Mabel A. Olmstead

Female6 March 1879–August 1968

Brief Life History of Mabel A.

When Mabel A. Olmstead was born on 6 March 1879, in Moscow, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States, her father, Orville Daniel Olmsted, was 41 and her mother, Helen A. Olmstead, was 33. She married Joel Roscoe Moore on 23 June 1903, in Hanover, Hanover Township, Jackson, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Washington, District of Columbia, United States in 1935 and Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1940. She died in August 1968, in Hillsdale, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Litchfield, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joel Roscoe Moore
1879–1953
Mabel A. Olmstead
1879–1968
Marriage: 23 June 1903
Helen Emily Moore
1906–1906

Sources (22)

  • Mabel A Moore in household of Joel R Moore, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Mabel A Olmstead, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
  • U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    23 June 1903Hanover, Hanover Township, Jackson, Michigan, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 2

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    1881 · Center of Stove Manufacturing

    Age 2

    "During the late 19th century, cast-iron stove manufacturing became Detroit's top industry and later the city received the nickname, ""Stove Capital of the World."""

    1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

    Age 24

    A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from Olmstead Green in Cambridgeshire.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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