Cornelia Lyons

Female1 September 1838–15 January 1913

Brief Life History of Cornelia

When Cornelia Lyons was born on 1 September 1838, in Shiawassee, Michigan, United States, her father, Guy John Lyons, was 34 and her mother, Mariah Dunn, was 31. She lived in Michigan, United States in 1870 and Morrice, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States in 1913. She died on 15 January 1913, in Antrim Township, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Perry, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Guy John Lyons
1803–1867
Mariah Dunn
1806–1881
Sarah Lyons
1825–
Helen M Lyons
1846–1923
Charles H Lyons
1852–
Mary Lyons
1828–1871
Louis Horace Lyons
1830–1919
Harriet A Lyons
1832–1912
John Lyons
1836–
Cornelia Lyons
1838–1913
William H Lyons
1839–1916
Abraham Malcolm Lyons
1842–1913
Julia E Lyons Dorn
1850–1932

Sources (7)

  • Cornelia Lyon in household of Salon Bliss, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Cornelia Lyons, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Miss Cornella Lyons, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

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World Events (8)

1846

Age 8

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847 · Moving the State Capital

Age 9

The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.

1863

Age 25

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

Name Meaning

English: variant of Lyon 3.

Irish: adopted for Ó Laighin (see Lyne , Lane , Lyon ) or Ó Liatháin (see Lehane ).

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

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