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Matilda A. COOK

BIRTH: 5 NOV 1837, Granby, Waterloo Township, Eastern Canada (Québec)
DEATH: 6 MAR 1901, Plainview, Wabasha Co., MN
BURIAL: 8 MAR 1901, Woodland Cemetery, Plainview, Wabasha Co., MN

MARRIAGE: 18 MAR 1856, Highland, Iowa Co., WI

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INDEX

Notes

[NI0147] Updated February 12, 2005. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 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.

(2) 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.

(3) LDS FamilySearch 1880 United States Census database for Plainview, Wabasha Co., MN. Family History Library Film 1254636, NA Film Number T9-0636, ED 190, Page 572A.

Matilda (Cook) Sylvester is listed as 42 years old and born in Canada. Her father is listed as having been born in Ireland and her mother in Vermont. She is the head of household, a widow, and is keeping house. The children listed in the household are: Edwin; Hattie; Frank; Electa (misspelled "Electie") and Nellie.

(4) 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.

(5) 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)

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

(7) 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."

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

- Her birth date is October 5, 1837.

(9) 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; N44°07.698' / W92°06.559'). Her headstone reads "Mother / 1838 / 1901." I'm not sure why there is a discrepancy with her year of birth.