Cora M. Lederer

Cora M. Lederer

• Father: John Louis Lederer b. circa November 1847
• Mother: Grace Hyatt b. circa March 1850, d. 20 April 1910

• Cora M. Lederer was born on 23 March 1880 in Minnesota.
• John Louis Lederer and Grace Hyatt appeared in the New York state census of 16 February 1892 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Other members of the household included Cora M. Lederer, John Henry Lederer, Grace A. Lederer, William August Lederer, Gilbert Elmer Louis Lederer, Annette Lederer, Charles E. H. Lederer and Richard Lederer.
• She married Edward Wilson circa 1898 in Medina, Orleans County, New York.
• The following appeared on 21 March 1900 in the Buffalo Evening News: Mrs. Cora Wilson, a young woman who formerly lived in this city, came here from Medina yesterday afternoon with a dead infant child wrapped under her shawl. She went to the Health Department and applied for a permit for the burial of the infant. Under the law the department could not issue a permit with[out] a transit permit from Orleans county, and the unfortunate young woman had to go back to the county to get the necessary document.
       Mrs. Wilson's case is a pitiable one. Her maiden name was Cora Lederer, and she married Edward Wilson in Medina about two years ago. They came to Buffalo to live, and during the first few months of their married life the young bride was extremely happy. Then her husband began to drink and grew weary of her. Finally he left her and nothing has been heard of him since.
       Mrs. Wilson went to live with her brother, John H. Lederer, at 252 Seneca street. Five months ago a baby was born there. Subsequently she went to the home of her parents at Medina. She secured employment in the village and earned enough money to care for herself and the child.
       Last week the little one fell ill of bronchial pneumonia and died early Sunday morning. Mrs. Wilson came to tis city with her child, as the family burial plot is in this city and she desired to have the remains rest there.
       To a News reporter who saw her after her return from Medina with the burial permit, she said:
       "It was stated in some of the Buffalo papers that I had been denied the sympathy of my parents and that was the reason of my coming to this city with the body of my infant. This is not true. On the contrary, my parents did everything they could for me. My mother is prostrated by the loss of the child, of whom she was very fond. I shall probably return to their home after the funeral."
       The funeral will take place at the home of her brother, 252 Seneca street, at 2:30 this afternoon.
• The following appeared on 22 March 1900 in The Medina Tribune: A five months' old child of Mrs. Cora Wilson, who lives with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Lederer, on Elm street, died on Monday. Mrs. Wilson claims that her husband deserted her in Buffalo some time ago, since which time she has been obliged to depend on her parents, who are in straightened circumstances, for support. After the death of her child, the mother, who was unable to give it a decent burial, wrapped the corpse in a shawl and carried in her arms to the depot, where she took the train for Buffalo to procure assistance from relatives there. Yesterday's Buffalo papers, in giving an account of the incident, blame Mrs. Wilson's parents and stated that the young woman had virtually been driven from home. This statement Mr. and Mrs. Lederer stoutly deny, and from facts learned it would seem they are justified in so doing.
• John Louis Lederer and Grace Hyatt appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 1567 Niagara Street. Other members of the household included Cora M. Lederer, Charles E. H. Lederer, Arthur Ray H. Lederer, Grace A. Lederer, May Belle Annette Elliott and Grace Mattie Louise Elliott. Also in the household was one male boarder.
• The following appeared on 21 April 1910 in the Buffalo Courier: [Died] April 20, 1910, Grace Lederer, wife of John L. Lederer and mother of John, Grace, William, Cora, Gilbert, Annette, Charles and Arthur Lederer; aged 61 years. Funeral from her residence, No. 1567 Niagara Street, Friday afternoon, April 22d, at 2 o'clock, and from St. Mark's Episcopal Church at 2:30 o'clock. Friends are invited to attend.
• She was divorced, and employed as a private detective, according to the 1910 census.
• She married William P. Rumbold circa 1917.
• Cora M. Lederer became a widow at the 26 October 1934 death of her husband William P. Rumbold.
• The following appeared on 27 October 1934 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: (North Tonawanda) William P. Rumbold, 65 years old, former resident of Tonawanda, where he was born died yesterday at his home in Bellaire, L. I. after a long illness. The body will be brought to Tonawanda for burial. Mr. Rumbold leaves a wife, Cora; a son, Charles H. Rumbold, 55 Ellicott Creek road, and two brothers, Jacob of Kenmore, and Frank F. Tonawanda.
• William August Lederer registered for the draft in 1942 in New York while living with his brother Charles sister Mrs. Cora Rumbold at 418 West 40th Street in New York City, and employed as a yard conductor by New York Central Railroad, Weehawken, New Jersey.
• Charles E. H. Lederer registered for the draft in 1942 in New York while living with his brother William and his sister Mrs. Cora Rumbold at 418 West 40th Street in New York City.
• The SSDI lists Queens County, New York, as the last residence of record of Cora M. Lederer.
• Cora M. Lederer died in October 1981 at age 101.

• Last Edited: 18 Jun 2013