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Thomas Methven
(1795-1874)
Elizabeth Lightfoot
(Abt 1805-1835)
James Murray
(Abt 1794-)
Susan Walter
(Abt 1799-)
James Frazier Methven
(1827-1889)
Sarah A. Murray
(1824-1911)
Martha Higgins Methven
(1871-1965)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Richard Wallin Bock

Martha Higgins Methven 1 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 7 February 1871, Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States 3 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Richard Wallin Bock on 1 November 1899 in Chicago, IL 1 2
  • Died: 31 October 1965 at age 94 6
  • Buried: After 31 October 1965 6
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bullet  Birth Notes:


Name: Martha Mithven
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 7 Feb 1871
Event Place: Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States
Event Place (Original): Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States
Gender: Female
Race: White
Father's Name: James Frazier Methven
Mother's Name: Sarah A Murry

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRMY-275 : 19 May 2020), Sarah Ann Murray in entry for Martha Higgins Methven, 1871.
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:



• Birth Image: 7 February 1871, in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States.

• 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
Martha H. Methoen..Daughter..10..OH
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 07 Feb 1871, then her age should have been 9 instead of 10.
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• She was buried after 31 October 1965 in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, CA.

Plot: Iris Columbarium, Lot 0, Space 24965
Find A Grave Memorial #85351422
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Martha married Richard Wallin Bock on 1 November 1899 in Chicago, IL.1 2 (Richard Wallin Bock was born on 16 July 1865 in Schloppe, GERMANY,1 7 died on 29 June 1949 in California 7 and was buried after 29 June 1949 in Glendale, CA 7.)


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Sources


1 Cook County, Illinois, Marriage Licenses 1871-1920, 300122, Richard W. Bock-Martha Higgens Methven, 01 Nov 1899; digital images, FamilySearch.org(http://pilot.familysearch.org/ : accessed 05 Nov 2009).

2 "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920 - index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1463145 : accessed 23 Aug 2014), Name: Richard W. Bock; Spouse's Name: Martha Higgins Methven; Event Date: 01 Nov 1899; Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois.

3 "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 30 Jun 2020); Martha Higgins Methven, 1871.

4 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, p. 499D, James Frazier Methven and Sarah A. Murray; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 21 Aug 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0185.

5 Don Methven and James Robinson, Methvens From Caledonia To America (Minneapolis, Minnesota: n.p., n.d.), page 15.

6 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 23 Aug 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85351422.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 23 Aug 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85351427.


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