Nora’s birth information was taken from the 1990 Federal Census.
At the time of the 1880 census, she was 12 years old and living at home with her parents and siblings in Madison Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
According to the 1910 Federal Censuses, Nora was unable to read or write, though both her parents could do so. It is possible that Nora may have had an intellectual disability.