On This Day- August 6, 1919

On this day in my family's history, my great grandparents, Eugene Everett Cook (1898-1979) and Rene Marion Duryea (1900-1943), married in Manhattan, New York.

Marriage Record of Eugene Cook and Rene Duryea
August 6, 1919
Manhattan, New York, United States.
Harold Lockwood Duryea and Alwine Wrage were the bride's brother and sister-in-law.
(Certain New York City records are available online free of charge at
the Department of Records and Information Services)

Both resided in New Jersey at the time of this marriage. It was not uncommon for residents of New Jersey to marry in nearby New York City. Eugene lived in Newark, Essex County, with his parents, Charles Cook and Minnie Bishop. Rene lived in West Hoboken, Hudson County, with her parents, Abraham Brewer Duryea and Nellie May Cummins. (West Hoboken is now a part of Union City.)

The couple had two children, Beulah (my grandmother), in 1921, and Jeane, in 1925.

This was the first marriage for both. Rene died in 1943 in Warwick, Orange County, New York.

Eugene remarried to Gladys Marvin (1904-1986). They resided in Florida.

Beulah Cook (my grandmother)
Eugene Cook (my great grandfather)
Gladys Marvin (wife of Eugene)
1978 in Florida

Eugene was my only great grandparent who was alive when I was born. I don't think we ever met.