Cora May Harding
Female, #408, (9 June 1868 - 23 October 1952)
Cora May Harding|b. 9 Jun 1868\nd. 23 Oct 1952|p408.htm|George Harding|b. 17 Dec 1837\nd. 25 Apr 1910|p407.htm|Ruth Melinda Delvey|b. 15 Jun 1838\nd. 9 Sep 1923|p222.htm|Alpheus Harding|b. 3 May 1809\nd. 18 Dec 1898|p405.htm|Catharine M. Wheeler|b. 26 Jun 1818\nd. 13 Aug 1872|p406.htm|Joseph Delvey|b. 19 Feb 1803\nd. 2 Aug 1848|p220.htm|Mary Wheaton|b. 15 Nov 1806\nd. 16 Oct 1844|p221.htm|
Cora (Harding) (Ward) Crosby
Cora May Harding was born on 9 June 1868 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Allred (2002) gives her birth date as 4 June 1868.1,5,2,4 She was the daughter of George Harding and Ruth Melinda Delvey.1,2,3,4 Cora May Harding is listed in the family of George Harding and Ruth Melinda Delvey in 1880 census in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts.6 On 22 October 1885 in Brush Valley, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Cora married Everett Daniel Ward, son of Deacon Thomas Harris Ward and Esther Kellogg Mayo.1,2,7,5 On 23 May 1926 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Cora married Robert Daniel Crosby. The marriage was kept a secret until Tuesday, the 25th, when the marriage certificate was returned to the town clerk's office.2,8 Cora May Harding and Robert Daniel Crosby lived after 23 May 1926 in 19 Howe Street, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts.8 Cora May Harding died on Thursday, 23 October 1952 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, at age 84 years, 4 months and 14 days.2,7,5 She was buried in Tully Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts.9- Charts
- Ancestry of Robert Roy
Children of Cora May Harding and Everett Daniel Ward
- Harold Harding Ward+ (22 Jan 1887 - 14 Feb 1973)1,2,7
- Ruth Esther Ward+ (9 Jul 1889 - 28 Dec 1980)1,2,7
- Grace Ella Ward+ (19 Sep 1892 - 16 Feb 1971)1,2,7
- Margaret Nowell Ward+ (29 Jun 1900 - 4 Dec 1998)1,2,7,10,11
- Lawrence Carlyle Ward+ (18 Jul 1910 - 12 Feb 1985)2,7,12
Citations
- Roper, Kenneth L.. The Ropers A Biographical Record from Circa 1300 to 1982. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982.
- Brodeur, Diane, "Descendants of Ruth Melinda Delvey." Manuscript, Oxford, Massachusetts, 1981.
- Thayer, Florine Delvey. Delvey Genealogy. Warwick, Massachusetts: manuscript, 1968.
- Allred, Paul W.. Descendants of Peter Delvee. N.p.: manuscript, 11 November 2002.
- Roy, Robert Alan. Extracts from the Genealogical Files of Barbara Crosby. Orange, Massachusetts: manuscript, 1980.
- United States Census 1880 for Massachusetts.
- Crosby, Barbara. The Ward Family of 11 Children. Orange, Massachusetts: manuscript, circa 1950.
- Unknown newspaper, Massachusetts, 1926.
- Personal Knowledge of Robert Alan Roy.
- Wedding Invitation of Ward, Margaret Nowell to Stone, Donald Herrick.
- Athol Daily News, Athol, Massachusetts, 5 December 1998.
- Unknown newspaper, South Carolina, 14 February 1985.