benson celebrates his 228th birthday. He began his life in…continue reading →

Happy Birthday Nellie Ann (Peters) & Electa Minkler!

Posted on February 25, 2019
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Some interesting facts about her are that she graduated from Manchester High School in 1900, the first of 5 generations in my family, (the last being my eldest daughter Samantha) According to the family file she was born in Iowa although it doesn't indicate exactly where (another research project for…continue reading →

Donald Wesley DeLancey

Posted on February 17, 2019
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Donald Wesley DeLanceyHigh school graduation picture1929 Today my grandpa DeLancey would have been 108 years old. He meant the world to me. He was, in a way, a second father figure to me. There was an old '54 Chevy in the back yard that used to be the family car.…continue reading →

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