John Raymond "Jack" Welcker

Other Events:

• AFN: 48C9-3K
• Census: 14 Jun 1900

Notes:

04-02-04NAME: John Raymond 'Jack' Welcker, Sr. CODES: OBT, AF
BORN:20 Nov 1898, Mercur, Tooele, Utah
DIED:30 Jan 1958, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
PARENTS:Frederika Augusta Meyer and Theodore Welcker
SPOUSE:Jannette 'Nettie' Johnson Welcker, married April 23, 1923, Farmington, Utah
CHILDREN:Vernadine, Robert I., John Raymond Jr., (These were the only children listed as 'Survivors' in his and his wife's 'Nettie J. Welcker's' obituaries. There could be others.)
MARKER:Flat double granite marker approximately 18' X 36' in good condition. Inscription reads:
WELCKER
FATHER MOTHER
John Raymond Nettie J.
Nov. 20, 1898 Oct. 11, 1990
Jan. 30, 1958 Nov. 10, 1974
OBITUARY: Jack Welcker Cedar Fort Man Dies in S.L. Hospital
CEDAR FORT - John Raymond 'Jack' Welcker, 59, died Thursday in a Salt Lake hospital following complications from a recent operation.
He was born Nov. 20, 1898, in Mercur, a son of Lewis Florian and Blanche Cook Welcker. He was a farmer by occupation, and was employed at the time of his death at the Tooele Ordnance Depot.
Mr. Welcker married Nettie Johnson April 23, 1923, at Farmington. He was a member of the LDS Church.
He is survived by his wife, two sons and one daughter, Robert I. Welcker, Fresno, Calif.; John Raymond Welcker, Cedar Fort, and Mrs. Robert Vernadine Hurst, Kearns; three grandchildren; two brothers and two sisters, Lewis F. Welcker, Magna; Kenneth I. Welcker, Lehi; Mrs. Truman (Mildred) Carson, Fairfield, and Mrs. H.P. (Winnie) Golding, Rathdrum, Ida.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Cedar Fort LDS Ward under direction of Bishop Ernil Cook. Friends may call at the A.H. Wing Mortuary in Lehi Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m., and at the family residence in Cedar Fort Monday until time of services. Burial will be in the Cedar Fort Cemetery. (Provo Herald, 31 January 1958; Deseret News, 31 Jan 1958 p B-10 and 1 Feb 1958 p B5; Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Feb 1958 p 21)

Census:
1900 Federal Census – Mammoth Precinct, Juab County, Utah, ED: 100, Page: 10 A, Lines: 4-7, Dwelling: 189, Family: 193, Enumeration Date: 14 Jun 1900 (rents home)
NameRelationSexBirthAgeStatusChildrenBirthFatherMotherOccupation
Louis F. WelckerHeadMaleMay 1868 32M 15 yrs.-MichiganGermanyGermanyMiner/Quartz
Blanche WelckerWifeFemaleOct 1871 28M 15 yrs.2/2 lvg.UtahMichiganUtah-
Louis F. WelckerSonMaleMar 1896 4Single-UtahMichiganUtah-
Raymond WelckerSonMaleNov 1897 2Single-UtahMichiganUtah-
1910 Federal Census – Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah – ED: 186, Page: 59A, Lines: 15-21, Dwelling: 6, Family: 6, Enumeration Date: 11 Apr 1910 (rents home)
NameRelationSexAgeStatusChildrenBirthFatherMotherOccupation
Louis F. WelckerHeadMale41M1/15 yrs-MichiganGermanyGermanyMiner/Mining
Blanche WelckerWifeFemale37M1/15 yrs5/5 lvg.UtahUtahUtah-
Florian WelckerSonMale14--UtahMichiganUtah-
Raymond WelckerSonMale12--UtahMichiganUtah-
Winnefred WelckerDaughterFemale 8--UtahMichiganUtah-
Mildred WelckerDaughterFemale 5--UtahMichiganUtah-
Kenneth WelckerSonMale10/12--UtahMichiganUtah-
1920 Federal Census – Precinct 8, Ouray County, Colorado, ED: 136, Page: 24 B, Line: 70, Dwelling: 4, Family: 4, Atlas Mining & Milling Company’s Property, Enumeration Date: 6 & 7 Jan 1920
NameRelationSexAgeStatusBirthFatherMotherOccupation
Jack WelckerBoarderMale22SingleUtahMichiganUtahMiner/metal mine

