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Mary Margaret Polk 1814–1884 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 OCT 1814

Birth Location: Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 20 SEP 1884

Death Location: Carroll County, Iowa, United States

Father: Edmund Polk

Mother: Margaret Brown

Spouse(s): Coldwell Weeks, David Lizer

Children(s): William Weeks, Elviry Weeks, Peter Lizer, Edmund Lizer, George Lizer, David Lizer, Wilson Lizer, John Lizer, Harry Lizer, Wesley Weeks

The story of Mary Margaret Polk began in 1814 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA. In 1850, Mary Margaret Polk was recorded in the census in Lockport, Will, Illinois, United States. In 1860, Mary Margaret Polk was recorded in the census in Lockport, Will, Illinois, United States. Mary Margaret Polk married Coldwell Weeks, David Carr Lizer, and had children including David N Lizer, Edmund Poe Lizer, Elviry Weeks, George H Lizer, Harry P Lizer, John J Lizer, Peter J Lizer, Wesley Weeks, William P Weeks, Wilson Lizer. Mary Margaret Polk passed away in 1884 in Carroll County, Iowa, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Mary Margaret Polk began in 1814 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA.
  • In 1850, Mary Margaret Polk was recorded in the census in Lockport, Will, Illinois, United States.
  • In 1860, Mary Margaret Polk was recorded in the census in Lockport, Will, Illinois, United States.
  • Mary Margaret Polk married Coldwell Weeks, David Carr Lizer, and had children including David N Lizer, Edmund Poe Lizer, Elviry Weeks, George H Lizer, Harry P Lizer, John J Lizer, Peter J Lizer, Wesley Weeks, William P Weeks, Wilson Lizer.
  • Mary Margaret Polk passed away in 1884 in Carroll County, Iowa, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edmund Polk
1776–1859
Birth Location: Washington County, Pennsylvania
EP
Margaret Brown
1776–1843
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, United States
MB

Spouses(s)

Coldwell Weeks
1793–
Birth Location: New Hampton, Belknap, New Hampshire
CW
David Lizer
1806–1884
Birth Location: Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
DL

Children(s)

William Weeks
1834–1895
Birth Location: Cook County, Illinois, United States
WW
Elviry Weeks
1839–1839
Birth Location: Cook County, Illinois, United States
EW
Peter Lizer
1844–1925
Birth Location: Illinois, United States
PL
Edmund Lizer
1846–1908
Birth Location: Illinois, United States
EL
George Lizer
1850–1919
Birth Location: Illinois, United States
GL
David Lizer
1848–1900
Birth Location: Illinois, United States
DL
Wilson Lizer
1852–1932
Birth Location: Illinois, United States
WL
John Lizer
1854–1918
Birth Location: Illinois, United States
JL
Harry Lizer
1856–1911
Birth Location: Illinois, United States
HL
Wesley Weeks
1838–
Birth Location: Illinois, United States
WW

Mary Polk's Ancestors

Self
Mary Polk
1814–1884
Birth Place: Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Edmund Polk
1776–1859
Washington County, Pennsylvania
Margaret Brown
1776–1843
Pennsylvania, United States
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mary Polk's Descendants

