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Nora Belle <I>Lepper</I> Coulson

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Nora Belle Lepper Coulson

Birth
Welton, Clinton County, Iowa, USA
Death
12 Aug 1958 (aged 84)
Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Knierim, Calhoun County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Name: Nora Belle Lepper
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 13 Dec 1873
Birth Place: Welton Township, Clinton, Iowa, USA
Father: James F Lepper [Frank]
Mother: Adeline M Harp

SOURCE- Iowa, Delayed Birth Records

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#1

Name: Nora B. Lepper
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 1874
Birth Place: Webster, Iowa
Marriage Date: 4 Jul 1894
Marriage Place: Barnum, Webster, Iowa
Marriage Age: 20
Father: Frank Lepper
Mother: Annie Harp
Spouse: William E. Spear
FHL Film Number: 1401653
Reference ID: 2:3CNZ5LH

Name: William E. Spear
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Iowa
Marriage Date: 4 Jul 1894
Marriage Place: Barnum, Webster, Iowa
Father: John Spear
Mother: Mary Taylor
Spouse: Nora B. Lepper
FHL Film Number: 1401653
Reference ID: 2:3CNZ5LH

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Name: Nora Lepper
Gender: Female
Spouse: William E Spear
Child: Elmer L Spear

NOTE- 1910 census states children 1/1
NOTE- Elmer Spear is named as a step-son in
James Coulson's 1946 obituary, "of Perry, Ia."

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Name: Nora B Spear
Divorce Date: 16 Apr 1909
Divorce Place: Mesa, Colorado, USA
Spouse: Charles (sic) A. Spear
Record Type: Divorce

SOURCE- Colorado, Divorce Index

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Name: Nora Lepper
Age: 26
Birth Date: Apr 1874
Birthplace: Iowa, USA
Home in 1900: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Ward of City: 3d
Street: Fourth
House Number: 801
Sheet Number: 32
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 591
Family Number: 673
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Servant
Marital Status: Single*
Father's Birthplace: Iowa, USA
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa, USA
Mother: number of living children: 0
Mother: How many children: 0
Occupation: Servant
Months Not Employed: 0
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
Home Free or Mortgaged: F

Household Members Age Relationship
John J Lessnich (sic- Lessenich) 73 Head [# 120692254]
Hotel Keeper
Mary A Lessnich 60 Wife [# 120692255]
Leonard C Lessnich 26 Son
Emma E Selzor 22 Daughter
Lucie E Selzor 4 Granddaughter
John F Kuhry 29 Nephew
Emma Brihmer 19 Servant
Mary Brown 34 Servant
Nora Lepper 26 Servant*
May Stafford 23 Servant

SOURCE-1900 United States Federal Census
NOTE- States single, children 0/0
NOTE- Hotel staff servant

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#2

Name: Nora B. Lepper
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 1872
Marriage Date: 31 Mar 1903
Marriage Place: Boone, Boone, Iowa
Marriage Age: 31
Father: Francis Lepper
Mother: Adda Harp
Spouse: David N. Hitsman
FHL Film Number: 1034320
Reference ID: p 103

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#3

Name: Nora Lepper
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 1873
Marriage Date: 6 Dec 1904
Marriage Place: Rockwell, Calhoun, Iowa, United States
Marriage Age: 31
Father: Frank Lepper
Mother: Anna Harp
Spouse: Jacob S Marthar [a/k/a/ Mather](a cousin)
FHL Film Number: 1321769
Reference ID: p 269

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Name: Nora Marther
Age in 1910: 36
Birth Year: abt 1874
Birthplace: Iowa
Home in 1910: Cedar, Calhoun, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Jacob A Marther
Father's Birthplace: Iowa
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa
Native Tongue: English
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 6
Marriage: 3
Number of Children Born: 1
Number of Children Living:

