Brief Life History of May Estella
When May Estella Colegrove was born on 31 May 1896, in New York, United States, her father, Leslie Adelbert Colegrove, was 20 and her mother, Flora Emma Pelton, was 20. She had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Guy Adelbert Brown. She lived in Livonia, Livingston, New York, United States in 1915 and Monroe, New York, United States in 1920. She died in June 1986, in Livonia, Livonia, Livingston, New York, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Springwater, Springwater, Livingston, New York, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (18)
- May E Brown, "United States Census, 1940"
- U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- May Estella Colegrove in entry for Guy Adelbert Brown, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
Spouse and Children
1896–1958 Male
1896–1986 Female
Children (3)
1918–2007 Female
1919–2005 Male
1920–1994 Male
Parents and Siblings
1875–1918 Male
1876–1955 Female
Siblings (5)
1896–1986 Female
1897–1903 Female
1898–1979 Female
1902–1982 Male
1908–1997 Female
World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 2
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York
Age 21
1920
Age 24
Name Meaning
English (Oxfordshire): variant of Colgrove .
Probably an Americanized form of German Kohlgrube, a habitational name from any of twelve places so named, probably from Middle High German kol ‘coal’ + gruobe ‘pit’, or an altered form of Kohlgraf, an occupational name for an overseer of the coal trade.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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