Edward Ambrose Cooke

b. 22 April 1887, d. 14 September 1960
Edward Ambrose Cooke|b. 22 Apr 1887\nd. 14 Sep 1960|p11.htm|Dr. Henry Gansevoort Cooke MD|b. 3 Feb 1833\nd. 2 Dec 1919|p14.htm|Maria Burritt Cowdrey|b. 6 Jan 1844\nd. 22 Oct 1927|p15.htm|Dr. Robert W. Cooke MD|b. 21 Jan 1797\nd. 27 Dec 1867|p21.htm|Susan Gansevoort|b. 19 Mar 1805\nd. 21 Nov 1894|p22.htm|Peter A. Cowdrey Esq.|b. 11 Oct 1803\nd. 27 Mar 1852|p271.htm|Maria Burritt|b. abt. 1808\nd. 26 Oct 1853|p282.htm|
Father*Dr. Henry Gansevoort Cooke MD1,2,3,4,5,6,7 b. 3 Feb 1833, d. 2 Dec 1919
Mother*Maria Burritt Cowdrey2,4,3,5,6,7 b. 6 Jan 1844, d. 22 Oct 1927
ChartsAncestors of Edward Ambrose Cooke
Ellis Cooke to Edward Ambrose Cooke
Ulysses Simpson Grant - Edward Ambrose Cooke
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. - Edward Ambrose Cooke
Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Edward Ambrose Cooke
Gerald R. Ford - Edward Ambrose Cooke
George H. W. & George W. Bush - Edward Ambrose Cooke
Edward Ambrose Cooke was born 22 April 1887 at Holmdel, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.1,2,8,9,10,11 He was baptized 3 September 1887 at First Reformed Dutch Church, Holmdel, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.2 He married Adele La Force, daughter of Walter Sylvester Force and Marion Bain Jackson, 12 November 1913 at Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York.12,3 He died 14 September 1960 at San Clemente, Orange Co., California.7 He was buried 16 September 1960 at Pacific View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Orange Co., California.7

Edward was named after his mother's brother, Edward Cowdrey, who died of wounds suffered in the Civil War.

He attended Mohegan Lake Military Academy, 1902-03; Rutgers Prep, 1904-05 and Coleman Business College in 1906. From 1906-08 he worked at Lloyds Insurance and returned to Rutgers for another year in 1909. In 1910 he worked for Dewey's (unknown type of business) as a manager, and from 1911-13 he was a manager at the W. H. Force Co., which is apparently how he became acquainted with Adele.

He may have graduated from Rutgers Agricultural School and did run several farms in the Red Bank and Lincroft areas of New Jersey before moving to Southern California in February, 1928. He started at Westinghouse January 1931 and worked for them for 20 years as a clerk in the X-Ray and warehouse departments before retiring and settling in San Clemente.

In 1942, he is shown as a storekeeper for Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. and residing in Los Angeles with wife Adele at 2733 Harcourt Ave., which he owned.13

Of the features of his house in San Clemente, he maintained an extensive garden plot and a tall flag pole that always carried the American Flag. The house was on a hill behind the town and had a tremendous view of the ocean. The house is still visible from the Interstate 5 freeway, just behind and above a muncipal water tank. As his illness progressed, the place became too much to maintain and they were forced to move to a much smaller house in town.

He died of lung cancer resulting from years of heavy cigarette smoking.

Edward and Adele had two children, one still living.

Family

Adele La Force b. 18 Oct 1893, d. 5 Oct 1990
Marriage*He married Adele La Force, daughter of Walter Sylvester Force and Marion Bain Jackson, 12 November 1913 at Brooklyn .12,3 
Child

Citations

  1. [S1016] Edward Ambrose Cooke, Birth Certificates, File No. C108 (1887), New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey.
  2. [S512] Holmdel, New Jersey, Church Records 1825-1934, 104-105, FHL microfilm 1298672, item #2 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as Holmdel Church Records.
  3. [S147] Brooklyn, New York, Marriage certificates 1866-1937, Marriage Certificate #12921, FHL microfilm 1613585 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as Kings County Marriage Licenses.
  4. [S213] Bible Record of Family and Descendants of Henry G. Cooke, The Comprehensive Bible; Old and New Testaments, According to the Authorized Version... (Hartford, Connecticut: Andrus & Judd, 1832); Compiler's genealogy files.
  5. [S461] Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, New Brunswick City, 4th Ward, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 42, sheet 2A, dwelling 21, family 25, Henry G. Cooke household, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication T623, roll 791.
  6. [S462] Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, New Brunswick, 4th Ward, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet 23A, dwelling 328, family 429, Henry G. Cooke household, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication T624, roll 898.
  7. [S1014] Edward Ambrose Cooke, Death Certificates, File No. 60-092577 (1960), California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.
  8. [S461] 1900 US Census, New Brunswick City, 4th Ward, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, pop. sch., ED 42, sheet 2A, dwelling 21, family 25, Henry G. Cooke hshld, age 13, born April 1887 in New Jersey.
  9. [S462] 1910 US Census, New Brunswick, 4th Ward, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, pop. sch., ED 18, sheet 23A, dwelling 328, family 429, Henry G. Cooke hshld, Lived at 7 Livingston Ave, age 22, born in New Jersey, a farm laborer.
  10. [S463] Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Atlantic Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 93, sheet 8A, dwelling 181, family 181, Edward Cooke household, age 32, born in New Jersey, a farm manager, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication T625, roll 1058.
  11. [S464] Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, South Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 1519, sheet 2A, dwelling 41, family 41, Edward A. Cooke household, Rented his home at 1026 Milan Street for $40 per month, age 42, born in New Jersey, and was a clerk for an oil well supply co, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication T626, roll 175.
  12. [S678] Walter Force Family Bible, The Holy Bible: Containing The Old and New Testaments... (London and New York: Castle, Petter and Galpin, unknown publish date); Bruce Mitchell, Nuevo, California.
  13. [S1821] Los Angeles Directory Co., Los Angeles City Directory, (Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles Directory Co., 1942), microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1321490, 548. Hereafter cited as Los Angeles Directory Co., Los Angeles City Directory.
  14. [S464] 1930 US Census, South Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California, pop. sch., ED 1519, sheet 2A, dwelling 41, family 41, Edward A. Cooke hshld.
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