Isabelle Jaquet Methven ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  General Notes:

The census records from her birth all the way through 1910 are consistent in that they indicate a birth year of about 1863. But her birth records from Philadelphia specifically state her date of birth as 3 Dec 1861. In addition, her California Death Index Record and her gravestone also provide a birth year of 1861.
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  Birth Notes:

Name: Isabella I. Methvin
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 03 Dec 1861
Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Event Place (Original): Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gender: Female
Race: white
Father's Name: James Methvin
Mother's Name: Sarah D.
Record Number: 160
Reference ID: bk 3 p 154

Citing this Record
"Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBYC-G3W : 25 September 2019), Sarah D. in entry for Isabella I. Methvin, 03 Dec 1861; citing Birth, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, City of Philadelphia, Department of Records, Pennsylvania.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Isabelle Jaquet Methven
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 28 Sep 1959
Event Place: Los Angeles, California, United States
Birth Date: 03 Dec 1861
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Frasier
Mother's Name: Murray

Citing this Record
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGYP-Q8K : 26 November 2014), Murray in entry for Isabelle Jaquet Methven, 28 Sep 1959; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of December 1863 and a birth location of Pennsylvania.

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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States on June 1870. ³

1870 US Census
Page 16, Dwelling 140, Household 123
Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, United States
Isabella J. Methvin..7..PA..At Home
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Chicago, IL on June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 499D, Roll 0185
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Isabella J. Methoen..Daughter..16..PA
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Chicago, IL on 6 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Page 10A, District 78, Dwelling 145, Family 192
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
3246 Vernon Avenue, house rented
Isabel J. Methven..Daughter..Dec 1863..36..PA
(Living with widowed mother.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Chicago, IL on April 1910. ⁶

1910 US Census
Page 7, District 373, Family 156
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Isabelle J. Methven..Daughter..46..PA
(Living with widowed mother.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Chicago, IL on January 1920. ⁷

1920 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 2306, Household 35, Ward 3
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
Andrew G. Van Eman..Head..38..IA
Maye C. Van Eman..Wife..36..NV
Isabel J. Methren..Lodger..55..PA

(Isabelle was living with Andrew G. and Maye C. Van Eman and their family as a lodger.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 3 Dec 1861, then her age should have been 58 instead of 55.
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• She was buried after 28 September 1959 in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, CA.

Plot: Iris Columbarium, Lot 0, Space 24980
Find A Grave Memorial #85467643
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