Mary Mildred (McTaggert) Girrbach (1898 - 1985)

Born 2 Oct 1898 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Frederick Girrbach Sr. — married 29 Jan 1920 in River Rouge, Michigan

Descendants

Died 16 Jun 1985 at age 86 in River Rouge, Michigan

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Biography

Mabel was the youngest of five children of Albert McTaggert and Elizabeth Jane Nolan.^[1][2] Her father died when she was about three years old. Her family moved in with her grandmother in Ecorse by 1910^[3]

The family moved to River Rouge by 1910.^[4]There she met and married Edward Girrbach when she was 21. She had been a clerk and Edward was an undertaker.^[5]

As the Girrbach family grew, Mabel's mother, Elizabeth, was living with them^[6]By 1940, Mabel and Edward had seven children, ages 18 to 5.^[7] Ray was the oldest child born July 26, 1921. He was followed by Charles (Chuck), Thomas (Tom), Edward (Eddie), Delores (McDonald), Dorothy (McKee) and Mary Helen (Diroff) (not necessarily in that order of birth).

Her husband, Edward, who was the owner of Girrbach and Sons Funeral Home in River Rouge, MI, died in 1957,^[8] and Mabel died at age 86 in 1985.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQXT-3HY : 4 December 2014), Mary Mc Taggert, 02 Oct 1898; citing item 2 p 288 rn 4313, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,322,867.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11931-150074-61?cc=1325221 : accessed 02 Oct 2014), Michigan > Wayne > ED 119 Detroit city Ward 10 > image 12 of 30; citing NARA microfilm publication T623.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLTZ-QYY : accessed 02 Oct 2014), Mable Mctagert in household of Ellen Nolan, Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 282, sheet 12B, family 262, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374691.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ7L-7X7 : accessed 4 October 2017), Mabel McTaggert in household of Elizabeth Mctaggert, River Rouge, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing ED 680, sheet 30B, line 67, family 592, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 800; FHL microfilm 1,820,800.
5. ↑ "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11849-106255-76?cc=1452395 : accessed 02 Oct 2014), 004210094 > image 171 of 626; citing Department of Vital Records, Lansing.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X737-L8Y : accessed 02 Oct 2014), Mabel Girrbach in household of Edward Girrbach, River Rouge, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1042, sheet 14B, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1076.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27889-9281-94?cc=2000219 : accessed 08 Oct 2014), Michigan > Wayne > River Rouge City, River Rouge, Tract 803 > 82-212 River Rouge City (Tract 803 - part) bounded by (N) Maple; (E) Gooddell Av; (S) Great Lakes Av; (W) Jefferson Av > image 6 of 32; citing NARA digital publication of T627.
8. ↑ "Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FH3N-PWB : accessed 02 Oct 2014), Mary Mabel Girrbach in entry for Edward Frederick Girrbach, Sr., 06 Apr 1957; citing Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, reference cn 116; FHL microfilm 2115279.
9. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VSZW-1Y3 : accessed 02 Oct 2014), Mary Girrbach, Jun 1985; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).