Grace Amina Totman Corser (1879–1957)

1879–1957

Biography

Mother of Levi Spencer Corser (1898–1979) and paternal grandmother of Dorothy Lucille Corser (1927–2010). Born 9 December 1879 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York, to Levi Ward Totman (1842–1920) and Zylpha Marinda (Moore) Totman; her siblings included Ella May Totman Case (1874–1942), Florence Lena Totman Mayer (1877–1969), and Joel Ward Totman (1883–1959). Married Henry Spencer Corser on 25 July 1897 at Manchester, New York, and raised her family in the Bristol/Canandaigua area; her son Levi was evidently named for her father, Levi Ward Totman. Children included Levi Spencer Corser (1898–1979) and Helen Zylphia Corser Herendeen (1899–1978). Died in early January 1957 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York (sources give either 2 or 6 January).

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