Mary E Gorman (1825 - 1914)

Born 19 Mar 1825 in Macon, Bibb, Georgia, United States

Wife of Alfred Buckner — married 21 Feb 1843 in Monroe, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 11 May 1914 at age 89 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States

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Biography

Mary was born 3/19/1825 in Georgia. Her father was James Gorman and her mother was Mary (surname unknown), both from Kentucky. Mary married Alfred Buckner on 2/21/1843 in Georgia. In 1850 Alfred and Mary and their children were living and farming in Pike, Georgia, United States. In 1860 the family was living in 1001st District, Spalding, Georgia where Alfred was working as a classical English teacher. The family moved to California and some of them lived for many years in the Fountaingrove Utopian Community in Sonoma county, CA, In 1900 Alfred and Mary were boarders living in Santa Rosa, CA and Alfred was working as a gardener. In 1910 Mary was widowed and was living with her son Horace in Santa Rosa. Mary died 5/11/1914 and is buried with family members in the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery (Plot Stanley VII-27).

Research Notes

Alfred and Mary may have lived in Portland, Chautauqua, New York in 1870 and 1880 (there are possible census records for this) but this conflicts with statement in the burial listing book that they moved to California in 1864 and lived several years at the Fountaingrove Utopian Community in Sonoma county, CA.

Sources

• "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJ8-69Q : 7 February 2020), Alfred Buckner and Mary E. Gorman, 21 Feb 1843; citing Marriage, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 164,220.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYC-GTJ : 19 December 2020), Mary E Buckner in household of Alfred Buckner, Pike, Georgia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMR-S43 : 18 February 2021), Mary Buckner in entry for Alfred Buckner, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVPM-9NM : accessed 23 January 2022), Mary E Bruckner in household of Horace Bruckner, Santa Rosa Ward 1, Sonoma, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 157, sheet 12A, family 267, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 109; FHL microfilm 1,374,122.

• "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK91-CVLC : 23 February 2021), Mary E Buckner, 11 May 1914; citing 16652, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,044.

• "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HKSJ-D5ZM : 4 February 2020), Mary E. Buckner, 1914.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40880809/mary-e-buckner

• Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery 1854-2020, Burial Listing and Genealogical Information, revised and expanded edition of 2007 listing, Sandra Wright Frary, Raymond L. Owen, published 2021 by Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Preservation Committee, City of Santa Rosa, Recreation and Parks, 2060 West College Ave, Santa Rosa, CA, 95401