Coreinne Frances Bitner1 
b. 25 May 1896, d. after 1987
Coreinne Frances Bitner|b. 25 May 1896\nd. a 1987|p10389.htm|David Willard Bitner|b. 23 Mar 1860\nd. 25 Mar 1918|p10388.htm|Hannah Juliann Cordrey|b. 1 Nov 1868\nd. 29 Jul 1955|p10386.htm|||||||Francis Cordrey|b. 6 Feb 1838\nd. 15 Feb 1917|p2966.htm|Christiana C. Gramlich|b. 20 Aug 1840\nd. 22 Sep 1876|p10384.htm|
1st cousin of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
1st cousin 2 times removed of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Fairfield and Allied Families
Coreinne Frances Bitner was born on 25 May 1896 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.2,1 She was the daughter of David Willard Bitner and Hannah Juliann Cordrey.1 She never married. She died after 1987 in Fort Wayne. She was buried in Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne.3 
Traditionally, Coreinne was engaged to be married, and on the wedding day her fiance was killed in a car accident. She always lived in the Bitner family home in Fort Wayne. When her sister Mildred married, her husband Joe Stier moved in, and after her grandfather Francis Cordrey died in 1917, her uncle Ayres Cordrey lived with them. Coreinne, Mildred and Joe lived together the rest of their lives, and died within a few years of each other in the late 1980s. Not long before the girls died, they sent Charles Horn of Pasadena, Texas, a large box full of family memorabilia that includes an unpublished Cordrey family history written by Francis Cordrey, and also by Francis, a long manuscript dealing primarily with his experiences in the Civil War.
Traditionally, Coreinne was engaged to be married, and on the wedding day her fiance was killed in a car accident. She always lived in the Bitner family home in Fort Wayne. When her sister Mildred married, her husband Joe Stier moved in, and after her grandfather Francis Cordrey died in 1917, her uncle Ayres Cordrey lived with them. Coreinne, Mildred and Joe lived together the rest of their lives, and died within a few years of each other in the late 1980s. Not long before the girls died, they sent Charles Horn of Pasadena, Texas, a large box full of family memorabilia that includes an unpublished Cordrey family history written by Francis Cordrey, and also by Francis, a long manuscript dealing primarily with his experiences in the Civil War.
Additional Data
Corinne F. Bitner appeared on the 1 June 1900 Federal Census of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, in the household of her parents, David W. and Hannah J. Bitner.1 
Coreinne Frances Bitner appeared on the 1 January 1920 Federal Census of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, in the household of her mother Hannah J. Bitner.4
Corrine F. Bitner appeared on the 1 April 1930 Federal Census of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, in the household of her mother Hannah J. Bitner.5
Coreinne Frances Bitner appeared on the 1 January 1920 Federal Census of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, in the household of her mother Hannah J. Bitner.4
Corrine F. Bitner appeared on the 1 April 1930 Federal Census of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, in the household of her mother Hannah J. Bitner.5
Citations
- [S775] David W. Bitner household, 1900 U.S. Census, Allen County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne twp., enumeration district (ED) 39, sheet 14A/154, dwelling 304, family 315; National Archives micropublication T623, roll 358.
- [S979] M.C. Heminger, comp., Complete Family Record of the Heminger and Cordrey Families (Akron, Ohio: Unpublished, 1940), 103.
- [S770] Coreinne Bitner tombstone, Cordrey Plot, Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana; photographed by the writer in September 1987.
- [S789] Hannah J. Bitner household, 1920 U.S. Census, Allen County, Indiana, population schedule, Fort Wayne city, enumeration district (ED) 61, sheet 126/13A, dwelling 300, family 309; National Archives micropublication T625, roll 421.
- [S777] Hannah J. Bitner household, 1930 U.S. Census, Allen County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne twp, Fort Wayne city, enumeration district (ED) 2-81, sheet 17A/33, dwelling 360, family 414; National Archives micropublication T626, roll 576.
