Henry Cohard was the child of a victim of the Cherry Mine Disaster on 13-Nov-1909
Henry was 7 years old when his father died in the Cherry Mine Disaster.[1]
In 1910, Henry lived in Westfield, Bureau County, with his mother, brothers, and maternal grandfather. He was 7 years old, and had immigrated in 1903.[2]
1920 - living with his mother and siblings in Peru, LaSalle County. Age 17; immigrated in 1905; naturalized citizen; worked at a clock works.[3]
↑ State of Illinois, Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Cherry Mine Disaster, Springfield:Illinois (1910), pp. 38-39.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKH3-DKG : accessed 7 October 2017), Henry Cohard in household of Josephine Cohard, Westfield, Bureau, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 32, sheet 21A, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 232; FHL microfilm 1,374,245.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ4K-TYN : accessed 17 April 2018), Henry Cohord in household of Josephine Cohord, Peru Ward 1, La Salle, Illinois, United States; citing ED 147, sheet 11A, line 42, family 151, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 379; FHL microfilm 1,820,379.
↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWC7-TWY : 8 January 2021), Henry Cohard, Peru, LaSalle, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 50-105, sheet 5A, line 7, family 110, 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 834.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3S2-NZS : 9 January 2021), Henry Cohard, 17 Feb 1992; 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/98614801/henry-cohard: accessed 28 November 2022), memorial page for Henry Cohard (1903–1992), Find A Grave: Memorial #98614801, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, La Salle, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Lucy in the Sky (contributor 46874797) .
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