Henry THRONE

  General Notes:

Henry was the son of William M. Throne and Elizabeth Shewey, both born in Pennsylvania



1850 CENSUS, Ohio, Williams County, Northwest Township ("Henry," age "0" is with his parents)

1860 CENSUS, Ohio, Williams County, Northwest Township (The census page cannot be deciphered)

1870 CENSUS, Ohio, Williams County, Northwest Township, P. O. Northwest ("Henry," age 20, with parents)

MARRIAGE of Henry Throne and Clara Gorsuch

1880 CENSUS, Iowa, Wapello County, Center Township, Ottumwa ("Henry," age 30, "Merchant") (wife "Clara," age 30)

1885 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Wapello County, Center Township, Ottumwa ("Henry Throne," age 34, "Groceryman," is with wife "Clara M.," age 34, and children Harry, Gertrude and Grace)

1900 CENSUS, Iowa, Wapello County, Center Township, Ottumwa ("Henry," age 50, born "April, 1850 in Ohio," occupation "Grocer") (wife "Clara M.," age 48, born "July, 1851 in Pennsylvania") (Clara is documented as the mother of 4 children, 3 children living in the year 1900; she and Henry had been married 26 years)

1905 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Wapello County, Center Township, Ottumwa ("Henry Throne") (names only are in the 1905 Iowa State Census)

1905 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Wapello County, Center Township, Ottumwa ("Clara M. Throne") (names only are in the 1905 Iowa State Census)

1910 CENSUS, Iowa, Wapello County, Center Township, Ottumwa (Henry "Throne," age 60, "Merchant, Grocery") (wife "Clara," age 59) (Clara is shown as the mother of 4 children, 3 children living in the year 1910; Clara and Henry had been married 36 years)

1915 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Wapello County, Center Township, Ottumwa ("Henry Throne," age 65, born in Ohio, occupation "Merchant," completed 12 years of common school, can read and write, number of years in Iowa "40," church affiliation "Methodist," father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania)

1915 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Wapello County, Center Township, Ottumwa ("Clara M. Throne," age 64, born in Pennsylvania, occupation "House wife," completed 12 years of common school, can read and write, number of years in Iowa "40," church affiliation "Methodist," father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania

1920 CENSUS, Iowa, Wapello County, Ottumwa (Henry "Thorne," age 69, "Grocery Store, Retail") (wife "Clara," age 69)

1920 DEATH of first wife, Clara M. (Gorsuch) Throne, at 69 years 10 months 16 days

1925 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Wapello County, Ottumwa ("Henry," age 74, is designated "Lodger" in the household of his daughter Grace, son-in-law Frank, and granddaughter Betty)

1925 MARRIAGE Henry Throne to second wife, Virginia McPherson, on May 19 in Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa

1930 CENSUS, Iowa, Wapello County, Ottumwa (Henry "Throne," age 79, "Proprietor, Grocery") (wife Virginia, age 61, born in Missouri)

1937 DEATH, Henry Throne, at 87 years 6 months 19 days

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1967 DEATH of second wife, Virgina Berthold (McPherson) Throne, at 104 years 0 months 4 days

Henry married Clara Minerva GORSUCH about 1874 in Iowa. (Clara Minerva GORSUCH was born on July 11, 1850 in Pennsylvania, died on May 27, 1920 in Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa and was buried in Ottumwa Cemetery, Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa.)

Henry next married Virginia Berthold McPHERSON on May 19, 1925 in Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa. (Virginia Berthold McPHERSON was born on July 5, 1863 in St. Louis County, Missouri and died on July 9, 1967 in San Diego, San Diego County, California.)