Mabel Helen Cook

1901 - 1988  (87 years)

• Name	Mabel Helen Cook  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Census (Canada)	1901	Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  	Age: 0; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Ida and Samuel Cook
  Birth	24 Jan 1901	Nova Scotia, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1910	Poland, Androscoggin, Maine, USA   [2]
  	Age: 9; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Ida and Samuel Cook
  Census	1940	Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, USA   [9]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Elmer Sleeper
  Census	1950	Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA   [10]
  	Relation to Head: Lodger; Marital Status: Divorced from Sleeper
  Death	10 Feb 1988	Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, USA   [3, 5, 6, 7]
  Burial	Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, USA   [5, 6, 7]
  	Mabel and Ronald Norris, buried together
  Person ID	I19160	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Elmer Eugene Sleeper,   b. 26 May 1898, Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, USA d. 4 Dec 1980, Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, USA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	16 Mar 1922	Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, USA   [5, 8]
  	Mabel Cook and Elmer Sleeper
  Family ID	F7349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Ronald Edwin Norris,   b. 21 Mar 1898, Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, USA d. 10 Mar 1972, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1960	Maine, USA   [4, 5]
  	Mabel H Sleeper and Ronald Norris
  Family ID	F9721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Census (Canada) - Age: 0; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Ida and Samuel Cook - 1901 - Nova Scotia, Canada Birth - 24 Jan 1901 - Nova Scotia, Canada Census - Age: 9; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Ida and Samuel Cook - 1910 - Poland, Androscoggin, Maine, USA Marriage - 16 Mar 1922 - Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Elmer Sleeper - 1940 - Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, USA Census - Relation to Head: Lodger; Marital Status: Divorced from Sleeper - 1950 - Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA Marriage - 1 Jan 1960 - Maine, USA Death - 10 Feb 1988 - Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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