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Elmer Clifford Cole 1908–1989 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Dec 1908

Birth Location: Merna, Custer, Nebraska, USA

Death Date: 20 Apr 1989

Death Location: Berwyn, Custer, Nebraska, United States of America

Father: Augustus Cole

Mother: Nellie Swick

Spouse(s): Lola Fretz, Lola Welte, Geneva Trotter

Children(s): Ronald Cole

Elmer Clifford Cole was born in 1908 in Merna, Custer, Nebraska, USA, the child of Augustus Eugene Gus Cole And Nellie Gertrude Swick. Elmer Clifford Cole married Geneva Mae Jenny Trotter, Lola Marie Fretz, Lola Marie Welte, and had children including Ronald Eugene Ron Cole. Elmer Clifford Cole passed away in 1989 in Berwyn, Custer, Nebraska, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Elmer Clifford Cole was born in 1908 in Merna, Custer, Nebraska, USA, the child of Augustus Eugene Gus Cole And Nellie Gertrude Swick.
  • Elmer Clifford Cole married Geneva Mae Jenny Trotter, Lola Marie Fretz, Lola Marie Welte, and had children including Ronald Eugene Ron Cole.
  • Elmer Clifford Cole passed away in 1989 in Berwyn, Custer, Nebraska, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Augustus Cole
1874–1919
Birth Location: Locke, Ingham, Michigan
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Nellie Swick
1886–1966
Birth Location: Jefferson, Jackson, Ohio, USA
NS

Spouses(s)

Lola Fretz
1919–1991
Birth Location: Comstock, Nebraska
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Lola Welte
1919–1991
Birth Location: Comstock, Custer, Nebraska
LW
Geneva Trotter
1910–1963
Birth Location: Berwyn, Custer, Nebraska, United States
GT

Children(s)

Ronald Cole
1946–
Birth Location: Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska, USA
RC

Elmer Cole's Ancestors

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Elmer Cole
1908–1989
Birth Place: Merna, Custer, Nebraska, USA
Parents
Augustus Eugene "Gus" Cole
1874–1919
Locke, Ingham, Michigan
Nellie (Gertrude) Swick
1886–1966
Jefferson, Jackson, Ohio, USA
Grandparents
Osborn (Clark) Swick
1850–1922
Morgan, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Eliza (Jane) Bass
1853–1922
Madison, Jackson, Ohio, USA
Great-Grandparents
Jonathan Bass
1822–1902
Harriet Cavender
1820–1890
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jonathan Bass
1799–1877
Elizabeth Short
1799–1849

Elmer Cole's Descendants

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Elmer (Clifford) Cole (25 Dec 1908–20 Apr 1989) m. Lola (Marie) Fretz (4 Sep 1919–8 Mar 1991) m. Lola (Marie) Welte (4 Sep 1919–8 Mar 1991) m. Geneva (Mae "Jenny") Trotter (14 May 1910–19 Feb 1963)
  1. 1. Ronald (Eugene "Ron") Cole 1946– m. Doris (C) Moninger 1945–2013

Elmer Cole's Timeline

2 Records

1908
25 Dec 1908
Birth of Elmer Clifford Cole in Merna, Custer, Nebraska, USA
Merna, Custer, Nebraska, USA
1989
20 Apr 1989
Age 81
Death of Elmer Clifford Cole in Berwyn, Custer, Nebraska, United States of America
Berwyn, Custer, Nebraska, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Dec 1908
    Event Place: Merna, Custer, Nebraska, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Apr 1989
    Event Place: Berwyn, Custer, Nebraska, United States of America
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