Individual Details
Cora Alma Gardner
(21 Jul 1876 - 23 Jun 1963)
In June 2001, I requested a copy of Cora's birth certificate from Hamilton County, OH. I used the date 21 Jul 1876 from Cora's death certificate. The 1910 census lists Jul 1878 as Cora's birth date. Perhaps another search should be done to try and find her birth certificate.
In the 1910 Cook County, IL census, Cora stated that she had had four children, only one of which was still alive.
Cora was a member of Telephone Pioneers of America
quote: "Don't take yourself too seriously; nobody else does."
Cora's death certificate lists her as a widow but we know that George had left earlier and was remarried. Cora always considered herself a widow. Further research needs to be done to try and locate divorce documents if they exist.
Events
| Birth | 21 Jul 1876 | Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH |  | ||
| Birth | Jul 1878 | OH | | ||
| Marriage | 13 Apr 1902 | St Joseph, Berrien, MI - George Barnett McKillip | | ||
| Divorce filed | 28 Dec 1915 | Chicago, Cook, IL - George Barnett McKillip | | ||
| Divorce | Mar 1916 | Chicago, Cook, IL - George Barnett McKillip | | ||
| Residence | 12 Sep 1918 | 3821 West End Ave, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Residence | Bet 1953 and 1963 | 376 Shenstone Road, Riverside, Cook, IL | | ||
| Death | 23 Jun 1963 | Pneumonia and asthma - MacNeal Memorial Hospital, Berwyn, Cook, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Burial | 25 Jun 1963 | Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL | | ||
| Funeral | 25 Jun 1963 | Abram & Son Home for Funerals, 6910 Windsor Ave., Berwyn, Cook, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Occupation | Stenographer, Western Electric |
Families
| Spouse | George Barnett McKillip (1879 - 1949) |
| Child | William Glenn McKillip (1900 - 1963) |
| Child | Georgia Marie McKillip (1902 - 1910) |
| Child | McKillip (1910 - 1910) |
| Child | McKillip (1916 - 1916) |
| Father | Benjamin Fulton Gardner ( - ) |
| Mother | Mary Moroney ( - ) |
| Sibling | Roscoe Gardner ( - ) |
| Sibling | Robert Gardner ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. State of Illinios, Department of Public Health, Cora Alma Gardner Death Certificate.
2. US Census, Cook Co., IL, 1910, ED 312, 32B/4.
3. Superior Court, Cook County, IL, McKillip v. McKillip, Bill of Complaint (Filed 28 Dec 1915).
4. Superior Court, Cook County, IL, McKillip v. McKillip, Bill of Complaint (Filed 28 Dec 1915).
5. Superior Court of Cook County, State of Illinois, McKillip v. McKillip, Decree For Divorce Filed 15 Mar 1916 (Decree #319778).
6. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Registration State: Montana; Registration County: Cascade; Roll: 1684106.
7. State of Illinios, Department of Public Health, Cora Alma Gardner Death Certificate.
8. State of Illinios, Department of Public Health, Cora Alma Gardner Death Certificate.
9. State of Illinios, Department of Public Health, Cora Alma Gardner Death Certificate.
10. State of Illinios, Department of Public Health, Cora Alma Gardner Death Certificate.