Individual Details
Elvira C. COTTLE
(24 Jul 1853 - 11 Oct 1945)
Source 7: 1880, not with parents.
Source 8: 1870, in school.
From mother's grave record:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Cottle&GSfn=Abigail&GSby=1820&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1909&GSdyrel=in&GSst=40&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=16730372&df=all&
Events
| Birth | 24 Jul 1853 | Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States |  |  | |
| Residence | 1 Jun 1860 | Waterville, Kennebec, Maine, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1 Jun 1870 | (with parents) - Beech Creek, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1873 | Thomas J. CONFER | | | |
| Census (family) | 1880 | Beech Creek, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States - Thomas J. CONFER | | ||
| Census (family) | 1900 | Beech Creek, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States - Thomas J. CONFER | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 18 Sep 1909 | was named as surviving in mother's obit | |||
| Census (family) | 1910 | Beech Creek, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States - Thomas J. CONFER | |||
| Census (family) | 1920 | Beech Creek, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States - Thomas J. CONFER | |||
| Residence (family) | Jan 1932 | Beech Creek, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States - Thomas J. CONFER | | ||
| Residence | 14 Jan 1937 | Beech Creek, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1944 | 102 Susquehanna Ave, Lock Haven, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Death | 11 Oct 1945 | at her residence from myocarditis and arteriosclerosis - 102 Susquehanna Ave, Lock Haven, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Burial | 14 Oct 1945 | Blanchard, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Alt name | Alvira COTTLE | ||||
| Occupation | housewife | |
Families
| Spouse | Thomas J. CONFER (1844 - 1923) |
| Child | Elsie A CONFER (1874 - 1957) |
| Child | Emerson M. CONFER (1877 - ) |
| Child | Estela D. CONFER (1879 - ) |
| Child | Cora Cobin CONFER (1881 - 1960) |
| Child | Ethel E. CONFER (1883 - 1968) |
| Child | Virginia B. CONFER (1886 - ) |
| Child | Austin D. CONFER (1898 - 1982) |
| Father | Albert COTTLE (1819 - 1901) |
| Mother | Abigail Sowles ABBOTT (1820 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Albina Jane COTTLE (1847 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Augusta Elizabeth COTTLE (1849 - 1921) |
| Sibling | Leslie Albert COTTLE (1851 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Livonia True COTTLE (1856 - 1929) |
| Sibling | Emma Frances COTTLE (1860 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Elnora Miles "Nora" COTTLE (1863 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Consistent with...1860 census, 1870 census
2 email notes from Justin Houser
However...
The Waterville Genealogy says she was born abt 1856, probably in Waterville.
Marriage
Mentioned as Elvira Confer and Mrs Thomas Confer in probate of father's willFrom bride's mother's grave record:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Cottle&GSfn=Abigail&GSby=1820&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1909&GSdyrel=in&GSst=40&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=16730372&df=all&
Consistent with 1900 Census, Beech Creek, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA
Residence
According to the death certificate, she had lived in Lock Haven only 1-1/2 years. The informant, Ethel Confer, is listed as living at the same address.Endnotes
1. Cindy Spaulding, "Early Waterville Maine Families," online database, Mike Spaulding, Waterville Genealogy (watervillegenealogy.com: accessed 30 August 2014), entry for Abigail Abbott.
2. Justin Houser, , to James W Moore, email note, 30 April 2015, "Re: Abbott, Cottle, English, Hicks families," "Email, HouserJustin, 150430 re Confer.pdf", The Moore Family Genealogy; privately held by Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2015. In response to a request for data re Abbott, Cottle, English, Hicks families.
3. Justin Houser, , to James W Moore, email note, 4 May 2015, "Re: Abbott, Cottle, English, Hicks families,"; privately held by Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854. In response to a request for data re Abbott, Cottle, English, Hicks families.
4. 1860 U. S. census, Kennebec County, Maine||Kennebec Co., ME, populations schedule, Waterville, p 30 (handwritten), lines 11-20, dwelling 194, family 214, Albert Cottle family; database index with images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDC3-42C : accessed 8 May 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington DC: National Archives and Records Administration).
5. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: downloaded 22 May 2018) , 1945 > 082201-084750, image 3226, Elvira Confer, Cert #84458, filed 13 Oct 1945; citing Pennsylvania (State), Death certificates, 1906–1968, Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
6. 1860 U. S. census, Kennebec County, Maine||Kennebec Co., ME, populations schedule, Waterville, p 30 (handwritten), lines 11-20, dwelling 194, family 214, Albert Cottle family; database index with images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDC3-42C : accessed 8 May 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington DC: National Archives and Records Administration).
7. 1870 U. S. census, Clinton County, Pennsylvania||Clinton Co., PA, population schedule, Beech Creek township, p 13 (handwritten), p 371 (stamped), lines 12-19, dwelling 82, family 84, Albert Cotter (sic) family; database index with images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGC-BNP : accessed 12 May 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,827.
8. Justin Houser, , to James W Moore, email note, 30 April 2015, "Re: Abbott, Cottle, English, Hicks families," "Email, HouserJustin, 150430 re Confer.pdf", The Moore Family Genealogy; privately held by Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2015. In response to a request for data re Abbott, Cottle, English, Hicks families.
9. Justin Houser, , to James W Moore, email note, 4 May 2015, "Re: Abbott, Cottle, English, Hicks families,"; privately held by Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854. In response to a request for data re Abbott, Cottle, English, Hicks families.
10. Clinton (County, PA) Republican, (Lock Haven, PA), 6 November 1901, page 4, column 4, paper copy; Annie Halenbake Ross Library, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Copy made by library staff, apparently from microfilm.
11. Justin Houser, , to James W Moore, email note, 4 May 2015, "Re: Abbott, Cottle, English, Hicks families,"; privately held by Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854. In response to a request for data re Abbott, Cottle, English, Hicks families.
12. Justin Houser, , to James W Moore, email note, 4 May 2015, "Re: Abbott, Cottle, English, Hicks families,"; privately held by Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854. In response to a request for data re Abbott, Cottle, English, Hicks families.
13. "Mrs. Albina Marsden [sic] Dies at Son's Home at Beech Creek," (Williamsport, PA) Gazette and Bulletin, 19 January 1932, p. 13, col. 5-6; online images, MyHeritage, Pennsylvania Newspapers, 1795-2009 (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10606-969513/gazette-and-bulletin : downloaded 19 May 2018).
14. "Drops Dead After Completing Chores", in transcription of obituary of Mrs. John (Emma Cottle) Ober, , privately held by Cameron County Historical Society, , Emporium, PA. Emporium Press-Independent, 21 Jan 1937, p. 1. Posted to Ancestry.com by Terri Burke, Ridgway, PA, on 16 Jan 2019, https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/75390868/person/262036217387/media/7fe97fee-4775-4447-98bf-45a142a8691c.
15. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: downloaded 22 May 2018) , 1945 > 082201-084750, image 3226, Elvira Confer, Cert #84458, filed 13 Oct 1945; citing Pennsylvania (State), Death certificates, 1906–1968, Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
16. Cindy Spaulding, "Early Waterville Maine Families," online database, Mike Spaulding, Waterville Genealogy (watervillegenealogy.com: accessed 30 August 2014), entry for Abigail Abbott.
17. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: downloaded 22 May 2018) , 1945 > 082201-084750, image 3226, Elvira Confer, Cert #84458, filed 13 Oct 1945; citing Pennsylvania (State), Death certificates, 1906–1968, Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
18. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: downloaded 22 May 2018) , 1945 > 082201-084750, image 3226, Elvira Confer, Cert #84458, filed 13 Oct 1945; citing Pennsylvania (State), Death certificates, 1906–1968, Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
19. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: downloaded 22 May 2018) , 1945 > 082201-084750, image 3226, Elvira Confer, Cert #84458, filed 13 Oct 1945; citing Pennsylvania (State), Death certificates, 1906–1968, Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.