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Emily "Katherine" Cooke 1926 – 2005 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 May 1926

Birth Location: Cowpens, Spartanburg, South Carolina

Death Date: 10 Jun 2005

Death Location: Wartburg, Morgan, Tennessee

Father: George Cook

Mother: Zela Wood

Spouse(s): Joseph Smalley

Children(s): Joyce Smalley

1926 marked the beginning of Emily "Katherine" Cooke's life in Cowpens, Spartanburg, South Carolina, to parents George Walker Cook and Zela "Salama" Wood. Eventually, Emily "Katherine" Cooke married Joseph Columbus "Joe" Smalley, and they welcomed Joyce Ann Smalley. Emily "Katherine" Cooke passed in 2005 at Wartburg, Morgan, Tennessee.

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Parents

George Cook
1887 – 1940
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina
GC
Zela Wood
1895 – 1976
Birth Location: Cherokee, South Carolina
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Spouses(s)

Joseph Smalley
1908 – 1998
Birth Location: McDowell, North Carolina
JS

Children(s)

Joyce Smalley
1953 –
Birth Location: Anderson, Tennessee
JS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 13 May 1926
    Event Place: Cowpens, Spartanburg, South Carolina
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, Social Security Death Index, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Issue State: South Carolina; Issue Date: Before 1951, Year: 1930; Census Place: Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Roll: 2211; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0027; Image: 927.0; FHL microfilm: 2341945, Year: 1940; Census Place: Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Roll: T627_3838; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 42-31B

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 Apr 1940
    Event Place: Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Roll: T627_3838; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 42-31B

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Roll: 2211; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0027; Image: 927.0; FHL microfilm: 2341945

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 10 Jun 2005
    Event Place: Wartburg, Morgan, Tennessee
    Record Source: Social Security Death Index, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Issue State: South Carolina; Issue Date: Before 1951

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1993
    Event Place: Clinton, TN
    Record Source: U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
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