Cora A. Bishop1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 18908, (1894 - 1983)
FatherJohn Milton Bishop4,5,6 (24 Feb 1852 - 7 Aug 1930)
MotherMary Ann Moreland7,8,9 (1 Feb 1856 - 4 May 1933)

Key Events:

Birth: 6 Feb 1894, Nebraska10,11,12
Marriage: 22 Dec 1920, Alma, Harlan Co., Nebraska, James Dewey Reigle (30 May 1898 - 13 Dec 1937)13,14,15
Marriage: 31 Mar 1962, Fort Collins, Colorado, Frank Lapolt Ring (22 Sep 1899 - Sep 1981)16,17,18
Divorce Filing: Feb 1963, Larimer Co., Colorado, Frank Lapolt Ring (22 Sep 1899 - Sep 1981)19,20
Marriage: Nov 1963, Fort Collins, Colorado, Frank Lapolt Ring (22 Sep 1899 - Sep 1981)21
Death: 18 Apr 198312
Burial: Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado22
ChartsDescendants of Jacob K. and Christiana Ohl Riegel

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Cora A. Bishop was born on 6 Feb 1894 in Nebraska.10,11,12
     She moved to Nebraska with her parents in 1896.23 She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Ragan, Harlan Co., Nebraska, in the household of her parents, John Milton Bishop and Mary Ann Moreland.4 She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Ragan, Harlan Co., Nebraska, in the household of her parents.5 She appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Alma, Harlan Co., Nebraska, in the household of her parents.6
     Cora married first James Dewey Reigle, son of William David Riegel and Mary J. Quakenbush, and bother of the man her older sister Laura married the following year, on 22 Dec 1920 in Alma, Harlan Co., Nebraska.13,14,15
     Cora and James and their young son moved to Colorado in 1930 where his brother John and his family were living. Cora and James appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Larimer Co., Colorado, on Lincoln Highway, enumerated 9 Apr 1930, in the same dwelling as his brother John and his wife, who was also her sister. Their son Ervin was listed as living with them.24
     Cora and James moved to Fort Collins in Sep 1937 with his brother John and her sister Laura.25
     Her husband died on 13 Dec 1937 in 331 Scott Ave., Fort Collins, Colorado.26,27,28
     Cora appeared with her son Ervin on the 1940 Federal Census of Ft. Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado, in the household of Laura and John William Reigle, her late husband's brother and his wife. She reported that she and her son had lived in rural Larimer Co. in 1935.29
     She was a teacher in a rural school in Nebraska in 1920, and in a public school in Colorado in 1930. She was a clerk in a state college by 1940. That year she reported she had worked 12 hours the last week of March, and had worked 40 weeks the prior year, earning $495.30,31,32
     Cora appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado, in the household of her sister Laura and her husband, John William Reigle.33
     Cora married second Frank Lapolt Ring, son of Adolph John Ring and Johanna M. Leadabrand, on 31 Mar 1962 in Fort Collins, Colorado. He was the widower of Sadie Swayze. He had previously been married to Lulu Francis Kisner and Emma Bubolt.16,17,18
     Frank filed for divorce from Cora in Feb 1963 in Larimer Co., Colorado. Record of the divorce being finalized has not been found, but it evidently was by late Jul 1963, when she re-titled real estate to her previous married name.19,20
     Cora remarried Frank Lapolt Ring in Nov 1963 in Fort Collins, Colorado.21
     Cora and Frank were living in 1209 LaPorte Ave., Fort Collins, Colorado, in 1973.34
     Her second husband died in Sep 1981.35,36
     Cora died on 18 Apr 1983 at age 89.12 She was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado.22

Children:
     Child with James Dewey Reigle:

