Josephine Louise Close, 1826–1915 (aged 88 years)

Name
Josephine Louise /Close/
Birth
Note: Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990

Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990

Name: Josphine L.C. Parker
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 88
Birth Date: 10 Oct 1826
Birth Place: Conn.
Death Date: 2 Apr 1915
Death Place: Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Burial Date: 4 Apr 1915
Father: Gilbert Close
Mother:

Census 1850 US Fed
Note: Can't find a record for this year.
Marriage
Note: Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992

Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992

Name: Josephine L. Close
Gender: Female
Spouse: Lafayette Parker
Child: Estelle Parker Moor

Birth of a daughter
Census 1856 US IA
Note: Living with husband Lafayette and family at Davenport, Iowa.
Birth of a daughter
Census 1860 US Fed
Note: Living with husband Lafayette and family at Winfield, Iowa.

Living with husband Lafayette and family at Winfield, Iowa.

Brother Theodore is also present.

We also have a 13 year old son, but he would pre-date Josephine.

Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Death of a brother
Burial of a brother
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Census 1870 US Fed
Note: Living with husband Lafayette and family at Davenport, Iowa.

Living with husband Lafayette and family at Davenport, Iowa.

She's taking a few liberties with her age here.

Death of a mother
Burial of a mother
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Census 1880 US Fed
Note: Living with husband Lafayette and family at Davenport, Iowa.
Death of a father
Burial of a father
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Death of a brother
Burial of a brother
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Death of a brother
Note: Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999

Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999

Name: Edwin Close
Birth Date: 1836
Death Date: 9 Apr 1884
Age: 48
Burial Location: Leon, Decatur
Cemetery: Leon
General Burial Info: row 19
Source: Grave Stone Records of Decatur County, Iowa
Page Number: 27

Burial of a brother
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Death of a son
Note: He had recently spent three years studying at Rutgers University when he went sailing on the Mississippi, downriver from Davenport, Iowa. His best friend Ferdinand V. Rogers, age twenty one, also lost his life in the accident, the result of a gale wind that overturned their sail-boat at night.
Marriage of a daughter
Death of a sister
Burial of a sister
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Death of a brother
Burial of a brother
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Death of a sister
Burial of a sister
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Death of a husband
Burial of a husband
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Death of a brother
Note: Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995

Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995

Name: Wm. G. Close
Birth Date: abt 1820
Birth Place: Conn.
Death Date: 14 Jun 1894
Death Place: Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan
Death Age: 74
Occupation: Harness Mker
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: Close

Marriage of a daughter
Note: Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992

Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992

Name: Estelle Parker Moor
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Place: Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Marriage Date: 5 Feb 1895
Marriage Place: Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Bride Previous Husband's Name: Moor
Father: Lafayette Parker
Mother: Josephine L. Close
Spouse: Frederick Dewolf Close

Death of a sister
Burial of a sister
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Census 1900 US Fed
Note: Living at Davenport, Iowa.

Living at Davenport, Iowa.

Recorded as having had 4 children of whom 3 are still alive.

Death of a sister
Note: Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922

Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922

Name: Lenora E Hitchcock
Birth Date: abt 1830
Birth Place: Connecticut
Death Date: 21 Feb 1903
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 24 Feb 1903
Burial Place: Oconomowoc, Wis
Death Age: 73
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Gender: Female

Burial of a sister
Note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9223320
Census 1905 US IA
Note: Living at Davenport, Iowa.
Census 1910 US Fed
Note: Living at Davenport, Iowa. Living on Own Income.
Death of a brother
Burial of a brother
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Census 1915 US IA
Note: Living at Davenport, Iowa.
Death
Note: Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990

Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990

Name: Josphine L.C. Parker
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 88
Birth Date: 10 Oct 1826
Birth Place: Conn.
Death Date: 2 Apr 1915
Death Place: Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Burial Date: 4 Apr 1915
Father: Gilbert Close
Mother:

