Mary Beatrice (Sweigard) McCrea (1903 - 1953)

Born 7 Sep 1903 in Sharpsburg, Taylor, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Died 1 Aug 1953 at age 49 in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States

Biography

The daughter of Walter Sweigard and Amanda (Nation) Sweigard, Mary Sweigard was born in Sharpsburg Township, Iowa in 1903,^[1] residing with her family, by 1910, in Marshall Township, Iowa.^[2] By 1920, Mary had moved with her family to Colorado, taking up residence in New Raymer Township.^[3] Mary Sweigard married Samuel Thompson McCrea (1884-1938), the son of James McCrea and Jane McDowell, marrying in Evans Township, Colorado on October 6, 1923^[4] and having two children together:

1. James Thompson McCrea (1926-2003)
2. John Samuel McCrea (1931-1931)

They made their home for a time in Marshall Township, Iowa,^[5] Mary McCrea's husband died in Bedford Township, Iowa in 1938; in 1940, Mary lived in North Akron, Colorado, lodging with widow Kathryn Huey and working as an Adult Eductation teacher for the Works Progress Administration.^[6] In 1950, she and her son, James McCrea, lived in Pueblo, Colorado,^[7] where Mary sold insurance products and her son worked as a switchman for the railroad.

Mary McCrea passed away at the age of 49 and is buried at Imperial Memorial Gardens in Pueblo, Colorado.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24X-Q1T6 : 28 May 2022), Mary Beatrice Sweigard, 1903.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG9N-9PV : accessed 6 March 2023), Mary V Sweigard in household of Walter A Sweigard, Marshall, Taylor, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 137, sheet 11B, family 231, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 425; FHL microfilm 1,374,438.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLF-NYX : 31 January 2021), Mary Sweigard in entry for Walter A Sweigard, 1920.
4. ↑ "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQ6-BRD : 19 February 2021), Samuel Mccrae and Mary Sweigard, 06 Oct 1923, Evans, Weld, Colorado, United States; citing no. 8774, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,107.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMK7-1ZD : accessed 6 March 2023), Mary S Mccrea in household of Sam Mccrea, Marshall, Taylor, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 2B, line 61, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 685; FHL microfilm 2,340,420.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:VRD8-FT1 : Fri Aug 05 00:15:03 UTC 2022), Entry for Mary S McCrea, 1940.
7. ↑ Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado; Roll: 2523; Sheet Number: 3; Enumeration District: 64-49: Pueblo city - That part in Election Precinct 21 (Area B-part) Bounded by Lincoln; City Limits, Arkansas River; Short, Corona Ave., Idaho Ave.; Abriendo Ave.. This Enumeration District consists of the following blocks: 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 96, 97.. Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. Ancestry Record 62308 #19091329 with attached Image
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGV1-QBGC : 1 August 2020), Mary Beatrice Sweigard Thompson, Burial, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States of America, Imperial Memorial Gardens. Find A Grave: Memorial #184879508