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Cora Idelia Hester 1883 – 1959 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 Jul 1883

Birth Location: Union, Iowa, USA

Death Date: 20 Jul 1959

Death Location: Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA

Father: Nelson Hester

Mother: Cornelia Hathaway

Spouse(s): Clarence Gillam

Children(s): Charles Gillam, Raymond Gillam, Gerald Gillam

Cora Idelia Hester was born in 1883 in Union, Iowa, USA, the child of Nelson Burgess Hester and Cornelia Melissa Hathaway. Cora Idelia Hester married Clarence Foster Gillam, and had children including Charles Leroy Gillam, Raymond Wesley Gillam, Gerald Wallace Gillam. Cora Idelia Hester passed away in 1959 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA.

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Biography

  • Cora Idelia Hester was born in 1883 in Union, Iowa, USA, the child of Nelson Burgess Hester and Cornelia Melissa Hathaway.
  • Cora Idelia Hester married Clarence Foster Gillam, and had children including Charles Leroy Gillam, Raymond Wesley Gillam, Gerald Wallace Gillam.
  • Cora Idelia Hester passed away in 1959 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nelson Hester
1829 – 1912
Birth Location: Wayne, Indiana, USA
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Cornelia Hathaway
1841 – 1905
Birth Location: Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, USA
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Spouses(s)

Clarence Gillam
1883 – 1946
Birth Location: Iowa, USA
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Children(s)

Charles Gillam
1906 – 1982
Birth Location: Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA
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Raymond Gillam
1908 – 1978
Birth Location: Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA
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Gerald Gillam
1914 – 1989
Birth Location: Lancaster, Nebraska, USA
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Cora Hester's Ancestors

Self
Cora Hester
1883 – 1959
Birth Place: Union, Iowa, USA
Parents
Nelson Burgess Hester
1829 – 1912
Wayne, Indiana, USA
Cornelia (Melissa) Hathaway
1841 – 1905
Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, USA
Grandparents
Henry Hester
1809 – 1837
Clinton, Ohio, USA
Elizabeth Reynolds
1807 – 1888
Orange, New York, USA
Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Reynolds
1779 – 1856
Anna Cornell
1786 – 1870
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Daniel Cornell
1760 – 1854
Elizabeth Birdsall
1760 – 1799

Cora Hester's Descendants

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Cora (Idelia) Hester (31 Jul 1883 – 20 Jul 1959) m. Clarence (Foster) Gillam (31 Jul 1883 – 4 Feb 1946)
  1. 1. Charles (Leroy) Gillam (18 Oct 1906 – 7 May 1982)
  2. 2. Raymond (Wesley) Gillam (14 Jul 1908 – 14 May 1978) m. Gladys Gillam (1911 – )
    1. 1. Wesley (Leroy) Gillam (15 Dec 1929 – 7 May 2008)
  3. 3. Gerald (Wallace) Gillam (15 Feb 1914 – 26 Mar 1989)

Cora Hester's Timeline

2 Records

1883
31 Jul 1883
Birth of Cora Idelia Hester in Union, Iowa, USA
Union, Iowa, USA
1959
20 Jul 1959
Age 76
Death of Cora Idelia Hester in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA
Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 Jul 1883
    Event Place: Union, Iowa, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Jul 1959
    Event Place: Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA
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