John Courtney (1860 - 1914)

Born 8 Dec 1860 in Illinois, United States

Husband of Mary Davis (Hall) Courtney — married 9 Dec 1903 in Rathdrum, Kootenai, Idaho, United States

Died 9 Mar 1914 at age 53 in Lost Creek, Pend Oreille, Washington, United States

Biography

John Courtney was born in Illinois to a father born in Ireland and a mother born in Denmark. He was a lumberman in Minnesota and Idaho. He married Mary Hall in 1903 in Idaho, and appears to have adopted her two daughters. In 1914, he committed suicide.

• Fact: Residence (1900) Itasca, Minnesota, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) Dover, Bonner, Idaho, United States

Sources

• 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9SG-C1G : accessed 31 July 2021), John Courtney, Twps. 146-148 & 57-60/Ranges 25-27, Itasca, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 87, sheet 13A, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,771.

• 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLHJ-GR1 : accessed 31 July 2019), John Courtney, Dover, Bonner, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 80, sheet 10B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 223; FHL microfilm 1,374,236.

• Death: "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HVQL-R3MM : 30 June 2021), John Courtney, 1914.

• Genealogy: "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 31 July 2019, 13:29), entry for John Courtney(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LYTW-5VY); contributed by various users.

• Marriage: "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3YC-797 : 10 December 2017), John Courtney and Mary D Sleeper, 09 Dec 1903; citing Kootenai, Idaho, various county courthouses, Idaho; FHL microfilm 1,548,248.

• Obituary: "Farmer Blows His Brains Out." Spokane, Washington: The Spokesman-Review, March 10, 1914 page 10. Accessed via Newspapers.com 30 July 2021.