Bertha L (Chadwell) Forry (1876 - 1947)

Born 23 Aug 1876 in Weir, Cherokee, Kansas, USA

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Died 25 Nov 1947 at age 71 in Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA

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Biography

Bertha was born on August 23, 1876, in Weir, Kansas. Bertha is the child of William P. Chadwell and Marcia Robinson. Her father was a member of the Younger James Gang, and was killed less than a month later during a bank robbery. In 1879, her mother married Lewis Templeton, and Bertha used Templeton as her name until using Chadwell on her marriage certificate. In the 1910 census, she lists her father's birthplace as England, but this would be her step-father,

She married Edwin K Forry on October 16, 1895. in 1910, they were living in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and her husband works in one of the railroad shops. ^[1]

She died on November 25, 1947, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, at the age of 71.

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• Fact: Residence (1920) Muskogee Ward 2, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
• Fact: Residence (1930) Muskogee, Oklahoma

Sources

1. ↑ "1910 United States Federal Census"

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 09 June 2016, 23:42), entry for Bertha L Chadwell(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KHDM-FZ8); contributed by various users.
• "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVP6-28W1 : accessed 31 December 2015), Edward S T Forry and Bertha L Chadwell, 1895.

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