Lewis Elmer Cole

Brief Life History of Lewis Elmer

When Lewis Elmer Cole was born on 6 June 1861, in Holland, Lucas, Ohio, United States, his father, Joseph S. B. Cole, was 28 and his mother, Matilda Ellen Hardy, was 26. He married Emma Jane Keeler on 27 January 1887, in Neapolis, Lucas, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Providence, Lucas, Ohio, United States in 1870 and Waterville Township, Lucas, Ohio, United States in 1940. He died on 19 December 1948, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Neapolis, Lucas, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis Elmer Cole
1861–1948
Emma Jane Keeler
1866–1962
Marriage: 27 January 1887
Floyd Harsh Keeler
1885–1968
Cora Bess Cole
1888–1980
Matilda Ellen Cole
1890–1980
Elmer Lewis Cole
1892–1977
Maude Mae Cole
1894–1965
Carrie Etta Cole
1897–1989
Scott Earl Cole
1904–1987

Sources (41)

  • Lewis E Cole in household of Joseph S B Cole, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Louis Cole, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Lewis Elmer Cole, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

World Events (8)

1863

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

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

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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