May Eliza Richards ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Death Notes:

Name: May R. Conning
Event Date: 10 May 1956
Event Place: Seattle, King, Washington
Gender: Female
Age (Formatted): 94 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1862
Father's Name: J. W. Richards
Mother's Name: Sarah Vanorman

Citing this Record
"Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N31Q-37H : 10 March 2018), May R. Conning, 10 May 1956; citing Seattle, King, Washington, reference cn 8618, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2,033,619.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 30 June 1870. ³

1870 US Census
Page 15, Family 115
Troy Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States
May Richard..9..Ohio

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 7 Jul 1861, then her age should have been 8 instead of 9.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 7 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 233C, District 93, Family 69, Roll 991
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
May E. Richards..Daughter..18..Ohio..Teacher

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Seattle, WA on 12 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 86, Family 164
Seattle, King, Washington, United States, Ward 2
914 Main Street; Home owned, with mortgage
Married 12 years
Mary Conning..Wife..Jul 1861..38..Ohio..2/1

(Living with husband and daughter.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Seattle, WA on 10 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 68, Family 225, Roll 1925
Seattle, King, Washington, United States
5246 Twelfth Avenue NE; Home rented
May R. Conning..Wife..58..Ohio

(Living with husband and married daughter with her husband.)
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• Death Image: 10 May 1956, in Seattle, WA. ⁵

May married Andrew Conning, son of James Conning and Marion McCann, on an unknown date.^{1 2} (Andrew Conning was born on 13 June 1859 in Scotland, UNITED KINGDOM,^{1 2} died on 14 February 1936 in Seattle, WA ⁶ and was buried on 18 February 1936 in Washington ⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Seattle, WA on 12 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 86, Family 164
Seattle, King, Washington, United States, Ward 2
914 Main Street; Home owned, with mortgage
Married 12 years
Andrew Conning..Head..Jun 1859..40..Scotland..Immigration 1880..Naturalized..Pattern Maker
Mary Conning..Wife..Jul 1861..38..Ohio..2/1
Lois Conning..Daughter..Mar 1889..11..Washington..At School
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Seattle, WA on 10 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 68, Family 225, Roll 1925
Seattle, King, Washington, United States
5246 Twelfth Avenue NE; Home rented
Andrew Conning..Head..60..Scotland..Immigration 1872..Naturalized 1889..Pattern Maker, Brass Co.
May R. Conning..Wife..58..Ohio
Lois S. Nelson..Daughter..30..Washington
Walter E. Nelson..Son-in-law..32..North Dakota..Grocer
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  Marriage Notes:

May and Andrew came to Seattle in 1887. He became the first Sunday-school superintendent at Bethany Presbyterian Church.
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