Marietta Moon

Brief Life History of Marietta

When Marietta Moon was born on 5 August 1881, in Salem, Henry, Iowa, United States, her father, John Woody Moon, was 29 and her mother, Hannah Frazier, was 23. She married Morton William Kenworthy on 20 January 1898, in Elk City, Montgomery, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Livingston, Park, Montana, United States in 1920. She died on 5 February 1958, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Morton William Kenworthy
1877–1918
Marietta Moon
1881–1958
Marriage: 20 January 1898
Lecta Viola Kenworthy
1899–1902
Pearl Mae Kenworthy
1901–1983
Ralph Earl Kenworthy
1903–1968
Myrtle Vashti Kenworthy
1907–1971
Mildred Lucile Kenworthy
1909–1982
Evelyn Lois Kenworthy
1912–1974
Wilbur Foster Kenworthy
1918–2002

Sources (23)

  • Metta Altimus in household of Joel C Altimus, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Marietta Kenworthy, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
  • Marietta Moon Altimus, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1887

Historical Boundaries: 1887: Park, Montana Territory, United States 1889: Park, Montana, United States

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

Name Meaning

Irish: variant of Mohan .

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Moyon in La Manche. Compare Mounce .

Americanized form of German Mohn or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.

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

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