Brief Life History of Cora
When Cora Cooksey was born on 8 January 1895, in Northfield, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, William Addison Cooksy, was 33 and her mother, Mary or Maria Tourangeau, was 30. She married Oscar Henry Benz about 1915, in Kansas, United States. She lived in Deerfield, Lake, Illinois, United States in 1930 and Marion Township, Linn, Iowa, United States in 1950. She died on 1 July 1985, at the age of 90, and was buried in North Chicago, Lake, Illinois, United States.
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- Cora Benz, "United States Census, 1930"
- Cora Mae Cooksy, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949"
- Cora M. Cooksy, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968"
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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.
1910 · Boy Scouts of America
When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): habitational name from a place in Worcestershire named Cooksey, from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Cucu (perhaps a byname from Old English cwicu ‘lively’) + Old English ēg ‘island’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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