Edith Howard Cook

The second child of Horatio Nelson and Edith Scooffy Cook. She was originally buried in the family plot in the Yerba Buena section of San Francisco's Odd Fellows Cemetery on October 15, 1876. In the early 1930s to make way for a residential neighborhood, the cemetery was closed and the interred were exhumed and transferred to Greenlawn Cemetery in Colma, CA. In the process, Edith was left behind. On May 9, 2016, during a remodeling excavation of one of the back yards, the coffin was unearthed. Since no one knew who the little girl was, The Garden of Innocence Project named her "Miranda Eve" and reburied her on June 4, 2016, at a service attended by about 140 people.

An extensive research effort was launched to find out her true identity. After 11 months it was found that her real name was Edith Howard Cook. Another memorial service will be held on June 10, 2017 to honor Edith.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: May 12 2017, 2:28:00 UTC