Buried:
Cedar Fort Cemetery

John married Jannette 'Nettie' Johnson on 23 Apr 1923 in Farmington, Davis, Utah. Jannette was born on 11 Oct 1900; died on 10 Nov 1974; was buried in 1974 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert Irving Welcker
2. Vernadine Welcker was born on 29 Jan 1926 in Ophir, Tooele, Utah; died on 11 Jul 1981 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
3. John Raymond Welcker, Jr. was born on 09 Nov 1940 in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States; died on 02 Jun 1994; was buried in Jun 1994 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States.
4. Cynthia Ann Welcker
5. Robert Louis Welcker

Other Events:

• AFN: 2J8R-8J
• Census: 14 Jun 1900
• Census: 11 Apr 1910
• Census: 20 Jan 1920
• Census: 12 Apr 1930

Notes:

Buried:
Cedar Fort Cemetery

Louis married Blanche Cook on 18 Oct 1893 in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. Blanche (daughter of John Henry Cook and Sarah Jane Quayle) was born on 18 Oct 1871 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States; died on 17 Jan 1930 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried in Jan 1930 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• AFN: 18ML-XT
• Census: 18 Jun 1880
• Census: 14 Jun 1900
• Census: 11 Apr 1910

Notes:

Cedar Fort - A Special History by Ronald S. Cook

04-03-01NAME:Blanche Cook Welcker
BORN:19 Oct 1871,Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah
DIED:17 Jan 1930
PARENTS:Sarah Quayle and John Cook
SPOUSE:Louis Florian Welcker
CHILDREN:(See Louis Florian Welcker, lot 04-03-02)
MARKER:(See Louis Florian Welcker, lot 04-03-03)

04-03-02NAME:Louis Florian Welcker
BORN:21 (31) May 1868, Marion, Livingston, Michigan
DIED:03 May 1934
PARENTS:Frederika Augusta Meyer and Theodore Welcker
SPOUSE:Blanch Cook
CHILDREN:Louis Florian, John Raymond, Winifred, Gloria Jean, Mildred Louise, Kenneth Irving
MARKER:Flat double gray granite marker in good condition. Inscription reads:
WELCKER
FATHER MOTHER
Louis Florian Blanche Cook
May 21, 1868 Oct. 18, 1871
May 3, 1934 Jan. 17, 1930

04-03-03NAME:Gloria Jean Welcker
BORN: ABT 1900
DIED:
PARENTS:Blanche Cook and Louis Florian Welcker
MARKER:

Buried:
Cedar Fort Cemetery

Other Events:

• AFN: 50DK-F0

Notes:

The Welcker Genealogy Compiled by Marie Welcker O'Dell

Theodore married Frederika Augusta Meyer on 10 Jul 1853 in Genoa, Livingston, Michigan. Frederika was born on 09 Mar 1830 in Escherode, Hannu, Prussia; died on 03 Jan 1869 in Marion, Livingston, Michigan; was buried on 05 Jan 1869 in Howell, Livingston, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• AFN: 50DK-G5

Notes:

The Welcker Genealogy Compiled by Marie Welcker O'Dell

Died:
Theodore's Journal: Cause of Death Augusta died of Breast Cancer, leaving a young family. The details are in Theodore's personal journal at the BYU special collections department in the library. Her mother died also of Breast Cancer in her 60's. Copy of journal in possession of Julia Welcker Wood.

Notes:

Married:
Evangelical Dutch

Other Events:

• AFN: 18ML-F8
• Baptism (LDS): 1849
• Census: 18 Sep 1850
• Census: 1856
• Baptism (LDS): 15 Dec 1857
• Census: 08 Oct 1860
• Census: 02 Sep 1870
• Census: 18 Jun 1880, Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• Census: 1900, Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States

Notes:

