Brief Life History of Cora
When Cora Tolman was born on 4 October 1897, in Harbor, Curry, Oregon, United States, her father, Ambrose Pendleton Tolman, was 51 and her mother, Frances Ann Prigmore, was 41. She married William Jan Begeer on 24 September 1918, in Crescent City, Del Norte, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Chetco, Curry, Oregon, United States in 1910. She died on 9 February 1975, at the age of 77, and was buried in Santa Rosa Memorial Park, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States.
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- Cora Toleman in household of Ambrose P Toleman, "United States Census, 1910"
- Cora Tolman Begeer, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Births, 1842-1917"
- Cora Tolman Begeer, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1898 · Oregon Historical Society
The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.”
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English (southern, especially Devon): occupational name for a toll collector or the keeper of a toll gate, tol(le) ‘toll’ (Old English toll) + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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