Born in Bethany, Harrison, Missouri, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Marion Vance
and Elizabeth J. (Baxter) Vance
Sister of
Martha J. Vance, James W. Vance, Athalia A. (Vance) Matkins, Iona A. (Vance) Hyatt and Charles Marion Vance
Wife of
James Stirling Rookstool
— married
21 Dec 1878 in McFall, Gentry County, Missouri
Descendants 
Mother of
Edward Franklin Rookstool, Ione Rookstool, Bertha Bell (Rookstool) Chapman, Henry Irvin Rookstool, Charles Raleigh Rookstool, Clara Gertrude (Rookstool) Mackey, John Christopher Rookstool, Elizabeth Marie (Rookstool) Christensen, Benjamin Freeman Rookstool, James Glen Rookstool, LeRoy Jackson Rookstool and Albert Virgil Rookstool
Died
at age 87
in Berlin Township, Otoe, Nebraska, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 May 2018
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Contents |
Biography
Mary was born in 1856. She was born in Harrison, Missouri. [1]
In 1860 she was 3 and living with parents, Henry and Elizabeth J, and brother in Missouri. [2]
In 1870 she was 14 and living with parents and three siblings in Missouri. [3]
She married James Rookstool in 1876.
In 1880 she was 23 and she and her husband are living in Missouri with 1 year old son Edward F Rookstool. [4]
Their son Henry was born in 1882. [5]
Their daughter Marie was born in 1891. [6]
In 1895 Mary and James were living in Iowa with 8 children. [7]
In 1900 she was 43 and they are living in Missouri with ten children. The census said she was mother to twelve children. [8]
Son Henry married in 1904. [9]
Daughter Clara married in 1907. [10]
Their son Edward Franklin married in 1909. [11]
In 1910 she was listed as 53 years old and living with son Christopher and four of her other sons (Freeman, Glen, Leroy and Albert) in Missouri. [12]
Their son Raleigh married in 1913. [13]
Son John married in 1917. [14]
In 1920 she was mistakenly listed as 44. She is living in her son Roy's household along with two other sons (Albert and James). [15]
Their daughter Bertha Bell married in 1927. [16]
Their son Ray married in 1928. [17]
In 1930 she was 74, a widow, and living with son Henry and his family in Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska. [18]
In 1940 she was 83 and still living with her son Henry and his wife in Missouri. [19]
Mary passed in 1944. [20]
Buried in Camp Creek Cemetery, Nebraska City, Nebraska. [21]
Research Notes
- Downey-1809: My mother Mary Ann Downey said she saw an email asking about Mary Vance. This lady remembers that her father had an aunt named Mary Vance who once lived on an indian reservation. Mom said her mother always said she thought there was supposed to be an indian in the family.
Sources
- ↑ Bertha's life story
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZF-4GY : 14 December 2017), Mary M Vance in entry for Henry M Vance, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M467-S4M : 12 April 2016), Mary Vance in household of Henry Vance, Missouri, United States; citing p. 20, family 130, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,277.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6X7-QQB : 7 September 2017), Mary M Rookstool in household of James Rookstool, Butler, Harrison, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 304, sheet 213A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0689; FHL microfilm 1,254,689.
- ↑ "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKD8-8D5P : 11 February 2018), Mary Vance in entry for Henry Rookstool, 08 Oct 1882; citing Birth, Mccook, South Dakota, United States, South Dakota Department of Health, Pierre.
- ↑ "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDD-WP21 : 11 February 2018), Mary Vance in entry for Marie Rookstool, 05 Jan 1891; citing Birth, Mccook, South Dakota, United States, South Dakota Department of Health, Pierre.
- ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT39-Z7X : 20 February 2021), Mary Rookstool in household of James Rookstool, Fremont, Iowa, United States; citing p. 161, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,020,353.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3BT-35J : accessed 26 October 2018), Mary Rookstool in household of James Rookstool, Otoe Precinct, Otoe, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 116, sheet 6A, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,936.
- ↑ "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q298-YCQV : 18 January 2020), Mary Nance in entry for Henry I. Rookstool, 8 Mar 1904; citing Marriage, Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 1,977,802.
- ↑ "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q298-YR63 : 18 January 2020), Mary Vance in entry for Charles H. Handley, 19 Feb 1907; citing Marriage, Otoe, Nebraska, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 1,977,803.
- ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDS-Q21V : 4 November 2017), Mary Vance in entry for Edward Franklin Rookstool and Nellie Taylor, 09 Apr 1909, Page, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,035,215.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML49-XYM : accessed 26 October 2018), Mary M Rookstool in household of Christopher J Rookstool, Grant, Custer, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 80, sheet 2B, family 47, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 841; FHL microfilm 1,374,854.
- ↑ "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZP-FFP5 : 28 November 2018), Mary Vance in entry for Raleigh Rookstool and Sadie Martin, 24 Apr 1913; citing Marriage, Logan, Nebraska, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 2,079,088.
- ↑ "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q298-GG4Z : 18 January 2020), Mary Vance in entry for John C. Rookstool, 22 Mar 1917; citing Marriage, Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 1,954,016.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCVG-Q26 : accessed 20 February 2019), Mary M Rookstool in household of Roy Rookstool, Delight, Custer, Nebraska, United States; citing ED 82, sheet 14B, line 83, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 985; FHL microfilm 1,820,985.
- ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLWR-SLR : 4 November 2017), Mary Vance in entry for Thomas Chapman and Bertha Bell Rockstool Burris, 26 Aug 1927, , Fremont, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,533,770.
- ↑ "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZP-KNGF : 28 November 2018), Mary M Vance in entry for Ray J Rookstoal and Cara Pauline Shoemaker, 26 May 1928; citing Marriage, Beaver City, Furnas, Nebraska, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 2,079,226.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ2Q-5LJ : accessed 29 June 2018), Mary Rookstool in household of Henry I Rookstool, Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 14B, line 96, family 375, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1288; FHL microfilm 2,341,023.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM1K-THQ : 15 March 2018), Mary Rookstool in household of Henry Rookstool, Weeping Water Election Precinct, Cass, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13-34, sheet 6B, line 68, family 125, 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 2239.
- ↑ Death Certificate
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 06 April 2021), memorial page for Mary Magdilene Vance Rookstool (25 Aug 1856–18 Mar 1944), Find A Grave: Memorial #7666679, citing Camp Creek Cemetery, Otoe County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by Kelley Hansen (contributor 46573578) .
See also:
- FamilySearch Person: KJ6Z-GTP
Acknowledgements
- Mary Ann Downey worked for many years researching our family trees.
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