Cora Helen (Leard) Davis (1886 - 1971)

Born 17 Apr 1886 in Milton, Moshulatubbee District, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Raymond Ralph Davis — married 5 May 1915 in Hugo, Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States

Died 24 Dec 1971 at age 85 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

Helen was Choctaw.

Cora was born 17 Apr 1886 at Milton, Moshulatubbee District, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, the daughter of James Leard and Cora McCarty. Cora passed away 24 Dec 1971 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. She is buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.^[2]

The sources listed from the “Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907” show the Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Land Allotment Jackets for Five Civilized Tribes, application for allotment affidavit, Choctaw Citizenship Certificate. ^[3][4][5]

note: Cora Helen Davis nee Leard was also known as Helen Cora in some documents and on her grave marker. Cora Helen was used on both children's birth certificates and some early documents. In later life it appears she preferred the name Helen Cora Davis.

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives, Dawes Commission; Choctaw Roll card 2657, line 7
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/85376523/helen-cora-davis : accessed 9 August 2021), memorial page for Helen Cora Davis (17 Apr 1886–24 Dec 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 85376523, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by woowoo (contributor 49949980)
3. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-X3WQ-MX?cc=1390101&wc=MXH5-TTL%3A967441301%2C967978301 : 17 October 2016), Choctaws by Blood > No. 7690-7720 > image 447 of 658; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
4. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-X3W3-9Y?cc=1390101&wc=MXH5-TTL%3A967441301%2C967978301 : 17 October 2016), Choctaws by Blood > No. 7690-7720 > image 448 of 658; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
5. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-X3W3-WR?cc=1390101&wc=MXH5-TTL%3A967441301%2C967978301 : 17 October 2016), Choctaws by Blood > No. 7690-7720 > image 455 of 658; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MST3-9BH : accessed 9 August 2021), Cora Helen Leard in household of James Thomas Leard, Township 8, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 86, sheet 5B, family 87, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,851.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQP-385 : accessed 10 August 2021), Helen Leard in household of James T Leard, Ratliff, Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 67, sheet 1B, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1247; FHL microfilm 1,375,260.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQF-9PX : 31 January 2021), Helen C Davis in entry for Rae R Davis, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJY-MLZ : accessed 10 August 2021), Cora H Davis in household of Ray R Davis, Los Angeles (Districts 0001-0250), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 26, sheet 9A, line 1, family 363, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 133; FHL microfilm 2,339,868.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9HW-BT1 : 6 January 2021), Helen C Davis in household of Ray R Davis, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-112, sheet 15B, line 77, family 395, 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 394.
• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPKB-XNN : 26 November 2014), Helen C Davis, 24 Dec 1971; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
• "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z5-T5HG : 22 July 2021), Raymond R Davis and Cora Helen Leard, 05 May 1915; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.