Della Martha Edsall

Female1 January 1861–17 April 1938

Brief Life History of Della Martha

When Della Martha Edsall was born on 1 January 1861, in Columbiana, Ohio, United States, her father, Nathan Edsall, was 28 and her mother, Susannah H Pearson, was 27. She married Charles Edward Cory on 1 February 1883, in Marshall, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Gibbon, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years and Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States in 1930. She died on 17 April 1938, at the age of 77, and was buried in Kearney Cemetery, Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Edward Cory
1855–1946
Della Martha Edsall
1861–1938
Marriage: 1 February 1883
Susan Ethel Cory
1886–1976
Mildred Eleanor Cory
1896–1970

Sources (18)

  • Della Corey in household of Charles E Corey, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
  • Della Edsell, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Della Cory, "BillionGraves Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 February 1883Marshall, Iowa, United States
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1863

    Age 2

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

    1871

    Age 10

    Historical Boundaries: 1871: Buffalo, Nebraska, United States

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

    Age 21

    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    Name Meaning

    English (Hampshire): variant of Edser, a habitational name from High Edser in Ewhurst (Surrey), probably from an Old English personal name Ecgi + haga ‘enclosure’, or the Old English personal name Ecga+ sceaga ‘small wood’.

    It is possible that in some cases the name may be an Americanized form of German Etzel .

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

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