Catherine 'Edith' Eleanor Cole

Brief Life History of Catherine 'Edith' Eleanor

When Catherine 'Edith' Eleanor Cole was born on 5 January 1917, in Lenora, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States, her father, Edward James Cole, was 48 and her mother, Mattie Johanna Henritta Dickman, was 40. She married Patrick William Boyd on 21 October 1933, in Taloga Township, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in North Delta, Delta, Colorado, United States in 1935 and Election Precinct 9 North Delta, Delta, Colorado, United States in 1940. She died on 14 December 1998, in Delta, Delta, Colorado, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Delta Cemetery, Delta, Delta, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

Patrick William Boyd
1909–1953
Catherine 'Edith' Eleanor Cole
1917–1998
Marriage: 21 October 1933
Mancel Leroy Boyd
1934–1939
Jerry Deen Boyd
1939–2016
Patty Darlene Boyd
1941–2002

Sources (19)

  • Edith E Boyd, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Catherine Edith Eleanor Cole - birth: 5 January 1917; Lenora, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States
  • Edith Cole, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"

World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

1921 · Tulsa Race Massacre

 By 1921, Tulsa was a booming city with a population of over one hundred thousand, with ten thousand African Americans in the Greenwood District. Crime rates in Tulsa soared and vigilantism was present. An incident occurred with Dick Rowland, an African American shoe shiner, and Sara Page, a white elevator operator. Reports claim Rowland stepped on Page’s foot and she let out a scream. The newspaper reported Rowland attempted to rape Page. Rowland was arrested and white vigilantes demanded the sheriff to hand over Rowland for lynching. An armed group of African American men went to the courthouse to aid in protecting Rowland from the mob. The group was turned away and a shot was fired between the white and African American groups, which ignited a riot. While buildings in Tulsa were burned, a major effort by whites focused mainly on the Greenwood District which was burned to the ground and many were shot. Over 30 people were killed and many were injured in the riots. 

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: usually from the Middle English and Old French personal name Col(e), Coll(e), Coul(e), a pet form of Nicol (see Nichol and Nicholas ), a common personal name from the mid 13th century onward. English families with this name migrated to Scotland and to Ulster (especially Fermanagh).

English: occasionally perhaps from a different (early) Middle English personal name Col, of native English or Scandinavian origin. Old English Cola was originally a nickname from Old English col ‘coal’ in the sense ‘coal-black (of hair), swarthy’ and is the probable source of most of the examples in Domesday Book. In the northern and eastern counties of England settled by Vikings in the 10th and 11th centuries, alternative sources are Old Norse Kolr and Koli (either from a nickname ‘the swarthy one’ or a short form of names in Kol-), and Old Norse Kollr (from a nickname, perhaps ‘the bald one’).

English: nickname for someone with swarthy skin or black hair, from Middle English col, coul(e) ‘charcoal, coal’ (Old English col).

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

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