Mary Elizabeth (Curry) Herring (1893 - 1984)

Born 16 Mar 1893 in Florida

Ancestors

Wife of James Riley Herring — married 24 Mar 1928 in Key West, Monroe, Florida, USA

Died 30 Mar 1984 at age 91 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

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Liddy (Curry) Herring is buried in Key West Cemetery.

Biography

Mary (aka Liddy) was born in 1893. She was the daughter of Uriah Curry and Matilda Carey. In 1900, the family was living in Matacumbe, Monroe County, Florida, where her father was farming fruits and vegetables.^[1] They were still there in 1910.^[2]

Mary Elizabeth was actually known as Liddy most of her life.^[3]

Liddy married Jimmy Herring in 1928 in Key West, Florida. Her cousin, Miriam Carey Stewart, was a witness.^[4] In 1930, the couple was living with Liddy's parents in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, at 1410 Olivia Street.^[5] Her mother, Matilda, passed away later that year.

By 1935, the couple was still living at 1410 Olivia Street. James was listed as an agent in the census, and Liddy as a housewife. Liddy's father, Uriah, was living with them, as well as their son, James (aka Curry).

Liddy passed away in 1984.^[6][7] Burial was in the Bethel/Curry family plot in the Key West Cemetery in Key West, Florida, lot number 53.^[8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36Z-WWQ : accessed 27 March 2015), Mary E Curry in household of Uriah E Curry, Precincts 6-7, Key Matacumbe, Key Largo, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing sheet 3B, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,174.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVKN-8M9 : accessed 27 March 2015), Elizabeth Curry in household of Uriah Curry, Key Metaenabe, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 130, sheet 13B, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,178.
3. ↑ Personal knowledge of Carolyn Martin
4. ↑ "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRCR-ZDM : accessed 6 December 2015), James R Herring and Elizabeth Curry, 1928.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SYJ2-T3Z : accessed 27 March 2015), James Herring in household of Uriah Curry, Key West, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0018, sheet 22A, family 484, line 50, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 325; FHL microfilm 2,340,060.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J146-3Z4 : accessed 6 December 2015), Mary Herring, Mar 1984; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVX3-39F : accessed 6 December 2015), Mary Elizabeth Herring, 30 Mar 1984; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. , certificate number 27772, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
8. ↑ Key West Cemetery Index Records at the Monroe County Library archives in Key West, Florida.
9. ↑ Key West Cemetery Virtual Map[1]

See also:

• Monroe County, Florida Marriage Index
• 1935 Florida State Census, Monroe County, Florida
• 1945 Florida State Census, Monroe County, Florida, Precinct 9, P 18