Brief Life History of Ralph
Ralph Cole was born about 1789, in Waldoboro, Lincoln, Maine, United States. He married Nancy P Dickey on 30 October 1830, in Lincoln, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters.
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Sources (7)
- Ralph Cole, "United States Census, 1850"
- Ralph Cole, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Ralph Cole in entry for Maria A Packard, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
Spouse and Children
1789– Male
1797–1854 Female
Children (3)
about 1832–1866 Female
1835–1907 Female
about 1842– Male
World Events (8)
1789
Age 0
1804 · Whitehead Light
Age 15
1820
Age 31
Name Meaning
English: usually from the Middle English and Old French personal name Col(e), Coll(e), Coul(e), a pet form of Nicol (see Nichol and Nicholas ), a common personal name from the mid 13th century onward. English families with this name migrated to Scotland and to Ulster (especially Fermanagh).
English: occasionally perhaps from a different (early) Middle English personal name Col, of native English or Scandinavian origin. Old English Cola was originally a nickname from Old English col ‘coal’ in the sense ‘coal-black (of hair), swarthy’ and is the probable source of most of the examples in Domesday Book. In the northern and eastern counties of England settled by Vikings in the 10th and 11th centuries, alternative sources are Old Norse Kolr and Koli (either from a nickname ‘the swarthy one’ or a short form of names in Kol-), and Old Norse Kollr (from a nickname, perhaps ‘the bald one’).
English: nickname for someone with swarthy skin or black hair, from Middle English col, coul(e) ‘charcoal, coal’ (Old English col).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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