Born about in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Charles Edward Bly
and Eva Ellen (Dellinger) Bly
Sister of
Minnie Catherine (Bly) Boyer, Henry Richard Bly, Charles Franklin Bly, Ada Caroline (Bly) Racey, Marion Luther Bly, Bertha May (Bly) Racey, Raymond Harry Bly and Estella Virginia (Bly) Nace
Wife of
Earl Franklin Cooley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Betty Darlene (Cooley) Ruggiero and [private daughter (1930s - unknown)]
Died
at about age 77
in Hanover, York, Pennsylvania [uncertain]
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Biography
Nellie was born in 1905. She was the daughter of Charles Bly and Eva Dellinger. [citation needed]
In 1910 she was 5 and living with her parents, Charles and Eva, and siblings in Virginia. [1]
In 1920 she was living with her parents and siblings in Virginia. [2]
She married Earl Cooley
In 1930 they were living in Pennsylvania with 4 year old daughter Betty. [3]
In 1940 they were living in Pennsylvania with 2 daughters. [4]
In 1950 she was 45 year old and living with her husband in Pennsylvania. Living with them was her married daughter Elsie Bixles and her husband and child. [5]
She passed away in 1982. [6]
Nellie was buried in Rest Haven Cemetery, Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania. [7]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPG8-12F : accessed 6 April 2023), Nellie I Bly in household of Charles E Bly, Davis, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 87, sheet 20A, family 412, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1648; FHL microfilm 1,375,661.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJVS-BYS : 4 February 2021), Nellie Blye in entry for Charles W Blye, 1920.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHCD-F61 : accessed 6 April 2023), Nellie I Cooley in household of Earl F Cooley, West Manchester, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 83, sheet 1B, line 90, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2166; FHL microfilm 2,341,900.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQW3-V7V : 7 January 2021), Nellie I Cooley in household of Earl S Cooley, Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-37, sheet 2A, line 8, family 23, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3642.
- ↑ "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XBV-HZP1 : Wed Mar 20 20:18:59 UTC 2024), Entry for Earl F Cooley and Nellie I Cooley, 27 April 1950.
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VS2D-Y29 : 8 January 2021), Nellie Cooley, Dec 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172594594/nellie-irene-cooley: accessed 06 April 2023), memorial page for Nellie Irene Bly Cooley (6 Jun 1905–Dec 1982), Find A Grave: Memorial #172594594, citing Rest Haven Cemetery, Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Laura Kessler Hershey (contributor 47639879).
See also:
- FamilySearch Person: LD99-35X
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