Samuel Beeker
(1829-1909)
Ellen J. Gallimore
(1831-1909)
William Valentine Cook
(1836-1922)
Margaret Marie Barnett
(1831-1914)
John Henderson Beeker
(1868-1955)
Nannie Ila Cook
(1869-1913)
Mae Lillie Beeker
(1893-1999)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Roy William Cook
2. Raymond Caldwell Cook

Mae Lillie Beeker 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 15 Nov 1893, Salisbury, Rowan, NC, USA 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Roy William Cook on 5 Jun 1920 in Durham, Durham, NC, USA 1
  • Marriage (2): Raymond Caldwell Cook on 5 Aug 1933 in , Forsyth, NC, USA 2
  • Died: 31 Jan 1999, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC, USA at age 105 6

   Another name for Mae was Mae Beeker.6

   FamilySearch ID: L8BR-PYV.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Steele Township, Rowan, NC, USA. 3 7 The 1900 census recorded Samuel Beeker, farmer, 71, born Jul 1829, living with wife Ellen J., 69, Sep 1831; grandson Freddie, farm laborer, 14, Sep 1885; grandson Samuel P., 9, Jan 1890; grandson John S. Gornelison, farm laborer, 20, May 1880; servant Nancy Beaver, cook, widowed, 45, May 1855; and sister-in-law Sarah Halman, widowed, 66, May 1834. Samuel and Ellen were married for 50 years and she had birthed 7 children, 3 alive in 1900. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

Next door is John Beeker, farmer, 32, Mar 1868, with wife Nannie, 31, Apr 1869; daughters Corrie, 8, Nov 1891; May L, 6, Nov 1893; Ola, 4, Nov 1895; and Hallie, 1, Mar 1899. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

2. Census in 1910 in Atwell Township, Rowan, NC, USA. 8 The 1910 census recorded living on Mill Bridge Road: John Becker [indexed wrong due to poor handwriting], laborer, odd jobs, 43, with wife Nannie, 42; May Lillie, 16; Ola, 13; Halley, 11; Mamie, 8; Ethel, 5; and Mitchel, 2. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina. John and Nannie were married for 19 years and she had birthed 7 children, all alive in 1910.

3. Census in 1920 in Durham, Durham, NC, USA. 9 The 1920 census recorded at 311 Rigsbee Avenue 3 Beeker sisters boarding in the home of Benjamin Styron, general collector, 62, and his wife Jennie A., 50: May L. Beeker, laborer in tobacco factory, 24, single; Mamie Beeker, laborer in tobacco factory, 18, single; and Ethel Beeker, 15, single.

4. Census in 1950 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC, USA. 10 The 1950 census recorded at 122 South Marshall Street: Raymond C. Cook, barber in own barber shop, 53, living with wife Mae L., beauty operator in own beauty shop, 56; Mae's sister Ethel Davis, clerk typist for veteran's administration, 45; Ethel's son William F. Davis, automobile salesman, 24; and Mae and Ethel's father, John H. Beeker, widowed, 82. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

5. Residence: 1515 Lynwood Ave., Winston-Salem, NC on 21 Mar 1982 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC, USA. 6

6. Obituary: Winston-Salem Journal: Deaths: COOK, Mae Lillie, 105, of Winston-Salem, the wife of the late Raymond C. Cook. on 2 Feb 1999 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC, USA. 11


Mae married Roy William Cook on 5 Jun 1920 in Durham, Durham, NC, USA.1 (Roy William Cook was born on 24 Oct 1892 in Concord, Cabarrus, NC, USA,12 died on 3 Apr 1925 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC, USA 5 13 and was buried on 5 Apr 1925 in Winston-Salem: Salem Cemetery, Forsyth, NC, USA 5 13.)


Mae next married Raymond Caldwell Cook, son of George R. Cook and Mary Fink, on 5 Aug 1933 in , Forsyth, NC, USA.2 (Raymond Caldwell Cook was born on 6 Oct 1896 in Concord, Cabarrus, NC, USA,6 died on 21 Mar 1982 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC, USA 6 and was buried on 23 Mar 1982 in Winston-Salem: Salem Cemetery, Forsyth, NC, USA 6.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP95-4Q9S Ray Cook and May Lilly Beeker, 5 Jun 1920; citing Durham, North Carolina.

2 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KL7D-PG1 : R C Cook and May L Cook, 05 Aug 1933; citing Forsyth, North Carolina.

3 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6L-684 Samul Buker, Boone, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 36, sheet 150B.

4 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCW6-J45 Mae Lillie Beeker, 15 Nov 1893 citing vol. 902, p. 300, Rowan, North Carolina.

5 Winston Salem Journal (Winston Salem, NC), 4 Apr 1925, page 9. Obituary of Roy Cook.

6 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGLW-GB5 Raymond Caldwell Cook, 21 Mar 1982; citing Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, 9523, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,984,820.

7 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11931-60294-20?cc=1325221 North Carolina > Rowan > ED 118 Steel Township > image 12 of 18; citing NARA microfilm publication T623.

8 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML3L-RHM John Becker, Atwell, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 91, sheet 6B, family 112.

9 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZKK-1PY HH of Benjamin Styron, Durham Ward 1, Durham, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 47, sheet 4B, line 68, family 96.

10 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FMS-GV97 Raymond Cook Winston-Salem NC.

11 Winston Salem Journal (Winston Salem, NC), 2 Feb 1999, death of Mae Lille Cook.

12 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2H2-FQP2 Roy W Cook; citing 31 Aug 1914, Jefferson, Jefferson, Missouri.

13 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F34V-C9Y Roy W. Cook, 03 Apr 1925; citing Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, reference fn 933 cn 159.



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