Brief Life History of Cora Belle
When Cora Belle Weare was born on 22 September 1875, in Victory, Essex, Vermont, United States, her father, Enoch W. Weare, was 40 and her mother, Amanda Noyes, was 34. She married William Lee Hedges on 1 March 1896, in Fresno, California, United States. She lived in Riverbank Judicial Township, Stanislaus, California, United States in 1940 and Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States for about 1 years. She died on 20 December 1949, in Stanislaus, Tuolumne, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Modesto Citizens Cemetery, Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States.
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- Cora B Steward in household of Lee Steward, "United States Census, 1940"
- Cora Belle Hedges, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Cora Belle Stewart, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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World Events (8)
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Wear or Ware .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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