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Cora Palmer

Cora Palmer



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  1. 1.  Cora PalmerCora Palmer was born in Feb 1880 in Frederick, Maryland, USA; died on 5 May 1941 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Cora Tall
    • Residence: 915 Capital street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Head
    • Residence: 1910, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife
    • Residence: 1920, Ward 3, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Race: Mulatto Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married
    • Residence: 1941, 915 Capital street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

    Notes:

    Cora Palmer was born in February 1880 in Frederick, Maryland, the daughter of Emma and John. She had one son with George Ockamie Tall in 1899. She died on May 5, 1941, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, at the age of 61, and was buried in Penbrook, Pennsylvania.

    MRS. GEORGE TALL
    Mrs. Cora Tall, 58, wife of George, 915 Capital street, died Monday in a local hospital. She is survived, in addition to her husband, by three sisters, Mrs. Olivia E. Luby, Frederick, Md.; Mrs. Alice Douglas, Baltimore, and Miss Hester P. Duffin, Hagerstown, and an uncle in Harrisburg.
    She was a member of Bethel A. M. E. Church, the Galilean Fisherman Lodge, and the Household of Ruth, all of Harrisburg, and the Elks Lodge, Lancaster. Services will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at Bethel Church, the pastor, the Rev. C. H. Fountain, officiating. Burial will be in Lincoln Cemetery. Friends may visit the Hooper funeral home, 604 Forster street, tonight after 7 o'clock.

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery

    Family/Spouse: George Ockamie Tall. George (son of George Frederick Tall and Harriet W Cute) was born in Sep 1876 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA; died on 25 Mar 1945 in Swatara, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Harry Palmer  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1899 in Maryland, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Harry PalmerHarry Palmer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Cora1) was born in 1899 in Maryland, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1900, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
    • Residence: 1910, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son




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