Cedar Fort - A Special History by Ronald S. Cook
Cemetery Lot Number: 07-06-02
NAME:John Henry Cook*CODES: AF, CEM
BORN:22 May 1838, Comstock, Kalamazoo, Michigan
DIED:17 Feb 1904, Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah
PARENTS:Sophronia Strobridge and Henry Freeman Cook
SPOUSE:Sarah Quayle, married January 5, 1871
CHILDREN: Blanche, John Franklin, Thomas Freeman, James Earl, William Henry, Myrtle, Mary, Earnest Clair, Lee Raymond,
Clarence Sagram, Janett (twin), Marett (twin)
MARKER: 9' X 12 plaque sent in concrete in very good condition. Inscription reads:
John Henry Cook
May 22nd February 17th
1838 1904
Also, 12' X 12' sandstone tower 5' high. 14' X14' X 16' sandstone base. Stone is starting to show ware. However, it is still fairly easy to read.
East Side:ERNEST CLARE COOK
Born Feb 7, 1883
Died Mar 22, 1883
South Side: SARAH Q.
Wife of John Cook
Born Mar. 31, 1850
Died Nov. 24, 1939
North Side: METTIE COOK
Born Oct. 24 1888
Died Jan 15, 1889
CLARENCE COOK
Born Aug 2, 1886
Died Dec 7, 1887
West Side:JOHN COOK
Born May 22, 1838
Died Feb 17, 1904
An Amiable father here lied at rest
As ever God with his image blest,
The friend of man, the friend of truth
The friend of age, the guide of youth
PIONEER: Crossed the plains in 1852 with his parents in the Warren Snow Wagon Train.
OBITUARY: CEDAR FORT DEATH OF JOHN COOK Veteran and Pioneer Succumbs to Long Illness - To Increase Water Supply
Social correspondence.
Cedar Fort, Utah Co., Feb. 18. - John Cook died at his residence here last night after a lingering illness. He was born at Comstock, Kalamazoo county, Mich., May 22, 1838; was the son of the late Bishop Henry F. and Sophronia Strobridge Cook. The family moved to Nauvoo, Ill., in the year 1846, two months later they moved to Des Moines, Ia., and a few months later to Pottawattami county. In the year 1852 the Cook family came to Utah, stopping at Union fort, Salt Lake county, till the next year, when they moved to Cedar Fort, where they have since resided. Deceased married Miss Sarah Quayle Jan. 5, 1871. He leaves a wife and eight children, three having preceded him to the great beyond. Br. Cook has been an energetic man, always staking an active interest in the growth of the great beyond. Bro. Cook has been petitions against the Indians. He was an honest, industrious man, and generally respected. Two of his sons are living in Canada.
An effort is being made here to increase the water supply of the town; two companies have been organized to develop prospects in the hills by tunneling into the mountain.
There is an epidemic of colds and pneumonia in the ward.
Snow is fast disappearing. (Deseret News, 19 February 1904:9; Improvement Era V7:477; See also: Peterson, Margery J., OUR ROOTS GROW DEEP - A History of Cedar Valley, 2nd ed [American Fork, Utah, 2003] Addendum 'John Henry Cook', p 100)

Name:








Buried:
Cedar Fort Cemetery

John married Sarah Jane Quayle on 05 Jan 1871 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States. Sarah (daughter of John Quayle and Catherine Killip) was born on 31 Mar 1850 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 25 Nov 1939 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; was buried in Nov 1939 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• AFN: 18ML-GF
• Birth: Abt 1840, Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States
• Census: 1850
• Burial: 11 May 1874
• Census: 18 Jun 1880
• Census: 1900

Notes:

Buried:
Cedar Fort Cemetery
Buried with husband in Lot #07-06-02

Cedar Fort Cemetery

Other Events:

• AFN: 2JQ0-H1
• Census: 1837
• Census: 18 Sep 1850
• Census: 1856
• Census: 08 Oct 1860
• Census: 02 Sep 1870
• Census: 19 Jun 1880

Notes:

came to Utah in the Warren Snow Company

was ordained the Bishop of the Cedar Valley Ward (and served until he died)

SOURCES: Paul Henke

BIRTH: 6165 F Utah Pt 11 (Cedar Valley records to 1948) orgn. 1853; Utah 71
(Genea Surveys of LDS Members).
DEATH: Special Collection Salt Lake Temple Records 184664 page 38.
MARRIAGE: Utah 71 page 110 (Genea Surveys of LDS Members)
Family Records of Henry Freeman Cook, Temple index files, Cortland, New York
vital records, Census of New York, Michigan and Fon du Lac County in
Wisconsin also Utah. Death records in Wisconsin.

The 1850 Census of Pottawattamie County, Iowa listed Henry Cook and his
family as follows:
Henry Cook age 35 born New York
Sophronia age 37 born New York
John age 12 born Michigan
James age 10 born Michigan
Hannah age 8 born Michigan
Mary age 7 born Michigan
William age 4 born Iowa
George age 6/12 born Iowa
Lucy age 62 born Massachusetts

Letter to Harry W Frazee, 1911 R Street, NW Washington 9, DC, dated 29 OCT
1959 from Henry E Christiansen, Supt., Genealogical Society Research Department
Source: Personal records of Marion S Cook, 45 S 760 E Kaysville UT 84037
Phone: 801-544-4050.

Family records of Henry Freeman Cook, Temple index files, Cortland New York
vital records, Census of New York, Michigan and Fon du Lac county in
Wisconsin also Utah. Death records in Wisconsin.

