Elizabeth Stephanie (Irwin) Elder (1875 - 1962)

Born 27 Apr 1875 in Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Biography

In 1880, the Rankin family lived at 217 S. Morgan, Keokuk, Lee, Ohio. The household included Sarah R., 49, born in Kentucky, a widow; her children, born in Iowa, Birdie (Sara), 22; John W., 20, a clerk in a dry goods store; and Mary Irwin, 28. Also, Mary’s husband, John Irwin, 33, born in Ohio, a dry goods wholesaler; and their children, all born in Iowa, Alice, 7; (Elizabeth), 5; and Stephen, 2. Also, two servants, Mary Long, 22; and Catherine Henry, 50.^[1]

In 1895, the Irwins, a Presbyterian family, lived in Keokuk, Lee. Iowa. The household included Jno (John) N. Irwin, 48, born in Ohio, a dry goods merchant; his wife, Mary, 42, born in Lee County, Iowa; their children, all born in Lee County, Alice, 22; Elizabeth, 20; and Jack, 11. Also living with them were Ellen Gustafson, 26, widowed, a servant; and her son, Henry, 6.^[2]

Elizabeth is buried with her husband, her parents, three siblings, and other family at Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, USA.Find A Grave: Memorial #114028651

Sources

1. ↑ 1880 US Census, Keokuk, Lee, Iowa (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD2T-T2L)
2. ↑ 1895 Iowa State Census, Lee, County (city of Keokuk)(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT3G-JLF)

Memorial: Genealogical, Historical, and Biographical, of Solomon Leonard, 1637, Duxbury and Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and some of His Descendants. By Manning Leonard, Southbridge, Mass. Press of Knapp, Peck & Thomson, Auburn N.Y. 1896, p342.