Laura Emma (Coyle) Chrisman (1883 - 1967)

Born 19 May 1883 in Berea, Madison, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Henry Chrisman — married 1900 (to 10 Dec 1930) in Berea, Madison County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 14 Mar 1967 at age 83 in New York City, New York, United States

Biography

Laura was born in Berea, Kentucky, 1883. She was the daughter of Joseph and Sallie Ann (Coyle) Coyle of Berea, Kentucky, and the sister of Albert, Serena, Candace, Telitha, Angeline, Rufus, Julian, Charles, John, and Elmer Frank. She attended Berea College's Foundation School and Berea College from 1891 to 1914 and received a degree in Music. She also attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Laura was a pianist at the Berea Christian Church and piano teacher. She married Robert Henry Chrisman of Berea in 1900. Their children were Neva, Edith, Ray, Bill, Clara, Bob, and John. Laura and Robert separated in the 1927 and divorced in 1930. Laura and her youngest son, John, lived in Lakewood, Ohio. Later they moved to New York City and lived near her daughter, Neva. Laura died in New York in 1967 and is buried with her family in the Berea Cemetery, Berea, Kentucky.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M94M-GNX : accessed 26 Oct 2014), Laura Christman in household of William Christman, Magisterial District 5, Red Lick, Estill, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 25, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240518.
• "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M26D-6SY : accessed 26 Oct 2014), Laura E Chrisman in household of Robt H Chrisman, Berea, Madison, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 73, sheet 2A, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374507.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHG5-TJ1 : 14 December 2015), Laura Chrisman in household of R H Chrisman, Berea, Madison, Kentucky.
• "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMF4-5BJ : accessed 26 Oct 2014), Laura E Chrisman in household of Robert H Chrisman, Berea, Madison, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0016, sheet 13B, family 286, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 769.
• "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQGD-QB6 : accessed 29 March 2015), Laura Chrisman in household of John Chrisman, Assembly District 13, Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-1156, sheet 10A, family 272, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2651.