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Amelia Isabelle (Russell) Alexander (1863 - 1943)

Amelia Isabelle (Minnie) Alexander formerly Russell aka Colmery
Born in Lawrence County, Pennsylvaniamap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 21 Aug 1895 in Lawrence, Pennsylvaniamap
Died at age 80 in Bellevue, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USAmap
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Biography

Daughter of John Hunter Russell (1825 – 1894) and Minerva Silliman (1828 – 1913). Her known siblings are; Thomas A (1849-1915) Nancy Alice (1851-1932), Mary Ella (1853-1882), Quinton R (1855-1917), William Arthur (1858-1925), Charlie C (1862-), (1863-1943), Frank W. (1866-), Alfred (1869-) and Joseph G (1870-).
William and Minnie were married in Lawrence Pennsylvania on August 21, 1895 [1]
She remarried to Walter Scott Colmery (1860 – 1943) about 1922, they were both widowed.
She died of valvular myocarditis[2] She is buried in the Monongahela Cemetery, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania[3] along side William and their son.

Census

1860 Little Beaver, Lawrence, Pennsylvania[4]
1880 Little Beaver, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States[5]
1900 Precinct 3 North Braddock borough, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States[6]
1910 Avalon Ward 2, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States[7]
1930 Bellevue, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States[8]

Sources

  1. "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHNL-V4Z : accessed 21 May 2015), William E M Alexander and Minnie I Russell, 21 Aug 1895; citing Marriage, Pennsylvania, county courthouses, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 1,535,036.
  2. Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates #46432, 1906–1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
  3. Find A Grave: Memorial #69306891
  4. "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZPV-2PP : accessed 24 May 2015), Minie E Russell in household of Hunter Russell, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 22, family 158, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,859.
  5. "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWNM-FBX : accessed 24 May 2015), Amelia Russell in household of John H Russell, Little Beaver, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district 211, sheet 45B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1144; FHL microfilm 1,255,144.
  6. "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3MC-S2W : accessed 24 May 2015), Minnie Alexander in household of William Alexander, Precinct 3 North Braddock borough, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 22, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,370..
  7. "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGDS-6LB : accessed 24 May 2015), Minnie T Alexander, Avalon Ward 2, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 5B, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,305.
  8. "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCHC-24Q : accessed 24 May 2015), Minnie I Colmery in household of Walter S Colmery, Bellevue, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0503, sheet 20A, family 503, line 5, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1960; FHL microfilm 2,341,694.




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