Florence Mabel (Brines) Strong (1894 - 1968)

Born 7 Nov 1894 in Pleasant View, Schuyler, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George Wesley Strong — married 27 Nov 1912 in Pleasant View, Schuyler, Illinois, United States

Died 24 Jan 1968 at age 73 in Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States

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Biography

She is the daughter of Thomas Brines and Elizabeth Jockisch. ^[1]

Born 7 NOV 1894. Pleasant View, Schuyler, Illinois. ^[2]

Married Husband George Wesley Strong. Wife Florence Mabel Brines. 27 Nov 1912. Pleasantview, Schuyler, Illinois. ^[3]

Census

1900 Frederick Twp, Schuyler County, Illinois. ^[4]

Thomas Brines Head Male Sept 1850 49 M/8 Illinois farmer O F F

Elizabeth Brines Wife Female Apr 1859 41 M/8 Illinois 3/2

Florence Brines Daughter Female Nov 1894 5 S Illinois

Rosa Brines Daughter Female June 1897 2 S Illinois

Bert Steele Servant Male Mar 1879 21 S Illinois farm laborer

Viola F Lang Servant Female Nov 1882 17 S Illinois

Died 24 JAN 1968. Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Elizabeth Ross, Aug 8, 2011
2. ↑ Source: #S1 obituary gives full birth date and place
3. ↑ Source: #S4 from Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935 at familysearch.org: Name: George Wesley Strong Sex: Male Age: 22 Birth Year (Estimated): 1890 Birthplace: Frederick Marital Status: Single Race: White Ethnicity: American Father's Name: Charles K. Strong Father's Sex: Male Mother's Name: Adaline Cannon Mother's Sex: Female Spouse's Name: Florence Mabel Brines Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Age: 19 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1893 Spouse's Birthplace: Pleasantview Spouse's Marital Status: Single Spouse's Father's Name: J. T. Brines Spouse's Father's Sex: Male Spouse's Mother's Name: Elizabeth Jockish Marriage Date: 27 Nov 1912 Marriage Place: Pleasant View, Schuyler, Illinois, United States Source Details: 37 Reference: Volume E
4. ↑ Source: #S9 ed 75,, p. 85, sht 3B, taken June 5th
5. ↑ Source: #S1 from the Illinois, Mildred Hooper Obituary Collection, ca. 1959-1981 at familysearch.org, a clipping from an unnamed newspaper: Rushville, Ill., Jan. 26 - Mrs. Florence M. Strong, 73, of here, died at 10:40 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 24, 1968) in Culbertson Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient since Dec. 7, 1967. Mrs. Strong was born Nov. 7, 1894, in Pleasant View, a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Jockish Brines. She married George W. Strong, Nov. 27, 1912 at Pleasant View. He died in 1965. Mrs. Strong was a member of the First Christian Church of Rushville, the Rushville Federation of Women, and of the Frederick Homemakers Extension Unit. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilhelm and Mrs. Catherine Upchurch; a son, Brines Strong; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, all of Rushville. She was preceded in death by a daughter, a sister, and a brother.

• Source: S1 newspaper
• Source: S4 marriage record
• Source: S9 census

• Elizabeth Ross, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Elizabeth and others.