Flora Louisa (Walker) McGuire (1874 - 1921)

Born 9 Dec 1874 in Georgia City, Jasper, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Edward McGuire — married about 20 Mar 1896 in Pagosa Springs, Archuleta, Colorado

Descendants

Died 13 Nov 1921 at age 46 in Arboles, Archuleta, Colorado, United States

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Biography

Flora Louisa Walker was born 9 Dec 1874 in Jasper County, Missouri, the daughter of James Walker and Elizabeth Comstock.

On 20 Mar 1896 in Pagosa Springs, Archuleta, Colorado, Flora G Walker married James Edward McGuire^[1] (30 OCT 1856 Virginia - 7 OCT 1922 Pagosa Springs, Archuleta, Colorado).

They had six children::

1. Gertrude "Gertie" McGuire (1896–1920) married Harry Kinghorn
2. Hildred "Hattie: Leona McGuire (1898–1986) married Ernest Burster (1884–1962)
3. Leroy Edward (1903-1907)
4. Erwin (1906-1907)
5. Charles Myron McGuire (1914–1990)
6. Josephine Elizabeth McGuire (22 Apr 1917 Arboles, Archuleta County, Colorado -17 Sep 1981 Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California^[2]) married Elmer Luther Wilson (1916–1987)

Burial^[3]: Allison Tiffany Cemetery. Tiffany, La Plata County, Colorado. MEMORIAL ID 14660429

Bio from FAG:

"The Pagosa Sun newspaper of Feb 22, 1895 showed that 'Miss Flora Walker has purchased the Reid Ranch.' This was the ranch right next to her brother John Everette Walker's ranch.

She married James McGuire that year and all their six children were born there: Gertrude "Gertie", Hattie, Leroy, Edwin, Charles, and Josephine.

Leroy & Erwin died very young of scarlet fever - and were buried on the property. When it was determined that the ranch would become part of the lakebed for the Navajo Reservoir, their remains were exhumed and relocated to a small public plot at the back of the Santa Rosa Catholic Church cemetery.

Flora L. Walker McGuire is buried next to her husband James E. McGuire, as well as their grown/married daughter Gertrude McGuire Kinghorn. They all died within only 18 months of each other - but for very different reasons: Gertrude died in childbirth, James had a heart attack on horseback while tending his cattle, and Flora died of influenza.

Her tombstone mistakenly says that she was born in November, but she was born exactly 2 years and 9 days before her brother, who was born December 18th."

Notes:

• 1880^[4]: Baker, Crawford, Kansas. James H Walker age 34 (Iowa), occupation coal miner, with wife Elizabeth A. age 28 (Iowa), Flora age 5 (Missouri) and Ashley Washburn age 21 (Iowa)

• 1900^[5]: recincts 1-6 East Pagosa Springs, Edith, Chromo, San Juan River, West Pagosa Springs, Piedra, Archuleta, Colorado, United States. Flora L Mcguire age 27, birth date Dec 1873, birthplace Missouri, married 5 years, father's birthplace Iowa, mother's birthplace Missouri, with husband James E Mcguire age 44 birthplace Virginia and daughters Gurtie R Mcguire 4 and Hattie L Mcguire 2, both born in Colorado

• 1910^[6]: Arboles, Archuleta, Colorado, United States. Flora Mc Guire age 35 with husband James E Mc Guire 51 and children Gertie Mc Guire 13 and Hattie Mc Guire Daughter 12.

• 1920^[7]: Arboles, Archuleta, Colorado, United States. Flora Mcguire age 44 birthplace Missouri with husband James Mcguire 63 (Virginia) and children Hattie Mcguire 21, Charles Mcguire 5, Josephine Mcguire 2

Sources

1. ↑ "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQX-Q2L : 19 February 2021), James Mcguire and Flora G Walker, 20 Mar 1896, Pagosa Springs, Archuleta, Colorado, United States; citing no. , State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,108.
2. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGBP-VZ3 : 26 November 2014), Walker in entry for Josephine Mcguire Wilson, 17 Sep 1981; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14660429/flora-louisa-mcguire
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFP5-XRC : 29 August 2017), James H Walker, Baker, Crawford, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 53, sheet 5A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0378; FHL microfilm 1,254,378.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMQ-JQL : accessed 16 October 2018), Flora L Mcguire in household of James E Mcguire, Precincts 1-6 East Pagosa Springs, Edith, Chromo, San Juan River, West Pagosa Springs, Piedra, Archuleta, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 10A, family 210, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,121.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKW2-GFP : accessed 16 October 2018), Flora Mc Guire in household of James E Mc Guire, Arboles, Archuleta, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 7A, family 128, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 112; FHL microfilm 1,374,125.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2H-JQB : accessed 16 October 2018), Flora Mcguire in household of James Mcguire, Arboles, Archuleta, Colorado, United States; citing ED 3, sheet 3A, line 46, family 40, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 156; FHL microfilm 1,820,156.

See also:

• HISTORY of the BLANCHARD FAMILY: From 1636 to the present time, Jonathan Hunt, Reedtown, Ohio, Price 25 cents. Published about 1898.