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Leonora Alma <I>Barner</I> Lienau

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Leonora Alma Barner Lienau

Birth
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Death
1907 (aged 41–42)
Lafayette, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Wife of Lewis Walter Lienau

Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, D.C.) June 15, 1896. Image 2.

The widow of Col. John A. Cockerill, who last Thursday became the wife of Walter Louis Lienau, said yesterday that the marriage was the outcome of a sudden proposal Mr. Lienau made while taking a cab ride with her. Within twenty minutes after the proposal the ceremony had been performed.

It is less than three weeks ago that Colonel Cockerill’s body was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis. He died at Cairo, Egypt, April 11. His widow as reported to have been prostrated on receipt of the news and was ill for several days.

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Wife of Lewis Walter Lienau

Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, D.C.) June 15, 1896. Image 2.

The widow of Col. John A. Cockerill, who last Thursday became the wife of Walter Louis Lienau, said yesterday that the marriage was the outcome of a sudden proposal Mr. Lienau made while taking a cab ride with her. Within twenty minutes after the proposal the ceremony had been performed.

It is less than three weeks ago that Colonel Cockerill’s body was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis. He died at Cairo, Egypt, April 11. His widow as reported to have been prostrated on receipt of the news and was ill for several days.

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  • Maintained by: Lynx Lady
  • Originally Created by: PL
  • Added: Apr 10, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7344782/leonora_alma-lienau: accessed ), memorial page for Leonora Alma Barner Lienau (9 Jul 1865–1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7344782, citing Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Lynx Lady (contributor 46776859).