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Mary Jane Higgins Roy
19 Dec 1841 – 31 Oct 1913
| Birth | 19 Dec 1841 |
| Death | 31 Oct 1913 |
| Cemetery | Lamoni Rose Hill Cemetery Lamoni , Decatur County , Iowa , USA |
| Added by | Carl Nollen on 01 Sep 2018 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157362852 |
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1.) DIED. ROY. At Lamoni, Iowa, October 31, 1913, Sister Mary J. Roy, aged 71 years, 10 months, and 12 days. She was born in Coles County, Illinois. She united with the church in 1894, baptized by Isaac Hogaboom in Custer County, Nebraska. She removed to Dow City, Iowa. Being blind and having no kindred to care for her, she was received into the Saints' Home at Lamoni, in 1907. She endured her affliction patiently. Services in charge of John Smith, sermon by H. A. Stebbins. Source: The Saints' Herald - volume 60 (1913) Lamoni, Iowa, p. 1138 [The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints] 2.) Biography Formerly a resident of Nebraska and Dow City, Iowa. Divorced from Michael Roy about 1906. Mary's daughter Amyett Roy lived in Iowa Institution for Feeble-Minded Children, Glenwood, Iowa, at least 1910 to 1950. (It appears that Amyett didn't pass away until after 1966.) Mary's daughter Annie Roy lived in the institution from at least 1910 until her death in the late 1910s. MOTHER: Mary Ellen Walden FATHER: Adrian Anglin Higgins HUSBAND: Michael Roy, d. 29 Jan 1920 - Omaha, Nebraska m. 24 Jun 1889 - Coburg, Custer, Nebraska CHILDREN: Amyett Roy Annie Roy FURTHER INFORMATION: 1. Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908 Name Mary J. Higgins Gender Female Marriage Age 40 Record Type Marriage Birth Date abt 1849 Marriage Date 24 Jun 1889 Marriage Place Coburg, Nebraska, USA Marriage County Office Custer Spouse Mike Roy Marriage age 50 2. Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Name Mary J Roy Birth Date About 1842 Birth Place Coles County, Illinois Death Date Oct 1913 Death Place Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa Source Saints' Herald Obituaries, 1913, p. 1138/ Zion's Ensign Obituaries, 24:47:7/ Journal of History, 17:234 Notes Mary J. Roy was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1894 at Custer County, Nebraska, by Isaac Hogaboom. She later resided at Dow City, Iowa. Being blind and having no one to care for her, she entered the Saint's Home at Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, in 1907. 3. Note by Lori Mentzel (volunteer #47697950): The 1910 census and death record, both while Mary lived at the Old Folks Home, were consistent in saying born December 1841. The 1900 census said born December 1845. The 1860-80 censuses are saying born December 1848-50. First, she gave birth to daughters in 1890 and 1894, so couldn't have been too old. Second, she named Mary Walden as mother. Mary Jane's father was married first to Jane Drake, then he married Mary Ellen Walden in March 1848, Coles Co., IL. While sources late in life say that she was born December 1841, the 1850 census shows Mary as age 2 years old.
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- Martha Catherine Higgins Hale 1850–1929
- Sophronia Higgins Predmore 1853–1947
- Amanda Eliza Higgins Crouch 1858–1944
- Nancy Rebekah Higgins Gaddis 1862–1942
- William Porter Higgins 1864–1934
- Elizabeth Ellen "Lizzie" Higgins Graham 1865–1932
- Ella Higgins Smith 1868–1954
- Alfred Anglin Higgins 1870–1946
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