Orah Mae Hance

Female12 August 1879–1953

Brief Life History of Orah Mae

When Orah Mae Hance was born on 12 August 1879, in Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States, her father, Francis Marion Hance, was 28 and her mother, Orlinda Lenora Burrell, was 22. She married Charles Henry Doolittle on 15 June 1901, in Lorain, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Hillsdale, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States for about 20 years. She died in 1953, in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Hillsdale, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Henry Doolittle
1874–1947
Orah Mae Hance
1879–1953
Marriage: 15 June 1901
William Harold Doolittle
1902–1934
Edith M. Doolittle
1903–1993
Maybelle Lucille Doolittle
1904–2004
Earl Hance Doolittle
1909–2003
Dorothy M Doolittle
1915–1966

Sources (20)

  • Ora May Hance in entry for Edith M. Doolittle, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Ora M Doolittle in entry for William Doolittle, "Michigan, Census of World War I Veterans with Card Index, 1917-1919"
  • Orah Hauge in entry for Donald Conover, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 June 1901Lorain, Ohio, United States
  • Children (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 2

    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.

    1882 · Cleveland School of Art

    Age 3

    Originally called the Western Reserve School of Design for Women, the Cleveland School of Art is a co-educational school that has highlighted its students works in different arts and designs. After World War II, the school began offering a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and soon after became the Cleveland Institute of Art. The school today offers 17 different artistic programs all year long.

    1900 · Gold for Cash!

    Age 21

    This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Hann with genitival or post-medieval -s, plural form of Hand , or a variant of Annis with prosthetic H-.

    Altered form of English Hains .

    French: adaptation of German Hans .

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

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