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Margaret COOK

Female 1910 - 2011  (100 years)


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  • Name Margaret COOK 
    Nickname Margot 
    Birth 16 Oct 1910  Washington, District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 5 Jan 2011  Margate, Atlantic, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I8391  bmds
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2016 

    Family 1 Maurice Jack REIS,   b. 8 Jul 1910, Brooklyn, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1980 (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 16 Jan 1936  District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage Margaret : 25 years old | Maurice : 25 years old. 
    Divorce Yes, date unknown 
    Children
    +1Male. Parker Robert REIS,   b. 11 Mar 1938, Washington D.C. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1980, Atlantic City, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
     
    Family ID F2861  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Eddy Lanier King GILMORE,   b. 28 May 1907, Selma, Dallas, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1967, London, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 1938 
    Age at Marriage Margaret : ~ 27 years old | Eddy : ~ 30 years old. 
    Divorce Yes, date unknown 
    Children
     1Male. Christopher Cook GILMORE,   b. 3 Aug 1940, Washington, District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 2004, Margate, Atlantic, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     
    Family ID F2120  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Harold DAWSON,   b. 4 Mar 1916, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 2000, Washington Township, Gloucester, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Children
    +1Female. Schuyler M. DAWSON,   b. Dec 1951, Absecon Island, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     
    Family ID F2892  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Oct 1910 - Washington, District of Columbia
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 16 Jan 1936 - District of Columbia
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Jan 2011 - Margate, Atlantic, New Jersey
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Email from: Christopher C. Gilmore
      To: Barbara Skinner
      Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 4:58 AM
      Subject: Re: Genealogical research...
       Eddy Gilmore married three times. His first wife was Barbara. In 1938 he married my mother, Margaret Cook, born 1910 and still going strong. I was born in 1940 when my parents lived in Washington DC. Eddy went to Russia, divorced my mother, and married Tamarra in 43. He died in London in 1957. I met him three times.
       I’ve just asked my mother what if anything she remembered Eddy saying about Barbara. Her only story is that she didn’t know that he was married before, until he told her, bursting into tears, on their wedding night. I seem to remember her telling me or reading somewhere that Eddy and Barbara went to college together. He went to Carnegie Tech.
       I have for 25 years been the Writer in Residence at Shakespeare & Co. Librarie, 37 rue de la Bucherie, Paris.
       Ciao

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Obituary.
      Dawson, Margaret (née Cook) “Margot” 100 – of Margate, passed away on January 5, 2011. Beloved mother of Schuyler M. (Dawson) McClain. She is predeceased by her two sons Parker Reis and Christopher Cook Gilmore. She is also survived by her grandchildren Emily McClain, Parker Reis, Jr. and Maureen Reis.
       Born October 16, 1910 in Washington, DC, she spent summers in Margate and eventually moved there permanently. Margot graduated with an English literature degree from George Washington University and graduated from Corcoran College of Art and Design. After raising her three children, she became a full time artist working from her studio in her Margate home. Her paintings were exhibited in local galleries, shops and restaurants and the Atlantic City Boardwalk Art Show. Her home was her primary exhibition space and her paintings covered most of the walls and sometimes the ceiling. Margot’s joyful, open-minded and exuberant personality will be missed by all who knew her.
       Services will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to Animal Welfare Assoc., Attn: Membership Services Dept., 509 Centennial Blvd., Voohees, NJ 08043. Please make checks payable to "AWA". (George H. Wimberg Funeral Home).

    2. [S2] Newspaper.
      Reis-Cook Betrothal Told
      Mr. and Mrs. Parker Cook announce the engagement of their daughter, Margaret, to Mr. Maurice Reis of New York City, N.Y. Miss Cock is a graduate of George Washington University and a former student of the Corcoran Art School and Mr. Reis is a graduate of Washington and Lee University. The wedding will take place some time in January.
      Evening Star (Washington, District of Columbia), Tuesday, December 31, 1935.