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Personal data Cornelia Montgomery 

  • She was born on July 30, 1888 in Ledyard, Kossuth Co., IA.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Source: Find-a-Grave
  • She died on October 28, 1954 in Estherville, Emmet Co., IA (Holy Family Hosp.), she was 66 years old.
  • She is buried on October 30, 1954 in E. Side Cem., Estherville Twp., Emmet Co., IA.
  • This information was last updated on September 21, 2021.

Household of Cornelia Montgomery

She is married to Benjamin Alonzo “Ben” Archer.

They got married on September 4, 1904 at Swea City, Kossuth Co., IA, she was 16 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Norma Pearl Archer  1929-2012 


Notes about Cornelia Montgomery

Cornelia Montgomery

Sources: Author: N.N. (family name not given), Merllene; Title: "Cornelia Montgomery Archer," (Publication location: Esterville, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: x Aug MMXI), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74729828/cornelia-archer

"Photo[graph of her stone] added by Merllene

Cornelia Montgomery Archer Birth 30 Jul 1888 Ledyard, Kossuth County, Iowa, USA Death 28 Oct 1954 (aged 66) Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, USA Burial East Side Cemetery Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, USA Memorial ID 74729828

Mrs. Archer Survived by Nine Children
Mrs. Cornelia Archer died at the Holy Family hospital at 11:15 a.m. Oct. 28 after an illness of only five days.

Cornelia Montgomery was born at Ledyard, July 30, 1888. She was married to Benjamin Archer Sept. 4, 1904. To this union 12 children were born. She is preceded in death by her husband, three children who died in infancy, one brother, Fred, and one sister Viola Carson.

She is survived by nine children, Floyd and Fay of Evanston, Ill., Mrs. Lila Harnett and Fern Archer of Chicago, Mrs. Verga Heidecker, Mrs. Zella Solmonson, Mrs. Evelyn Solmonson, Mrs. Norma Swalve and Milton Archer, all of Estherville. Also a brother, Jim Montgomery of Swea city and a sister Mrs. Sam Welfare of Ledyard and 15 grandchildren.

Mrs. Archer came to Estherville in 1943 and since that time has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Verga Heidecker. Having worked at various places in town she had been very active until her sudden illness.

Services were held Saturday, Oct. 30, at the First Methodist church and conducted by the Rev. Harrison G. Dawes. Acting pallbearers were John Higgins, Dr. G. E. Tomhave, Leo Fitzgibbons, Dr. William Boies, William Sidles and O. D. Theophilus. Burial was in East Side cemetery. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, November 6, 1954)

Parents
Photo[graph of his stone] Alexander Wright Montgomery 1850 - 1916
Photo[graph of her stone] Clara Janetta Platt Montgomery 1850 - 1919

Spouse
Photo[graph of his stone] Benjamin Alonzo Archer 1875 - 1946 (m. 1904)

Siblings

Photo[graph of her stone] Sarah Viola Montgomery Carson 1873 - 1951
Photo[graph of stone shared with Samuel G. Welfare] Mina Grace Montgomery Welfare 1877 - 1966
Photo[graph of stone shared with Ada F. Montgomery] Fred Montford Montgomery 1880 - 1942
Photo[graph of stone shared with Bina A. Montgomery] James Harley Montgomery 1883 - 1965

Children

Photo[graph of his military-style grave marker on a shared stone] Floyd Harvey Archer 1907 - 1995
Photo[graph of her stone] Verga Viola Archer Heidecker 1913 - 1961
Fern Elaine Archer 1917 - 2014
Photo[graph of a woman] Zella Mae Archer Solmonson 1922 - 2010
Evelyn Marie Archer Solmonson 1925 - 2002
Norma Pearl Archer Swalve 1929 - 2012

Created by: Merllene Added: 10 Aug 2011 Find a Grave Memorial 74729828"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Cornelia Montgomery

Cornelia Montgomery
1888-1954

1904

Benjamin Alonzo “Ben” Archer
1875-1946

Norma Pearl Archer
1929-2012

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Birthday July 30, 1888

  • The temperature on July 30, 1888 was about 15.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
    • April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
    • May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
    • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
    • August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
    • September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

Day of marriage September 4, 1904

  • The temperature on September 4, 1904 was between 8.9 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
    • May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
    • May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
    • June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
    • October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
    • December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

Day of death October 28, 1954

  • The temperature on October 28, 1954 was between 10.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
    • January 10 » BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
    • February 28 » The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
    • March 19 » Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio, setting a record that remains unbroken.
    • March 26 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
    • April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
    • December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.

Day of burial October 30, 1954

  • The temperature on October 30, 1954 was between 8.5 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
    • February 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
    • February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
    • March 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
    • April 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
    • August 23 » First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
    • December 2 » Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".


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