Cora J Fallis

Brief Life History of Cora J

When Cora J Fallis was born on 11 September 1861, in Trimble, Kentucky, United States, her father, Jesse Simmons Fallis, was 25 and her mother, Alphiah Josephine Foree, was 20. She married William F Ransdell on 30 March 1881, in Henry, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States in 1910 and Campbellsburg, Henry, Kentucky, United States in 1910. She died on 29 November 1911, in Henry, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Campbellsburg, Henry, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

William F Ransdell
1854–1936
Cora J Fallis
1861–1911
Marriage: 30 March 1881
Affie M Ransdell
1883–1908
Jesse Franklin Ransdell
1885–1927
Carrie B Ransdell
1887–1911
Robert Ernest Ransdell
1889–1953
Mattie Ransdell
1890–1912
George Thomas Ransdell
1892–1984
Clarence Turner Ransdell
1897–1983

Sources (16)

  • Cora Fallis in household of Cordelia Foree, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Cora Fallis, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Cora J. Ravodrel, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"

World Events (8)

1863

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

1869

Historical Boundaries 1869: Spring Hill Depot, Henry, Kentucky, United States 1879: Turners Station, Henry, Kentucky, United States

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Anglo-Norman French faleise, faloise ‘cliff’ (a word of ancient Germanic origin), for someone who lived on or by a cliff. Or from Falaise in Calvados, France, which was the birthplace of William the Conqueror.

English: variant of Fall 2.

Scottish and northern Irish: shortened form of McFalls (see also McPhail ).

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

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