Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameMary Margaret BÉLANGER
Birth Date12 Oct 1857
Birth PlaceBourbonnais Township, Kankakee County, Illinois
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Death Date10 Jan 1926 Age: 68
Death PlaceSioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
MemoIowa, U.S., Death Records, 1920-1967-1921-1929-Woodbury
Burial Date13 Jan 1926
Burial PlaceSioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, Calvary Cemetery
MemoIowa, U.S., Death Records, 1920-1967-1921-1929-Woodbury
MotherMarie Aurélie MARGUETTE (1828-1908)
Spouses
Birth Date1855
Birth PlaceFort Pierre, Stanley County, South Dakota
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Death Date8 Aug 1910 Age: 55
Death PlaceSioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Burial PlaceSioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, Calvary Cemetery
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
OccupationCarpenter
Father_____ COFFEY (?-)
MotherMargaret MALONY (~1832-1894)
Family ID8813
Marr Date1877
ChildrenMary Adele “Ida” (1877-1953)
 John Phillip (1879-1952)
 Ora Margaret (1882-1967)
 George Frankin (1883-)
Notes for Mary Margaret BÉLANGER
RESIDENT HERE SINCE 1862 DIES

Mrs. Mary Coffey Was Daughter of Early Day Hotel Man.

Mrs. Mary Coffey, a resident of Sioux City since 1882, died at her home, 2310 West Fifth street, Sunday after a brief illness.

Born in Illinois, October 12, 1856. Mrs. Coffey journeyed overland by wagon with her parents to Sioux City when she was about 6 years old. Her father, John Belongea, was one of the early day hotel proprietors here. She married John Coffey, who engaged in carpenter work here until his death about 25 years ago.

Mrs. Coffey is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. C. Pecaut and Mrs. L. Gilman, of Sioux City; three sons John, Fred and George Coffey, of Sioux City; four sisters, Mrs. C. N. Hoover, Mrs. B. Henry and Mrs. Caroline Williams, of Sioux City, and one brother, Fred Belongea, of Los Angeles, Cal.

The body is at Perasso Bros. undertaking establishment pending funeral arrangements.

On Ancestry from Andrew Klein.

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