Mary Ann (Moore) Bickford (1850 - 1920)

Born 6 Apr 1850 in Missouri

Ancestors

Wife of Denis Charles Bickford — married about 19 Oct 1865 in Polk County, Iowa [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 15 Feb 1920 at age 69 in Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho

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Biography

Mary Ann Moore was born 6 April 1850 in Missouri to Samuel Moore and Barby Jane (Foster) Moore.

I have the following children listed for she and her husband: Lillian (Lillie), Syrildia, William, Samuel, Nora and Ida.

She died 15 February 1920 in Filer, Idaho.

Sources

CITING THIS RECORD - 1850 Census - Mary Ann Moore "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ6-JJ3 : accessed 24 February 2016), Mary Ann Moore in household of Samuel Moore, Mercer county, Mercer, Missouri, United States; citing family 4, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Very likely to be our Mary Ann.... Will check for further corroboration.... This was the year of her birth. Parents are listed as Samuel and Jane. On Mary Ann's death record her father is Samuel and her mother is Barby Jane

CITING THIS RECORD - 1860 Census - M A Moore "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZB-77V : accessed 24 February 2016), Samuel Moore, 1860.

This Census just shows the father and daughter....no mother.

CITING THIS RECORD - 1870 Census - Mary A Bickford "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDV5-LTP : accessed 24 February 2016), Mary A Bickford in household of D C Bickford, Iowa, United States; citing p. 2, family 11, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,914.

The 1870 Census shows Mary A living with her husband D C Bickford in Iowa with Lillian, age 3; and Syrildia, 0 (6 months)

CITING THIS RECORD - 1900 Census - Mary A Bickford "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMGN-LZ5 : accessed 24 February 2016), Mary A Bickford in household of Dennis Bickford, Chandler Township Chandler city, Lincoln, Oklahoma Territory, United States; citing sheet 11A, family 204, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,339.

The above record shows Dennis and Mary A Bickford living in Chandler Township, Chandler City, Lincoln, Oklahoma Territory at the time of the 1900 Census with daughters Nora and Ida. Nora was 19, born in Kansas; and Ida was 14, born in Arkansas.

CITING THIS RECORD - 1910 Census - Marry A Bickford (Mary misspelled) "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7P-2CS : accessed 24 February 2016), Marry A Bickford in household of Dennis C Bickford, Chandler, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 90, sheet 1B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,271.

Shows her father born in Tennessee and her mother in Missouri.

CITING THIS RECORD - 1920 Census - May A Bickford (Mary misspelled) "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZM-1BN : accessed 24 February 2016), May A Bickford in household of Dennis C Bickford, Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States; citing sheet 8B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,295.

Note: The 1920 Census was taken the same year she died. Her death record states that both of her parents were born in Tennessee. but the Census shows them both born in Missouri

CITING THIS RECORD - Death record 1920 - Mary Ann Bickford "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLTM-1FF : accessed 24 February 2016), Mary Ann Bickford, 15 Feb 1920; citing Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho, reference cn 29351, Department of Health and Welfare, Boise; FHL microfilm 1,530,728.

The above record shows that Mary Ann (Moore) Bickford was born 6 April 1850 in Missouri to Samuel Moore and Barby Jane Foster, both from Tennessee. Mary Ann passed away 15 February 1920 in Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho, and was buried on 17 February 1920.