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Charles Heywood Cook

Born at Nebraska in 1897 and last recorded at Copeland in 1919.

born Feb 1897 at Nebraska, United States died after 13 Nov 1919

Also written Charles H. Cook, Chas. H. Cook

Life story

Charles H. Cook was born in Nebraska in February 1897, a son of James Harrison Cook and Adelaide M. (Addie) Haywood; the family tree gives his full name as Charles Heywood Cook, after his mother's family, and his birth at Julian on the 12th.1–2 In June 1900 "Chas. H.", three, was living at Julian, Nemaha County, with his parents, his brother Arthur, his sisters Lena, Hazel and Blanche, and the baby, Calixte.1

About 1911 his parents moved to Spokane, Washington. When his father died there in November 1919, Charles, twenty-two, was living, as was his eldest brother, John F., at Copeland, in the far north of Idaho.3 The family tree gives his death at Denver, Colorado, on 18 August 1964, without a source.2

What we know

Proven

  • Birth at Nebraska, 1897
  • Death, 1919
  • 2 homes, from the census and other records

What's still open

  • Death. When and where he died is not yet known.

Sources

Sources 1–2

1 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Julian, 1864

1900 U.S. Federal Census, Julian, Nemaha County, Nebraska, E.D. 92, sheet 2, dwelling 224, family 229: James [H.?] Cook, head, white, male, born Sept 1864, 35, married 15 years, born Nebraska, father born England, mother born New Jersey, lumberman, owns house free; Addie M., wife, born Oct 1865, 34, married 15 years, mother of 7 children, 6 living, born Nebraska, father born England, mother born Illinois; Arthur [J.?], son, Mar 1888; Lena E., daughter, Feb 1890; Hazel T. [L.?], daughter, Sept 1891; Blanche, daughter, Mar 1895; Chas. H., son, Feb 1897; Calixte C., son, May 1899; all born Nebraska; database with images, Ancestry.com (image read 27 September 2026; his own line is record 55283692).

2 Old Ancestry family tree "Hegnauer, 1897

Old Ancestry family tree "Hegnauer (Old)" (165462681), person "Charles Heywood Cook", son of James Harrison Cook and Adeline Marie Heywood: born 12 February 1897, Julian, Nemaha County, Nebraska, and residence 1900, Julian, both cited to his line of the 1900 census (7602/55283692); died 18 August 1964, Denver, Colorado, from an Ancestry member tree (52108993) without a source.

Source 3

3 Nemaha County Republican, 1919

"Died in Washington. James Harrison Cook Passes Away At His Home In Spokane Washington," Nemaha County Republican (Auburn, Nebraska), 13 November 1919, p. 3: died 1 November 1919 at his home in Spokane; married Addie M. Heywood, 2 April 1885; nine children, all living but one son; survived by his wife, five sons (among them John F. and Charles C. of Copeland, Idaho, and James A. and Calixte C. of Omaha), daughters including "Mrs. Curtis of Spencer, Iowa" and "Mrs. Shiffer of Spokane," his mother and four sisters; image, Newspapers.com (newspapers.com/image/673590510) (page read 27 September 2026).

Life in time

Feb 1897

Birth , Nebraska, United States

proven Sources 1, 2

How we know

Born Feb 1897, Nebraska (1900 census). The old family tree gives 12 Feb 1897 at Julian, Nemaha County.

The 1900 census, read on the image, gives his birth month and year and Nebraska. The day and the town are the old tree's.

  1. 1897 Birth Feb 1897 · Nebraska, United States · proven

    Born Feb 1897, Nebraska (1900 census). The old family tree gives 12 Feb 1897 at Julian, Nemaha County.

    The 1900 census, read on the image, gives his birth month and year and Nebraska. The day and the town are the old tree's.

    Sources 1, 2

  2. 1900 Residence Julian, Nemaha · proven

    Chas. H., son, 3, in the household of his parents James and Addie M. Cook (dwelling 224).

    His parents and his brothers and sisters identify the household (image read 27 Sep 2026).

