Cordelia Ernsperger ^{2 3 4}

   Another name for Cordelia was Cordelia Ernsberger.^{1 5 6}

  General Notes:

As with her sister, Catherine, many researchers are incorrectly showing the wrong person as this daughter. They show that Cordelia married John S. Cochran which is not correct. There was a Cordelia Ernsberger, daughter of John Ernsberger, from the same general area, and she was the one that married John Cochran.

When the mother of Cordelia Ernsperger, Julia Ann Ensminger, died in 1896, her obituary stated: "Several sons and daughters were born to them of whom are F. M. [Francis Marion] Ernsperger, B. F. Ernsperger, Mrs. [Catherine] Chas. Jackson, Mrs. [Maria] Samuel Keely, Mrs. [Melissa] A. J. Davidson, Mrs. [Cordelia] Dr. Nafe, Mrs. Bates, and Mrs. [Caroline] Aaron Beery."

Notice that it gives the surname of Nafe. In addition, several of the obituaries for her siblings give her name Cordelia as a surviving sister, "Mrs. Cordelia Nafe". None of the obituaries mention the name of Cochran. Her married name appeared as Nafe as early as 1896 in her mother's obituary and as late as 1926 in her sister Maria's obituary so it is very doubtful that she could have been married to John Cochran before 1896 as a possible first husband.

And finally, there is a Michigan Death Certificate issued on 02 Mar 1932 in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan for Cordelia Nafe. That certificate shows her mother's name to be Julia Ensminger.
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It appears that Cordelia and her younger sister, Cyrentia, each married a Nafe brother. Cyrenitia married Samuel while Cordelia married George.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1846 and a birth location of Ohio.

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• She has alternate birth date of 15 August 1848 and a birth location of Fremont, OH.

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• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Ballville Township, Sandusky, OH on 8 August 1850. ⁷

Page 438B, Dwelling 652, Family 663
Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
Cordelia Ernsberger...3..OH
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Rochester Township, Fulton County, IN on June 1860. ²

Page 182, Family 1245
Rochester Township, Fulton County, Indiana
Cordelia Ernsperger...14..OH
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 23 Apr 1847, then her age should have been 13 instead of 14.
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Cordelia married George W. Nafe on 6 April 1872 in , Fulton County, IN.¹ (George W. Nafe was born in 1848,⁸ died on 27 February 1914 ⁸ and was buried after 27 February 1914 in Fremont, MI ⁸.)