Individual Details

Mary Josephine Matthews

(4 Aug 1870 - 10 Jan 1953)

Events

Birth	4 Aug 1870	Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota
Marriage	27 Dec 1899	Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota - Louis Ernest Torinus Jr.
Census	15 Apr 1910	312 Holcombe Street, Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota
Census	5 Jan 1920	304 Holcombe Street, Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota
Census	1 Apr 1930	304 Holcombe Street, Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota
Census	1 Apr 1940	304 Holcombe Street, Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota
Death	10 Jan 1953	cerebral hemmorhage due to senility - Lakeview Memorial Hospital, Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota
Burial	12 Jan 1953	Fairview Cemetery, Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota

Families

Spouse	Louis Ernest Torinus Jr. (1872 - 1951)
Child	Gracia Elizabeth Torinus (1903 - )
Child	Louis Ernest Torinus III (1905 - 1984)

Father	Samuel Matthews ( - )
Mother	Elizabeth Feeley ( - )

Notes

Marriage

They were married by Rev. Charles Corcoran. Witnesses to the ceremony were Burdette Eugene Torinus (brother of the groom) and Stella Matthews.

Census

Mollie Torinus was enumerated in the household of Louis E. Torinus, wife, female, white, age 36, married for 11 years, mother of 2 children with 2 children living as of the census date, born in Minnesota, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, able to speak English, occupation listed as "none," able to read, and able to write.

Census

Mary J. Torinus was enumerated in the household of Louis E. Torinus, wife, female, white, age 49, married, able to read, able to write, born in Minnesota, father born in Canada and his mother tongue was English, mother born in Iowa, able to speak English, and occupation was listed as "none."

Census

Mary J. Torinus was enumerated in the household of Louis E. Torinus, wife, female, white, age 58, married, age at first marriage was 28, able to read and write, born in Minnesota, father born in Canada-English, mother born in Iowa, able to speak English, and occupation listed as "none."

Census

Mary Torinus was enumerated in the household of L. E. Torinus, wife, female, white, age 69, married, highest grade of school completed was High School-Year 4, born in Minnesota, lived in the same house on 1 Apr 1935, and was engaged in home housework,

Endnotes

1. Mary Josephine Torinus, death certificate 018034 (1953), State of Minnesota, Division of Vital Statistics, Minnesota Historical Society, Gale Family Library, St. Paul, Minnesota.

2. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 72.

3. "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949," Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 17 February 2019), digital image, "Marriage License Record," FHL microfilm 1955107, image 751 of 1189, License No. 161, Torinus/Mathews; Minnesota County Courts.

4. "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949," Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 17 February 2019), digital image, "Marriage License and Certificate," FHL microfilm 1955365, image 284/5 of 1831, No. 153, Torinus/Mathews; Minnesota County Courts.

5. 1910 U.S. Census, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, City of Stillwater, Ward 2, enumeration district (ED) 182, sheet no. 6 B, dwelling 98, family 113, Louis E. Torinus household, line 60, Mollie Torinus; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 August 2020); NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls.

6. 1920 U.S. census, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, City of Stillwater, Ward 2, enumeration district (ED) 185, sheet no. 7 A, dwelling 155, family 181, Louis E. Torinus household, line 36, Mary J. Torinus; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 August 2020); Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls.

7. 1930 U.S. census, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, City of Stillwater, Ward 2, enumeration district (ED) 82-27, sheet no. 10 B, dwelling 208, family 283, Louis E. Torinus household, line 53, Mary J. Torinus; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 August 2020); Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls..

8. 1940 U.S. Census, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, City of Stillwater, Ward 2, enumeration district (ED) 82-30, sheet 2A, household 31, L. E. Torinus household, line 19, Mary Torinus; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 August 2020); NARA, Roll T627.

9. Mary Josephine Torinus, death certificate 018034 (1953), State of Minnesota, Division of Vital Statistics, Minnesota Historical Society, Gale Family Library, St. Paul, Minnesota.

10. Mary Josephine Torinus, death certificate 018034 (1953), State of Minnesota, Division of Vital Statistics, Minnesota Historical Society, Gale Family Library, St. Paul, Minnesota.