Household Members:
Name Age
Jacob A Marther 54
Nora Marther 36

SOURCE- 1910 United States Federal Census

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#4

Name: Nora B Moore
[Nora B Lepper]
Age: 51
Birth Year: abt 1874
Birth Place: Iowa
Residence Date: 1 Jan 1925
Residence Place: Wahkonsa, Webster, Iowa, USA
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head: Wife
Marital status: Married
Spouse: John T Moore
Father: James Lepper
Father Age: 76
Father Birth Year: abt 1849
Father Birth Place: Iowa
Mother: Adeline Harp
Mother Age: 68
Mother Birth Year: abt 1857
Mother Birth Place: Ohio
Parents' Marriage Place: Iowa

Household Members:
Name Age
John T Moore 47
Nora B Moore 51

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#5

Name: Nora B Lepper
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 62
Birth Year: abt 1873
Birth Place: Clinton Co. Iowa
Residence Place: Ft. Dodge IA
Marriage Date: 5 Sep 1935
Marriage Place: Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa, USA
Father: James Francis Lepper
Mother: Adeline Harp
Spouse: L A Campbell

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#6

Name: Nora Bell Moore
Maiden Name: Lepper
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 66
Birth Year: abt 1873
Birth Place: Wellman, Iowa
Marriage Date: 17 Jul 1939
Marriage Place: Humboldt, Iowa, USA
Number of Marriage: Second*
Father: James Lepper
Mother: Adaline Lepper
Spouse: James Alexander Coulson

NOTE- Coulson is # 8414607 but findagrave only has space for 5 spouses.

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WEDDING RECAP:

1) William E. Spear m.1894, d. 1956
2) David N. Hitsman m. 1903, d. 1918
3) Jacob S Marthar m.1904, d. 1918
4) John T Moore m. 1919, d. 1946
5) Lee A Campbell m. 1935, d. 1956
6) James Alexander Coulson m. 1939, d. 1946

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I have no death date but she was
enumerated in the 1940 census. That is the latest record I have found for her. I get an
unsourced record on Ancestry for her death on Aug. 12, 1958.
FROM- Dale_Purdy_2022_02_26 tree

Will contact Graceland cemetery to see if she is buried beside her last (known!) husband. KG
Name: Nora Belle Lepper
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 13 Dec 1873
Birth Place: Welton Township, Clinton, Iowa, USA
Father: James F Lepper [Frank]
Mother: Adeline M Harp

SOURCE- Iowa, Delayed Birth Records

===============================

#1

Name: Nora B. Lepper
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 1874
Birth Place: Webster, Iowa
Marriage Date: 4 Jul 1894
Marriage Place: Barnum, Webster, Iowa
Marriage Age: 20
Father: Frank Lepper
Mother: Annie Harp
Spouse: William E. Spear
FHL Film Number: 1401653
Reference ID: 2:3CNZ5LH

Name: William E. Spear
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Iowa
Marriage Date: 4 Jul 1894
Marriage Place: Barnum, Webster, Iowa
Father: John Spear
Mother: Mary Taylor
Spouse: Nora B. Lepper
FHL Film Number: 1401653
Reference ID: 2:3CNZ5LH

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Name: Nora Lepper
Gender: Female
Spouse: William E Spear
Child: Elmer L Spear

NOTE- 1910 census states children 1/1
NOTE- Elmer Spear is named as a step-son in
James Coulson's 1946 obituary, "of Perry, Ia."

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Name: Nora B Spear
Divorce Date: 16 Apr 1909
Divorce Place: Mesa, Colorado, USA
Spouse: Charles (sic) A. Spear
Record Type: Divorce

SOURCE- Colorado, Divorce Index

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Name: Nora Lepper
Age: 26
Birth Date: Apr 1874
Birthplace: Iowa, USA
Home in 1900: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Ward of City: 3d
Street: Fourth
House Number: 801
Sheet Number: 32
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 591
Family Number: 673
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Servant
Marital Status: Single*
Father's Birthplace: Iowa, USA
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa, USA
Mother: number of living children: 0
Mother: How many children: 0
Occupation: Servant
Months Not Employed: 0
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
Home Free or Mortgaged: F

