Carrie Lavinia Buchanan1

b. 12 May 1876, d. 29 October 1956
FatherWilliam Nelson Buchanan2,1 b. 1841, d. 22 Nov 1888
MotherAmerica Jackson Graham Ryburn1 b. 9 Feb 1842, d. 8 Jan 1904
Birth12 May 1876 Carrie Lavinia Buchanan was born on 12 May 1876 in Virginia.1 
Childhood  She spent her childhood on the family farm in Smyth County, Virginia.2 
Migration1885 In 1885 the family moved west settling first in Atchison County, Missouri. Carrie's father is reported to have died in Missouri in 1888. About three years later her mother moved again, this time across the Missouri River to Nemaha County, Nebraska. 
Residence1892  There Carrie was recorded on the 1892 school census for district 20, along with her siblings, Minnie and William. Carrie was also recorded in 1893 (age 17) and 1894 (age 18).3 
Cens-190015 Jun 1900 By 1900 she lived with her brother Wiley in Houston, Texas, where she taught music.4 
Marriage She married (?) Beach.1 
  Carrie has not been located in census records after 1900. 
Death29 Oct 1956 Carrie died on 29 Oct 1956 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, at age 80.1 
Burial2 Nov 1956 She was buried on 2 Nov 1956 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.1 
 At the time of her death Carrie was living at 433 S. Hope Street in Los Angeles. She had been a resident of Las Angeles for 13 years and was widowed.1 

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ChartsDescendants of Mathew Ryburn and Jane Beattie
Descendants of John Buchanan and Ann Ryburn
Descendants of William Ryburn and Mary (?)
Last Edited10 Dec 2013

Citations

  1. [S126] Carrie Lavinia Beach, California state death certificate no. 56-095821 (1956); information provided by Alma M. Beach.
  2. [S580] Wm N. Buckhanan household, 1880 U.S. cens., Smyth Co., Virginia, pop sched., St. Clair District, ED ED 85, page 110b (stamped), dwelling 113, family 113, viewed online at Genealogy.com, Jan 2003. The census enumerator reported: Wm N. Buckhanan, 39; America J. wife, 37; Fullen son 13; John P. son 10; James O, son 8; Mary J. dau, 6; Carrie dau 4; Wm R. and Minnie S, son and dau, both 3; all b. VA; all parents b. VA.
  3. [S1017] Norvell, "Nemaha Co. Research," e-mail to D. Powell, 29 Nov. 2004. Denny cites the 1892-1894 Nemaha Co. Nebraska school census records.
  4. [S869] Wiley Buchanan household, 1900 U.S. cens., Harris Co., Texas, pop. sched., 3rd Ward Houston, ED 75, sheet 20A (p. 204 stamped), dwelling 268, family 329, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2004, image X o f Y. Enumeration reads: Wiley Buchanan, 32, b. Aug. 1866 VA, married 6 years, lawyer, parents b. VA; Josephine, wife, 31, b. Mar (?) 1867 Nebraska, marr 6 years, mother of 1 child, none living, mother b. NY, father b. PA; Carrie, sister, 28, b. May 1872 VA, sgl, teaches music, parents b. VA.