Daisy Elizabeth MOSS

1884 - 1969  (85 years)

• Birth	15 Jul 1884	Lenox, Taylor, IA   [1, 2]
  Census	1925	Creston, Union, IA   [3]
  	1925 Iowa State census at Creston, Union, IA shows Daisy E. Cole, 40, widow; Phyllis 15, June 6. Daisy is living in the home of her sister Lois Walker. Each occupant is asked to list the names of their parents. Daisy lists no father, and Mary Moss as her mother. Daisy's children list her as their mother but list no father.
  Census	3 Apr 1930	Creston, Union, IA   [4]
  	1930 census at Creston, Union, IA shows Daisy E. Cole, 45, widow, age at marriage 24 (crossed out), b. IA, parents b. IL/IL, housekeeper, private family; Phyllis E., 20, b. IA, parents b. IA/IA, stenographer, poultry plant; June E., 11, b. IA, parents b. IA/IA. Daisy is enumerated in the home of her sister Lois and her husband Wilburn Walker.
  Note	John and Daisy were married in Bedford, Iowa in 1908, their daughter Phyllis was born in 1909. They are present together in the 1910 census. John is found in the 1920 census living in Montana with his second wife Katie Maud Ryker and their son Homer who was born in February of 1917. Daisy is found in the 1925 state census living with her sister Lois. With her are her daughter's Phyllis and June. June was born in June of 1918. In this census and all subsequent census she gives her marital status as widow. John's second wife Katie Ryker Cole marries for a second time in Iowa. In 1923, at the age of 45 she marries a 69 year old man. Thus it would appear that John and Daisy were divorced early in their marriage, Daisy never remarries but has a child in 1918. John remarries Katie, she had a child in 1917. John and Katie appear to divorce by 1923 when Katie marries a second time.
  Death	15 Oct 1969	Creston, Union, IA   [5, 6, 7]
  Burial	Fairview Cemetery, Lenox, Taylor, IA   [5]
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  Father	John Francis MOSS,   b. 7 Dec 1855, Peoria Co., IL d. 19 Sep 1915, Conway, Taylor, IA (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Mary Laura HAMILTON,   b. 24 Nov 1858, Jubilee Township, Peoria, IL d. 7 Feb 1949, Taylor Co., IA (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F1817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Ellsworth COLE,   b. 9 May 1877, Bedford, Taylor, IA d. 5 Mar 1953, Chouteau Co., MT (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	6 Sep 1908	Bedford, Taylor, IA   [8]
  Divorce	Bef 1916  [9]
  Children	1. Phyllis Elaine COLE,   b. 12 Jul 1909, Grant Township, Taylor, IA d. May 1987, Hastings, Adams, NE (Age 77 years)   2. June Floriene COLE,   b. 2 Jun 1918, Merle Junction, Taylor, IA d. 29 Jan 2008, Hastings, Adams, NE (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Jul 1884 - Lenox, Taylor, IA Marriage - 6 Sep 1908 - Bedford, Taylor, IA Census - 1925 - Creston, Union, IA Census - 3 Apr 1930 - Creston, Union, IA Death - 15 Oct 1969 - Creston, Union, IA Burial - - Fairview Cemetery, Lenox, Taylor, IA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S244] Taylor Co., IA, State Census, (http://www.rootsweb.com/~iataylor/, 1998), 244. [S736] Iowa, Births and Christenings, (FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, UT, 2009, 2010), 736. [S531] 1925 Iowa Census, (State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest, Des Moines, IA), 531. [S1930] 1930 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1930), 1930. [S500] Find A Grave, 500. [S47] GenWeb, Union County, Iowa, 47. [S300] Social Security Death Index, (Social Security Administration, Washington D.C.), 300. [S1042] Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, 1042. [S888] FamilySearch, Montana County Marriages, (2013), 888.