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Margaret Evalina Cooley 1907 – 1964 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Sep 1907

Birth Location: Holstein, IA.

Death Date: 11 Jun 1964

Death Location: Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa, USA

Father: George Cooley

Mother: Minerva Heath

Spouse(s): Louis Buchholz, Walter Bienlien

Children(s): Louis Buchholz, Mary Buchholz, William Bienlien, Regina Bienlien, James Bienlien, Daniel Bienlein

Born in 1907 in Holstein, IA., Margaret Evalina Cooley was the child of George Eric Cooley and Minerva Bridget Heath. In time, Margaret Evalina Cooley married Louis H. Buchholz and Walter Bienlien, and they raised a family that included Louis Buchholz, Mary Doloras Buchholz, William Walter Bienlien, Regina Catherine Bienlien, James Francis Bienlien and Daniel E Bienlein. Margaret Evalina Cooley died in Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa, USA in 1964.

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Parents

George Cooley
1860 – 1934
Birth Location: Jackson, Jones County, Iowa, United States of America
GC
Minerva Heath
1868 – 1946
Birth Location: Correctionville, Woodbury County, Iowa, United States of America
MH

Spouses(s)

Louis Buchholz
1897 – 1976
Birth Location: Melvin, Iowa
LB
Walter Bienlien
1890 – 1963
Birth Location: Perry County, Missouri, United States of America
WB

Children(s)

Louis Buchholz
1924 –
Birth Location: Iowa
LB
Mary Buchholz
1926 – 2002
Birth Location: Melvin, Osceola, Iowa, USA
MB
William Bienlien
1932 – 2010
Birth Location: Holstein, Ida County, Iowa, United States of America
WB
Regina Bienlien
1933 – 2008
Birth Location: Iowa
RB
James Bienlien
1938 – 2021
Birth Location: Holstein, Ida County, Iowa, United States of America
JB
Daniel Bienlein
1943 –
Birth Location: Iowa
DB

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 30 Sep 1907
    Event Place: Holstein, IA.
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, 1920 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, S1467044956, S1467649569, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1940; Census Place: Holstein, Ida, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01167; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 47-11, State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Title: Iowa Birth Records, 1888-1904, State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, IA, USA; Iowa Death Records, 1952-1967; Reference: 18-0688_us-Ia, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Holstein, Ida, Iowa; Roll: 3869; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 47-14

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Holstein, Ida, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Griggs, Ida, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Griggs, Griggs, Ida, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: abt 1932
    Record Source: S1467044956, State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Title: Iowa Birth Records, 1888-1904

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Holstein, Ida, Iowa
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Holstein, Ida, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01167; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 47-11

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Holstein, Ida, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Holstein, Ida, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01167; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 47-11

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Holstein, Ida, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Holstein, Ida, Iowa; Roll: 3869; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 47-14

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Holstein, Ida, Iowa
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Holstein, Ida, Iowa; Roll: 3869; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 47-14

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 11 Jun 1964
    Event Place: Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: S1467649569, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, IA, USA; Iowa Death Records, 1952-1967; Reference: 18-0688_us-Ia

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 13 Jun 1964
    Event Place: Holstein, Iowa
    Record Source: S1467649569, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, IA, USA; Iowa Death Records, 1952-1967; Reference: 18-0688_us-Ia
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