Hi Chris, It just so happens that my Cook grandfather from Canada ended up in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, where most of the rest of my paternal ancestors lived in the early 1920s, and married my grandmother there. I've done a lot of research in Vermilion County. I looked up your William Cook on the Vermilion County Coroner's Inquest Files Index, 1908–1956 available online at: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/vermcorsrch.html COOK, WILLIAM M _ _ _ _ 11/05/1927 ACCIDENT BURNS RECEIVED WHEN GASOLINE TANK EXPLODED NEAR HIM There is information on the site about how to go about obtaining a copy of the inquest file. His death is also on the Database of Illinois Death Certificates, 1916–1950 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html COOK WILLIAM M/W UNK 2920454 1927-11-05 VERMILION DANVILLE 27-11-08 He is also on the Pape Mortuary Database http://www.papemortuary.com/database.asp COOK, WILLIAM Date of Birth 2/13/1898 Place of Birth WARREN CO,KY Father COOK, il.cert.#2920454 Mother DOD:ST.ELIZ.HOSPTL./DNV. Spouse Wedding Date Date of Death 11/5/1927 Cemetery GREENWOOD Hope this helps a little, Michele ===== Original Message from "Chris Chaney" <chaneyce@hotmail.com> at 10/10/2006 5:52 pm >I have inquired before, but since the list is so active, I thought I would >try again!! > >My grandfather's name was William Cook born 26 Oct 1922 around Danville, IL. > He died in August 1972 in Clinton, IN. According to his marriage license, >his father was also a William, but I can't read the middle initial. The >only thing that I know about his father was that he died when my grandfather >was very young. I am told that he was burned in a gas truck accident. > >My mother tells me that when my grandfather's father died, his wife married >a gentleman by the name of HOLD. Both my grandfather and his mother are >buried in Clinton, IN. > >My grandfather had a sister named Betty who married a Blackburn and lived in >Terre Haute, IN. > >If anyone has any info, photos, or contact that might be able to help me >out, that would be great!!! > >Chris Chaney > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ===== Comments by micheledc@qnet.com (Michele Chavez) at 10/10/2006 6:00 pm