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Cora May Bisbee

Female 1880 - 1965  (85 years)

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  • Name Cora May Bisbee  [1, 2]
    Birth 12 May 1880  , Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1 Jun 1880  Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 20 Jun 1900  Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 15 Apr 1910  Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 6 Jan 1920  Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Census 10 Apr 1930  Waterford Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Death 6 Sep 1965  [4, 5] 
    Burial Waterford Cemetery, Waterford, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Person ID I109  Bisbee
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2010

    Father Charles Andrews Bisbee,   b. 17 Nov 1846, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1929, , Eastland, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Mother Mary Jane Estes,   b. Sep 1850, , Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1918, , Eastland, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Marriage 30 Jan 1878  Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 11, 12] 
    • Charles' younger sister Olive S. Bisbee married Charles Daniels and they were living in Cisco, Texas, by 1884. No doubt they maintained contact with Charles, because in 1895, Charles Andrew Bisbee moved his family to Cisco also. Left behind was his eldest daughter, Cora May who was said to have never seen them again. One of his sons, Elmer Myron, recalled beginning the trip with a long wagon ride, then boarding a train that took them to Texas (as told to Bobbie Ray Bisbee, Cisco, Texas.)

      According to his great grandson, Bobbie Bisbee of Cisco, Charles Andrew deeded all his mineral and oil rights to an orphanage at Weatherford, Texas, near Fort Worth. The orphanage no longer exists.

      Granddaughter Ruth Bisbee Lamb (deceased) recalled that Charles Andrew was a tall man with blue eyes, and he always had a bit of peppermint candy for the children. He often worked in his potato garden, even on cold, damp days, an activity that probably contributed to his death. She remembered that Charles Andrew was buried on a wet, muddy day (in 1929). He was taken from his house to the nearby cemetery in the back of (son) Jessie's pickup truck which slipped and slid in the mud. Ruth feared the casket would slide off the back of the truck (it didn't).
    Family ID F61  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles Elijah Kimmy,   b. 6 Jul 1874, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1961, North East, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Marriage 22 Dec 1895  [4, 5, 13] 
    Children 
     1. Leah Gay Kimmy,   b. 30 May 1897   d. 3 Jul 1897 (Age 0 years)
     2. Infant Kimmy,   b. Abt 1899   d. Abt 1899 (Age 0 years)
     3. Infant Kimmy,   b. Abt 1900   d. Abt 1900 (Age 0 years)
     4. Kenneth Victor Kimmy,   b. 19 Mar 1901   d. 3 Jul 1991 (Age 90 years)
     5. Richard James Kimmy,   b. 18 Oct 1903   d. 6 Feb 1970 (Age 66 years)
    +6. Verna Frances Kimmy,   b. 25 Oct 1905   d. Feb 1968, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    +7. Mildred Goldie Kimmy,   b. 30 Apr 1908   d. 13 Jun 1997, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     8. Leo Charles Kimmy,   b. 30 Apr 1916   d. 22 Jun 1995, North East, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     9. Freda Gladys Kimmy,   b. 25 Dec 1918   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F111  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 May 1880 - , Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1880 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 20 Jun 1900 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 15 Apr 1910 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 6 Jan 1920 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 10 Apr 1930 - Waterford Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Waterford Cemetery, Waterford, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • This eldest child of Charles Andrew and Mary Jane (Estes) Bisbee was left behind when the family migrated to Cisco, Texas, in 1895, in order that she be able to marry her sweetheart, Charles Kimmy; she was 15 years old at the time of her marriage. Her first three babies died very soon after birth. [5, 14]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 59.

    2. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 14.

    3. [S1606] Kimmy, Charles E: Obit (Erie), (Erie, Pennsylvania, Friday, March 17, 1961).

    4. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 131.

    5. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 27.

    6. [S1812] Bisbee, Sally Ann (I27): 1880 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T9, roll 127; enumeration district (ED) 140, enumerated page 2, master page 1B, line 21, dwelling 15, family 15; image downloaded 8/30/2008), 1880-Amity.140.2.jpg.

    7. [S2105] Estes, Samuel (I107): 1900 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T623, roll 1407; enumeration district (ED) 61, sheet 8, page 29B, line 71, dwelling 187, family 187; image downloaded 11/7/2008.), 1900-Amity.61.16.jpg.

    8. [S22] Kimmy, Charles Elijah (I232): 1910 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2006): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T624, roll 1341, enumeration district (ED) 57, sheet 1A, page 100A, line 28, dwelling 9, family 9; image accessed 1/3/2009.), 1910.PA.Erie.Amity.57.1.

    9. [S23] Kimmy, Charles Elijah (I232): 1920 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T625, roll 1565, enumeration district (ED) 60, sheet 1B, page 17A, line 63, dwelling 17, family 17; image accessed 1/3/2009), 1920.PA.Erie.Amity.60.2.

    10. [S24] Kimmy, Charles Elijah (I232): 1930 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2002): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T626, roll 2038, enumeration district (ED) 144, sheet 2B, page 215B, line 87, dwelling 49, family 50; image accessed 1/3/2009.), 1930.PA.Erie.Waterford.144.4.

    11. [S1459] Bisbee, Charles Andrew: Marriage Announcement, (Erie, Pennsylvania).

    12. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 58.

    13. [S445] Harry Walden, hmwalden@cox-internet.com, Kimmy, Charles Elijah: Genealogy (Walden), (Online at , no sources given).

    14. [S25] M. J. Bisbee, GRS, Shaffer, Freda Gladys Kimmy Woods: Personal Records, (self published, Erie, PA 1974 Personal records of Freda Gladys Kimmy Woods Shaffer provided in 1973 to Margaret J. Bisbee (deceased). Original records lost, probably destroyed about 1982.), 27.