Mollie Moody Martin ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

  General Notes:

Mollie led a much-traveled life. After being married to Ira G. Darner in Adair County, Iowa in 1902, they moved to nearby Wapello County, Iowa within 3 years. Within 3 more years they had moved to Alberta Province in Canada where she gave birth to her third child. Within 4 more years they moved south into Sweet Grass, Toole County, Montana where she gave birth to her 4th and final child. By then her marriage with Ira was much troubled and they physically split up. The 1920 US Census shows her living in Colorado with 3 of her 4 children probably near where her brother resided.

By 1928 she was back in Sweet Grass, Toole County, Montana where she married Alonzo C. Edwards. The 1930 US Census shows her living with her 2nd husband along with her 2 sons. One of her daughters was married in Sweet Grass in 1924.

By 1933, Mollie was married for the 3rd time in Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana to Grover C. Jordan. The 1940 US Census shows her living alone once again along with her 2 sons. The location of her 3rd husband is not known

She died in 1954 in Flathead County, Montana and is buried in the Fairview Cemetery at Columbia Falls, Flathead County, Montana under the name Mollie Jordan where her 3rd husband is also buried. Her obituary does not mention any husband by name other than the names of her sons, Carl and Gene Darner.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1906 Canadian Census in Strathcona, Alberta, CANADA in June 1906. ³

1906 Canadian Census
Family 244
Strathcona, Alberta, Canada
Mollie Darner..Wife..21..USA

(Living with husband and 2 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Longmont, CO on January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 16A, District 26, Family 392
Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado
Home rented
Mollie Darner..Head..34..IA..married

(Living with 3 children; husband's location is not known.).

• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Sweet Grass, MT on April 1930. ⁷

1930 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 1, Family 33, Roll 1263
Sweet Grass, Toole County, Montana
Mollie Edwards..Wife..42..IA

(Living with 2nd husband and 2 sons.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 17 May 1885, then her age should have been 44 instead of 42.
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• She was buried after 14 March 1954 in the Fairview Cemetery in Columbia Falls, MT.

Find A Grave Memorial #80178345
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• Her obituary was published in the Daily Inter Lake on 19 March 1954 in Kalispell, MT.

⁸ Funeral services for Mollie Jordan, 68, were conducted from the Waggener and Campbell Chapel on Wednesday afternoon with the Rev. M. E. Van de Mark of the Epworth Methodist Church of Kalipsell officiating.

During the services Bill Carr sang two hymns, with Mrs. J. M. Carlson as organist. Burial was in the family section of the Fairview Cemetery north of Kalispell. Mrs. Jordan's four nephews who were pallbearers were F. W. Robinson, Paul Cornell, Harry W. Harvey and Harold Darner.

Mollie Martin Jordan was born May 17, 1885, at Greenfield, IA. She grew to womanhood there and in 1902 was married. Ten years later she moved to Sweet Grass, Mont., where she made her home a number of years until coming to the Flathead in 1948. Since coming here she had made her home in Columbia Falls.

Mrs. Jordan died Sunday night in the John B. Simons Hospital in Whitefish after a long illness.

Surviving are two sons, Carl Darner of Columbia Falls and Gene Darner of Cut Bank; two daughters, Mrs. Merle Hulit of Columbia Falls and Mrs. Elsie McCartney of Blaine, Wash.; one sister, Mrs. Irene Baker in Iowa, and one brother, Richard Martin of Longmont, CO.; eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

(Source: Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Montana, March 19, 1954)
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Mollie married Ira Gail Darner, son of Lemuel Marshall Darner and Mary Catherine Monk, on 31 December 1902 in Adair County, IA.^{1 2 3 4} (Ira Gail Darner was born on 24 June 1877 in , Greene County, IA,^{2 3 9 10 11 12 13 14} died on 21 December 1959 in Columbia Falls, MT ^{14 15} and was buried on 26 December 1959 in Columbia Falls, MT ^{14 15}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 31 December 1902, in Adair County, IA. ¹

• They appeared on the 1906 Canadian Census in Strathcona, Alberta, CANADA in June 1906. ³

1906 Canadian Census
Family 244
Strathcona, Alberta, Canada
J. G. Darner..Head..28..USA
Mollie Darner..Wife..21..USA
Carl Darner..Son..1..USA
Merle Darner..Daughter..3..USA
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Longmont, CO on January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 16A, District 26, Family 392
Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado
Home Rented
Mollie Darner..Head..34..IA..married
Merle Darner..Daughter..16..IA
Elsie Darner..Daughter..11..CAN
Gene Darner..Son..7..MT

NOTE - Mollie was living alone with the children. The location of her husband, Ira, is not known. Also missing from this census was their 15 year old son, Carl, who location also is not known. He later appears with his mother in the 1930 US Census with her 2nd husband.
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Ira G. Darner
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 31 Dec 1902
Event Place: Adair County, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Year (Estimated): 1877
Spouse's Name: Mollie M. Martin
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 17
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1885
Spouse's Father's Name: W. C. Martin
Reference IDp 1

Citing this Record
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCWD-C2G : 27 September 2017), Ira G. Darner and Mollie M. Martin, 31 Dec 1902, Adair County, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 1, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,034,818.
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