Maranda Goreham
(1832-1892)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Phineas Pelton

Maranda Goreham 1 2 3

  • Born: 17 Mar 1832, , , NY 1
  • Marriage (1): Phineas Pelton in 1851
  • Died: 23 Sep 1892, Persia, Harrison, IA, USA at age 60 1
  • Buried: Persia: Valley View Cemetery, Harrison, IA, USA 1

   FamilySearch ID: LW1S-T3M.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Greenfield Township, Jones, IA, USA. 4 The 1880 census recorded Phineas Pelten, lumber dealer, 51, living with wife Maranda, 49; sons Alneria P., railroad carpenter, 27; and David K., 13; and daughters Emma E., 10, and Nettie M., 7. Phineas and his sons were born in Canada. Maranda was born in New York and the daughters in Iowa. Phineas' father was born in Connecticut, his mother and Maranda's parents in Vermont.


Maranda married Phineas Pelton in 1851. (Phineas Pelton was born on 18 Feb 1829 in South Gower, Leeds and Grenville, ON, CAN,5 died on 16 Jun 1899 in Persia, Harrison, IA, USA 5 and was buried in Persia: Valley View Cemetery, Harrison, IA, USA 5.)

Sources

1 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204860265.

2 FamilySearch.org, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC4D-Y53 Edward Pruitt and Nettie May Pelton, 23 Oct 1895, Persia, Harrison, Iowa.

3 FamilySearch.org, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4R-Z718 Emma E Pruitt, 8 Feb 1942, Clarinda, Page, Iowa.

4 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD25-VQ5 Phineas Pelten, Greenfield, Jones, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 338, sheet 463D.

5 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134525748.


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