Flora (Abbey) Irish (1889 - 1977)

Born 28 Apr 1889 in Mayville, Chautauqua, New York

Ancestors

Died Jan 1977 at age 87 in Cattaraugus, Cattaraugus, New York

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Biography

Flora was born in 1889. She was the daughter of George Abbey and Gertrude Perkins.

She was living with her parents, siblings, and paternal grandparents in Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York in 1900.^[1]

She married George Damon Irish on 17 Jul 1909 in Chautauqua county, New York.^[2] They had three children.

They were in Dunkirk, Chautauqua, New York in 1910.^[3]

They were living in New Albion, Cattaraugus, New York in 1920.^[4]

They divorced before 1930. In 1930, she was living in New Albion with sons Milton and Richard.^[5] In 1940, she was living with son Richard in New Albion.^[6]

She passed away in 1977.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS6V-39W : accessed 18 April 2017), Flora Abbey in household of Johnson Abbey, Pomfret Township (excl. Fredonis vill.), Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 118, sheet 3A, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,015.
2. ↑ "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FF5Y-1R2 : 24 January 2016), George Damon Irish and Flora Abbey, 17 Jul 1909; citing county clerk’s office, Chautauqua, New York, United States; FHL microfilm 1,004,673.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M54X-YGY : accessed 18 April 2017), Flora Irish in household of George Irish, Dunkirk Ward 3, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 122, sheet 5A, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 929; FHL microfilm 1,374,942.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJK2-B33 : accessed 18 April 2017), Flora Irish in household of George D Irish, New Albion, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing ED 75, sheet 5B, line 67, family 131, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1088; FHL microfilm 1,821,088.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7H8-1CP : accessed 18 April 2017), Flora Irish, New Albion, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 36, sheet 4B, line 88, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1409; FHL microfilm 2,341,144.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ19-66L : accessed 18 April 2017), Flora Irish, Cattaraugus, New Albion Town, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-39, sheet 8A, line 40, family 203, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2505.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMKV-5MP : 19 May 2014), Flora Irish, Jan 1977; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).