Brief Life History of Cora Belle
When Cora Belle Lanier was born in April 1880, in Illinois, United States, her father, Phillip Lanier, was 35 and her mother, Polly Williams Lanier, was 33. She married Orville Orton Shields on 6 March 1907, in Lee Township, Brown, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Brown, Illinois, United States in 1935 and Mount Sterling, Brown, Illinois, United States for about 2 years. She died in 1948, at the age of 68, and was buried in Mount Sterling, Brown, Illinois, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (17)
- Belle Shields in household of Orville Shields, "United States Census, 1940"
- Belle Lanier, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Cora Belle Lanier Shields, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1878–1948 Male
1880–1948 Female
Children (2)
1908–1930 Female
1917–1999 Male
Parents and Siblings
1844–1937 Male
1846–1909 Female
Siblings (3)
1873–1950 Female
1880–1948 Female
1883–1931 Female
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 1
1885 · The First Skyscraper
Age 5
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 18
Name Meaning
French: occupational name for someone involved in the wool trade, from Old French lanier, deriving from la(i)ne ‘wool’. This surname is also found in England, but is very rare. Compare Lenear .
Altered form of French Lasnier ‘the donkey driver, the donkey keeper’.
History: This surname is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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