Adele La Force

b. 18 October 1893, d. 5 October 1990
Adele La Force|b. 18 Oct 1893\nd. 5 Oct 1990|p12.htm|Walter Sylvester Force|b. 27 Mar 1858\nd. 7 Mar 1936|p92.htm|Marion Bain Jackson|b. 27 Jul 1863\nd. 7 Mar 1905|p93.htm|Ephraim S. Force|b. 6 Jan 1822\nd. 11 Mar 1914|p98.htm|Sarah J. Whitehead|b. 19 Nov 1824\nd. 9 Apr 1920|p99.htm|Thomas B. Jackson|b. 10 Oct 1824\nd. 21 Mar 1904|p294.htm|Laura C. Henry|b. 30 Apr 1825\nd. 10 May 1903|p296.htm|
Father*Walter Sylvester Force1,2,3,4 b. 27 Mar 1858, d. 7 Mar 1936
Mother*Marion Bain Jackson1,3,2,5,4 b. 27 Jul 1863, d. 7 Mar 1905
ChartsAncestors of Adele (La Force) Cooke
Francis Cooke to Adele (Force) Cooke
Francis Eaton to Adele (Force) Cooke
James Chilton to Adele (Force) Cooke
Abiel Sherman to Adele (Force) Cooke
Madeleine Talmadge (Force) Astor and Adele (Force) Cooke
King Henry II to Adele (La Force) Cooke
King Edward III to Adele (La Force) Cooke
James Abram Garfield - Adele (Force) Cooke
William Howard Taft - Adele (Force) Cooke
Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Adele (Force) Cooke
Adele La Force was born 18 October 1893 at Union Co., New Jersey.1,6,5,7,8,9,10,4 She married Edward Ambrose Cooke, son of Dr. Henry Gansevoort Cooke MD and Maria Burritt Cowdrey, 12 November 1913 at Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York.6,3 She died 5 October 1990 at Mission Viejo, Orange Co., California.4 She was buried 9 October 1990 at Pacific View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Orange Co., California.4

After her mother died, Adele and her sisters were raised by their Aunt, Sarah Covel, and then sent off to boarding schools:
Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn
Packer Institute in Brooklyn for one year
Graduated from Bishopthorpe Manor in So. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania after attending two years


Adele Force's engagement announcement:

Miss Adele Force announced her engagement at a luncheon at her home, 1164 Dean Street, Wednesday of last week, to Edward A. Cooke of Red Bank. Miss Force is a cousin of Mrs. John Jacob Astor (Miss Madeline Force that was), her father, Walter Sylvester Force, being a brother of William H. Force, Mrs. Astor's father. The new fiancee's brother, Walter Bain Force, is engaged to Miss Nan (Miss Annie Maires) of Ocean avenue, Miss Maires, as will be recalled, annnouncing this at a 500 party several weeks ago.

At Miss Force's luncheon were Miss Maires, Miss Gladys Williamson, Mrs. Chester Lawson, Miss Edith Kelley, Miss Helen Willson and Miss Anne Wray.

Later, Adele said that the only reason it appeared in the paper was the connection to the Astors, and her father was very unhappy about that.

The relation to Madeline (Force) Astor is actually very distant, 3rd or 4th cousin being more accurate. The families were close, Walter and William being partners in business. Adele recalled going down to the harbor to meet Madeline after she was rescued following the Titanic disaster.

Composed by her daughter-in-law, Dorothy, the following was read at Adele's funeral:

As we remember Adele today, one quality that stands out above all the rest, is her positive attitude towards life! Many times we haver heard her say to us, "Just keep positive thoughts in your head, never negative ones, and things will work out well!" And many times throught her various illnesses, when asked how she felt, would simply reply, "Well, I'm just fine!"

She would not want us to leave here today saddened by her parting, but glad to have been enriched by her gift to us of positive thinking. So let us do just that, while we listen to a favorite poem of hers:
Sleep is a brief, sweet form of death,
a passing from the earth,
Where all is stilled, save the soft drawn breath
and waking up is birth.

Oh, we die each night for a few brief hours
Tomorrow to be reborn,
Renewed and refreshed as the springtime flowers
For the tasks of another morn.

And through man stands watch til the dawn
comes on and constant vigil keeps,
He never will learn where the soul has gone,
When the weary toiler sleeps.

But this we know, To another day,
With the first red streaks of dawn,
To the joys and cares that line earth's way,
We are everyone reborn!

---Edgar Guest.


Adele and Edward had two children, one still living.

Family

Edward Ambrose Cooke b. 22 Apr 1887, d. 14 Sep 1960
Marriage*She married Edward Ambrose Cooke, son of Dr. Henry Gansevoort Cooke MD and Maria Burritt Cowdrey, 12 November 1913 at Brooklyn .6,3 
Child

Citations

  1. [S1016] Adele La Force, Birth Certificates, File No. F56 (1893), New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey.
  2. [S219] Kings County, New York, Wills and Indexes, 1787-1923, 325:194-199,332-338, FHL microfilm 1845000 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as Kings Co., NY Wills.
  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. [S190] Adele Force Cooke, Death Certificates, File No. 3-90-011148 (1990), Orange County Public Health and Medical Services, Santa Ana, California.
  5. [S159] Ephraim Force Family Bible, Old and New Testaments According to The Authorized Version (Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London: Blackie and Son, Compiler's genealogy files.
  6. [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.
  7. [S461] Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 413, sheet 20B, dwelling 260, family 408, Walter S. Force household, age 6, born Oct 1893 in New Jersey, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication T623, roll 1062.
  8. [S462] Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Brooklyn, Ward 24, Kings Co., New York, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 623, sheet 3A, dwelling 35, family 57, Walter S. Force household, age 16, born in New Jersey, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication T624, roll 974.
  9. [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 26, born in New York, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication T625, roll 1058.
  10. [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, age 36, born in New Jersey, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication T626, roll 175.
  11. [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.
  12. [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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