Mary Ann (Fultz) Sunday (abt. 1822 - abt. 1888)

Born about 1822 in Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died about 20 Oct 1888 at about age 66 in Zurich, Rooks, Kansas, United States

Biography

Mary was born in Pennsylvania in about 1822. She married Andrew Sunday, Jr. 28 February 1843 in Berks County, Pennsylvania.^[1] By 1850, they lived in Potter Township and had four children. His parents were also living with them. The 1850 census also indicates that she was illiterate.^[2]

Twenty years lager, and they were living in Harris Township. The three youngest children were still living at home, as well as her eldest son and his wife.^[3]

In 1879, when several of their children decided to move "out West" to Kansas, Andrew and Mary joined them, setting up house with their daughter Angeline and her family in Rooks County.^[4][5]

Three years later, her husband passed away,^[4] and she followed him a month later, on 25 October 1888.^[6] She was about 66 years old. She was interred beside her husband in the Zurich Cemetery in Rooks County, Kansas.^[7]

Children

• Mary Angeline
• Francis Edmond
• Priscilla Agnes
• Elizabeth Ellen
• Amelia Elmira
• Alice Etta
• James Ellis
• George Henry
• John Sylvanus
• Daniel Webster
• Clara
• Charles Vanvalzah

Research Notes

Her husband's obituary and the marriage/death certificates indicate that her LNAB was Fultz. FamilySearch lists a marriage between Andrew Sunday and Mary 'Poltz' with the right date and place, but the image itself is restricted to FHL-only viewing.

Also: her age at death, according to her obituary, makes her date of birth 21 February 1822. I have therefore left her birthdate imprecise.

Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989", database, FamilySearch' (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CYN-M194 : 13 January 2021), Mary Poltz, 1843.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M44B-DQG : 21 December 2020), Mary Sunday in household of Andrew Sunday, Potter Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 1119, page 88B. NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.) roll 763.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGS-RPS : 29 May 2021), Mary Sunday in entry for Andrew Sunday, 1870.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Obituary," The Plainville Times, (Plainville, Kansas), 6 Sep 1888, p 5, col 3, digital images, Newspapers.com (Clipping : accessed 7 Feb 2022).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF5V-5MF : 14 January 2022), Mary Sunday in household of Saul E. Tauster, Walton Township, Rooks, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "Obituary," The Plainville Times, (Plainville, Kansas), 25 Oct 1888, p 5, col 3, digital images, Newspapers.com (Clipping : accessed 7 Feb 2022).
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149915767/mary-ann-sunday : accessed 07 February 2022), memorial page for Mary Ann Fultz Sunday (23 Mar 1822–20 Oct 1888), Find a Grave Memorial ID 149915767, citing Zurich Cemetery, Zurich, Rooks County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Ronald McCartney (contributor 47515388) .