Marietta Gertrude Moffett1

b. 7 December 1857, d. 10 October 1899
FatherThomas Moffett2,1 b. Aug 1812, d. 12 Aug 1875
MotherAnn Elizabeth Davis1 b. 16 Jun 1820, d. 23 Aug 1889
Birth7 Dec 1857 Marietta Gertrude Moffett was born on 7 Dec 1857 in Lanark, Carroll County, Illinois.1 
Marriage4 May 1876 She married Charles Augustus Shirey, son of Jacob Shirey and Catherine Swope, on 4 May 1876 in Lanark, Carroll County, Illinois.3 
  Marietta and Charles appear to have spent the early years of their marriage in Lanark. Edith (b. 1877) and Frank (b. 1882) were both born in Lanark. However Nellie (b. 1879) was born across the Mississippi River in Iowa. In 1880 Charles and Marietta were enumerated living in Lanark where Charles worked as a baker. Marietta's widowed mother also lived with the couple.4 
  In the mid 1880s the family moved to Hastings, Nebraska where daughter Anna May was born in 1888. 
Death10 Oct 1899 Marietta died on 10 Oct 1899 in Hastings, Nebraska, at age 41.1 

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Marietta spent her childhood in Carroll County, Illinois. See the Carroll County map (also accessible via the Misc. Locations link in the menu bar at the top of any page).

Family

Charles Augustus Shirey b. 11 Oct 1851
Children
  • Edith Gertrude Shirey1 (14 Mar 1877 - )
  • Nellie Pearle Shirey1 (10 Mar 1879 - )
  • Frank Clayton Shirey1 (30 Sep 1882 - 21 Nov 1936)
  • Anna May Shirey1 (13 Jan 1888 - )
ChartsDescendants of William Moffett and Mary Gardner
Descendants of Mathew Ryburn and Jane Beattie
Last Edited17 Dec 2008

Citations

  1. [S301] Clan Moffat in America Project, "Marietta Gertrude Moffett-Charles Augustus Shirey family group sheet". This group sheet was submitted by Charles Augustus Shirey of Ocean Park, CA.
  2. [S1054] Mrs. Robert Mace, Probate Records of Carroll Co., Illinois, Vol 2, Estate of Thomas Moffett (Box 26, File 644), d. 12 Aug 1875 at Rock Creek, adm Ann E. Moffett, lists children: Mgt J. Davis, James S. Moffett, Florence V. Shultz, Lewis E. Moffett, Marietta G. Moffett, Thomas Moffett and deceased daughter: Sarah I. Shirk.
  3. [S1051] "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900", Illinois State Archives (http://www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html). Index as viewed in May 2005 states: Charles G. Shirey and Rettie G. Moffett marr 5/04/1876 in Carroll Co., citing Vol. B, p. 39, license #1541.
  4. [S1032] Charles Shirey household, 1880 U.S. cens., Carroll Co., Illinois, pop sched., Lanark, ED 17, page 540A (stamped), dwelling 76, family 81, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 9 of 46. Enumeration reports: Charles Shirey, 28, baker, marr, b. Maryland; Retta, 22, wife, b. IL, parents b. VA; Edith, 3, dau, b. IL; Nellie P., 1, b. IA; Anna Moffett, 60, mother-in-law, b. VA, parents b. VA.