Alice Mabel Kirby

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Alice Mabel Kirby

Birth
Durand, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA
Death
28 Aug 1895 (aged 14)
Harrison, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA
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Harrison, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Alice was named for the sister of her father. Robert's sister Alice died of Small Pox in 1873. His daughter Alice was a precious child, sweet, caring, a loving big sister. As attested to by her brother Joseph. She died at the age of 14 years and 5 months of Tubercular Peritonitis. With the duration of the disease as 1 year. Joe's son Jim stated that his father was born the year Alice died. For the seven months from his birth to her death, Alice doted over her baby brother. There were not many photos of Alice as her family was quite poor. One large photo hung in the house during Joe's childhood. It was crafted after her death from an earlier photo. Joe was the eighth child of Mary and Robert Kirby. The help of Alice though ill, was very appreciated by all. Near the end of her life Alice was bedridden but insisted on caring for her baby brother. She would coo lovingly to him, hold, feed, change him.
After Alice passed little Joseph could not be consoled. The only thing that would quite his cries was a tiny photo of Alice, and so the large one was made. Joseph kept her photo in his home his entire life. Upon his death in 1973 it was banished to an attic on the Farm in Marissa, St. Clair, Illinois. Joe's first born child was a daughter, she was named for his sister "Alice". The Farm was sold shortly after his death along with the picture. It waited in darkness for 15 years. Water damaged and bearing a Hornet's Nest, it was purchased back in 1988 by Jim's daughter. It still hangs in my home. It is a legacy of love that will be passed on to her Great Grand Nephew. Joseph Kirby.

Bio written by:
Lettie Kirby
Alice was named for the sister of her father. Robert's sister Alice died of Small Pox in 1873. His daughter Alice was a precious child, sweet, caring, a loving big sister. As attested to by her brother Joseph. She died at the age of 14 years and 5 months of Tubercular Peritonitis. With the duration of the disease as 1 year. Joe's son Jim stated that his father was born the year Alice died. For the seven months from his birth to her death, Alice doted over her baby brother. There were not many photos of Alice as her family was quite poor. One large photo hung in the house during Joe's childhood. It was crafted after her death from an earlier photo. Joe was the eighth child of Mary and Robert Kirby. The help of Alice though ill, was very appreciated by all. Near the end of her life Alice was bedridden but insisted on caring for her baby brother. She would coo lovingly to him, hold, feed, change him.
After Alice passed little Joseph could not be consoled. The only thing that would quite his cries was a tiny photo of Alice, and so the large one was made. Joseph kept her photo in his home his entire life. Upon his death in 1973 it was banished to an attic on the Farm in Marissa, St. Clair, Illinois. Joe's first born child was a daughter, she was named for his sister "Alice". The Farm was sold shortly after his death along with the picture. It waited in darkness for 15 years. Water damaged and bearing a Hornet's Nest, it was purchased back in 1988 by Jim's daughter. It still hangs in my home. It is a legacy of love that will be passed on to her Great Grand Nephew. Joseph Kirby.

Bio written by:
Lettie Kirby

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