Mary Susan Cohernour

Brief Life History of Mary Susan

When Mary Susan Cohernour was born on 4 March 1904, in Hughart, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, her father, Joseph B Cohernour, was 51 and her mother, Mary Francis “Malinda” Eagle, was 41. She married Gus Lekas on 4 October 1923, in Lucas, Ohio, United States. She lived in Williamsburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Woodville, Sandusky, Ohio, United States in 1930. She died on 10 January 1988, in Denver, Colorado, United States, at the age of 83.

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Gus Lekas
1899–
Mary Susan Cohernour
1904–1988
Marriage: 4 October 1923

Sources (7)

  • Mary Zekas in household of Gustave Zekas, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Mary Susan Cohernour, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
  • Mary Cohernour, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

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World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1913 · The Woolworth Building Opens as the Tallest Building in the World

At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Gochenour .

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

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