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Julia Ann <I>Pickel</I> Davie

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Julia Ann Pickel Davie

Birth
Alkoven, Eferding Bezirk, Upper Austria, Austria
Death
7 Feb 1925 (aged 80)
Jonesboro, Union County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Jonesboro, Union County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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This is her obit from the Jonesboro Gazette (13 Feb 1925):

Julia A. Davie died 7 Feb 1925, at home in Jonesboro, of influenza and pneumonia, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery. Her son, Dr. Joseph Davie, arrived a few hours before her death. Her funeral was at her residence. She was born 22 Aug 1844, in Alkoven, on the Danube River, in Austria. When she was 10 and a pupil in a Catholic convent, she sang before Emperor Francis Joseph when with his young bride he stopped at Alkoven. She remembered the blue Danube as a muddy, yellowish stream. She came to America with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pickel , in 1855. On the same ship with them were the future Mrs. John G. Soergel , now of Dallas, Texas, and her parents. She settled on a farm a few miles south of Jonesboro. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Kornthal. She married in 1867, Daniel S. Davie , who died in 1919. She has lived in Anna, on a farm in the Mississippi Bottoms, on a farm on the hill, west of Jonesboro, and her final years at Jonesboro. She had six children, of whom five were living, James W. Davie , of Cramp Construction, Philadelphia, Pa., Elnora K. Davie , at home, Mrs. Bruce Parmelee , of Springfield, Idaho, Dr. Joseph Davie , of St. Louis, Mrs. E. E. Sims , of Mona, Wyo. She also left four stepchildren, Samuel F. Davie , Mrs. James Norris , of Anna, Mrs. Nell Hallam , of Springfield, Mo., and Mrs. T. W. Hughen , of Port Arthur, Texas; grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

1910 United States Federal Census about Julia A Davie
Name: Julia A Davie
Age in 1910: 64
Birth Year: 1846
Birthplace: Austria
Home in 1910: Jonesboro, Union, Illinois
Immigration Year: 1856
Spouse's Name: David S Davie
Father's Birthplace: Austria
Mother's Birthplace: Austria

Household Members:
Name Age
David S Davie 83
Julia A Davie 64
Elnora K Davie 36
Winstead Davie 33
This is her obit from the Jonesboro Gazette (13 Feb 1925):

Julia A. Davie died 7 Feb 1925, at home in Jonesboro, of influenza and pneumonia, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery. Her son, Dr. Joseph Davie, arrived a few hours before her death. Her funeral was at her residence. She was born 22 Aug 1844, in Alkoven, on the Danube River, in Austria. When she was 10 and a pupil in a Catholic convent, she sang before Emperor Francis Joseph when with his young bride he stopped at Alkoven. She remembered the blue Danube as a muddy, yellowish stream. She came to America with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pickel , in 1855. On the same ship with them were the future Mrs. John G. Soergel , now of Dallas, Texas, and her parents. She settled on a farm a few miles south of Jonesboro. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Kornthal. She married in 1867, Daniel S. Davie , who died in 1919. She has lived in Anna, on a farm in the Mississippi Bottoms, on a farm on the hill, west of Jonesboro, and her final years at Jonesboro. She had six children, of whom five were living, James W. Davie , of Cramp Construction, Philadelphia, Pa., Elnora K. Davie , at home, Mrs. Bruce Parmelee , of Springfield, Idaho, Dr. Joseph Davie , of St. Louis, Mrs. E. E. Sims , of Mona, Wyo. She also left four stepchildren, Samuel F. Davie , Mrs. James Norris , of Anna, Mrs. Nell Hallam , of Springfield, Mo., and Mrs. T. W. Hughen , of Port Arthur, Texas; grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

1910 United States Federal Census about Julia A Davie
Name: Julia A Davie
Age in 1910: 64
Birth Year: 1846
Birthplace: Austria
Home in 1910: Jonesboro, Union, Illinois
Immigration Year: 1856
Spouse's Name: David S Davie
Father's Birthplace: Austria
Mother's Birthplace: Austria

Household Members:
Name Age
David S Davie 83
Julia A Davie 64
Elnora K Davie 36
Winstead Davie 33


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