Researching Matthew Cooke
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 16527 people with the Cooke surname? In that year Cooke was ranked number 227 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Matthew means "gift of God" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Matthew Cooke on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Matthew Cooke and the Cooke Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cooke Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Cooke family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 27336 people with the Cooke surname in the UK? Cooke is now ranked number 185 for popularity in the UK. |
Cooke Family Tree Databases
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Cooke Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 36459 people with the Cooke surname in the USA? Cooke is ranked number 145 for popularity in the USA. |
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Matthew Cooke. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Matthew Cooke
Matthew Cooke (entomologist)
Matthew Cooke (1829–1887) was an Irish immigrant to the United States who pioneered economic entomology in California.
Born in Bushmills, County Antrim, on February 16, 1829, Matthew Cookie immigrated to the United States in 1850. Employed as a youth in the Public Works Department in Bushmills, he was promoted to Superintendent of Works.
In California he first took up a post at the Water Works in Scaremento and in 1875 became a fruit box manufacturer. His business suffered badly when the Codling moth appeared in the state, devastating the apple crop. He studied entomology to solve the problem and by 1879 was able to address the State Fruit Growers on the Codling moth and other serious pests, including those of the important wine crop. In 1881 he was appointed Chief Executive Horticultural and Health Officer of California and drew up quarantine regulations relating to insects. The cherry fruit sawfly Hoplocampa cookei was named for him by W. T. Clarcke.
He died at Sacramento on August 25, 1887, California's first economic entomologist.
Source: Matthew Cooke (entomologist), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaMatthew Cooke (filmmaker)
Matthew Cooke (born February 28, 1973 in Washington, D.C.) is the writer-director of How to Make Money Selling Drugs, a documentary film which criticizes the war on drugs in the United States, and Survivors Guide to Prison, about the prison system. Cooke also often serves as his own narrator, editor, cinematographer and visual effects artist. Cooke was the producer and editor of Amy Berg's Oscar–nominated documentary Deliver Us from Evil, his first feature film, and writer, director, editor and actor on Fuel TV's Stupidface. He produced Adrian Grenier's 2010 HBO documentary Teenage Paparazzo which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Cooke also contributed editing, motion graphics and cinematography work to the picture. He is producing American Race, an upcoming documentary directed by Amy Berg, who Cooke previously worked with on Deliver Us from Evil.
Cooke graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in film from Pitzer College in 1996. He was briefly engaged to actress Maggie Grace from February 2015 to February 2016.
Source: Matthew Cooke (filmmaker), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cooke
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