Anna B. (Krause) Kirby (1876 - 1931)

Born 8 Mar 1876 in St Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA

Wife of Timothy Anthony Kirby — married about 13 Jul 1923 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA

Died 10 May 1931 at age 55 in St Louis, St Louis City, Missouri, USA

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Biography

Anna Krause was born 8 March 1876 in St Louis, Missouri.

Anna married(1)unknown -- and had a son named Ernest prior to marrying Timothy.

Anna married(2) Timothy Kirby prior to September 1918. Anna is listed as his wife in his military registration and in the 1920 census.

1920 census -- St Louis, St Louis City, Missouri, USA

Timothy Kirby, head, rent, white, male, age 35, married, born Missouri, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland, electrician iron works; Anna Kirby, wife, white, female, age 42, married, born Missouri, father born Bohemia, mother born Bohemia; Ernst K Kirby, son, white, male, age 17, single, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri, clerk rail road co.^[1]

Oddly, there is a marriage record 13 July 1923, in Detroit, Michigan for Timothy Kirby and Anna Krause Pokorny.^[2] Did they remarry? And why marry in Michigan?

1930 census -- St Louis, St Louis City., Missouri, USA

George Kirby, head, own $3000, white, male, age 45, married, first married @ 23, born Missouri, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland, foreman electric co.; Anna Kirby, wife, white, female, age 54, first married @ 28, married, born Missouri, father born Bohemia, mother born Bohemia; ^[3]

Anna died 10 May 1931 in St Louis, Missouri. ^[4] She is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M88Q-TW4 : accessed 7 July 2017), Anna Kerby in household of Timothy Kerby, St Louis Ward 24, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing ED 466, sheet 6B, line 55, family 104, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 960; FHL microfilm 1,820,960.
2. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQS7-MKV : 4 December 2014), Tim A. Kirby and Anna B. Krause Pokosny, 13 Jul 1923; citing Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, v 12 rn 251591, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,342,759.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHJP-Y52 : accessed 7 July 2017), Anna Kirby in household of George Kirby, St Louis (Districts 1-250), St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 130, sheet 9A, line 2, family 146, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1239; FHL microfilm 2,340,974.
4. ↑ Missouri Death Certificate https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1931/1931_00020018.PDF
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35000553/anna-b-kirby : accessed 17 February 2022), memorial page for Anna B. Krause Kirby (8 Mar 1876–10 May 1931), Find A Grave: Memorial #35000553, citing Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Lettie Kirby (contributor 46920696) .