    Source 1

  3. 1919 Residence Nov 1919 · Copeland, Boundary · proven

    "Charles C. of Copeland, Idaho", with his brother John F., among the five sons who survived their father.

    His father's obituary (13 Nov 1919, page read) names the surviving sons with their towns; Charles is the only son of that name.

    Source 3

  4. 1919 Death after 13 Nov 1919 · proven

    Living when his father's obituary was published. The old family tree gives his death on 18 Aug 1964 at Denver, Colorado, without a source (a lead).

    His father's obituary names him among the survivors. No record of his death has been read.

    Sources 2, 3

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Places in this life

3 places, in order
1 2 3
  1. 1 Nebraska, United States Birth Feb 1897
  2. 2 Julian, Nemaha County Residence 1900
  3. 3 Copeland, Boundary County Residence Nov 1919

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Family

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The evidence 4 facts with their grades, 3 sources, and the research notes

Facts

Fact Date Place Grade Sources
Birth Feb 1897 Nebraska, United States proven 1 , 2
Residence 1900 Julian, Nemaha, Nebraska, United States proven 1
Residence Nov 1919 Copeland, Boundary, Idaho, United States proven 3
Death after 13 Nov 1919 proven 2 , 3

Research notes

  • Sources: The 1900 census (image read 27 Sep 2026) and his father's obituary (page read 27 Sep 2026).1, 3
  • Middle initial: H. in 1900 ("Chas. H."); "Charles C." in the 1919 obituary, which lists only one Charles among the sons, so the C. is taken as a printing error or an index reading. The middle name Heywood is the old tree's.1, 3, 2
  • Leads: the 1920 census of Boundary County, Idaho; the WWI draft registration (1917–1918; he turned 21 in Feb 1918); Colorado death records and the SSDI for Charles Cook, died 18 Aug 1964 at Denver.
  • This profile is part of the Hegnauer one-name study, as a great-uncle of the children of Robert Lucius Hegnauer Jr. and Adelaide Louise Curtis.

Working notes

  • Son of H0231 and H0232; 1900 Julian, Neb. (7602/55283692); tree b. 12 Feb 1897, d. 18 Aug 1964 Denver; old tree 165462681 @I252151208275@

Sources

  1. 1

    1900 U.S. Federal Census, Julian, Nemaha County, Nebraska, E.D. 92, sheet 2, dwelling 224, family 229: James [H.?] Cook, head, white, male, born Sept 1864, 35, married 15 years, born Nebraska, father born England, mother born New Jersey, lumberman, owns house free; Addie M., wife, born Oct 1865, 34, married 15 years, mother of 7 children, 6 living, born Nebraska, father born England, mother born Illinois; Arthur [J.?], son, Mar 1888; Lena E., daughter, Feb 1890; Hazel T. [L.?], daughter, Sept 1891; Blanche, daughter, Mar 1895; Chas. H., son, Feb 1897; Calixte C., son, May 1899; all born Nebraska; database with images, Ancestry.com (image read 27 September 2026; his own line is record 55283692).

  2. 2

    Old Ancestry family tree "Hegnauer (Old)" (165462681), person "Charles Heywood Cook", son of James Harrison Cook and Adeline Marie Heywood: born 12 February 1897, Julian, Nemaha County, Nebraska, and residence 1900, Julian, both cited to his line of the 1900 census (7602/55283692); died 18 August 1964, Denver, Colorado, from an Ancestry member tree (52108993) without a source.

  3. 3

    "Died in Washington. James Harrison Cook Passes Away At His Home In Spokane Washington," Nemaha County Republican (Auburn, Nebraska), 13 November 1919, p. 3: died 1 November 1919 at his home in Spokane; married Addie M. Heywood, 2 April 1885; nine children, all living but one son; survived by his wife, five sons (among them John F. and Charles C. of Copeland, Idaho, and James A. and Calixte C. of Omaha), daughters including "Mrs. Curtis of Spencer, Iowa" and "Mrs. Shiffer of Spokane," his mother and four sisters; image, Newspapers.com (newspapers.com/image/673590510) (page read 27 September 2026).