#SaturdayNightGenealogyFun
Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music):
1) Pick a great-grandparent of yours – any one of your eight. Tell us three (or more) things about him or her.
Winnie Mae Hutchinson was born on 6 May 1871 in Osage, Mitchell, Iowa, United States.1–7
She was the child of Julia Harding and Albert Hutchinson.8
She lived in Douglas Township, Mitchell, Iowa, United States on 2 Jun 1880.9 Winnie Huchardson was listed on the 1880 census as the daughter of A Huchardson. According to the census, Winnie was 9 years old and born in Iowa.
Winnie lived in Jackson Township, Bremer, Iowa, United States in Jul 1885.10 Winna Hutchinson was listed on the 1885 census in the household of Albert Hutchinson. According to the census, Winna was 14 years old and born in Bremer County, Iowa.
She married Hiram Miles Currey on 13 May 1891 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States.5,11–13
On 3 Apr 1895, Herbert Miles Currey was born in Liberty, Clay, Missouri, United States.
On 11 Aug 1897, Hiram Currey was born in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.
On 11 Jan 1899, Myrtle Irene Currey was born in Pomeroy, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States.
She lived in Delaware Township, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States in Jun 1900.14 Winnie M. Carrey was listed on the 1900 census as the wife of Hiram Carrey. According to the census, Winnie was 31 and born May 1869 in Iowa. Winnie and Hiram had been married 11 years.
On 17 Aug 1901, Mary Lela Currey was born in Lansing, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.
On 30 Jun 1903, Winnie Letha Currey was born in Lansing, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.
She lived in Lansing, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States in Jul 1905.15 W. M. Curry was listed on the 1905 census in the household of H. M. Curry. According to the census, she was 32 years old and born in Kansas.
On 5 Apr 1906, Earnest Oran Currey was born in Lansing, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.
Winnie lived in Rooks, Kansas, United States in Jul 1910.16 Winnie M. Currey was listed on the 1910 census as the wife of Hiram M. Currey. According to the census, Winnie was 38 years old and born in Iowa. The census indicates that Winnie M. Currey was the mother of 8 children, 5 of whom were living in 1910. Winnie and her husband Hiram had been married 17 years.
On 5 Apr 1912, Alma Jean Currey was born in Plainville, Rooks, Kansas, United States.17
She died on 23 Sep 1913 in Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, United States at the age of 42.2–3,7,18–21 Winnie Mae Currey died of heart disease. An abdominal tumor contributed to her death. Mrs. H. M. Currey, wife of a Kansas City teamster, died at their home, 420 Kansas Avenue, Tuesday, September 23, of heart disease. The funeral will be held at the Baptist church Thursday, September 25, at 10 a.m. conducted by the Rev. J. O. Harvey. She leaves a husband and six children, four girls, one of whom is only a year old and two sons, one who helps his father in the city.
She was buried on 25 Sep 1913 at Olathe City Cemetery in Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, United States.3,7,19,22–24
ENDNOTES:
1. Hiram Currey, Hiram Currey Family Bible (New York: American Bible Society, 1880); Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, KS, Family Record — Births: Children of H.M. and A. J. Curry “Winnie May the wife of Hiram Miles was borned May 6 1871 Osage City Iowa”
2. Winnie Mae Currey, death certificate #46 412 (23 September 1913), Kansas State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Topeka, Kansas.
3. Winnie Mae Currey, (1871-1913), Olathe Memorial Cemetery, Olathe, Kansas. (738 N. Chestnut).
4. 1885 Iowa State Census, Bremer County, Iowa, state census, Jackson Township, Bremer County, Iowa, page 33, household 177, Albert Hutchinson; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online September 2016); State Historical Society of Iowa
5. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7836/). Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Source number: 78.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MP1.
6. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925, database with images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : . Original Source: State Historical Society of Iowa.
7. Ancestry Database, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
8. “Albert Hutchinson, Co. D, 1st Iowa Cavalry,'” invalid / minor, Civil War Pension File, digital images obtained by Bruce Frail of American Civil War Ancestor research group, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.
9. 1880 U.S. Census, Mitchell County, Iowa, population schedule, Douglas Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, ED 302, page 9 and 10 Image 8 and 9 of 15, household 67, Huchardson A; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : veiwed online March 2017); NARA microfilm publication T9
10. 1885 Iowa State Census, Bremer County, Iowa, state census, Jackson Township, Bremer County, Iowa, page 188, household 177, Hutchinson Albert.
11. , Missouri, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, digital image, Ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com : . (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), Viewed online; June 2016; Hiram M. Curry – Winnie M Hutchinson; 13 May 1891.
12. Jackson County Clerk Kansas City, Missouri, “Jackson County Marriage Records, 1840-1985,” image, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017), Hiram Curry – Winnie M Hutchison.
13. Hiram M Currey – Winnie M Hutchinson, (13 May 1891), Marriage License: Book 14, page 109; Recorder of Deeds, Kansas City, Missouri.
14. 1900 U.S. Census, Leavenworth County, Kansas, population schedule, Delaware Township, Leavenworth County, Kanas, ED 83, sheet 20B, household 364, Hiram M Carrey; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017); NARA T623
15. 1905 Kansas State Census, Leavenworth County, Kansas, state census, Lansin, Leavenworth County, Kansas, page 2, household 11, H M Curry; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017); Kansas State Historical Society
16. 1910 U.S. Census, Rooks County, Kansas, population schedule, Twin Mound Township, Rooks County, Kansas, ED 168, Sheet 11A, housheold 201, Currey Hiram M; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017); NARA microfilm publication T6224
17. Social Security Administration, “Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007,” database on-line, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901/ : viewed online September 2017), Hiram M Currey / Winnie M Hutchinson.
18. Hiram Currey, Hiram Currey Family Bible (New York: American Bible Society, 1880); Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, KS, Family Record: Deaths “Winnie M. Hutchison wife of H. M. Currey died Sept 15, 1913 (Note the 15 is marked out and a 23 is written above it)”
19. “Winnie May Curry,” obituary, Olathe Independent (Olathe, Kansas), 1 October 1913, page 8, col. 6.
20. “Obituary”, Olathe Register, (Olathe, Kansas), 25 September 1913, page 10, last column; Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS.
21. “Death of Winnie May Currey,” The Olathe Register (Olathe, Kansas), 25 September 1913, page 10; Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online November 2019).
22. Certificate for Permanent Care Cemetery Lot Olathe, Kansas (: )
23. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : Viewed Online June 2016), memorial for Winnie Mae “Winnie” Hutchinson Currey (1871-1913), Find a Grave Memorial no. # 13100755, created by Mike Wren, citing Olathe Memorial Cemetery, Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, United States; accompanying photograph by Shelley / Marcia Philbrick, Winnie Mae “Winnie” Hutchinson Currey.
24. BillionGraves, digital images of tombstone, BillionGraves (billiongraves.com : viewed online August 2017), memorial for Winnie M. Currey (1871-1913), BillionGraves created by Spencer’s Eagle Project Account, citing Olathe Memorial Cemetery, Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Vicki, Winnie M. Currey.