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Emma Cole 1860 – 1943 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Mar 1860

Birth Location: Simcoe Ontario Canada

Death Date: 3 Apr 1943

Death Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Father: Benjamin Cole

Mother: Mary Harper

Spouse(s): Charles Smith, Morris Downs

Children(s): Ethel Smith

Early life: Emma Cole arrived in Simcoe Ontario Canada in 1860, born to Benjamin Cole and Mary Jane Harper. Over time, Emma Cole formed a family with Charles Covington Smith and Morris Downs, which included Ethel May Smith. Emma Cole concluded life in Chicago, Cook, Illinois in 1943.

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Parents

Benjamin Cole
Birth Location: England
BC
Mary Harper
Birth Location: Ontario, Canada
MH

Spouses(s)

Charles Smith
Birth Location: –
CS
Morris Downs
1870 –
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
MD

Children(s)

Ethel Smith
1883 – 1968
Birth Location: Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
ES

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 3 Mar 1860
    Event Place: Simcoe Ontario Canada

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00940; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 103-617

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: , Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00940; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 103-617

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: 11611 Lafayette Ave
    Record Source: Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 3 Apr 1943
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 5 Apr 1943
    Event Place: Worth
    Record Source: Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947

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