Matilda A. COOK

Father: Henry COOK
Mother: Elizabeth COLLINS

Family 1: George Washington SYLVESTER

(1) Wisconsin, U.S., Marriage Records via Ancestry.com

  1. Edwin Lawrence SYLVESTER
  2. George Franklin SYLVESTER
  3. Hattie Alice SYLVESTER
  4. Electa Anna SYLVESTER
  5. Nellie Matilda SYLVESTER
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Notes

Updated December 21, 2022. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Wisconsin, U.S., Marriage Records via Ancestry.com; Green Lake and Iowa Counties.

- Wife: M. A. COOK
- Father of Wife: Henry
- Mother of Wife: Elizabeth
- Husband: George W. SYLVESTER
- Father of Husband: Caleb
- Mother of Husband: Joanna
- Occupation: Farmer
- Residence: Mifflin
- Birthplace: Maine
- Marriage Date: March 18, 1856
- Marriage Location: Highland [ed., in Iowa County]
- Ceremony: Civil
- Officiant: W. H. HOOK (of Highland)

(2) 1860 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Town 108 R 11 - Plainview (Plainview Post Office): Page 41; June 18, 1860.

Matilda [COOK] SYLVESTER is married to G. W. SYLVESTER, head of household. She is 19 years old and born in Canada - East. Their child in the household is Edwin L. SYLVESTER. Maria COOK is a 15 year old servant born in Canada - East (her relationship to Matilda COOK, if any, is unknown). G. W.'s sister Abby F. [Abigail F. SYLVESTER] YETTER and family live two households away, and his brother Franklin SYLVESTER and family live three households away.

(3) 1870 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview Twp. (Plainview Post Office): page 10; dwelling 66; family 64; July 22, 1870.

Matilda [COOK] SYLVESTER is married to George SYLVESTER, head of household. She was born in Canada, is 32 years old and is keeping house. Her parents were both of foreign birth. Children listed in the household are: Edwin, Hattie, George and Electa.

(4) 1875 Minnesota State Census for Wabasha Co., Plainview Twp., page 706.

Matilda A. [COOK] SYLVESTER is married to G. W. SYLVESTER, head of household. Children in the household are Edwin L., Hattie A., Frank G., Electa A. and Nellie M. SYLVESTER. Matilda is 36 years old and born in Quebec. Her father is listed as born in Quebec and her mother in Vermont.

(5) 1880 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 190; Page 13; June 16, 1880.

Matilda [COOK] SYLVESTER is head of household, a widow. She is 42 years old and was born in Canada, with his father born in Ireland and his mother born in Vermont. She is keeping house. Children in the household are Edwin, Hattie, Frank, Electie and Nellie.

(6) 1885 Minnesota State Census for Wabasha Co., Plainview Twp., Plainview Post Office: Page 4; Schedule 3; June 28, 1885.

Matilda A. [COOK] SYLVESTER is 46 years old and born in Canada. Her parents were of foreign birth. Children in the household are Edwin L., Frank, Electa A., and Nellie M. SYLVESTER.

(7) 1900 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview Village: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 155; Sheet 5A; June 6, 1900.

Matilda A. [COOK] SYLVESTER is head of household. She is joined by her daughter, Electa A. SYLVESTER.

- Birth month: November 1836; age 63
- Marital Status: Widow
- Motherhood: She has given birth to 1 child who is presently living (obviously a typo -- perhaps referring to the one child in her household?)
- Birthplace: Canada - French, with her father from Ireland and her mother from Vermont
- Home: Owns a house, free of mortgage

(8) Find a Grave

- Name: Matilda A. COOK SYLVESTER
- Birth: 5 Nov 1837
- Death: 6 Mar 1901 (aged 63)
- Burial: Woodland Cemetery; Plainview, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA
- Memorial ID: 55403462

(9) Manzow, Ron, ed., "The Sylvester Family of Plainview, Minnesota -- a collection of information taken from the Plainview News, other newspapers, letters, and diaries beginning in 1884" (Plainview, Minnesota: Plainview History Center, 2001).

- Provides middle initial. (page 9) - March 6, 1901: Matilda passed away; "the immediate cause of her death was paralysis with which she was stricken only a few hours previously." (page 22)

(10) Family History, Volume S(4), Sylvester, Daughters of the American Revolution library, Washington, DC., p. 2.

(11) Olson family records, December 9, 2000; and May 24, 2002.

- Daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (COLLINS) COOK, sister of John COOK.
- "I went on to Plainview, MN... visited George and Matilda's grave nearby in Woodland Cemetery, along with Electa SYLVESTER and George Franklin SYLVESTER."

(12) Jewell family records. August 6, 2002.

- Her birth date is October 5, 1837.

(13) George W. Sylvester family reunion. Plainview, MN (August 16-18, 2002).

Matilda (COOK) SYLVESTER is buried at the Woodland Cemetery. The cemetery is located on the south side of Road 25 at the "T" intersection with Road T238 (within eyesight of the township maintenance building) in a rural area of Plainview Township (latitude/longitude: 44.128518, -92.109261). Her headstone reads "Mother / 1838 / 1901." I'm not sure why there is a discrepancy with her year of birth.