Brief Life History of Cora Elizabeth
When Cora Elizabeth Haskins was born on 4 June 1902, in Arbela, Scotland, Missouri, United States, her father, Loren David Haskins, was 41 and her mother, Mary Virginia Hise, was 41. She married Lester Carl Adams on 7 April 1920, in Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Ford, Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and Johnson, Wyoming, United States in 1930. She died on 26 July 1999, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Cora E Haskins in household of Mary V Haskins, "United States Census, 1920"
- Cora E Haskins, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Cora E. Adams, "Find A Grave Index"
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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
1909 · The Grand Opera House of Ogden Changes its name
Known as the Orpheum Theatre, the Opera House was built in 1890 because there was no play house located in the City. People came from all around to see the shows. When the name was changed to the Orpheum, different shows came about to please the viewers tastes and ideas.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Haskin , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: sometimes adopted for Ó hUiscín; see Haskin . More probably, however, it is an altered form of a diminutive of Fuarghus, a personal name meaning ‘cold vigor’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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