My 2x great grandmother, Cora Page, was born some time around December 1, 1883 in Houma, Louisiana (Terrebonne Parish). There is no birth record to confirm the date because birth records were not required statewide by law until 1918. Only Orleans Parish recorded births prior to 1911.

Cora, was the second child born to Jack Page, Jr., a native of Terrebonne Parish, and Fanny Luella Shields, a native of Mississippi. 

Cora’s siblings were:

1. Laura Page (1877 – ????)
2. Lillian “Hotsey” Page Fleming (1884 – 1936)
3. Nellie Page (1889 – ????)
4. Willie “Bud” Page (1893 – 1927)
5. Mary “Mae” Page (1895 – 1908)
6. Jack Page III (1897 – 1980)
7. Herbert “Brother” Page (1901 – 1935)

Cora married George August Fleming*, III. on March 13, 1913 in New Orleans, Louisiana. To this union, ten children were born. Four of the children are unknown, but the six surviving children are as follows:

1. Nanearl Eleanor Fleming aka “Mutsey” (1906 – 1973)
2. Thelma Florida Fleming aka “Sing” (1910 – 1984)
3. George Phillip Fleming (1913 – 1997)
4. Raymond Arthur Fleming, Sr. (1915 – 1977)
5. Joseph Walter Fleming, Sr. (1920 – 2004)
6. Earl Fleming, Sr. (1925 – 2010)

Cora died in Berkeley, California, at her daughter, Nanearl’s residence on April 8, 1946.