May Etta Cunningham b. 28 Sep 1877 Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa, USA d. 26 Jan 1960 Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA: Our Family History

1877 - 1960 (82 years)

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Name	May Etta Cunningham [1, 2, 3]
	1885 census looks more like 'Mary' than 'May.' SS app and 1940 census spell it "Mae."
Born	28 Sep 1877	Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa, USA [1, 2, 3, 4]
	Marriage record in 1901 gives her age as 25, calculating to 1876-77 year of birth?
Gender	Female
Census	9 Jun 1880	Lee township, Franklin County, Iowa, USA [5]
	1. Cunningham, W. H., white, male, 32, married, farmer, Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania 2. _____, Elisabeth, white, female, 19, wife, married, keeping house, Michigan, New York, Ohio 3. _____, Mary E., white, female, 3. daughter, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan 4. _____, Maud F., white, female, 1, daughter, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan
Census (State)	1885	Lincoln township, Wright County, Iowa, USA [2]
	1. Cunningham, William,township 92, range 24, section 16, SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4, 36, male, married, farmer, born in Indiana, father and mother natives of the U.S., subject to military service, registered to vote 2. _____, Lydia, 26, female, married, born Michigan 3. _____, Mary, 7, female, born Hardin County, Iowa 4. _____, Maud F., 5, female, born Hardin County, Iowa 5. _____, Robert H., [0?], male, born Franklin County, Iowa 6. _____, Gertrude, 3, female, Hardin County, Iowa
Census (State)	1895	Woodbury County, Iowa, USA [1]
	1. Cunningham, William, 47, male, born Indiana 2. _____, Annie, 35, female, married, born Illinois 3. _____, May, 17, female, single, born Hardin County, Iowa 4. _____, Robie, 12, male, single, born Wright County, Iowa
Census	22 Jun 1900	Main St. (hotel), Spencer City, Clay County, Iowa, USA [6]
	1. Cole, Edward, head, white, male, born March 1843, 57, married 31 years, New York, New Jersey, New Jersey, hotel keeper, can read and write, owns home free of mortgage 2-6, Cole family members 7. Cunningham, May, servant, white, female, September 1877, 22, single, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, servant, can read and write 8.- 14., additional servants
Census	11 May 1910	Lone Tree township, Clay County, Iowa, USA [7]
	1. Heid, Joseph E., head, male, white, 46, first marriage, married 8 years, Illinois, Germany, Germany, farming, can read and write, renting farm, farm schedule 113 2. _____, May E.m wife, female, white, 32, first marriage, married 8 years, 0 children, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Michigan, can read and write
Census	12 Jan 1920	Meadow Lake township, Barnes County, North Dakota, USA [8]
	1. Heid, Joseph E., renting, male, white, 55, married, can read and write, [U.S.?], Germany, Illinois, farming 2. _____, May E., wife, fenakem white, 42, married, can read and write, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa
Census	11 Apr 1940	Pacific Ave., Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA [9]
	1. Clark Patrick O., head, renting, $80, not a farm, female, 78, widowed, completed 4 years high school, Iowa, same place in 1935, not employed, other income 2. Heid, Mae [May], maid, female, white, 62, widowed completed 4 years high school, Iowa, resided in Sanborn, Barnes Co ND in 1935, employed for pay, maid, private home, 40 hours, $480 income, no other income [Head named as "Patrick" but sex designation "female." Probably one of the two is in error.]
Died	26 Jan 1960	Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA [10]
NEWS	27 Jan 1960	Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA [11]
	Obituary: "Mrs. Mae Etta Heid Mrs. Mae Etta Heid, 83, who operated grocery stores here for a number of years, died yesterday in a Spokane hospital. Her home was at W314 [sic] Seventh. Mrs. Heid came to Spokane in 1938 and with a sister, the late Mrs. Maude McCluskey, operated the Bungalow grocery at Seventh and Bernard for nearly 15 years. She retired several years ago because of ill health. Mrs. Heid was a member of the Jewel court 50, Order of Amaranth. She is survived by a sister in California. The body is at Smith's."
NEWS	28 Jan 1960	Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA [12]
	Death notice: "HEID, MAE ETTA?Passed away Jan. 26 in Spokane. A resident of W314 Seventh. A resident of Spokane the past 22 years. A member of the Jewel Court No., 50 Amaranth. Survived by 1 sister, Mrs. Etta Field, Mritosa, Calif. Her last services have been untrusted to the care of the Smith Funeral Home, W1124 Riverside Ave."
NEWS	27 Apr 1960	Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA [13]
	"Mae Heid, who died January 26, left most of her $53,358 estate to the Masonic Home of Washington at Tacoma, probate papers showed, She left amounts ranging from $500 to $2000 to 14 relatives and friends, with the remainder to be distributed to the home."
Parents	Parents named in her 1901 marriage record as William Cunningham and Elizabeth Ives. Named on her death record as William Cunningham and Libby Ives. [4, 10]
Person ID	I6348	Full
Last Modified	31 Jan 2021

