Mary Joanna Kirk (1835 - 1922)

Born 9 Oct 1835 in Giles, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Downard Kirk — married 1854 in California, United States [uncertain]

Died 24 Sep 1922 at age 86 in Sutter, California, United States

Biography

Daughter of John Kirk and Margaret Williams.

Wife of Thomas Downard Kirk, her first cousin. 1900 Census indicates that she and Thomas had been married 46 years, i.e. since 1854. She was the mother of 4 children, 4 then living.

Census Records

1850 Census, Livingston Co., MO: John Kirk age 56 b VA; Margaret Kirk age 48 b VA; Geo P Kirk age 23 b VA; Joseph P Kirk age 20 b VA; Lorenzo D Kirk age 16 b VA; Mary J Kirk age 14 b VA; Louisa Kirk age 12 b VA; Almira Kirk age 10 b VA; Georgiana Kirk age 3 b MO. ^[1]

1860 Census, Cache Creek Township, Yolo, California: T D Kirk age 37 b VA; Mary J Kirk age 24 b VA; Emma G Kirk age 4 b CA; Lizza A Kirk age 2 b CA; Thos Kirk age 69 b VA; J Hiatt age 25 b MO; E Huffman age 24 b Ohio. ^[2]

1870 Census, Vernon, Sutter, California: Kirk, Thomas age 46 b VA; Kirk, Mary age 34 b VA; Kirk, Emma age 14 b CA; Kirk, Lizzie age 12 b CA; Kirk, Charles age 8 b CA; Kirk, Florence age 5 b CA; Sanford, Wm age 21 b NY; Ashby, James age 30 b MO school teacher; Ah Sing, age 21 cook b China. ^[3]

1880 Census, Vernon, Sutter, California: T D Kirk age 58 b VA; Mary A Kirk wife age 45 b VA; Charles Kirk son age 18 b CA; Florence H Kirk age 15 b CA; William Wiseman servant age 22 b MO; ^[4]

1900 Census, Vernon Township, Sutter, California: Thomas Kirk b Feb 1825 b VA as were parents; Mary Kirk wife b Oct 1835 married 46 years, mother of 4, 4 now living; b VA as were parents; living next door to son Charles D. Kirk. ^[5]

1920 Census, Yuba, Sutter, California: Thomas L Smith head age 70 b VA; Elizabeth Smith wife age 61 b CA; Ruth M Smith dau age 31 b CA; Mary J Kirk mother-in-law age 84 b VA. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZX-SQZ : 12 April 2016), Lorenzo D Kirk in household of John Kirk, Livingston county, Livingston, Missouri, United States; citing family 398, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDK6-JRP : 13 December 2017), Mary J Kirk in entry for T D Kirk, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNXQ-Z66 : 12 April 2016), Mary Kirk in household of Thomas Kirk, California, United States; citing p. 18, family 125, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,591.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6PG-LP2 : 22 August 2017), Mary A Kirk in household of T D Kirk, Vernon, Sutter, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 137, sheet 415B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0084; FHL microfilm 1,254,084.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9G5-SPF : accessed 21 September 2018), Mary Kirk in household of Thomas Kirk, Vernon Township, Sutter, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 121, sheet 11A, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,115.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHH9-96L : accessed 21 September 2018), Mary J Kirk in household of Thomas L Smith, Yuba, Sutter, California, United States; citing ED 183, sheet 10A, line 6, family 317, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 152; FHL microfilm 1,820,152.

• "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK91-TFH4 : 8 November 2017), Mary J Kirk, 09 Apr 1922; citing 20581, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,045.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLX-R3VT : 13 December 2015), Mary J Kirk, ; Burial, Sutter, Sutter, California, United States of America, Sutter Cemetery; citing record ID 100748618, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100748618

Re: Lorenzo Dow Kirk, posted 22 Aug 2002 by Rhae thesisters53 at https://www.ancestry.com/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=1219&p=surnames.kirk