Mary Augusta (Norton) Stafford (1868 - abt. 1964)

Born Dec 1868 in Ireland

Descendants

Died about 1964 at about age 95 in Spokane, Washington, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary was born Dec 1868. Mary Norton married Peleg Tabor Stafford and they resided in Atlantic, IA. They had 4 children: Ruth, Mae, Grace and Paul. Sometime after 1900 she and the younger three children left Atlantic and are found residing in Spokane, WA by 1920. Ruth, the oldest child, appears to have stayed in IA with her father. Mary passed away in 1964 and is buried at St Joseph Cemetery in Spokane Co., WA

Sources

• "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VTSL-TF7 : 10 March 2018), Mary A Stafford in household of Peleg T Stafford, Cass, Iowa, United States; citing p. 387, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,020,339.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M924-9LT : accessed 11 June 2018), Mary A Stafford in household of Pelix T Stafford, Atlantic Township Atlantic city Ward 1 & 4, Cass, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 33, sheet 19A, family 371, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,422.
• "Iowa State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVMP-1NM8 : 16 March 2018), Mary Stafford, Cass, Iowa, United States; citing card #A895, State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,430,319.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHFC-FQ9 : accessed 11 June 2018), Matie Stafford, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States; citing ED 242, sheet 5B, line 89, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1942; FHL microfilm 1,821,942.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCQ8-7Z8 : accessed 11 June 2018), Mary Stafford, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 40, sheet 13B, line 60, family 173, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2516; FHL microfilm 2,342,250.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K935-8BX : accessed 11 June 2018), Mary Stafford, Area G, Spokane, Spokane City, Spokane, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41-75A, sheet 9B, line 47, family 13, 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 4386.

• St Joseph Cemetery, Spokane Co., WA - although there is a possible error in the birth year on the grave marker

• "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q246-VMT7 : accessed 11 June 2018), Mary Norton in entry for Paul Norton Stafford, 07 May 1900, Atlantic, Cass, Iowa, United States; citing reference ID 289819, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101715025.