Ethel Cora Coller (1892 - 1987)

Born 27 Apr 1892 in Snover, Sanilac, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 8 Jun 1987 at age 95 in Cass City, Tuscola, Michigan, United States

Biography

The daughter of William Coller and Ada (Caines) Coller, Ethel was born in Snover in 1892.^[1] She lived there with her family.^[2][3] She made her way west, residing in 1920 in San Francisco, in the household of Dr. Albion W. Hewlett, a physician at the University of California, for whom she worked as a maid.^[4] In 1930, she lodged in an apartment house in San Francisco with William and Addie Robins, working as a public school teacher.^[5] She taught school in San Francisco's public schools for 40 years,^[6]returning to Michigan after her retirement in 1956. She then lived in Detroit and in Cass City.^[6] She passed away at Provincial House in Deford, Michigan at the age of 95^[7] and is buried with her family at Johnson Cemetery in Lamotte Township.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4Z-SDQL : 19 July 2021), Ethel Cora Coller, 27 Apr 1892; citing Birth, various county courts, Michigan.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9BV-ZG8 : accessed 4 February 2022), Ethel Coller in household of William Coller, Lamotte township, Sanilac, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 127, sheet 8B, family 162, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,743.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLT3-43R : accessed 4 February 2022), Ethel C Coller in household of William E Coller, Lamotte, Sanilac, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 143, sheet 3A, family 50, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 674; FHL microfilm 1,374,687.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHW5-7RJ : 31 January 2021), Ethel Coller, 1920.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCN7-PDY : accessed 4 February 2022), Ethel Cora Coller in household of William E Robins, San Francisco (Districts 251-409), San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 352, sheet 8B, line 91, family 213, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 208; FHL microfilm 2,339,943.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 [citation needed]}
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3GG-DJ4 : 11 January 2021), Ethel Coller, Jun 1987; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #75841341