Rachel HILL COOK the Search

There are no hints for Rachel Hill (wife of Thomas Cook) at all.  None ever came up for her.  So I am assuming that she is going to be a battle to figure out, just as Thomas Cook was.  So instead of going sooo long without posting, I will be sharing my research and progress as I go.  Then ending with a final post of pooling all of her documents together.  Before I look for anything though…I am going to share what little I do know with all of you.

This is what her heading currently looks like on my ancestry.com page.

Rachel Hill

Your 3rd great grandmother

Birth abt 1835 in Ohio

Death

From <http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/61887900/person/30398758374>

Here is her relationship to me:

Rachel Hill (1835 - )

is your 3rd great grandmother

William H Cook (1868 - 1946)

son of Rachel Hill

Edith Caroline Cook (1912 - 1981)

daughter of William H Cook

Allen "Lee" Roach (1939 - )

son of Edith Caroline Cook

Rebecca Diane Roach (1957 - 2011)

daughter of Allen "Lee" Roach

Christa Maye Davis

You are the daughter of Rebecca Diane Roach

From <http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/61887900/person/30398758374>

I hope to be able to end up putting a more accurate birth date for her in these two items.  I hope to find her death date too.  Ultimate goal being to find out who her parents are.  There is no pedigree resource files or anything on either ancestry.com or familysearch.org, from what I can tell, to go by.  It appears she hasn't really been researched much, if at all.

I know when she was married to Thomas Cook:

• Marriage to Thomas Cook
  5 Mar 1852— Age: 17 (1835)
  Clermont, Ohio, USA
  Reference ID: Vol 6 Pg 48 Lic 11 , GS Film Number: 327561 , Digital Folder Number: 004257565 , Image Number: 00433

From <http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/61887900/person/30398758374>

This makes me think she may have been living in Clermont county, Ohio in 1850 (married only 2yrs later).  I really wish it listed parents!  It doesn't though.  I even looked at the image.

I know where she was in 1860:

Rachel Cook

 in the 1860 United States Federal Census

Name:	Rachel Cook
Age in 1860:	26
Birth Year:	abt 1834
Birthplace:	Ohio
Home in 1860:	Stonelick, Clermont, Ohio
Gender:	Female
Post Office:	Belfast
Value of real estate:	View image
Household Members:	Name Age Thomas Cook 27 Rachel Cook 26 Isabelle K Cook 7 John Cook 4 Comadore Cook 6/12

From <http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=43815350&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t61887900_p30398758374_kpidz0q3d30398758374z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid>

I really wish this listed parent's birthplace.  That would help in figuring her parents out.

I know where she was in 1870:

Rachel Cook

 in the 1870 United States Federal Census

Name:	Rachel Cook
Age in 1870:	35
Birth Year:	abt 1835
Birthplace:	Ohio
Home in 1870:	Wayne, Clermont, Ohio
Race:	White
Gender:	Female
Post Office:	Goshen
Value of real estate:	View image
Household Members:	Name Age Thomas Cook 36 Rachel Cook 35 Kate J Cook 17 John Cook 14 Harvey Cook 6 William Cook 2

From <http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=38258144&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t61887900_p30398758374_kpidz0q3d30398758374z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid>

I know that William was living with his sister Isabell Kate Cook in 1880.  I assume that she died between 1870 and 1880.  Family lore found on ancestry.com says that she and Thomas died when William was very young.  I did find that Thomas died in October 1870 so I think my first step in figuring Rachel out is going to be to try and find her death record (which may hold clues).  My best shot at finding death records so far has been on FamilySearch.org.  That is where I am going to start my search.  I will share my research on my next post.

This research is continued in Rachel HILL COOK Genealogies Research.