Brief Life History of Robert J
When Robert J Cole was born on 20 November 1911, in Sharon, Weakley, Tennessee, United States, his father, Johnnie Pearl Cole, was 26 and his mother, Rebecca Lee Dortch, was 23. He married Bernice Jones on 9 March 1940, in Obion, Tennessee, United States. He lived in Weakley, Tennessee, United States in 1930 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 7 April 1988, in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Corinth Cemetery, Sharon, Weakley, Tennessee, United States.
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- Robert J Cole, "United States 1950 Census"
- R J Cole, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Robert Cole, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
1919 · The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
During the Chicago race riot, which was raised by racial conflicts throughout Chicago, thirty-eight people died (23 black and 15 white) and over five hundred were injured. It is considered the worst of the approximately 25 riots during the Red Summer and was the worst race riot in Illinois.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
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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