An IGI record has been found for the marriage of May Leticia Grooms in Cedar County MO April 1, 1875 to a George B. Dunlany. Viewing the original record listed two witnesses one being a William Hardy. I decided to see how he might be known to George Dunlavy so I looked for a Hardy family on the 1870 and 1880 census records in Cedar County. This information clearly leads to Wm Hardy being George Dunlavy's step father. George is listed on both the 1860 census and 1870 census as the oldest child in the family of William Hardy b. England and Lucy Hardy born NY. Marriage records at the Illinois State Archive show a William Hardy of Macoupin County marrying a Lucy Dunlavy one year after Georges birth. 3 years before George is born I found a Lucy A Brown ae 16 living with her father Daniel T. Brown and step mother Sarah Ann Olmstead Brown and just 3 doors away lives a John Dunlavy ae 20 b. Ireland and living with an Olmsteads family. This is probably the same John Dunlavy who weds Bridget Carroll in Macoupin Co. 14 May 1853 just 5 months before George's birth in Oct 1853. No marriage record is indexed for John Dunlavy and Lucy A. Brown yet it seems very likely that a relationship was formed between these two people and resulted in my gggrandfather's birth.
His daughter Minnie's notice of Georges death tells us that George came to Oregon overland by oxen and wagon.His oldest son's obit says they came when he was 10 mos old which is November 1876. At some point before April of 1891 George, May, John, Guy, Katie, Minnie, Emma and Pearley settle in Marquam. George tries several partnerships in the Blacksmithing business, usually specializing in horse shoeing. September of 1897 George receives a severe kicking in his knee from a horse he is shoeing. Newspaper notices show sickness befalling several members of his family around 1899. His wife falls ill and probably dies shortly after June of 1900 census. His youngest son Pearley sickens and dies of brain trouble in May 1901. His daughter Emma becomes ill in 1901 and despite a visit to a doctor in Silverton dies in March 1902. His middle son Guy disappears after July 1901.
For awhile life was filled with work, community, church, school.In Oregon his son John Sylvester Dunlavy married Anna Naylor Nastrom, dau. Katie Matilda Dunlavy married Merton Goble and dau. Minnie Rhoda married Ernest A. Hartman. A son Guy vanishes. Pearly and Emma die young. His wife probably died from TB. George is living alone in 1910 and 1920 census in Shaniko Oregon. Land records show that he bought a good chunk of land in Shaniko. He spends the last couple of years with his son John and daughter in-law Anna where he passes in Brooks, Marion,Oregon.
His daughter Minnie's notice of Georges death tells us that George came to Oregon overland by oxen and wagon.His oldest son's obit says they came when he was 10 mos old which is November 1876. At some point before April of 1891 George, May, John, Guy, Katie, Minnie, Emma and Pearley settle in Marquam. George tries several partnerships in the Blacksmithing business, usually specializing in horse shoeing. September of 1897 George receives a severe kicking in his knee from a horse he is shoeing. Newspaper notices show sickness befalling several members of his family around 1899. His wife falls ill and probably dies shortly after June of 1900 census. His youngest son Pearley sickens and dies of brain trouble in May 1901. His daughter Emma becomes ill in 1901 and despite a visit to a doctor in Silverton dies in March 1902. His middle son Guy disappears after July 1901.
For awhile life was filled with work, community, church, school.In Oregon his son John Sylvester Dunlavy married Anna Naylor Nastrom, dau. Katie Matilda Dunlavy married Merton Goble and dau. Minnie Rhoda married Ernest A. Hartman. A son Guy vanishes. Pearly and Emma die young. His wife probably died from TB. George is living alone in 1910 and 1920 census in Shaniko Oregon. Land records show that he bought a good chunk of land in Shaniko. He spends the last couple of years with his son John and daughter in-law Anna where he passes in Brooks, Marion,Oregon.
An IGI record has been found for the marriage of May Leticia Grooms in Cedar County MO April 1, 1875 to a George B. Dunlany. Viewing the original record listed two witnesses one being a William Hardy. I decided to see how he might be known to George Dunlavy so I looked for a Hardy family on the 1870 and 1880 census records in Cedar County. This information clearly leads to Wm Hardy being George Dunlavy's step father. George is listed on both the 1860 census and 1870 census as the oldest child in the family of William Hardy b. England and Lucy Hardy born NY. Marriage records at the Illinois State Archive show a William Hardy of Macoupin County marrying a Lucy Dunlavy one year after Georges birth. 3 years before George is born I found a Lucy A Brown ae 16 living with her father Daniel T. Brown and step mother Sarah Ann Olmstead Brown and just 3 doors away lives a John Dunlavy ae 20 b. Ireland and living with an Olmsteads family. This is probably the same John Dunlavy who weds Bridget Carroll in Macoupin Co. 14 May 1853 just 5 months before George's birth in Oct 1853. No marriage record is indexed for John Dunlavy and Lucy A. Brown yet it seems very likely that a relationship was formed between these two people and resulted in my gggrandfather's birth.
His daughter Minnie's notice of Georges death tells us that George came to Oregon overland by oxen and wagon.His oldest son's obit says they came when he was 10 mos old which is November 1876. At some point before April of 1891 George, May, John, Guy, Katie, Minnie, Emma and Pearley settle in Marquam. George tries several partnerships in the Blacksmithing business, usually specializing in horse shoeing. September of 1897 George receives a severe kicking in his knee from a horse he is shoeing. Newspaper notices show sickness befalling several members of his family around 1899. His wife falls ill and probably dies shortly after June of 1900 census. His youngest son Pearley sickens and dies of brain trouble in May 1901. His daughter Emma becomes ill in 1901 and despite a visit to a doctor in Silverton dies in March 1902. His middle son Guy disappears after July 1901.
For awhile life was filled with work, community, church, school.In Oregon his son John Sylvester Dunlavy married Anna Naylor Nastrom, dau. Katie Matilda Dunlavy married Merton Goble and dau. Minnie Rhoda married Ernest A. Hartman. A son Guy vanishes. Pearly and Emma die young. His wife probably died from TB. George is living alone in 1910 and 1920 census in Shaniko Oregon. Land records show that he bought a good chunk of land in Shaniko. He spends the last couple of years with his son John and daughter in-law Anna where he passes in Brooks, Marion,Oregon.
His daughter Minnie's notice of Georges death tells us that George came to Oregon overland by oxen and wagon.His oldest son's obit says they came when he was 10 mos old which is November 1876. At some point before April of 1891 George, May, John, Guy, Katie, Minnie, Emma and Pearley settle in Marquam. George tries several partnerships in the Blacksmithing business, usually specializing in horse shoeing. September of 1897 George receives a severe kicking in his knee from a horse he is shoeing. Newspaper notices show sickness befalling several members of his family around 1899. His wife falls ill and probably dies shortly after June of 1900 census. His youngest son Pearley sickens and dies of brain trouble in May 1901. His daughter Emma becomes ill in 1901 and despite a visit to a doctor in Silverton dies in March 1902. His middle son Guy disappears after July 1901.
For awhile life was filled with work, community, church, school.In Oregon his son John Sylvester Dunlavy married Anna Naylor Nastrom, dau. Katie Matilda Dunlavy married Merton Goble and dau. Minnie Rhoda married Ernest A. Hartman. A son Guy vanishes. Pearly and Emma die young. His wife probably died from TB. George is living alone in 1910 and 1920 census in Shaniko Oregon. Land records show that he bought a good chunk of land in Shaniko. He spends the last couple of years with his son John and daughter in-law Anna where he passes in Brooks, Marion,Oregon.
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