Benjamin Henry Cooke
Birth Date
On 1811 June 18 (Born)
Death Date
On 1891 March 17 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Chichester, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
1811 June 18
Mother
Charlotte Johnson
Father
Abraham Cooke
Date Details
Occurred On 1811 June 18
Married
Martha Morris
1832 June 30 (Age 21)
Traveled in
John Riggs Murdock Company (1864)
1864 June 29 – August 26 (Age 53)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Martha Morris (Age 54)
Henry Abraham Cooke (Age 22)
Elizabeth Cooke (Age 20)
Charlotte Cooke (Age 18)
Date Details
Started On 1864 June 29
Joined Company
Ended On 1864 August 26
Company Arrived
Died in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah Territory, United States
1891 March 17 (Age 79)
Sources
Person
1841 England and Wales Census
1841 England and Wales Census.
1851 England and Wales Census
1851 England and Wales Census.
1880 Utah Census
1880 Utah Census.
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.
England Marriages, 1538-1973
England Marriages, 1538-1973.
Saints By Sea
"Benjamin Henry Cooke. ID: 12068", Saints By Sea.
Saints by Sea: Latter-day Saint immigration to America
Saints by Sea: Latter-day Saint immigration to America.
Pioneer
Deseret News
"List of Passengers", Deseret News, (10 August 1864), Page 5.
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Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913)
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913), Page 598-599.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 26 August 1864, Page 1a.
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868
"Captain John R. Murdock Company (first mule train), manifests", Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868, (1864), Page 2.
Tooele County Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: from the edge of the Great Basin frontier. Tooele, Utah: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc, 2012
Tooele County Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: from the edge of the Great Basin frontier. Tooele, Utah: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc, 2012.