Individual Details

Mary Amelia Manning

(8 Mar 1849 - 3 Dec 1924)

Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, Monday, December 8, 1924, page 4, Col. 1: Decorah, Ia., Dec. 8---Special: The funeral of Mrs. Mary Stevens was held at Freeport Friday. Mary Amelia Manning was born in Canada March 8, 1849. In 1853 she came with her parents to Burr Oak. There she married Edward Stevens, who died in 1902. In 1879 the family moved to Freeport, where they lived until the father's death. Since then Mrs. Stevens made her home with a married daughter living near Ossian. Seven children were born, those surviving are: Oren of Cresco, Mrs. Clarence Miller of Dubuque, Luman of Eureka, Ca., Lewis of Bozeman, Mont., Mrs. Emmet Steven of near Ossian, Mrs. Edward Youmansof Decorah. There are also forty grandchilden and sixteen great-grandchildren.

Events

Birth8 Mar 1849Canada
Marriage13 Mar 1868Burr Oak, Winneshiek Co., Iowa - Edward Oscar Stevens
Residence1880Age: 30; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Death3 Dec 1924Cresco, Howard Co., Iowa
BurialFreeport Cemetery, Freeport, Winneshiek Co., Iowa

Families

SpouseEdward Oscar Stevens (1842 - 1902)
ChildLuman Dwight Stevens (1874 - 1928)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, U. S. Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

2. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

3. Obituary of Mary Amelia Manning Stevens, Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, Monday, December 8, 1924, page 4, Col. 1.

4. Iowa County Marriages 1838-1934.

5. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

6. Ancestry.com, U. S. Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

7. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

8. Obituary of Mary Amelia Manning Stevens, Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, Monday, December 8, 1924, page 4, Col. 1.

9. Ancestry.com, U. S. Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).