Mary Theresa (Ashton) Parkis (1852 - 1933)

Born 14 Sep 1852 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States

Wife of Calvin Tryon — married 20 Sep 1888 in Saginaw, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Aug 1933 at age 80 in Atlas, Genesee, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Mary Theresa Ashton was born in 1852, daughter of Robert Ashton and Elizabeth Bears. She married James Martin in 1870 and they had children Minnie and Henry. James died in 1875 and she married Calvin Tryon in 1888. Calvin died in 1920 and she married William Parkis in 1924. She died in 1933.

Research Notes

Her name is misspelled in many records but a preponderance of evidence suggests her name is Mary Theresa Ashton.

She is missing from the 1910 census. Calvin and her son Harry Martin and family live together and her brother, Robert, is next door.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWD6-SSF : 18 February 2021), Mary Ashton in entry for Elisabeth Ashton, 1860.

• "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNLZ-97N : 2 March 2021), James Martin and Theresa Ashton, 11 Jun 1870; citing reference ID , various county clerks and libraries, Michigan; FHL microfilm 1,019,066.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCP-L4N : 29 May 2021), Theresa Martin in entry for Sidney Martin (father of her husband James), 1870.

• "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQWR-DHS : 18 February 2021), Calvin Tryon and Mrs. Theresa Ashley Martin, 20 Sep 1888; citing Marriage, Saginaw City, Saginaw, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4207806.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSMQ-CNM : accessed 21 August 2022), Terssey Tryon in household of Calvan Tryon, Davison township Davison village, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 4A, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,710.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZS1-R4N : 2 February 2021), Teressa Tryon in entry for Raymond Holmes, 1920. In household of her daughter Minnie Holmes and husband Calvin Tryon.

• "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQSL-83W : 18 February 2021), William Henry Parkis and Mary Ashton Tryom, 30 Sep 1924; citing Marriage, Davison, Genesee, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4210108. (father Robert Ashton and mother Elizabeth Bears)

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQY6-6KQ : accessed 21 August 2022), Theresa Parkis in household of William H Parkis, Davison, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 2A, line 44, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 984; FHL microfilm 2,340,719.

• "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFSN-12F : 13 March 2018), Theresa M Parkis, 18 Aug 1933; citing Atlas, Genesee, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,972,696. b. 14 Sep 1852, parents Robert Ashton and Elizabeth Bears, d. 18 Aug 1933

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115992096/mary-theresa-tryon: accessed 21 August 2022), memorial page for Mary Theresa Ashton Tryon (1852–1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 115992096, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Davison, Genesee County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Ruth Damon Britting (contributor 47234934).