Rebecca Evans Irby
b. circa December 1876, d. March 1962
- Father: William Wright Irby b. circa 28 February 1828, d. 19 February 1915
- Mother: Julia Mary Pegues b. 22 July 1838, d. 29 July 1919
- Rebecca Evans Irby was born circa December 1876 in South Carolina.
- William Wright Irby and Julia Mary Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Rebecca Evans Irby, Ida Burch Irby, Charles Irby, Mary E. Irby, William Wright Irby Jr., Joseph Calhoun Irby, Julia Rembert Irby and Franklin Pegues Irby.
- William Wright Irby and Julia Mary Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Rebecca Evans Irby, Charles Irby, Mary E. Irby, William Wright Irby Jr., Joseph Calhoun Irby, Julia Rembert Irby and Franklin Pegues Irby.
- Charles Irby appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Rebecca Evans Irby, William Wright Irby, Julia Mary Pegues, William Wright Irby Jr., Joseph Calhoun Irby, Julia Rembert Irby and Franklin Pegues Irby.
- She was a seamstress, according to the 1910 census.
- Walter Dickinson Pegues and Ida Burch Irby appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, at Huger Street. Other members of the household included Rebecca Evans Irby, Olivia A. Pegues, Mary Ethel Pegues, Barnwell Eugene Pegues, Charles Irby Pegues, Julia M. Pegues, Jane O. Pegues, Julia Rembert Irby and Franklin Pegues Irby.
- Charles Irby appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Trenton, Gilchrist County, Florida, at Railroad Street. Other members of the household included Rebecca Evans Irby, Julia Rembert Irby.
- The following appeared on 15 February 1932 in The Charlotte Observer: (Cheraw, S. C., Feb 14) Mrs. Walter D. Pegues, 67, member of a prominent Cheraw and Marlboro county family, died Sunday afternoon at her home here from a stroke of paralysis which she suffered Sunday morning. Before her marriage, she was Miss Ida Irby, daughter of William W. and Julia Mary Pegues Irby of Marlboro county where she was reared.
She is survived by her husband and four children, Misses Olivia, Ethel and Julia Pegues of Cheraw and Charlie Pegues of Raleigh; two brothers, Joe Irby of Cheraw and William Irby of Florida; and two sisters, Miss Julia and Rebecca Irby of Florida. The funeral arrangements have not been completed. - William Wright Irby Jr. and Lillian (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Alachua, Alachua County, Florida. Other members of the household included Rebecca Evans Irby, William Wright Irby and Gertrude Irby.
- Rebecca Evans Irby died in March 1962 in Alachua County, Florida.
- She was interred at Newnansville Cemetery, Alachua, Alachua County, Florida.
- Last Edited: 14 Aug 2015