 1873 - 1956 (83 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| Name |
Cora Estelle Maxfield |
| Birth |
25 Feb 1873 |
Plover, Portage, Wisconsin, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
COMPLETED |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
LH8M-Y4L |
| Death |
12 Aug 1956 |
Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Burial |
14 Aug 1956 |
Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Person ID |
I122847 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Family |
Charles Robert Whitchurch, b. 29 Jun 1872, Dwight Township, Huron, Michigan, United States d. 26 Oct 1942, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 70 years) |
| Marriage |
11 Oct 1899 |
Plover, Portage, Wisconsin, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Earl Whitchurch, b. 10 Jul 1900, Gladstone, Delta, Michigan, United States d. 13 Aug 1900 (Age 0 years) |
| | 2. Gale Maxfield Whitchurch, b. 21 Feb 1903, Gladstone, Delta, Michigan, United States d. 20 Jan 1972, Alameda, California, United States (Age 68 years) |
| | 3. Charles Vernon Whitchurch, b. 11 Dec 1907, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States d. 20 Feb 1953 (Age 45 years) |
| | 4. Harold Whitchurch, b. 17 May 1914, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States d. 26 May 1914 (Age 0 years) |
| + | 5. Walter Almon Whitchurch, b. 17 Mar 1916, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States d. 13 Oct 2003, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 87 years) |
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| Family ID |
F34955 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
3 Sep 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 25 Feb 1873 - Plover, Portage, Wisconsin, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - COMPLETED - SLAKE |
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| Marriage - 11 Oct 1899 - Plover, Portage, Wisconsin, United States |
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 | Death - 12 Aug 1956 - Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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 | Burial - 14 Aug 1956 - Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Notes |
- Cora Estelle Maxfield was born on a farm near Plover, Wisconsin. Her par e nts were Almon Maxfield and Mary Elizabeth Rice. She had 2 sisters a n d 1 brother, Irena, Marion, and Julian. She was the second oldest. He r fa ther was a merchant and farmer. He ran the General Store in Plover a s wel l as run a farm. When Cora was small, she spent a lot of time in th e stor e. The family lived in a large home in Plover. It is still in exis tence a nd is now on the Historical Register under the name of Morgan.
When she was born she was so small she was placed into a shoe box and ke p t warm in the oven to keep her alive. When she was a child she had a p e t lamb named "Snowdrop". One time some Indians passing through the are a s topped for food which was given to them. After they left, Cora couldn 't f ind Snowdrop. She decided the Indians must have taken the lamb. Cor a coul d never eat lamb or fix it for her children.
At the age of 16, Cora taught grade school in Plover for a time. Soon af t er that, she moved to Gladstone, Michigan and became a bookkeeper. It w a s in Gladstone that she met Charles Whitchurch who worked for the Soo L in e Railroad (Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sioux St. Marie). They were marri e d when she was 26, on October 11, 1899, in Plover, Wisconsin. The cerem on y took place in the bay of the living room of her parents' home. Charl e s always said she was "the sweetest little girl in the world". They se t u p housekeeping in Gladstone, Michigan on $33 a month. This was enoug h t o rent a house, buy clothes, food, and save. (The dollar had more val ue t hen.) In (****) they moved to Minneapolis, Minn.
She was a very small person, only 4'10" tall and weighed 98 lbs. Charl e s was the opposite, 5'11", weight 195 lbs., had broad shoulders and lo n g arms. His reach from finger top to finger tip was 84" (7 ft.). He mea su red 44" around the chest at rest and 17" around the neck. Cora had t o mak e all his shirts for him because they couldn't buy them large enoug h in t he stores. She became an expert knitter and made many stockings an d sweat ers besides making her own clothes. Walter well remembers the swe ater sh e made to fit under his army uniform. She was active in the Easte rn Star , a Masonic affiliate. She attended the Methodist Church regularl y and al ways tithed their income. She occasionally had "hunches" which a lmost alw ays proved to be right. Since Charles had to be to work on tim e in orde r to keep his train on schedule, she was careful to make sure h e was read y. Charles always tried to be at work early to check the engin es, etc. On e morning she had a hunch that Charles should check the car . This was abo ut 2 hours before he was to leave. When he checked, he fou nd that the ca r had a flat tire. He was able to fix the tire and still a rrive at work e arly, all because of Cora's hunch. That particular mornin g he had to driv e 10 or 12 miles to St. Paul. Cora told Walter that hi s father was a goo d principled man. "Remember, it takes two to make an a rgument." Cora wa s easy to get along with.
After Charles retired from the railroad, Charles and Cora moved to Lon g B each, California to avoid the harsh winters of Minneapolis. It was i n Jun e, 1940 that they moved. Charles died 2 years later on October 26 , 1942.
Cora moved to Alameda to live with her oldest son, Gale and family. Fina l ly in (****) she moved back to Long Beach and lived alone in a small ap ar tment. For years she had had occasional attacks of liver stones and le arn ed to give herself shots of morphine when the pain became so bad sh e coul dn't stand it. She died on August 12, 1956 in a hospital in Torran ce, Cal ifornia of a burst pancreas. She is interred above her husband i n a cryp t in the East Wall of Sunnyside Cemetery in Long Beach, Californ ia.
From the papers of Walter and Phyllis Whitchurch
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