Cora Etta (Adams) Steffan (abt. 1875 - 1941)

Born about Feb 1875 in Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Died 4 Jun 1941 at about age 66 in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States

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Biography

Cora was born about 1875^[1][2] in Iowa.^[1][2] She was the daughter of Pearl Scott Adams^[1][2] and Mary Ann "May" Fowler.^[1][2]

Cora (Adams) Steffan was a resident in Kansas.

In the late 1870's the family moved to Kansas. On 09 Jun 1880 P.S. and Mary A. Adams were living in Newton, Harvey County, Kansas with two daughters: 5 year old schoolgirl Cora E., and 1 year old Elsie.^[1]

The Kansas state census of 01 Mar 1885 records Cora Etta Adams, 10, as the eldest of four children living with her parents P.S. Adams and Mary A.F. Adams in Eureka township, Kingman County, Kansas.^[2]

Cora (Adams) Steffan was a settler in Washington before statehood.

Around 1886 Pearl moved the family from Kansas to Washington Territory, before its statehood in 1889. The 1887 census of Spokane County^[3] records the family with 12 year old Cora in the city of Spokane Falls (which became Spokane in 1891).

Cora married Joseph P. Steffan.^[4]

She was widowed in 1934^[4] and buried Joseph at Park Hill Cemetery^[4] in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington.

Cora died 04 Jun 1941^[4] in Vancouver^[4] and was laid to rest beside Joseph at Park Hill Cemetery.^[4]

Headstone inscription:^[4]

Census

1880 Federal Census of Newton, Harvey County, Kansas - 09 Jun 1880^[1]

P. S. Adams, (head), 25, born IL (~1855), (father KY, mother IL), teamster

Mary A. Adams, wife, 23, born IA (~1857), (father England, mother TN), keeping house

Cora E. Adams, daughter, 5, born IA (~1875), (father IL, mother IA)

Elsie Adams, daughter, 1, born KS (~1879), (father IL, mother IA)

note: Cora E. Adams attended school in the last year.

1885 State Census of Eureka Township, Kingman County, Kansas - 01 Mar 1885^[2]

name, age, sex, birth (est. date) place, (from where to Kansas), occupation

P S Adams, 30, M, (c. 1855) Illinois, (Iowa), farmer

Mary A F Adams, 27, F, (c. 1858) Iowa, (Iowa)

Cora Etta Adams, 10, F, (c. 1875) Iowa, (Iowa)

Elsie H Adams, 6, F, (c. 1879) Kansas

Blanche E Adams, 3, F, (c. 1882) Kansas

Arthur A Adams, 2m, M, (c. 1884) Kansas

notes

1. All were white; P.S. & Mary were married, the others all single.
2. All aged ten and up (P.S., Mary and Cora) were literate.

1887 Census of Spokane Falls, Spokane County, Washington Territory - Jun 1887^[3]

Pearl S. Adams, 37, born IA, carpenter

Mary Adams, 29, born IA

Cora Adams, 12, born IA

Kelsey Adams, 8, born KS

Blanche, 5, born KS

Arthur, 2, born KS

Research Notes

• Date of birth: probably Feb 1875.
  • 10 Jun 1874-09 Jun 1875: from age 5 on 09 Jun 1880, in 1880 federal census^[1]
  • 02 Mar 1874-01 Mar 1875: from age 10 on 01 Mar 1885, in 1885 KS state census^[2]
  • Jun 1874-Jun 1875: from age 12 in Jun 1887, in 1887 WA Territory census^[3]
  • 1875: stated on headstone^[4]
  • Feb 1875: stated on findagrave.com^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} P. S. Adams household in the federal census of Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, supervisor's district (SD) 2, enumeration district (ED) 232, page B 26, line 7. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), microfilm publication T9, (Washington, D.C.). "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYB-7MC : 24 December 2015), image 25 of 26. Accessed 09 Oct 2021.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} P.S. Adams household in the 1885 state census of Eureka Township, Kingman County, Kansas, page 10-11 (crossed out) replaced by 4, line 7, dwelling 23, family 23. Nearesy post office Lotta. Ancestry.com database with images "Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925" (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1088/images/ks1885_66-0007) > 1885 > Kingman > Eureka > image 6 of 32. Accessed 06 Feb 2023.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Pearl S. Adams household in 1887 census of Spokane Falls, Spokane County, Washington Territory, page 68, line 7. 1887 Spokane County Census, Spokane County Territorial Auditor, Washington State Archives. Washington Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov. Accessed 17 Oct 2021.
   https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/DigitalObject/Download/fc2fbf2b-9542-4ddc-bcd5-15179243e8f5
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8} Find A Grave: Memorial #91100480 for Cora Etta (Adams) Steffan (1875-1941), Park Hill Cemetery, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91100480/). Memorial created by Lin and maintained by Gene Stephan. Accessed 08 Feb 2023.

   name: Cora Etta (Adams) Steffan

   born: Feb 1875 in Iowa, USA

   died: 4 Jun 1941 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA (aged 66)

   burial plot: C-345-2

   father: Pearl Scott Adams (1854–1929)

   mother: Mary Ann Frances (Fowler) Adams (1857–1934)

   spouse: Joseph P. Steffan (1871–1934)

See also:

• FamilySearch ID no. KC5Q-37Z: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KC5Q-37Z