Children:
     There were no children with Frank Lapolt Ring

Citations

  1. [S4651] John M. Bishop household, 1900 U.S. Census, Harlan Co., Nebraska, shows name as Cora A. Bishop.
  2. [S4652] John Bishop household, 1910 U.S. Census, Harlan Co., Nebraska, shows name as Cora Bishop.
  3. [S4653] James Bishop household, 1920 U.S. Census, Harlan Co., Nebraska, shows name as Cora Bishop.
  4. [S4651] John M. Bishop household, 1900 U.S. Census, Harlan Co., Nebraska.
  5. [S4652] John Bishop household, 1910 U.S. Census, Harlan Co., Nebraska.
  6. [S4653] James Bishop household, 1920 U.S. Census, Harlan Co., Nebraska.
  7. [S4651] John M. Bishop household, 1900 U.S. Census, Harlan Co., Nebraska, shows the girl as daughter of Mary's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S4652] John Bishop household, 1910 U.S. Census, Harlan Co., Nebraska, shows the girl as daughter of Mary's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  9. [S4653] James Bishop household, 1920 U.S. Census, Harlan Co., Nebraska, shows the girl as daughter of Mary's husband.
  10. [S4651] John M. Bishop household, 1900 U.S. Census, Harlan Co., Nebraska, shows month, year, age 6, and state.
  11. [S4652] John Bishop household, 1910 U.S. Census, Harlan Co., Nebraska, shows age 16 and state.
  12. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 80285443, Cora Alice Bishop Ring, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  13. [S4850] "Nebraska, Marriages, 1855-1995," FamilySearch.org, record for James Reigls and Cora A.. Bishop, citing FHL #1954539, Book F, 4024, pg 226, shows date, city, county, and state.
  14. [S4642] James Reigles household, 1930 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado, shows married, with his first marriage at age 22 and hers at 36.
  15. [S4646] John Reigles household, 1940 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado, shows her as sister-in-law of his brother John, and as a widow.
  16. [S12639] "Husband Sues," Fort Collins Coloradoan, 15 Feb 1963, shows married last March 31 and city.
  17. [S12635] Johnson's Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory, 1973, pg 334, shows Frank L. Ring and wife Cora A.
  18. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 80285443, Cora Alice Bishop Ring.
  19. [S12641] "Real Estate Transfers," Fort Collins Coloradoan, 24 Jul 1963, shows parcel transferred from Cora A. Ring to Cora A. Reigles.
  20. [S12639] "Husband Sues," Fort Collins Coloradoan, 15 Feb 1963.
  21. [S12640] "Licensed to Wed," Fort Collins Coloradoan, 7 Nov 1963, shows license issued.
  22. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 80285443, Cora Alice Bishop Ring, includes tombstone photo.
  23. [S12634] Laura L. Reigles obituary, Fort Collins Coloradoan.
  24. [S4642] James Reigles household, 1930 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado.
  25. [S12642] James D Reigles obituary, Fort Collins Express-Courier, shows he moved there in Sep with his wife, son, and brother John.
  26. [S12642] James D Reigles obituary, Fort Collins Express-Courier, shows died this morning, and address.
  27. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 33764680, James Reigles, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  28. [S4646] John Reigles household, 1940 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado, shows his wife as a widow.
  29. [S4646] John Reigles household, 1940 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado.
  30. [S4653] James Bishop household, 1920 U.S. Census, Harlan Co., Nebraska, shows occupation as teacher, industry as rural.
  31. [S4642] James Reigles household, 1930 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado, shows occupation as teaching, industry as public school.
  32. [S4646] John Reigles household, 1940 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado, shows occupation as clerical, industry as state college.
  33. [S12633] John Reigles household, 1950 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado.
  34. [S12635] Johnson's Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory, 1973, pg 334.
  35. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Frank Ring, Soc. Sec. No. 520-05-8771, shows month, year, and last residence, as 80521, Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado.
  36. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 61541943, Frank Lapolt Ring, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  37. [S4646] John Reigles household, 1940 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado, shows the boy as nephew of James' brother and her as sister-in-law.
  38. [S12643] Fort Collins Coloradoan, 22 Oct 1948.