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Personal data George W. Rook 


Household of George W. Rook

He is married to Florence Lillian Alwood.

They got married on December 16, 1897 at Delta, Fulton Co., OH, he was 34 years old.

George W. Rook oo Florence Lillian Alwood

Marriage source: Seaman, Vashti Pioneers Around Delta OH, The Delta Atlas, (Delta OH, v Oct MCMLXXVII1977), pg. 297, Repository: Evergreen Lib., Metamora, OH

'... Mar 30, 1914 ... Mrs. G. W. ROOK of Birmingham;'

I believe this is Birmingham, Erie Co., OH - D. A. Navorska - ix Apr MCMXCIX - Irving TX

Hanna, Jackie, "The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants," (Portage, MI, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alwoodtree&id=I4804, xvii Oct MMIX)

"... George W. ROOK Sex: M Birth: 25 FEB 1863 in Toledo, Lucas Co, Ohio ... Marriage 1 Florence Lillian Josephine ALWOOD b: 10 AUG 1864 in Delta, Fulton Co, Ohio Married: 16 DEC 1897 in Lucas Co, Ohio Note: by Wilson Donaldson, minister" <>

Notes about George W. Rook

George W. Rook

Source: Klaus, Terry, The Family Alwood, (Sacramento CA, T.K., June MCMXCI), pg. 168, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

Terry writes, "G. W. Rook of Alabama."

Hanna, Jackie, "The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants," (Portage, MI, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alwoodtree&id=I4804, xvii Oct MMIX)

"... George W. ROOK Sex: M Birth: 25 FEB 1863 in Toledo, Lucas Co, Ohio

Census: 1880 Will Rook HH, Toledo, Lucas Co, Ohio Census: 1900 Toledo, Lucas Co, Ohio Note: occ: clerk

HH also has stepson George Rook, age 17 and stepdaughter Edna Taylor age 13 - not sure who they belong to

Census: 1910 Toledo, Lucas Co, Ohio Note: occ: farmer

Death: 10 JUL 1915 in Toledo, Lucas Co, Ohio Note: of infected fingernail wound;; informant; Catherine Rook, listed as married Burial: 13 JUL 1915 Forest Cem, Toledo, Lucas Co, Ohio Change Date: 17 OCT 2009

Father: William ROOK b: 6 JUL 1831 in England Mother: Catherine SULLIVAN b: 25 OCT 1838 in Pottsville, Schuykill Co, Pennsylvania

Marriage 1 Florence Lillian Josephine ALWOOD b: 10 AUG 1864 in Delta, Fulton Co, Ohio Married: 16 DEC 1897 in Lucas Co, Ohio Note: by Wilson Donaldson, minister" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of George W. Rook

William Rook
1831-1905

George W. Rook
1863-1915

1897

Florence Lillian Alwood
1864-1950


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Birthday February 25, 1863

  • The temperature on February 25, 1863 was about 2.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 11 » American Civil War: CSSAlabama encounters and sinks the USSHatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
    • July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
    • July 4 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory.
    • July 30 » American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.
    • September 20 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
    • October 31 » The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.

Day of marriage December 16, 1897

  • The temperature on December 16, 1897 was about 10.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
    • July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
    • July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
    • August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
    • September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
    • December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

Day of death July 10, 1915

  • The temperature on July 10, 1915 was between 9.3 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 26 » The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
    • April 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
    • July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
    • August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
    • September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
    • September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

Day of burial July 13, 1915

  • The temperature on July 13, 1915 was between 8.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
    • May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
    • May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
    • July 1 » Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.
    • August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
    • August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.


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