Cora May (Higley) Atkin (1877 - 1956)

Born 17 Mar 1877 in Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States

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Died 24 Jan 1956 at age 78 in , Alameda County, California, United States

Biography

Cora Higley was born on 17 March 1877 in Farmington, Atchison County, Kansas, the seventh of nine known children and the third of four daughters of Charles and Susan Gish Higley

By 1904, she married Brown Atkin. She bore him two known children, a son whom they named Frank Atkin, and a daughter whom they named Helen Atkin.

Between 1915 and 1920, Cora remarried to Mr. Claude Duvall North of Lancaster, Atchison County Kansas. His whereabouts after the 1920 census are unknown. The couple likely separated as Cora's social security death index lists her name as Cora Atkin.

On 24 January 1956, when she was seventy-eight, Cora died of unknown causes in Alameda County, California.

Gravestone for Cora May Higley Atkin

From Findagrave.com

Cora May Higley Atkin

Birth: 17 Mar 1877 Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA; Death: 24 Jan 1956 (aged 78) Alameda County, California, USA. Burial: Nortonville Cemetery, Nortonville, Jefferson County, Kansas, USA. Memorial #: 43322183.

Bio: daughter of Charley Higley

Family Members: Parents: Charley "Charles" Higley (1825-1905), Susan Elma Gish Higley (1839-1911); Spouse: Brown Folson Atkin (1876-1913); Siblings: Charles Edward Higley (1867-1939), William Gish Higley (1869-1944), Marion Norton Higley (1879-1958), Eugene Cifton Higley (1880-1953), Susan Elma Higley Phelps (1882-1939); Half Siblings: Emma F. Higley Tyner (1851-1925), Phebe J Higley (1853-1853).^[1]

Citations

1. ↑ Leroy Higley (46974473), “Cora May Higley Atkin,” Findagrave.com. Record added 19 Oct 2009. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43322183/cora-may-atkin. Accessed 28 May 2019.

Acknowledgments

• D. Botkin created Cora May (Higley) Atkin (1877-1956) on 5 May 2018.

• Patricia Prickett Hickin adopted this profile on 28 May 2019.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MM3C-N33

• Leroy Higley (46974473), “Cora May Higley Atkin,” Findagrave.com. Record added 19 Oct 2009. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43322183/cora-may-atkin. Accessed 28 May 2019.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99424677/cora-m.-atkin

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPN-TT8 : 14 January 2022), Cora M. Higley in household of Charley Higley, Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMTB-Y64 : 24 November 2021), Cora M Higley in entry for Carrie L Taneray, 1900.

• "Kansas State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGWF-VJM3 : 12 October 2019), Cara Atkins, Effingham, Atchison, Kansas, United States; citing Effingham, Atchison, Kansas, United States, , 18, Kansas Historical Society, Topeka.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFDG-JYD : 1 February 2021), Cora M North in entry for Claude D North, 1920.

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPKC-TDK : 26 November 2014), Cora Atkin, 24 Jan 1956; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

DNA

• Paternal and maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between D. Botkin's maternal aunt and her third cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Charles Higley and Susan Gish. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Third Cousins 1x Removed, based on sharing 19 cM across 2 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.