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GRIFFITH, Mary (Clouse) 1901-1918

GRIFFITH, CLOUSE, WALKER, RICE, BALDWIN, FRY

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 4/4/2013 at 14:18:46

Mary (Clouse) Griffith – July 8, 1901 – December 19, 1918

Funeral services for Mrs. Joseph Griffith, who died at Presbyterian Hospital yesterday morning, following an attack of influenza and pneumonia, will be at the home, 1913 Mulberry Street, at 2 p.m. Saturday. Dr. Effie McCollum Jones will officiate. Burial in Fairview.

Mrs. Griffith was born near Plainfield, July 6, 1901. She was married to Joseph Griffith January 28, 1918.

Besides the husband she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Clouse; two sisters, Miss Orlean Clouse, at home; and Mrs. Milo Baldwin, Waterloo.
[Waterloo Evening Courier, Friday, December 20, 1918, Waterloo, Iowa]
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Mary Clouse was born July 8, 1901 in Douglas, Bremer, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur Clouse and Gertie May Walker. Her father is also known as David Arthur Clouse. His WWI Draft registration: David Arthur Clouse born January 22, 1878.

She married Joseph John Griffith, the son of George and Katie (Rice) Griffith. He was born July 6, 1899 according to the WWI Draft Registration and was living in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa. He died January 1, 1957 in Marin California; mothers’ maiden name Rice.

The sister Mrs. Milo Baldwin mentioned in the obit was, Bertha Agnes Clouse born June 7, 1898 in Douglas, Bremer, Iowa; daughter of Arthur Clouse and Gertie May Walker. She married Milo Hickman Baldwin.
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Iowa Births and Christenings: (note birth record says July 8, 1901…obit has July 6, 1901)
Name: Mary Clouse
Birth Date :8 Jul 1901
Birth Place: Douglas, Bremer, Iowa
Father's Name: Arthur Clouse
Mother's Name: Gerte Walker
FHL Film Number: 1034273
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1900 US Census: Douglas, Bremer, Iowa
D. Clouse 22 born January 1878 Iowa
G. M. Clouse 21 born August 1878 Iowa
B. A. Clouse 1 born June 1898 Iowa
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1910 US Census: Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa
David A Clouse 32 born Iowa
Gertie 32 born Iowa
Bertha 12 born Iowa
Oneita 8 born Iowa (Mary’s real first name or middle name must have been Oneita)
Orlean 4 born Iowa
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By 1920 her parents David and Gertie were divorced. She and her daughter Orlean are still living in Waterloo and David is living with his parents in Bremer Co, Iowa
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1925 Iowa Census: Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa
Gerty M Clouse 44 born Iowa; parents Richard Walker and Anna Dickey

Meral F Fry 23 born abt 1902 Iowa, son-in-law; father Frank Fry

Orlean Fry 19, daughter, born Iowa; parents David A Clouse and Gertie Walker


 

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