Rose May Mowrey McCray is my father's mother. She was born to John Wesley Mowrey and Eliza Ellen Hoffstatter on March 22, 1885 in Eden, Benton County, Iowa. She was the last child. Eliza Ellen died on March 10, 1891 in Moscow Idaho. Rose was then adopted by Eliza's sister who was a Hoffstatter living in Baker City Oregon. Eliza's sister had married her first cousin Frank Hoffstatter, so Rose Ellen assumed the Hoffstatter last name. Then she married James Willis McCray and became a McCray.
Eliza died in 1891 in Moscow Idaho when Rose was about 5 years old. Eliza's gravestone is on Find A Grave. Her father allowed Eliza's sister, Editha Adeline Hoffstatter (1857-1965, yes she lived to be 107) to adopt Rose. Editha Adeline had married her first cousin Frank Hoffstatter (1866-1903) in 1886. The adoption papers in my family's archives list just Editha Adeline as the adopter...but I would image that Frank also became a legal parent too. (Submitted by member #49365954)
Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975
Name: Rose M Hoffstatter
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1885
Marriage Date: 18 Sep 1906
Marriage Place: Baker, Oregon, USA
Spouse: J W Mccray
Film Number: 004138565
Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864-1968
Name Rose H McCray
Gender Female
Race White
Age 77
Birth Date 1885
Death Date 19 Jun 1962
Death Place Baker City, Baker, Oregon, USA
Spouse James W McCray
Certificate Number 7015
Burial 22 Jun 1962 in Mt Hope Cemetery
Eliza died in 1891 in Moscow Idaho when Rose was about 5 years old. Eliza's gravestone is on Find A Grave. Her father allowed Eliza's sister, Editha Adeline Hoffstatter (1857-1965, yes she lived to be 107) to adopt Rose. Editha Adeline had married her first cousin Frank Hoffstatter (1866-1903) in 1886. The adoption papers in my family's archives list just Editha Adeline as the adopter...but I would image that Frank also became a legal parent too. (Submitted by member #49365954)
Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975
Name: Rose M Hoffstatter
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1885
Marriage Date: 18 Sep 1906
Marriage Place: Baker, Oregon, USA
Spouse: J W Mccray
Film Number: 004138565
Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864-1968
Name Rose H McCray
Gender Female
Race White
Age 77
Birth Date 1885
Death Date 19 Jun 1962
Death Place Baker City, Baker, Oregon, USA
Spouse James W McCray
Certificate Number 7015
Burial 22 Jun 1962 in Mt Hope Cemetery
Rose May Mowrey McCray is my father's mother. She was born to John Wesley Mowrey and Eliza Ellen Hoffstatter on March 22, 1885 in Eden, Benton County, Iowa. She was the last child. Eliza Ellen died on March 10, 1891 in Moscow Idaho. Rose was then adopted by Eliza's sister who was a Hoffstatter living in Baker City Oregon. Eliza's sister had married her first cousin Frank Hoffstatter, so Rose Ellen assumed the Hoffstatter last name. Then she married James Willis McCray and became a McCray.
Eliza died in 1891 in Moscow Idaho when Rose was about 5 years old. Eliza's gravestone is on Find A Grave. Her father allowed Eliza's sister, Editha Adeline Hoffstatter (1857-1965, yes she lived to be 107) to adopt Rose. Editha Adeline had married her first cousin Frank Hoffstatter (1866-1903) in 1886. The adoption papers in my family's archives list just Editha Adeline as the adopter...but I would image that Frank also became a legal parent too. (Submitted by member #49365954)
Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975
Name: Rose M Hoffstatter
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1885
Marriage Date: 18 Sep 1906
Marriage Place: Baker, Oregon, USA
Spouse: J W Mccray
Film Number: 004138565
Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864-1968
Name Rose H McCray
Gender Female
Race White
Age 77
Birth Date 1885
Death Date 19 Jun 1962
Death Place Baker City, Baker, Oregon, USA
Spouse James W McCray
Certificate Number 7015
Burial 22 Jun 1962 in Mt Hope Cemetery
Eliza died in 1891 in Moscow Idaho when Rose was about 5 years old. Eliza's gravestone is on Find A Grave. Her father allowed Eliza's sister, Editha Adeline Hoffstatter (1857-1965, yes she lived to be 107) to adopt Rose. Editha Adeline had married her first cousin Frank Hoffstatter (1866-1903) in 1886. The adoption papers in my family's archives list just Editha Adeline as the adopter...but I would image that Frank also became a legal parent too. (Submitted by member #49365954)
Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975
Name: Rose M Hoffstatter
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1885
Marriage Date: 18 Sep 1906
Marriage Place: Baker, Oregon, USA
Spouse: J W Mccray
Film Number: 004138565
Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864-1968
Name Rose H McCray
Gender Female
Race White
Age 77
Birth Date 1885
Death Date 19 Jun 1962
Death Place Baker City, Baker, Oregon, USA
Spouse James W McCray
Certificate Number 7015
Burial 22 Jun 1962 in Mt Hope Cemetery
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