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Free Research > S > Steeples > Family StoryUse the free genealogy search to quickly discover your family history or share your own! Mary Ann Morison
After her first husband Francis died, Mary Ann Morison Steeples married George 'Samuel' Burns. The family story is that as George was really mean to Nellie and DJ, and they both left home. Many years later, Mary Ann and 'Sam' moved to Loveland, Colorado and opened a hotel. The family farm was left to DJ.
Children born to Mary Ann by Sam Burns verified by the book "Lest We Forget", a history of Rooks Co., KS. Article on the Steeples family submitted to the book by Mary Ann's granddaughter, Edith Whisman, stating the couple had 3 children; names and birth dates included. Per the 1900 US Census, Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas, George S. Burns is listed as 'head of household'...age 64 (born 8/1835), born in Kentucky, and married 17 years to "Emma M." (incorrectly recorded, should read "Mary Ann M") age 57, born in Scotland. Listed in household: Ethel M. daughter age 13 Olive M. daughter age 11 Steeples, Helen step-daughter age 20 Also listed 6 boarders living in the house. Two of those boarders, Peter Peterson & Charles Holland, are listed in the household with George, Mary Ann, daughter Ethel and her family, in the 1920 US Census in Larimer Co., Colorado! All children born in Kansas. Per 1910 US Census, the couple were living in Plainville, Rooks Co., KS; Living in household: George, age 75 Mary Ann 58 Nellie Steeples 25, divorced (dressmaker) (ACTUAL AGE SHOULD BE 30 or 31!) Olive Burns 20, single, saleswoman KRUTCH, "Wanita", 8 born in Idaho (name should read "Juanita") Hollis 6 born in Idaho Per 1920 census, George, age 84, and Mary Anne, age 71 (notice age discrepancy from 1910 census) were living with daughter Ethel (age 34) in Larimer Co., Precinct 31, Colorado. Roll T625-166, page 9A, ED 166, image 0476....Lliving in household: Chamberlain, James 40 born in Iowa Ethel (Burns) 34 Kansas Dane 13 Kansas Lowell 9 Kansas Maxine 3 Colorado Burns, George 84 Mary Ann 71 Peterson, Peter unk Denmark Holland, Charles 64 England both Peter and Charles listed as "friends" (were the same boarders that lived with the family in Plainville, Kansas in previous census). Recv'd obit from Pueblo Co. Library on 7/20/04...from Pueblo newspaper dated 6/12/1929, page 15: "BURNS: Mrs. Mary, age 80 years, passed away at a local hospital early Tuesday morning following a long illness. She is survived by her husband, George S. Burns, of Loveland, and one daughter, Mrs. J.O. Chamberlain, of Denver. The body was forwarded Tuesday to Loveland for interment. George F. McCarthy service (the funeral home)". Not mentioned in article: At the time of her death, Mary Ann also had a living daughter and son by her marriage to Francis Steeples: Nell Steeples Kroetsch Abbott, living in Aberdeen, Washington and David James Steeples, living in Palco, Kansas. It is unclear as to why these two children were not mentioned in Mary Ann's obit.
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