Marvin Melvin Folk

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1880 Allen, La Salle county, IL
Henry Folk age 46 OH
Mary M. Folk age 44 OH
Marion H. Folk age 18 IL
John H. Folk age 14 IL
Perry O. Folk age 12 IL
Ella B. Folk age 8 IL
Marvin Folk age 3

1900 DesMoines, Polk, IA
M. Folk b. Mar 1879 IL; single and lives with Charles and Lillian Gordon.

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Name: Marion M. Folk Groom's Birth Date: 1877 Groom's Birthplace: Illinois Groom's Age: 27 Bride's Name: Sarah Ellen Burdick Bride's Birth Date: 1869 Bride's Birthplace: Iowa Bride's Age: 35 Marriage Date: 07 Dec 1904 Marriage Place: Rolfe, Pocahontas, Iowa Groom's Father's Name: Henry Folk Groom's Mother's Name: M.M. Mason Bride's Father's Name: John Mercer Bride's Mother's Name: M.J. Whited Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Single Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Married Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02591-1 System Origin: Iowa-EASy Source Film Number: 1401836 Reference Number: pg 149

1910 Des Moines, Polk, IA
MM Folk b.1879 IL; 1st marriage of 5 yrs
Sarah E. age 42 b. 1868 IA; 2nd marriage of 5 yrs; ch: 3/2

WWI draft record of 12 Sept 1918 - nearest relative is Sarah E.

1920 Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Marin (sic) M Folk age 48 OH as were his parents
Sarah age 63 IA; father born MO; mother b. IN

1925 Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Marvin Folk age 46 b. IL [HOH] father Henry Folk b. OH; mother Martha ___ born OH; m. in Ashland, OH
Mabel Folk age 39 b. IA [wife] father Lester Straw; mother Mary Kracht m. in Iowa

1930 Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Marvin FOLK age 55 widowed and born IL c1875; parents born OH - living alone

1940 Des Moines, IA - widowed; lives alone

Marvin married Mabel Straw, daughter of Lester N. Straw Jr and Mary Kracht, on 1 Jan 1925 in DesMoines, Polk county, Iowa. (Mabel Straw was born on 17 Sep 1884 in Iowa, died on 24 Mar 1953 and was buried in Melbourne Memorial Garden in Marshall County, Iowa.)

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Marvin next married Sarah Ellen Mercer, daughter of John Mercer and M. J. Whited, on 7 Dec 1904 in Rolf, Pocahontas County, Iowa. (Sarah Ellen Mercer was born in 1869 in Iowa.)

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