Maria Jane Church

b. 25 July 1855, d. 17 November 1950
  • Maria Jane Church was born on 25 July 1855 in Michigan.
  • She was known as Jennie.
  • She married Nathaniel Kirby, son of William Kirby and Polly Owens, on 24 December 1874 in Summerfield, St. Clair County, Illinois.
  • Nathaniel Kirby and Maria Jane Church appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Looking Glass, Clinton County, Illinois. Other members of the household included Nellie Pearl Kirby. Also in the household were children Lillian (age 13) and Homer (12).
  • Nathaniel Kirby and Maria Jane Church appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Trenton, Clinton County, Illinois, at Commercial Street.
  • Nathaniel Kirby and Maria Jane Church appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Trenton, Clinton County, Illinois. Also in the household was daughter Lillian Wherman (age 32) and her children Vivian (11) , George (10) and Roy (4).
  • Maria Jane Church became a widow at the 20 September 1920 death of her husband Nathaniel Kirby.
  • Frank Rufus Stuemky and Nellie Pearl Kirby appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois, at 737 North 24th Street. Other members of the household included Maria Jane Church, Leola Frances Stuemky.
  • Nellie Pearl Kirby appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois, at 737 North 24th Street. Other members of the household included Maria Jane Church. Also in the household was Nellie's widowed sister-in-law Agatha Kirby (age 63) and one male lodger.
  • Maria Jane Church died on 17 November 1950 at age 95.
  • She was interred at Trenton Cemetery, Trenton, St. Clair County, Illinois.
  • Last Edited: 31 Dec 2016

Family: Nathaniel Kirby b. 23 January 1855, d. 20 September 1920