Brief Life History of Emma Dora
When Emma Dora Whitaker was born on 11 June 1882, in Tahlequah District, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States, her father, William Thomas Whitaker, was 28 and her mother, Stacy Lucille Hood, was 22. She married George Wesley Collipriest on 14 December 1904, in Craig, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Madison, Madison, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and Ord, Valley, Nebraska, United States in 1930. She died on 1 September 1963, in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (14)
- Emma B Collipriest in household of George W Collipriest, "United States Census, 1910"
- Emma D Whitaker, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
- Emma D Collipriest in household of George W Collipriest, "United States Census, 1920"
Spouse and Children
1881–1968 Male
1882–1963 Female
Children (5)
1905–1995 Female
1907–1936 Female
1908–1994 Male
1910–1987 Female
1910–2005 Female
Parents and Siblings
1854–1922 Male
1860–1919 Female
Siblings (11)
1876–1886 Male
1878–1940 Male
1881–1955 Male
1882–1963 Female
1885–1949 Female
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World Events (8)
1886
Age 4
1889
Age 7
1904
Age 22
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Whitacre in Warwickshire or High Whitaker in Lancashire, both of whose names derive from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + æcer ‘field’. The name may also be derived from Wheatacre in Norfolk or Whiteacre in Waltham (Kent), both of which derive from Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + æcer ‘field’. Compare Whittaker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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