My Cook Family Genealogy

I have virtually no information about my paternal grandmother, Miriam K. Ladd née Cook.
This is the information I have from SSDI:
Miriam Ladd, b. 13 May 1878, New Sharon Iowa, d/o Wm. Henry Cook and Mary Jane Call
d. August 1962, Delaware

All the same information is on her SS application with this one additional bit of info:
Miriam Kate Ladd (née Cook)

Another interesting piece of information was revealed by my sister.
My mother always told my sister that our grandmother's birthday was 12 May, but when my sister was born on 13 May, Grandma started telling everyone her birthday was 13 May and that she shared a birthday with her granddaughter.
Is this true, or was my mother mistaken? More mystery....

While looking through old papers, I found a place where I had scribbled down the following information:

Miriam Katherine Cook (Ladd) born in New Sharon Iowa, May 13, 1878.
Frank Cook -- brother
Mabel Cook -- sister

Cook
150 Ivy Avenue
Hollywood California

I have been infamous for jotting down notes while talking to relatives then losing the paper. This once I did recover a tiny bit of info, but have no idea if it came from my Aunt Bernice or my mother. Also, I don't know if the info on the brother or sister's names, my grandmother's middle name, nor the old address from California might have been accurate.
*sigh*

If anyone has any info on my grandma, please email me!

GENEALOGY LINKS:

COOK Resource Page on Rootsweb join the COOK email list, look for COOK surname websites and more!

Rootsweb COOK Surname Message Board.

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet a comprehensive list of websites and resources for genealogy research

Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative search engines that include the ROOTS-L and the Roots Surname List, also provides support services to online genealogical activities such as USENET newsgroup moderation, mailing list maintenance, surname list generation, etc.

The USGenWeb Project links to all the state websites which, in turn, provide gateways to the counties as well as special projects such as Archives and Lineage

US GenWeb Archives National search engine, Census Archive Project, Tombstone Transcription Project, World GenWeb Archives Project

If anyone has additional information on our Cook family genealogy, please contact me at GenealogyFreak@comcast.net.

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