Cordelia Octavia Downs

Brief Life History of Cordelia Octavia

When Cordelia Octavia Downs was born on 19 October 1889, in Alabama, United States, her father, Thomas Lee Allen Downs, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth Ellen Gilbert, was 22. She married George Darris Hulgan on 3 December 1911, in DeKalb, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Election Precinct 17 Graham, DeKalb, Alabama, United States for about 20 years and Election Precinct 5 Jay Bird, Marshall, Alabama, United States in 1940. She died on 14 August 1960, in Alabama, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Boaz, Marshall, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Darris Hulgan
1884–1946
Cordelia Octavia Downs
1889–1960
Marriage: 3 December 1911
Mildred Louise Hulgan
1913–1981

Sources (12)

  • Octavia Hulgan in household of George D Hulgan, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Octavie Downs, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Cordelia O. Hulgan, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

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World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1890 · Woman's Suffrage

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

Name Meaning

English and Irish: variant of Downes .

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

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