Margaret Ann Murphy1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 19051, (1854 - )

Key Events:

Birth: Sep 1854, Missouri4,5,6
Marriage: about 1868, Illinois, Allen W. Grubb (18 Apr 1846 - 1 Oct 1899)7,8,9

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Narrative:

     9 Margaret Ann Murphy was born in Sep 1854 in Missouri.4,5,6
     Margaret married Allen W. Grubb, son of William Grubb and Mahala Anderson, about 1868 in Illinois.7,8,9
     Margaret and Allen settled in Missouri after their marriage, remaining there six or seven years.10 They appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Lee Summit, Jackson Co., Missouri, enumerated 11 Jun 1870. Their daughter Evelina was listed as living with them.11
     Margaret and Allen moved to Iowa around 1875, remaining there nineteen years.10 They appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Lowell, Henry Co., Iowa, enumerated 18 Jun 1880. Their children Ella and Frank were listed as living with them.12
     Margaret and Allen moved to Albany, Gentry Co., Missouri, around 1895.10
     Shortly after her husband's death, Margaret, her son Albert, and her companion Sadie Schwyhart traveled to Glenville, Nebraska, for a visit, returning about two weeks later.13,14
     Her husband died on 1 Oct 1899 in Albany, Gentry Co., Missouri.15,16,17
     Margaret appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Albany, Gentry Co., Missouri, at Hundly, enumerated 1 Jun 1900, reporting that she owned her home, free of mortgage. Her son Albert was listed as living with her, as was Sadie Schwyhart, age 29, listed as a companion.18
     Margaret moved to Springfield, Missouri, after the death of her husband, where she became a dress maker.19 She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri, at 218½ W. Walnut St., enumerated 15 Apr 1910, reporting that she was renting her home.20
     No further record of her has been found.

Children:
     Children with Allen W. Grubb

Allen and Margaret had two other children, names unknown, both of whom died before 1898.25,26,27
  • Evelina Grubb21 (abt 1869 - bef 1895)
  • Ella May Grubb22,23 (24 Apr 1874 - 14 Jan 1898)
  • Frank S. Grubb24 (abt 1879 - bef 1895)
  • Albert Grubb18 (Feb 1891 - )

Citations

  1. [S4870] "Obituary," Albany Weekly Ledger, 6 Oct 1899, shows name as Margaret Ann Murphy.
  2. [S4877] Allen Grubb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Missouri, shows name as Ann Grubb.
  3. [S4869] Allen Grubb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Henry Co., Iowa, shows name as Anna Grubb.
  4. [S4878] Margaret Grubb household, 1900 U.S. Census, Gentry Co., Missouri, shows month, year, age 45, and state.
  5. [S4877] Allen Grubb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Missouri, shows age 17 and state.
  6. [S4869] Allen Grubb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Henry Co., Iowa, shows age 27 and state.
  7. [S4870] "Obituary," Albany Weekly Ledger, 6 Oct 1899, shows state.
  8. [S4877] Allen Grubb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Missouri, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  9. [S4869] Allen Grubb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Henry Co., Iowa, shows married.
  10. [S4870] "Obituary," Albany Weekly Ledger, 6 Oct 1899.
  11. [S4877] Allen Grubb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Missouri.
  12. [S4869] Allen Grubb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Henry Co., Iowa.
  13. [S4885] Local news, Albany Weekly Ledger, 20 Oct 1899.
  14. [S4886] Local news, Albany Weekly Ledger, 10 Nov 1899.
  15. [S4870] "Obituary," Albany Weekly Ledger, 6 Oct 1899, shows date, county, and state.
  16. [S4882] "Died of His Injuries," Albany Weekly Ledger, 6 Oct 1899, shows date and at his home in Albany.
  17. [S4874] Allen W. Grubb grave marker, Greenwood Cemetery, shows date.
  18. [S4878] Margaret Grubb household, 1900 U.S. Census, Gentry Co., Missouri.
  19. [S4879] Margaret A. Grubb household, 1910 U.S. Census, Greene Co., Missouri, shows occupation as seamstress, industry as dress making.
  20. [S4879] Margaret A. Grubb household, 1910 U.S. Census, Greene Co., Missouri.
  21. [S4877] Allen Grubb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Missouri, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  22. [S4869] Allen Grubb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Henry Co., Iowa, shows the girl as daughter of Anna's husband.
  23. [S4871] Ella M. Shurtz grave marker, shows dau. of A. W. & M. A. Grubb.
  24. [S4869] Allen Grubb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Henry Co., Iowa, shows him as the son of her husband.
  25. [S4870] "Obituary," Albany Weekly Ledger, 6 Oct 1899, shows they had six children, all but one preceded him in death.
  26. [S4862] "Obituary," Albany Weekly Ledger, 21 Jan 1898, shows she was the fifth child they had buried.
  27. [S4878] Margaret Grubb household, 1900 U.S. Census, Gentry Co., Missouri, shows her as mother of 6, with one living.