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Matthew James Harvey (1890 - 1968)

Matthew James Harvey
Born in Harlem Township, Winnebago County, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 20 Sep 1919 in Caledonia, Boone County, Illinois, United Statesmap
Died at age 77 in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Biography

Global Cemeteries Project
Matthew Harvey is buried in Scottish Cemetery, Caledonia, Illinois.

Matthew was born in 1890. He was the son of Daniel Harvey and Mary Harvie. [1]

He married Magarete Brown in 1919. [2]

They farmed the homestead his grandparents settled when coming from Scotland in 1840.

Matthew passed away in 1968. [3]

Children

  1. Mary Elizabeth (Ralston/Picken) 1921–2010
  2. Raymond Brown Harvey 1922–1993

Obituary

HARVEY - Matthew J. Harvey, 77, Caledonia, died at 10:25 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1968, in St. Anthony Hospital after a short illness.

Born Dec. 29, 1890, in Harlem Township, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel G. Harvey. Lived all his life in Rockford area.

Married to the former Margeret Brown in Caledonia Township, Sept. 20, 1919. Employed as an office supervisor by Ralston, Inc., for 33 years. Member of Willow Creek Presbyterian Church, and was an elder of the church and had been a member of the Roscoe Masonic Lodge No. 75, a past master of the lodge. He was a member of the Rockford Senior Citizens.

Survivors include his wife, Margrete; a daughter, Mrs. Wilburn B. Ralston, Caledonia; a son, Raymond, Rockford; a sister, Helen Harvey, Rockford; seven grandchildren.

Services at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in BURPEE-WOOD FUNERAL HOME, 420 N. Main St., with the Rev. Lester Reemstma, pastor of Willow Creek Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial in Scottish Cemetery, Argyle. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 p.m. to 8:30 pm. Wednesday.[4]

1930 US Census

Harlem Township, Illinois [5]

Name: M J Harvey
Home in 1930: Harlem, Winnebago, Illinois
Street address: R R No 2 Roscoe
Occupation: Farmer
  • M J Harvey Head Male 39 Illinois
  • Margarete A Harvey Wife Female 32 Illinois
  • Mary Elizabeth Harvey Daughter Female 9 Illinois
  • Raymond B Harvey Son Male 7 Illinois
  • Reinhold Johnson Hired man Male 26 Illinois

1940 US Census

Harlem Township, Illinois [6]

Name: Mathew J Harvey
Age: 49
Home in 1940: Harlem, Winnebago, Illinois
Occupation: General Office Work
  • Mathew J Harvey Head Male 49 Illinois
  • Margrete Harvey Wife Female 42 Illinois
  • Raymond Harvey Son Male 17 Illinois

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSCH-G1L : accessed 30 January 2019), Mathew J Harvey in household of Daniel G Harvey, Harlem Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 123, sheet 4B, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,355.
  2. "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X25V-N6X : 6 November 2017), Matthew James Harvey and Margrete Agnes Brown, 1919; citing Boone, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,914,104.
  3. Winnebago County Clerk, comp. Winnebago County Clerk Genealogy Records. Winnebago, IL: Winnebago County Clerk, 2008. Accessed on ancestry.com, October 2020 View Ancestry Record 5397 #62811 (requires subscription).
    Name: Matthew James Harvey
    Death Date: 5 Nov 1968
  4. Rockford Register-Republic, Wednesday, November 6, 1968
  5. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X39H-J17 : accessed 30 January 2019), M J Harvey, Harlem, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 11B, line 62, family 267, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 571; FHL microfilm 2,340,306.
  6. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWTQ-RQJ : 14 March 2018), Mathew J Harvey, Harlem Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 101-8, sheet 20A, line 24, family 408, 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 912.

See also:

  • Find A Grave: Memorial #53401613: accessed 30 January 2019), memorial page for Matthew J Harvey (29 Dec 1890–5 Nov 1968), citing Scottish Cemetery, Caledonia, Boone County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Amelia Crombie-Christy (contributor 46861625) .




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