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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Margaret Mary Coffey ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Margaret Mary Coffey
LAST NAME: Coffey FIRST NAME: Margaret MIDDLE NAME: Mary NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Smith AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mrs. GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 18 Feb 1838 DIED: 3 May 1922 BURIED: May 1922
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Housewife
BIRTH PLACE:  Iowa or Illinois
DEATH PLACE: The Dalles, Wasco Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
OSBH DC (Wasco County 1922) #61 - Marguart [sic] M. Coffey, female, widowed, b. 18 Feb 1838 in Afington [sic - Abingdon ?], Illinois [sic - Iowa?], d. 3 May 1922 in The Dalles, Oregon (3 miles south of) at the age of 84 y's 2 m's 15 d's, name of father Hiram Smith, maiden name of mother Rivers (b. Virginia), undertaker Burget-Morgan of The Dalles, informant T. S. Coffey of The Dalles. 
1850 IL CENSUS - Mary Smith, age 12, b. Iowa, is enumerated with Hiram Smith, age 36. occupation carpenter, b. [? - can't read] is enumerated with wife Sarah, age 25, b. Kentucky, along with Julia, age 16, b. Iowa, America, age 14, b. Illinois, Elizabeth, age 6, b. Illinois, Joseph, age 4, b. Illinois, and Sharlotte, age 1,. b. Illinois.
1860 OR CENSUS - M. M. Coffey, female, age 21, b. Illinois, is enumerated with G. J., male, age 32, occupation farmer, b. Kentucky, along with M.L., female, age 6, b. Oregon, J. J. C. Coffey, male, age 3, b. Oregon, and D.B., male, age 1, b. Oregon. 
1880 OR CENSUS - Mary M. Coffey, age 42,  b. Iowa, is enumerated with sons Thomas Sherman, age 11, b. Oregon, and Frank A., age 8, b. Oregon.
1910 OR CENSUS - Mary Coffey, age 72, widowed, mother of 6 children 4 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Iowa, is enumerated in the home of her son, John J., age 53, occupation restaurant cook, b. Oregon, and his wife of 34 years, Jane, age 52, mother of 5 children 4 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Oregon, along with Raleigh, age 17, b. Oregon, and Ora, age 14, b. Oregon. 
1920 OR CENSUS - M. M. Coffey, age 82, widowed, b. Iowa, is enumerated in the home of her son, J. C., age 62, occupation farmer, b. Oregon, and his wife M. J., age 62., b. Oregon.
DISCREPANCY - her death certificate and the 1860 census give her birth place as Illinois, other census records give her birthplace as Iowa.  It is not clear if she was born in Affington, Illinois, or Abingdon, Iowa.
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SOURCES: 
LR 
IOOF Register of Burials 
OSBH DC (Wasco County 1922) #61
1860 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Sublimity, FA #2985) 
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., N. Salem, ED 81, pg 4D)
1910 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 224, sheet 15B)
1920 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Rosedale, ED 340, sheet 3A)
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LOT: 188 SPACE: 2 NW LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: 
 
 

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