Mary Ann McLAUGHLIN

  General Notes:

Photo: Mary Ann was lovingly referred to as "Mame." This photo of her was taken in 1903.

Photo in the collection of DeeAnna Allum Granston


1879 BIRTH of Mary Ann McLaughlin ("Mame")

1880 CENSUS, Iowa, Des Moines County, Franklin Township, Dodgeville (June 14) ("Annie," age 1, with parents)

1895 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Des Moines County, Franklin Township (no date) ("Mary," age 15, born in "Des Moines County, Iowa")

1900 CENSUS, Iowa, Des Moines County, Pleasant Grove Township (June 13) ("Mary," age 18, "Servant," is in the household of Jake and Isabelle Shepherd)

1905 MARRIAGE of Mary Ann McLaughlin and Jacob Henry Shepherd on February 1 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa

1905 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Des Moines County, Pleasant Grove Township, P. O. New London (no date) (Henry "Shepperd" and Mary "Shepperd") (names only are in the 1905 Iowa State Census)

1910 CENSUS, Iowa, Des Moines County, Yellow Springs Township, Mediapolis (April 18) ("Henry," age 31, "Odd jobs") (wife "Mary," age 31) (Mary is documented as the mother of 2 children, both children living in the year 1910; she and Henry had been married 5 years)

1915 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Des Moines County, Mediapolis, P. O. Mediapolis (no date) ("Mary A. Sheppard," age 35, born in Iowa, completed 10 years of common school, can read and write, father born Ireland, mother born Illinois)

1915 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Des Moines County, Mediapolis, P. O. Mediapolis (no date) ("Henry Sheppard," age 35, born in Iowa, occupation "Laborer," completed 9 years of school, can read and write, father born Illinois, mother born Indiana)

1918 DRAFT Registration for husband, Henry Shepherd, Iowa, Des Moines County, Mediapolis (September 12) ("Henry Shepherd," age 39, born "April 3, 1879," occupation, "Laborer, A. D. Hayes Elevator Co., Mediapolis, DesMoines County, Iowa")

1920 CENSUS, Iowa, Des Moines County, Yellow Springs Township, Mediapolis (January 12) ("Henry," age 40, "Laborer") (wife "Mary," age 40)

1925 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Des Moines County, Yellow Springs Township (January 1) ("Henry," age 45) ("Mary," age 45) (This census incorrectly provides Mary's mother's maiden name as "Cunningham"; it was actually "Counihan")

1930 CENSUS, Iowa, Des Moines County, Yellow Springs Township, Kossuth (May 7) ("Henry," age 51, "Cemetery ?, Public Cemetery") (wife "Mary A.," age 51)

1934 DEATH, Mary Ann (McLaughlin) Shepherd, at 55 years 4 months 1 day

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1938 DEATH of husband, Henry Shepherd, at 59 years 8 months 26 days

1941 DEATH of mother, Mary Ann (Counihan) McLaughlin




DESCRIPTION (Henry): "Medium height, medium build, grey eyes, dark hair" (World War I Draft Registration)




PHOTOGRAPH:

Mary Ann McLaughlin as a young woman (photo taken in 1903)

Mary married Jacob Henry SHEPHERD on February 1, 1905 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. (Jacob Henry SHEPHERD was born on April 3, 1879 in Pleasant Grove Township, Des Moines County, Iowa, died on December 29, 1938 and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Des Moines County, Iowa.)