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Mary (Margaret) Polk (26 OCT 1814–20 SEP 1884) m. Coldwell Weeks (9 DEC 1793–) m. David (Carr) Lizer (26 JUN 1806–17 SEP 1884)
  1. 1. William (P) Weeks 1834–1895 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Crist 1834–1909
    1. 1. Lillie (Jane) Weeks 1860–1907 m. Jesse McGinnis 1846–1894
      1. 1. Mary (Elvira) McGinnis 1889–1957 m. Oren (Lafayette) Markel 1890–1966
        1. 1. Lloyd (Kenneth) Markel 1917–2002 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Scott 1920–2009 m. Dorothy (Alice) Hamilton 1920–2003
        2. 2. Edna (Mabel) Markel 1914–1981 m. John (Henry) Langston 1898–1976
        3. 3. Evelina (Bertha) Markel 1916–1993 m. W.H. Jackson 1912–1976
        4. 4. Gertrude (Elsa) Markel 1919–1986 m. James (Dee) Fisher 1912–1969
      2. 2. Ora (Esther) McGinnis 1886–1958 m. John (Franklin) Markel 1880–1939
        1. 1. Bessie (Ellen) Markel 1910–1960 m. Lloyd (Bishop) Reinert 1904–1972
        2. 2. Walter (Ray) Markel 1912–1992 m. Martha (J) Henderson 1916–2000
        3. 3. Velma (Irene) Markel 1915–1928
        4. 4. Mabel (Lillian) Markel 1920–2003 m. Clarence (Benjamin) McElroy 1914–1979 m. Quintin (Anthony) Lampe 1924–1971
        5. 5. Dorothy (Maxine) Markel 1920–1999 m. Lester (Eugene) Hilliard 1915–1997
        6. 6. Zella (Mae) Markel 1922–2011 m. Bernard (Dean) Rohrbaugh 1917–2010
      3. 3. William (Edmund) McGinnis 1883–1930
      4. 4. Ira (Lew) McGinnis 1881–1971 m. Olive (Amanda) Markel 1888–1940
        1. 1. Willis (Lyle) McGinnis 1919–1995 m. Alma (Louise) Wallace 1927–1998
        2. 2. Lela (Jane) McGinnis 1916–1960
      5. 5. Arthur (Garfield) McGinnis 1880–1952 m. Sabina (Johanna) Gustason 1896–1990
        1. 1. Merlin (Marvin) McGinnis 1931–2009
        2. 2. James (Allen) McGinnis 1929–2002
        3. 3. Vernard (A) McGinnis 1921–2012
        4. 4. Elvira (Esther) McGinnis 1935–1937
        5. 5. Ruby (Maxine) McGinnis 1929–1934
        6. 6. Eunice (Lavada) McGinnis 1925–2013
        7. 7. Ethel (Wilda) McGinnis 1923–1996 m. Roy (William) Sunley 1908–1995
        8. 8. Bernice (Leota) McGinnis 1919–2006 m. Harold (Jesse) Sidebottom 1914–2010
    2. 2. Wesley (Cole) Weeks 1858–1911 m. Polly (Jane) Crist 1868–1944
      1. 1. Walter (Louis) Weeks 1900–1904
      2. 2. Ruben (Lester) Weeks 1901–1973 m. Grace (E) Bennett 1910–1978
      3. 3. Chester (Cole) Weeks 1905–1971 m. Myrl (June) Mason 1904–1969
      4. 4. Roy (Edgar) Weeks 1907–1989 m. Esther (Elma) Thompson 1908–1989
        1. 1. Wesley (Calvin) Weeks 1933–1986 m. Vera (Maxine) Mallard 1932–1986
      5. 5. Samuel (O) Weeks 1904–1904
    3. 3. Carrie (E) Weeks 1864–
    4. 4. Burr (Harrison) Weeks 1865–1941 m. Mathilda (Johana) Anderson 1868–1959
      1. 1. William (Orval) Weeks 1891–1951 m. Magdalene (Lucy) Holzer 1895–1993
      2. 2. Henry (Harrison) Weeks 1894–1958 m. Bertha (Mabel) Holzer 1892–1993
      3. 3. John (Anderson) Weeks 1896–1962 m. Nellie (Maude) Brown 1901–1991
      4. 4. Thomas (Stephen) Weeks 1900–1966 m. Anna (Blanche) Farr 1901–1987
        1. 1. Irene (Alberta) Weeks 1920–1975 m. John (Van) Zelf 1918–1974
        2. 2. William (Stephen) Weeks 1924–1966 m. Willa (Fern) Rogers 1924–1984
        3. 3. Lola (Fay) Weeks 1931–1988 m. Dareld (Dean) Steinke 1927–2011
    5. 5. Lee (Christ) Weeks 1868–1924 m. Jessie Woods 1868–1940
      1. 1. Ralph (Crist) Weeks 1899–1960 m. Ruth (Lena) Wood 1900–1975
        1. 1. Byron (Gene) Weeks 1937–2005
        2. 2. Ruth (Elvira) Weeks 1927–2008 m. Thomas (Willard) Dobbins 1915–1986
        3. 3. Ralph (Leonard) Weeks 1930–2002 m. Katherine (Susanne) Eberhard 1935–1985
        4. 4. Waymuth (J) Weeks 1933–2010 m. Paul (Edward) Webb 1930–2010
        5. 5. David (Crist) Weeks 1940–1970
        6. 6. Erwin (Lee) Weeks 1931–1933
      2. 2. Elmer (George) Weeks 1901–1936
      3. 3. Vera (Elveria) Weeks 1903–1963 m. Jay Hutchison 1899–1973
        1. 1. Wilma (Mae) Hutchison 1937–2003
      4. 4. Ira (Joe) Weeks 1905–1977 m. Josephine (Belle) Farrow 1910–1986
        1. 1. Barbara (Jo) Weeks 1932–1998
        2. 2. Albert (Wayne) Weeks 1936–2004
      5. 5. Carl (Everett) Weeks 1908–1953 m. Juanita Springer 1913–1954
        1. 1. Patricia (Kay) Weeks 1935–1980 m. Alfred Hansen 1926–2002
        2. 2. Layle (Everett) Weeks 1930–1998
      6. 6. Harvey (O) Weeks 1897–1897
    6. 6. George (H) Weeks 1870–1927 m. Ruth (Cordellia) Meharg 1877–1956
      1. 1. Ivy (May) Weeks 1926–2014 m. Raymond (Leroy) Whiteman 1922–1992
        1. 1. Shirley (Ann) Whiteman 1950–2001
      2. 2. Nina (Florence) Weeks 1903–1987 m. John Christians 1887–1951
      3. 3. Jennie (Rose) Weeks 1916–2007 m. Earl (O) Harzman 1910–1990
      4. 4. Glenn (Ellis) Weeks 1914–1995 m. Beulah (Irene) Woodyard 1918–2008
      5. 5. George (Samuel) Weeks 1912–1980 m. Viola (Matilda) Luerman 1913–2010
      6. 6. Marion (Bruce) Weeks 1905–1991 m. Edith (Irene) Ross 1906–1974 m. Mildred Bowers 1911–2000
        1. 1. John (Edgar) Weeks 1926–1990 m. Mary (Catherine) Casey 1928–2011
        2. 2. Orval (Edwin) Weeks 1927–2014 m. Virginia (L) Campbell 1930–2005
      7. 7. Vernon (Edgar) Weeks 1919–1963 m. Margaret (Lillian) Creel 1906–
      8. 8. Mary (Elizabeth) Weeks 1908–1991 m. Lester (William) Figgins 1905–1996
        1. 1. Phillip (Dean) Figgins 1933–2013
        2. 2. Ruth (Esther) Figgins 1935–1935
        3. 3. James (Leroy) Figgins 1938–1941
      9. 9. Leland (Russell) Weeks 1909–1992 m. Vera (Lucille) Huff 1915–1998
        1. 1. Lela (Rose) Weeks 1936–2006
    7. 7. Esther (A) Weeks 1872–1945 m. John (Winfield) Meharg 1866–1948
    8. 8. David (N) Weeks 1874–1900
    9. 9. Cora (May) Weeks 1876–1898
  2. 2. Elviry Weeks 1839–1839
  3. 3. Peter (J) Lizer 1844–1925
  4. 4. Edmund (Poe) Lizer 1846–1908
  5. 5. George (H) Lizer 1850–1919 m. Viola Osborn 1857–
  6. 6. David (N) Lizer 1848–1900
  7. 7. Wilson Lizer 1852–1932
  8. 8. John (J) Lizer 1854–1918
  9. 9. Harry (P) Lizer 1856–1911
  10. 10. Wesley Weeks 1838–

