Individual Record 689

Name}   Moore, Mathilda		Family History} Olson
Title}	Race} White	Sex} Female
Birth:   Date} Fam 26 Feb 1852	Place}   ,   , Ontario
Marr.: Date} Fam  8 Jun 1870	Place} Fullarton Twp., Perth, Ontario     (Link)
Death: Date} Exa 20 Oct 1919	Place} Tyrol Twp., Griggs, North Dakota
Burial: Date} Aft 20 Oct 1919	Place} Cooperstown Cemetery, Cooperstown, Griggs, North Dakota
	Grave Marker} Yes	Source 1}   71 = Family notes Source 2} 281 = Family notes Source 3} 342 = 1900 USA cen Source 4} 344 = 1910 USA cen Source 5} 373 = Geog history Source 6} 385 = Obituaries Source 7} 526 = Letter Source 8} 905 = Marriage rec Source 9} 958 = 1881 CAN cen Source 10} 963 = Cemetery rec
Parents: } Samuel Moore and Mary Carson    Relationship No.} None
1st Household No.} 387 = Blanshard Twp., Perth, Ontario
Occupation 1} Housewife        Occupation 2}
Religion/Church} Presbyterian/Congregational
Spouses:   Prime} Detwiller, Henry C.  Total Number of} 1
Notes:  Mathilda Moore was born 26 Feb 1852 in Ontario, Canada.  Her parents were Samuel Moore and Mary Carson, who were of Irish descendant.  Nothing more is known about her until she married Henry C. Detwiller.  They were married 8 Jun 1870 in Fullarton Twp., Perth, Ontario.  She, as well as Henry were Presbyterian and both resided in the Fullarton Twp. Mathilda's first child was born in 1871, and died 4 days later.  By 1881, she had six living children, age 9 and younger.  In 1882, her husband Henry traveled to Griggs County, South Dakota, to file a premption claim in Tyrol Township, 7 miles north of Cooperstown.  He returned to Fullarton in the spring of 1884.  In 1885, she and Henry, with their six children, moved to the claim in South Dakota.  They traveled by train, and family history is that they saw Indians on the way. In Tyrol Twp., Mathilda kept house in a home with two rooms downstairs, and two rooms upstairs.  In 1891, their last child Harry Russell was born, the only family member born in the United States.  In 1895, William died at the age of 20.  In 1900, Mathilda and Henry were still living in Tyrol Twp., with only their four youngest sons, and a servant named Bettie Bell.  Henry died 1 Dec 1900. In 1910, Mathilda was now living with her sons Fred and Harry.  She was a member of Eastern Star.  She died 22 Oct 1919, and her funeral services were held in the Congregational Church of which she was a member.  Pastor Bennette of the M.E. Church presided.  She is buried in the Cooperstown Cemetery, Cooperstown, with her husband.
Time of Birth}	Time of Death} 11:15 AM	Fraternal/Social}Eastern Star
Baptism Date}	Place}
Confirm. Date}	Photos} Mathilda Detwiller
Immigr'n Date} Cir 1885	Port} Canadian border
Education: Grade}                               or Top 2 Degrees}
Military: Service}                                    for the State of}
Health Condition}     Cause of Death} Heart disease	Last Updated by} Karen Hancock Date Updated} 24 Sep 2009 Date Created}  21 Jul 1993
Copyright © 2009 by Karen L. Hancock.  All Rights Reserved.

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