Elisa Barrio
5 May 1914–9 August 2008 (Age 94)
El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
The Life of Elisa
Elisa Barrio was born on 5 May 1914, in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States. She married Maurice Elmo Cope on 25 August 1931, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She died on 9 August 2008, in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Montebello, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Family Time Line
Maurice Elmo Cope
1907–1999
Elisa Barrio
1914–2008
Marriage: 25 August 1931
Spouse and Children
1907–1999Male
1914–2008Female
MARRIAGE
25 August 1931
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
25 August 1931
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 2
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Age 15
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1941
Age 27
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Spanish: variant of Barrios .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- Elisa B Cope, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elisa B Cope, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- 1930 United States Federal Census
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