Cora Belle Halstead

Brief Life History of Cora Belle

When Cora Belle Halstead was born in May 1876, in Nebraska, United States, her father, Sylvanus J. Halstead, was 29 and her mother, Mary Malissa Pierson, was 23. She married Gilbert Henry Eley on 30 January 1896, in Clearwater, Antelope, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Iowa Township, Holt, Nebraska, United States in 1900 and Sherman Township, Antelope, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1947, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Orchard, Antelope, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gilbert Henry Eley
1875–1945
Cora Belle Halstead
1876–1947
Marriage: 30 January 1896
Gracie Belle Eley
1897–1899
Gladys Irene Eley
1907–1987
John Henry Eley
1898–1979
Walter Ray Eley
1900–1901
Allen Sylbanus Eley
1902–1902
Dollie Mae Eley
1905–1990
Glady D Eley
1907–1982
Florence Mary Eley
1910–1963

Sources (20)

  • Cora Eley in household of G H Eley, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Cora B Holslead, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
  • Cora Belle Halstead Eley, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1880

Historical Boundaries: 1880: Antelope, Nebraska, United States

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.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from any of various places bearing this name, for example in Essex (Haltesteda in Domesday Book), Kent, and Leicestershire, all of which are probably named from Old English h(e)ald ‘refuge, shelter’ + stede ‘site’, or possibly Hawstead in Suffolk, which has the same origin. However, the name is now most frequent in Lancashire and Yorkshire, where it is from High Halstead in Burnley, named as the ‘site of a hall’, from Middle English hal(le) + sted(des), stud(es) ‘hall buildings’ (Old English h(e)all ‘hall’ + stede ‘place’).

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

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