Cornelia Nellie Frost

Brief Life History of Cornelia Nellie

When Cornelia Nellie Frost was born in 1874, in Guthrie, Iowa, United States, her father, Luther Frost, was 52 and her mother, Zilpha Jennings Duer, was 41. She married Shannon Castle Armstrong on 11 July 1903, in Guthrie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Highland Township, Guthrie, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Bayard, Guthrie, Iowa, United States in 1940. She died in 1948, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in United States.

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Family Time Line

Shannon Castle Armstrong
1878–1962
Cornelia Nellie Frost
1874–1948
Marriage: 11 July 1903
Oscar Frank Armstrong
1905–1932
Ralph Ellsworth Armstrong
1905–1932
Flossie Aletha Armstrong
1907–1994
Jessie Marie Armstrong
1909–1972
Zilpha Eileen Armstrong
1911–2000
Kathryn Mary Armstrong
1913–1973
Ruth A Armstrong
1916–
Lenore Audry Armstrong
1919–1976

Sources (27)

  • Cornie Frost in household of Luther Frost, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Cornelia Frost - birth-name: Cornelia Frost
  • Cornie Nellie Frost, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

World Events (8)

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.

1882

Historical Boundaries: 1882: Guthrie, Iowa, United States

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, German, Danish, and Swedish: nickname for someone who suffers from being cold, or perhaps used in the sense ‘frosty, cold as frost, without warmth of feeling’, or perhaps ‘having the appearance of being covered with frost’ for one with white hair or a white beard. From Old English, Old High German, Old Norse frost ‘frost’.

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

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