Cora Ann Eaton (1891 - 1991)

Born 13 Jun 1891 in North Fayston, Fayston, Washington, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William George Conrad — married 7 Oct 1913 in North Fayston, Vt

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1991 at age 100 in Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Bill Seguin [send private message]

Biography

Cora Ann Eaton Conrad

She is the daughter of Lawrence Eaton and Anne Eliza Tucker

It seems that Jeanette Tucker, Grandma's Sister went to Lowell, Mass. and worked as cook in a boarding house and after a time rented space and ran a boarding house of her own, serving about 50 people. Grandma Eaton must have gone to visit her for a short time and helped with the cooking. In truth Eliza Tucker was a practical nurse and mid-wife who brought many babies into the world in the North Fayston - Waitsfield area. she delivered all of her four daughters children. My mother Cora visited Aunt "Net" and this where she met my Father who left Nova Scotia at 19 to see the world. He and a friend landed in Boston and didn't like it so went on to Lowell. My Father met Aunt Net at a Salvation Army meeting to which they both belonged. Aunt Net took a liking to my Father and asked him to come to the boarding house where she worked. Later on, he worked at night in her establishment for free board and room. Jeanette Tucker never married and in her old age came to Moretown where my folks cared for her until she died. My Mother met my Father while visiting Aunt Net." - Verna

Apparently, Cora sought work, perhaps typical for the time, as a servant in other's homes. There is a post card dated 1911. It is difficult to read the name of the sender, but sent from West Topsham, east of Barre. Loyd Hight owned a general store there. wife Ardelia (Ola) Cunningham.

Here is a biographical article.

Cora Eaton Conrad celebrates 100th on June 13

by Lisa Loomis

Cora Eaton Conrad, who turns 100 years old on June 13, attributes her long life to a proper diet, including a big bowl of oatmeal every morning and lots of milk.

Cora Eaton Conrad, the daughter of Lawrence Brown Eaton and Eliza Tucker Eaton was born in North Fayston in 1891. She attended Waitsfield and Fayston schools.

While visiting an aunt in Lowell Massachusetts, she met her future husband, William Conrad, a native of Liverpool, Nova Scotia.

MOTHER PREVAILED

"My mother wanted to farm and my father was quite religious. He had a friend in Lowell who wanted to send him to theology school, but my mother prevailed. He knew nothing about farming and got his 'on-the-job-training' from my mother who had grown up with it," daughter Verna Conrad Seguin of Moretown recalled.

The couple returned to Moretown and purchased the farm where they lived for 72 years. During that time, in addition to raising three children (Verna, Winston Lawrence, and Churchill Perry), Cora Conrad helped with the farm work and the maple sugaring. She loved horses and was “quite a horsewoman in her day," according to her daughter.

"She had a driving horse, a buggy, and an open sleigh, complete with bells. In the winter, she'd bundle me up and my two small brothers, and drive 'Up street' to shop at Wilcox's and Ward's stores," Seguin said.

Conrad, in her day, was an excellent cook and was well known for her home made bread and the pies which she sold at her vegetable stand. "Coming home from school every day, we'd smell fresh baked bread, and of course, we got to eat it every day. But I don't think we appreciated it at the time. I do remember that we loved to come home and smell the fresh bread in the kitchen. I've never had bread as good as hers," Seguin recalled.

Conrad now lives at the Heaton House on Heaton Street in Montpelier. Until a year and a half ago, she lived at her Moretown home. A very strong-willed woman, she insisted on living independently as long as possible. Her husband died in 1980, and her daughter put her into a nursing home only when she could no longer care for herself.

"Mother is still physically very healthy. She never drank or smoked and she got plenty of exercise on the farm. Her mind is not now as good as it was, but until a year and a half ago, she was still very alert and living on her own in the house where I was raised," Seguin said.

"l don't know if I could state what the best advice was that I ever got from my mother. She was very, very strict with us, both parents were. They showed us more by example than anything else I guess. She never spanked us, she'd just talk to us, and it worked," Seguin concluded.

Information paraphrased, in part, from the obituary.

MORETOWN — Cora Ann Conrad, 100, a lifelong Moretown resident, died Dec. 23, 1991 in Heaton House in Montpelier. She was educated in North Fayston and Waitsfield schools. Her greatest love was her home and aiding her husband on the dairy farm in Moretown which they owned for 72-years. She earned a reputation as an excellent cook and sold baked goods and bread at a vegetable stand she operated at her home for many years. She was a member of the Moretown United Methodist Church.

Birth

Cora was born in 13 Jun 1891 North Fayston, Vermont ^[1]

Marriage

She married 07 Oct 1913, William Conrad of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, in North Fayston, Vermont ^[2]

He died in 1980.

Death

She passed away 23 Dec 1991, Montpelier, Washington, Vermont ^[3]

A funeral service was held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Moretown United Methodist Church with the Rev. Kandice Joyce, pastor, officiating.

Burial

Irasville Cemetery, Waitsfield, Vermont - Find A Grave Index ^[4]

Family

Survivors include a daughter, Verna Conrad Sequin and her husband, Raymond Sequin of Moretown; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Two sons, Winston Conrad and Perry Conrad, and a grandson, James Conrad, are deceased.

Research Notes

Name: Cora A. Eaton

Event Type: Birth

Event Date: 13 Jun 1891

Event Place: Vermont, United States

Gender: Female

Father's Name: Lawrence B. Eaton

Mother's Name: Eliza Tucker

GS Film Number: 540086

Digital Folder Number: 004005506

Image Number: 01215

Name: William George Coward

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 07 Oct 1913

Event Place: Fayston, Washington, Vermont, United States

Gender: Male

Spouse's Name: Cora A Eaton

• Name: Cora Ann Eaton Conrad

Event Type: Death

Event Date: 23 Dec 1991

Event Place: Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, United States

Gender: Female

Father's Name: Lawrence B Eaton

Mother's Name: Eliza Tucker

Digital Folder Number: 7030607

Image Number: 02069

Sources

1. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (: 18 October 2017), Cora A. Eaton, 13 Jun 1891, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 540,086.
2. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (: 6 December 2014), William George Coward and Cora A Eaton, Marriage, 07 Oct 1913, Fayston, Washington, Vermont, United States; from "Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008," and "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908." Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington and New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.
3. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (: 12 November 2017), Cora Ann Eaton Conrad, Death, 23 Dec 1991, Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, United States; from "Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008," and "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908." Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington and New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68057416/cora-ann-conrad