BURY MRS. M. A. COLES: Byrne and Asimov Genealogy and Family Histories

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Title	BURY MRS. M. A. COLES
Date	7 Aug 1926
Date Viewed	1 Feb 2025
Locality	newspapers.com
Page	3
Periodical	Brooklyn Daily Times
Place	Brooklyn, NY USA
Source Type	Newspaper
URL	https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-times-obituary-for-ma/164492381/
Source ID	S1482
Text	BURY MRS. M. A. COLES Little Neck. Woman Descendant Quakers- -Father Western Pioneer. Funeral services were held this afternoon for Mrs. Maria A. Coles, 91, who died at the home of her son. John H. Coles, Zion st., Little Neck, after a long illness. Mrs. Coles was born in Holland, Erie County. She was a daughter of Anson Norton. With a group of other pioneers her father set out tor the West, taking his young daughter with him and Mrs. Coles often told how she and other girls in the group of early settlers in Maquoketa, Iowa. would round up the horses and do many other things connected with pioneer life. Mrs. Coles was married to William H. Coles, a descendant of an old. Quaker family at Glen Cove. After her marriage she made her home for a number of years in Brooklyn. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Sarah A. Graecert, of Brooklyn; Mrs. Anna H. Albertson of Amityville, and Mrs. Mary C. Van Andburgh, of England, and one son, John H. Coles, of Little Neck. burial took place in Friends' Cemetery at Locust Valley
Linked to Individuals: 1	NORTON, Maria A