Cora was born in 1878. She was the daughter of Thomas Creech and Sarah Adelaide Nellis.
In 1881, she was on the census with her parents in Tillsonburg, Oxford, Ontario, Canada.[1]
She married Charles Butler Neilson on 21 Sep 1899 in Cape Province, South Africa.[2]
She passed away in 1940 in Aiken County, South Carolina. [3][4] She was buried in Riverview cemetery in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana.[5]
Sources
↑ "Canada Census, 1881," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVDX-69T : accessed 1 February 2015), Cora Creach in household of Thos. Creach, Tillsonburg, Oxford South, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 31; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13266, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,902.
↑ "South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KDCL-S8R : accessed 1 February 2015), Charles Butler Neilson and Cora Addie Stella Creech, 21 Sep 1899; citing Newcastle, Natal, South Africa; 00664; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,259,229.
↑ "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1943," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N92C-CDM : accessed 1 February 2015), Cora Neilson, 17 Dec 1940; citing Aiken, Aiken, South Carolina, 18359, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 1,943,886.