Burial
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Family with parents
father
1850 US Federal Census
1794–1882
Birth: 2 August 1794 — Portland, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 13 October 1882 — Albion, Orleans County, New York, America
mother
1850 US Federal Census
1794–1870
Birth: about 1794 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 25 May 1870 — Albion, Orleans County, New York, America
Marriage Marriage — 13 April 1817 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
14 months
elder brother
1850 US Federal Census
1818–1911
Birth: 31 May 1818 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 7 October 1911 — San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, America
19 months
elder brother
1850 US Federal Census
1819–1894
Birth: 12 December 1819 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 14 June 1894 — Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan, America
2 years
elder brother
1850 US Federal Census
1821–1865
Birth: about 1821 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 1 August 1865 — Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, America
4 years
elder sister
1850 US Federal Census
1824–1897
Birth: about 1824 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 8 February 1897 — Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, America
3 years
herself
1856 US IA State Census
1826–1915
Birth: 10 October 1826 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 2 April 1915 — Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, America
21 months
younger brother
1850 US Federal Census
1828–1883
Birth: 6 July 1828 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 1 June 1883 — Washburn, Black Hawk County, Iowa, America
18 months
younger sister
1850 US Federal Census
1829–1903
Birth: about 1829 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 21 February 1903 — Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, America
3 years
younger brother
1850 US Federal Census
1831–1890
Birth: 22 June 1831 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 23 November 1890 — Hebron, Thayer County, Nebraska, America
4 years
younger sister
1850 US Federal Census
1834–1890
Birth: about 1834 — Albion, Orleans County, New York, America
Death: 22 March 1890 — Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, America
3 years
younger brother
1850 US Federal Census
1836–1884
Birth: 12 September 1836 — Albion, Orleans County, New York, America
Death: 9 April 1884 — Colorado, America
4 years
younger sister
1850 US Federal Census
1840–1892
Birth: 16 March 1840 — Albion, Orleans County, New York, America
Death: 19 March 1892 — Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, America
Family with Lafayette Parker
husband
1856 US IA State Census
1826–1893
Birth: 21 June 1826 — Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York, America
Death: 23 November 1893 — Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, America
herself
1856 US IA State Census
1826–1915
Birth: 10 October 1826 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 2 April 1915 — Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, America
Marriage Marriage — about October 1851 — Albion, Orleans County, New York, America
3 years
daughter
1856 US IA State Census
1854–
Birth: 16 August 1854 — Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, America
5 years
daughter
1910 US Federal Census
1859–1929
Birth: 5 November 1859 — Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, America
Death: 22 May 1929 — Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles County, California, America
3 years
son
1870 US Federal Census
1862–1885
Birth: about 1862 — Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, America
Death: 6 April 1885 — Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, America
3 years
son
1870 US Federal Census
1864–
Birth: about 1864 — Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, America
Birth

Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990

Name: Josphine L.C. Parker
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 88
Birth Date: 10 Oct 1826
Birth Place: Conn.
Death Date: 2 Apr 1915
Death Place: Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Burial Date: 4 Apr 1915
Father: Gilbert Close
Mother:

Census 1850 US Fed

Can't find a record for this year.

Marriage

Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992

Name: Josephine L. Close
Gender: Female
Spouse: Lafayette Parker
Child: Estelle Parker Moor

Census 1856 US IA

Living with husband Lafayette and family at Davenport, Iowa.

Census 1860 US Fed

Living with husband Lafayette and family at Winfield, Iowa.

Brother Theodore is also present.

We also have a 13 year old son, but he would pre-date Josephine.

Census 1870 US Fed

Living with husband Lafayette and family at Davenport, Iowa.

She's taking a few liberties with her age here.

Census 1880 US Fed

Living with husband Lafayette and family at Davenport, Iowa.

Census 1900 US Fed

Living at Davenport, Iowa.

Recorded as having had 4 children of whom 3 are still alive.

Census 1905 US IA

Living at Davenport, Iowa.

Census 1910 US Fed

Living at Davenport, Iowa. Living on Own Income.

Census 1915 US IA

Living at Davenport, Iowa.

Death

Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990

Name: Josphine L.C. Parker
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 88
Birth Date: 10 Oct 1826
Birth Place: Conn.
Death Date: 2 Apr 1915
Death Place: Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Burial Date: 4 Apr 1915
Father: Gilbert Close
Mother:

Burial

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