Household Members Age Relationship
John J Lessnich (sic- Lessenich) 73 Head [# 120692254]
Hotel Keeper
Mary A Lessnich 60 Wife [# 120692255]
Leonard C Lessnich 26 Son
Emma E Selzor 22 Daughter
Lucie E Selzor 4 Granddaughter
John F Kuhry 29 Nephew
Emma Brihmer 19 Servant
Mary Brown 34 Servant
Nora Lepper 26 Servant*
May Stafford 23 Servant

SOURCE-1900 United States Federal Census
NOTE- States single, children 0/0
NOTE- Hotel staff servant

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#2

Name: Nora B. Lepper
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 1872
Marriage Date: 31 Mar 1903
Marriage Place: Boone, Boone, Iowa
Marriage Age: 31
Father: Francis Lepper
Mother: Adda Harp
Spouse: David N. Hitsman
FHL Film Number: 1034320
Reference ID: p 103

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#3

Name: Nora Lepper
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 1873
Marriage Date: 6 Dec 1904
Marriage Place: Rockwell, Calhoun, Iowa, United States
Marriage Age: 31
Father: Frank Lepper
Mother: Anna Harp
Spouse: Jacob S Marthar [a/k/a/ Mather](a cousin)
FHL Film Number: 1321769
Reference ID: p 269

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Name: Nora Marther
Age in 1910: 36
Birth Year: abt 1874
Birthplace: Iowa
Home in 1910: Cedar, Calhoun, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Jacob A Marther
Father's Birthplace: Iowa
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa
Native Tongue: English
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 6
Marriage: 3
Number of Children Born: 1
Number of Children Living:

Household Members:
Name Age
Jacob A Marther 54
Nora Marther 36

SOURCE- 1910 United States Federal Census

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#4

Name: Nora B Moore
[Nora B Lepper]
Age: 51
Birth Year: abt 1874
Birth Place: Iowa
Residence Date: 1 Jan 1925
Residence Place: Wahkonsa, Webster, Iowa, USA
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head: Wife
Marital status: Married
Spouse: John T Moore
Father: James Lepper
Father Age: 76
Father Birth Year: abt 1849
Father Birth Place: Iowa
Mother: Adeline Harp
Mother Age: 68
Mother Birth Year: abt 1857
Mother Birth Place: Ohio
Parents' Marriage Place: Iowa

Household Members:
Name Age
John T Moore 47
Nora B Moore 51

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#5

Name: Nora B Lepper
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 62
Birth Year: abt 1873
Birth Place: Clinton Co. Iowa
Residence Place: Ft. Dodge IA
Marriage Date: 5 Sep 1935
Marriage Place: Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa, USA
Father: James Francis Lepper
Mother: Adeline Harp
Spouse: L A Campbell

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#6

Name: Nora Bell Moore
Maiden Name: Lepper
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 66
Birth Year: abt 1873
Birth Place: Wellman, Iowa
Marriage Date: 17 Jul 1939
Marriage Place: Humboldt, Iowa, USA
Number of Marriage: Second*
Father: James Lepper
Mother: Adaline Lepper
Spouse: James Alexander Coulson

NOTE- Coulson is # 8414607 but findagrave only has space for 5 spouses.

============================

WEDDING RECAP:

1) William E. Spear m.1894, d. 1956
2) David N. Hitsman m. 1903, d. 1918
3) Jacob S Marthar m.1904, d. 1918
4) John T Moore m. 1919, d. 1946
5) Lee A Campbell m. 1935, d. 1956
6) James Alexander Coulson m. 1939, d. 1946

=====================================

I have no death date but she was
enumerated in the 1940 census. That is the latest record I have found for her. I get an
unsourced record on Ancestry for her death on Aug. 12, 1958.
FROM- Dale_Purdy_2022_02_26 tree

Will contact Graceland cemetery to see if she is buried beside her last (known!) husband. KG


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