Mary Polk's Timeline

7 Records

1814
26 OCT 1814
Birth of Mary Margaret Polk in Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
1850
1850
Age 36
Mary Margaret Polk appeared in census in Lockport, Will, Illinois, United States
Lockport, Will, Illinois, United States
1860
1860
Age 46
Mary Margaret Polk appeared in census in Lockport, Will, Illinois, United States
Lockport, Will, Illinois, United States
1870
1870
Age 56
Mary Margaret Polk appeared in census in Jefferson, Greene, Iowa, United States
Jefferson, Greene, Iowa, United States
1880
1880
Age 66
Mary Margaret Polk appeared in census in Glidden, Carroll, Iowa, United States
Glidden, Carroll, Iowa, United States
1884
19 SEP 1884
Age 70
Death of Mary Margaret Polk in Carroll County, Iowa, United States
Carroll County, Iowa, United States
1884
20 SEP 1884
Age 70
Burial of Mary Margaret Polk in Carroll County, Iowa, United States
Carroll County, Iowa, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 OCT 1814
    Event Place: Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Findagrave.com

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Lockport, Will, Illinois, United States
    Record Source: Federal United States Census Record

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Lockport, Will, Illinois, United States
    Record Source: Federal United States Census Record

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Jefferson, Greene, Iowa, United States
    Record Source: Federal United States Census Record

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Glidden, Carroll, Iowa, United States
    Record Source: Federal United States Census Record

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 SEP 1884
    Event Place: Carroll County, Iowa, United States
    Record Source: Entry, , , .

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 20 SEP 1884
    Event Place: Carroll County, Iowa, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Findagrave.com
    [2] Entry, , , .
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