Edward Rivers Cole

Brief Life History of Edward Rivers

When Edward Rivers Cole was born on 19 March 1895, in Giles, Tennessee, United States, his father, Fletcher C. Cole, was 25 and his mother, Annette Gaines, was 32. He married Velma C Clark on 19 May 1923, in Giles, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Civil District 4, Carroll, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Lincoln, Tennessee, United States in 1930. He died in 1957, at the age of 62.

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Family Time Line

Edward Rivers Cole
1895–1957
Velma C Clark
1905–1992
Marriage: 19 May 1923
Edward W Cole
1924–1994
James Calvin Cole
1926–1928
Rivers Blakley Cole
1930–1999

Sources (12)

  • Edward R Cole, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Edward Cole, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Rivers Cole, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

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.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

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.

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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