Note: Married the widow of David Sanders Laughlin.
Notes: 'Arcive Record' lists ordinances dates as follows:
Biptized 15 May 1813
Endowed 27 Sep 1861
Sealed to Parents 18 May 1916
Sealed to Sophronia Strobridge 27 Sep 1861
CAME TO UTAH: Henry Freeman Cook came to Utah October 1852 in the Warren
Snow Company.

SERVED AS BISHOP: Henry Freeman served as Bishop of the Cedar Valley Ward
From June 11, 1876 to 14 April 1882, the date of his death.

CENSUS FILM # ST COUNTY CITY VOL ED PAGE FAMILY LINE DATE
1837 925967 MI KALAMAZOO COMSTOSK 19 Oct 1837
1850 442963 IO POTTAWATTAMI Dist #21 350 38 18 Sep 1850
1856 505913 UT CEDAR STONE CITY 4 1856
1860 805314 UT CEDAR FORT CEDAR 2898 1 8 Oct 1860
1870 553111 UT UTAH CEDAR FORT 198 1 1 20 Sep 1870
1880 1255338 UT UTAH CEDAR FORT 254 1 19 Jun 1880
FAMILY LISTED ON CENSUS

1837 1850 1856
NAME AGE SEX REL NAME AGE SEX REL NAME AGE SEX REL
Henry Henry 35 M Henry F Cook M
Sophronia 37 F Sopronia ' F
John 12 M John ' M
James 10 M James ' M
Hannah 8 F Hannah ' F
Mary 7 F Mary J ' F
Wm 4 M William ' M
Geo 6/12 M George ' M
Lucy 62 F Amanda Bowers F
Harriet Dolphaimar Lucy Cook F
26 F Alonzo ' M
Wm ' 1 M Martha ' F

1860 1870 1880
NAME AGE SEX REL NAME AGE SEX REL NAME AGE SEX REL
Hry F Cook 46 M Henry Cook 55 M Henry Cook 65 M
Sofrona 47 F Sophonia 55 F Sophronia 67 F Wife
Jn 22 M John 24 M George 30 M Son
Ja 22 M William 23 M
Hannah 18 F George 21 M 255 William 69 M Brot
Mary J 16 F Jannette 14 F
Wm 11 M Maynette 14 F
Geo 10 M
Jeanette 4 F
Mary E 4 F
Wm Nay 22 M

OTHER INFORMATION LEARNED FROM THE CENSUS
Henry was with his father in Comstock, Kalamazoo Michigan in Oct, 1837.
His new wife Sophronia was not with him.
Henry Freeman and William (Brothers) both say their father was born in
Mass in the 1880 Census.

Buried:
Cedar Fort Cemetery

Henry married Sophronia Strobridge on 09 Apr 1837 in Cortland, New York. Sophronia (daughter of George Augustus Strobridge and Abigail Lull) was born on 14 Mar 1813 in Solon, Cortland, New York; died on 24 Jul 1909 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States; was buried in Jul 1909 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• AFN: 3LHP-70
• Census: 18 Sep 1850
• Census: 1856
• Census: 08 Oct 1860
• Census: 02 Sep 1870
• Census: 19 Jun 1880

Notes:

SOURCES:
BIRTH: Utah 71 (Genea Surveys of LDS Members)
BAPTISM: 15 MAR 1843 Rebaptized 3 OCT 1968
SS: IGI Film 183395 Batch M183395
Source:
'Archive Records' list the following:
Baptized 3 Oct 1968
Endowed 27 Sep 1861
Sealed to Husband 27 Sep 1862

Birth:
Also shown as Homer, Cortland, New York in the IGI file. (checked 12 Jul 1995)

Buried:
Cedar Fort Cemetery

Other Events:

• AFN: 3LHN-V4
• Census: 1850

Notes:

Census:
1850 Federal Census – Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory
NameAgeSexOccupationEstateBirthplaceComments
John Quayle48MaleTailer200Isle of Man-
Catherine Quayle14Female--Isle of Man-
William Quayle12Male--Isle of ManAttended school
Thomas Quayle 9Male--IowaAttended school
Henrietta Quayle 7Female--IowaAttended school
Caroline Quayle 5Female--IowaAttended school
Henry Quayle 4Male--Iowa-
Sarah Quayle 2Female--Iowa-

Buried:
Salt Lake City Cemetery

John married Catherine Killip on 08 Sep 1832 in Kirk German, Isle Of Man, England. Catherine (daughter of Thomas KILLIP and Ann KELLEY) was born on 21 Feb 1813 in Peel, Kirk German, Isle Of Man, England; was christened on 21 Feb 1813 in Kirk German, Isle Of Man, England; died on 06 Nov 1850 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried in Nov 1850 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• AFN: 3LHP-85

Notes:

Buried:
Salt Lake City Cemetery