Cora E Whitbeck

Brief Life History of Cora E

When Cora E Whitbeck was born on 15 September 1853, in Mount Washington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Orrin C Whitbeck, was 25 and her mother, Nancy Kline, was 25. She married Franklin Benjamin Schutt on 3 October 1878, in Mount Washington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Demorest, Habersham, Georgia, United States in 1920 and South Nyack, Orangetown, Rockland, New York, United States in 1930. She died on 27 March 1949, at the age of 95.

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Family Time Line

Franklin Benjamin Schutt
1837–1925
Cora E Whitbeck
1853–1949
Marriage: 3 October 1878
Bertha Angela Schutt
1881–1971
Laura Reid Schutt
1884–

Sources (21)

  • Cora E Whitbeck in household of Orrus C Whitbeck, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Cora E Whitbeck - Government record: birth-name: Cora E Whitbeck
  • Cora E. Whitbeck, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915"

World Events (8)

1861

Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of several minor places innorthern England called Whitbeck. One in Cumbria is named with OldNorse hvítr ‘white’ + bekkr ‘stream’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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