Jessie May Sierk

b. 1 August 1881, d. 4 May 1946
  • Jessie May Sierk was born on 1 August 1881 in New York.
  • Jacob Sierk and Kate C. Lindsey appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Darien, Genesee County, New York. Other members of the household included Jessie May Sierk, William Henry Sierk and Roy J. Sierk.
  • She married Edgar Chauncey Pettibone on 30 October 1901 in Boulder, Colorado, at the Methodist parsonage, with John A. Davis officiating.
  • The following appeared on 14 November 1901 in The Attica News: Married, in Boulder, Col, Oct. 30, 1901, at the Methodist parsonage, Miss Jessie M. Sierk of this place and Mr. Edgar C. Pettibone of Nederland, Col.
  • The following appeared on 6 December 1915 in The Daily News: (Attica) Word has been received here of the death at [P]ortola, Cal., of Mrs. Kate Sierk, wife of Jacob Sierk of this place, at the age of 54 years.
         Mr. and Mrs. Sierk left here about five weeks ago to visit the Panama-Pacific Exposition and relatives on the Pacific coast. Mrs. Sierk was taken ill at a hotel in San Francisco, but was able to be moved to the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. C. Pettibone of [P]ortola. The remains will be brought to Attica where the funeral and burial will be held.
         Mrs. Sierk leaves, besides her husband, two sons, William and Roy; a brother, Charles Lindsey, and two sisters, Mrs. Otis Benham and Mrs. Charles Bowen, all of this place.
  • Edgar Chauncey Pettibone registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Plumas County, California, while livign with his wife Jessie May in Portola, and employed there as a locomotive engineer by Western Pacific Railroad.
  • The following appeared on 15 May 1930 in The Attica News: Jacob Sierk was born in Bennington April 4, 1854, son of Henry and Elsie Olswagenor Sierk, and died on Sunday night at St. Jerome's hospital, Batavia, where he had been a patient for four months.
         Surviving are one daughter, mrs. Edgar Pettibone, and two sons, Roy Sierk of Niagara Falls and Wm. Sierk of Oakfield; five sisters, Mrs. John Schlenker, Mrs. Charles Ripstein, Mrs. Anna VanValkenburg, Mrs. Charles Johnson and Mrs. Kathryn Geise, all of Attica; four brothers, Marcus, Henry and Fred of Attica and George of Kansas City, Mo; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
         Funeral services were held at the home of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Amelia Sierk on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Interment at Forest Hill cemetery.
  • Jessie May Sierk died on 4 May 1946 at age 64 in Butte County, California.
  • Edgar Chauncey Pettibone became a widower at her death.
  • She was interred at Memorial Park Cemetery, Oroville, Butte County, California.
  • Last Edited: 6 Aug 2014

Family: Edgar Chauncey Pettibone b. 10 November 1878, d. 28 July 1954