Relationship Record 259

Male/Husband}   Detwiller, Fredrick (Fred)     Family History} Olson
  Female/Wife}   Armstrong, Martha Jane Relationship Type} Marriage
Marriage: Date} Fam 15 Mar 1916 Place} Cooperstown, Griggs, North Dakota
Ended:   On Date} Exa 1 Mar 1938
                        By} Death of husband
Source 1} 353 = Family notes
Source 2} 373 = Geog history
Source 3} 965 = 1915 ND cen
Source 4} 966 = 1920 USA cen
Source 5} 967 = 1925 ND cen
Source 6} 968 = 1930 USA cen
Source 7} 1269=1940 USA cen
Source 8} 385 = Obituaries
Source 9} 963 = Cemetery rec
1st Household No.} 393 = Tyrol Twp., Griggs, North Dakota
Photographs} See below  
Last Updated
        by} Karen Hancock
Date Updated} 25 May 2014
Date Created}    5 Jun 1993
Notes:   Frederick Detwiller, Martha Jane Armstrong Detwiller Fredrick (Fred) Detwiller and Martha Jane Armstrong were married 15 Mar 1916 in Cooperstown, Griggs, North Dakota.  She had been working as a domestic in his family's home prior to the marriage.  They had one child, Lenore Helen, born 4 Aug 1918.

In 1920 and 1930 U.S. censuses, the family is found on their farm in Tyrol Twp., Griggs, located seven miles north of Cooperstown.  Oddly, in the 1925 North Dakota census, Fred is listed with his brother Harry's family.  He is also listed with Martha and Lenore, and others, as living in Cooperstown, not on their farm.  Fred died on 1 March 1938.  Their daughter Lenore married Willaim Paintner on 29 Jun 1938.

In the 1940 U.S. census, Martha was still on the farm with her brother William Armstrong as partner.  Martha lived on for many years, passing away 30 August 1970, at the age of 90.  Both she and Fred are buried in the Cooperstown Cemetery, Cooperstown, North Dakota.
Children: Total # of Children} 1 Seq. # of Primary} 1
  1st Child} Detwiller, Lenore Helen
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