Family of Sarah Ann Uttley and Robert Cook

Sarah Ann Uttley – 1861-1909
Robert Cook – 1858-1905

Births

Sarah Ann Uttley was born in Elmira, Ontario on November 25, 1861. She was the third of seven children and the first daughter of Nathan Uttley and Lucinda Randall.

The date comes from two sources. The Births page of the Family Bible reads "Sarah Ann Uttley Born Nov(br) 25 1861" which agrees with her baptism record below.

Sarah Ann was baptized at St John the Evangelist Anglican Church in Berlin on the same day with her older brother John Robert as recorded in the church records:

   Baptism:      Sarah Ann
   Born:         Nov 25, 1861
   Baptized:     Sept 14, 1862
   Parents:      Lucy Uttley
                 Nathan Uttley, farmer Elmira
   Sponsors:     Charlotte Linder
                 L[ucy] Uttley
                 Wm Linders
   Priest:       E.R. Stinson

The Census of 1871 lists Sarah as a girl of age 9 with the rest of her family in Elmira.

Robert Cook was born in Canada in about November 1858 as recorded in the 1901 American Census. His parents, Solomon Cook and Cordelia Parker were living in Cayuga, Ontario in 1851. By 1861 Solomon was a saloonkeeper in Strathroy, Ontario and he and Cordelia had a family of six children including Robert at age 3. It is probable that Robert was born in Strathroy.

Marriage Record

No record has yet been found of the marriage of Sarah Ann to Robert Cook. The census of 1881 tells us the couple was already married and they are living in Woolwich Township. Robert has the occupation of a horse trainer. She is just 19 years old so it seems unlikely they would have been married earlier than the previous year.

Sarah Cook and her husband Robert of Elmira were the witnesses to the marriage of Sarah's sister Mary Jane to Anthony Varley on March 7, 1882 in Hawkesville. Sarah Cook was again a witness at a marriage when her brother John R. and Catherine Birmingham wed on April 20, 1882 in Elmira.

The Michigan State Census of 1894 shows the family of Robert and Sarah Ann Cook living in Iosco County with four of their children: Truman, Leon, Robert and William. The United States Census in 1900 lists Sarah Ann living in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan with her son Robert in the home of a sister-in-law and Robert living in Port Huron, Michigan with his son Leon in the home of a brother-in-law. The same census gives 1885 as the year the couple emmigrated from Canada.

Sarah Ann Cook nee Uttley 1861-1909 and her husband, Robert Cook 1858-1905 Family picture from a granddaughter of Leon N. Cook

Children of Sarah Ann and Robert Cook -- Left to Right: Truman age 17, Robert (aka Bob) age 12 in back, William (aka Bill) age 9 in front and Leon age 15 Family picture from a granddaughter of Leon N. Cook

Death

When her father Nathan died in 1903, his obituary reported that Sarah Ann (Mrs. Cook) was living in Port Huron, Michigan.

Robert died in Michigan on July 18, 1905. He was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, Michigan.

Sarah Ann went on to marry Michael J. Enright on September 19, 1906 in Port Huron, Michigan, a widower with several children. She died shortly afterward in 1909. She was buried on April 21, 1909 in Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, Michigan beside her first husband Robert.

Robert Cook died July 18 1905 aged 46 years Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron

SARAH   [weathered]   Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron

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