Person:Victoria Horswell (1)

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Victoria Adele (Torie) Horswell
b.11 Dec 1870 Humboldt County, Iowa
  • HGeorge W. Canon1865 - 1929
  • WVictoria Adele (Torie) Horswell1870 - 1968
m. 4 Jul 1891
  • HFrank Murray1868 - 1948
  • WVictoria Adele (Torie) Horswell1870 - 1968
m. 20 Aug 1935
Facts and Events
Name Victoria Adele (Torie) Horswell
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][3] 11 Dec 1870 Humboldt County, Iowa
Other[9] 1880 Armstrong Grove Township, Emmet County, IowaWith Parents Residence 1
Marriage 4 Jul 1891 M.E. Parsonage, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa By Rev. L.C. Woodfordto George W. Canon
Other[10] 1900 Armstrong Grove Township, Emmet County, IowaResidence 2
Other[11] 1920 Armstrong Grove Township, Emmet County, IowaResidence 3
Other[12] 1930 1386 Pascal Avenue North, St. Paul, Ramsey County, MinnesotaWith Daughter, Winnifred, & Family Residence 4
Marriage 20 Aug 1935 Clear Lake, Iowa by Benjamin W. Riner, D.D. Wtnessed By William G. and Rose a. Dolleyto Frank Murray
Death[4] 9 Feb 1968 Bethesda Hospital, St. Paul, Ramsey County, MinnesotaCause: Cardiac Decompensation
Burial[5][6] 10 Feb 1968 Armstrong Grove Cemetery, Armstrong, Emmet County, Iowa
Other[13] 1968 484 Ashland Avenue, St. Paul, Ramsey County, MinnesotaResidence 5
Other[7] Armstrong Methodist Church, Armstrong, Emmet County, IowaChurch
Other[8] Matron of Armstrong Order of Eastern StarMemberships

Notes From Mark Finger January 2003:

Raised her sister Thyrza's daughter, Winnifred, as her own.


Obituary From "Armstrong Journal" February 1968:

Victoria Murray, 97, buried here Monday

Memorial services for Mrs. Victoria Murray, 97, were conducted Mondayafternoon at the Slaba-Reese Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Raymond Hamptonof Estherville officiating. Burial was in Armstrong Grove Cemetery.

A sister of G.S. Horswell, Mrs. Murray died February 9 in a St. Paul,Minn., hospital.

She was born December 11, 1870, a daughter of Richard and DorcasHorswell. The Horswells were homesteaders on a farm at the east edge ofArmstrong.

Mrs. Murray was first married to George Canon and they lived here untilhis death in 1929. She lived in St. Paul and Minneapolis and marriedFrank Murray, who also preceded her in death.

Mrs. Murray was a past matron of the local Order of Eastern Star and amember of the Armstrong Methodist Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Glenn Finger of St. Paul, Minn.; twograndchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. J. EdJohnson of Sioux City, Mrs. Ed Laisey of Glendive, Mont., and Mrs.William Woodbury of Upper Montclair, N.J.; and one brother, Mr. Horswellof Armstrong.

References
  1. 1900 U.S. Census, Iowa, Emmet County, Armstrong Grove Township, T623_431, Book 2, Page 7.
  2. Death Certificate.
  3. Gravestone.
  4. Death Certificate.
  5. Death Certificate.
  6. Gravestone.
  7. Obituary.
  8. Obituary.
  9. 1880 U.S. Census, Iowa, Emmet County, Armstrong Grove Township, T9_0338, Page 507D.
  10. 1900 U.S. Census, Iowa, Emmet County, Armstrong Grove Township, T623_431, Book 2, Page 7.
  11. 1920 U.S. Census, Iowa, Emmet County, Armstrong Grove Township, T625_489, p. 6A.
  12. 1930 U.S. Census, Minnesota, Ramsey County, St. Paul, District 188, T626_1120, Page 5B.
  13. Death Certificate.