Father	William H. Cunningham, b. Feb 1848, Indiana, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
Mother	Elizabeth "Libby" Ives, b. Abt 1859, Illinois, USA
Married	Before 1878 [1]
	Age of daughter May indicates that William married before about 1878.
Family ID	F2259	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Joseph E. Heid, b. 1864, Galena, Jo Davies County, Illinois, USA
Married	5 Dec 1901	Clay County, Iowa, USA [4]
	Return filed in May 1902. No known issue. 1910 census reflects 8-year marriage and 0 children.
Last Modified	31 Jan 2021
Family ID	F3150	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Sources

[S4758] 1895 Woodbury County, Iowa, state census, population schedule, [no township stated], p. 2, dwelling no. 15, family no. 15, for William Cunningham; "Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925," digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org : downloaded 19 February 2015; State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-16947-53590-56?cc=1803957.
[S4759] 1885 Iowa State Census, Wright County, population schedule, Lincoln township, p. 286 [stamped, top right], line 1, dwelling 36, family 6, William Cunningham household; "Iowa State Censsus, 1885," digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org : downloaded 19 February 2015); citing original, Iowa State Historical Society, Des Moines. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12692-22601-32?cc=1803643.
[S6153] "U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 January 2021), entry for Mae Etta Heid, SSN 532-32-1949; original data, Social Security Applications and Claims, Social Security Administration, extraction from SS-5.
[S6148] Iowa State Board of Health, for Clay County, Iowa, Return of Marriages, 1901, p. 21-311 [stamped], license no. 2262, issued 5 December, Joseph E. Heid-Mary [May] Cunningham; "Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1951," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 January 2021); State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
[S4776] 1880 U. S. census, Franklin County, Iowa, population schedule, Lee township, enumeration district (ED) 86, p. 3 (penned), p. 511 (stamped, recto), dwelling 6, family 6, W. H Cunningham household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 5 March 2015 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 340.
[S6147] 1900 U.S. census, Clay County, Iowa, population schedule, Spencer township, Spencer City (Main St.), enumeration district (ED) 33, sheet 27A (penned, recto), p. 282a (stamped, recto), dwelling 587, family 600, Edward Cole household/hotelier, for servant May Cunningham, age 22; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 January 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll [not cited].
[S6149] 1910 U.S. census, Clay County, Iowa, population schedule, Lone Tree township, enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 10B (penned, recto), p. 205 (stamped, verso), dwelling 201, family 201, Joseph E. Heid household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 January 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 397.
[S6151] 1920 U.S. census, Barnes County, North Dakota, population schedule, Meadow Lake township, enumeration district (ED) 8, sheet 8A (penned, recto), p. 148 (stamped, recto), dwelling 2, family 2, Joseph E. Heid household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 January 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1330.
[S6152] 1940 U.S. census, Spokane County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Spokan (N. Pacific Ave.), enumeration district (ED) 41-54, sheet 8A (penned, recto), p. 928 (stamped, recto), visited no. 212, Patrick O. Clark household, for Mae [May] Heid, maid; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 January 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T627.
[S6154] "Washington, U.S., Death Records, 1883-1960," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 January 2021), entry for Mae Etta Heid (1960); Washington State Death Records, Washington State Archives, Olympia.
[S6157] "Mrs. Mae Etta Heid," Spokane Chronicle (Spokane, Wa.), 27 January 1960, p. 5, col. 4; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 31 January 2021).
[S6158] "Deaths: Heid, Mae Etta," Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wa.), 28 January 1960, p. 20, col. 8; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 31 January 2021).
[S6155] "Woman's Estate Set at $115,429," Spokane Chronicle (Spokane, Wa.), 27 April 1960, p. 23, col. 3, second item, for Mae Heid; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 31 January 2021).