Born in Camp Carlin, Wyoming. Eldest child of Kels Nickell and Mary Mahoney. First married to Thomas "Frank" Cook on 1 May 1901. Her youngest brother, Willie Nickell, was murdered in Wyoming a couple months after she was married - Tom Horn was hung for the murder.
3 children were born of this marriage. Her younger son, Franklin, was buried near her. Her other son, Alton Everett Cook, chose to have his ashes cast adrift on his beloved Pacific Ocean in 1987. Her daughter, Virginia Cook James, was cremated in Brush, Colorado in 2003.
After Julia divorced Frank, she married Erik Haldor Gjervik on 24 Apr 1939. There were no children from that marriage.
She was interviewed in 1960, and the interview has now been placed online. Enter the name Gjervik into the search box, here - http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/allCollections Then click on the speaker icon.
3 children were born of this marriage. Her younger son, Franklin, was buried near her. Her other son, Alton Everett Cook, chose to have his ashes cast adrift on his beloved Pacific Ocean in 1987. Her daughter, Virginia Cook James, was cremated in Brush, Colorado in 2003.
After Julia divorced Frank, she married Erik Haldor Gjervik on 24 Apr 1939. There were no children from that marriage.
She was interviewed in 1960, and the interview has now been placed online. Enter the name Gjervik into the search box, here - http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/allCollections Then click on the speaker icon.
Born in Camp Carlin, Wyoming. Eldest child of Kels Nickell and Mary Mahoney. First married to Thomas "Frank" Cook on 1 May 1901. Her youngest brother, Willie Nickell, was murdered in Wyoming a couple months after she was married - Tom Horn was hung for the murder.
3 children were born of this marriage. Her younger son, Franklin, was buried near her. Her other son, Alton Everett Cook, chose to have his ashes cast adrift on his beloved Pacific Ocean in 1987. Her daughter, Virginia Cook James, was cremated in Brush, Colorado in 2003.
After Julia divorced Frank, she married Erik Haldor Gjervik on 24 Apr 1939. There were no children from that marriage.
She was interviewed in 1960, and the interview has now been placed online. Enter the name Gjervik into the search box, here - http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/allCollections Then click on the speaker icon.
3 children were born of this marriage. Her younger son, Franklin, was buried near her. Her other son, Alton Everett Cook, chose to have his ashes cast adrift on his beloved Pacific Ocean in 1987. Her daughter, Virginia Cook James, was cremated in Brush, Colorado in 2003.
After Julia divorced Frank, she married Erik Haldor Gjervik on 24 Apr 1939. There were no children from that marriage.
She was interviewed in 1960, and the interview has now been placed online. Enter the name Gjervik into the search box, here - http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/allCollections Then click on the speaker icon.
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