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1880 US CENSUS Huron City, Huron County, Michigan (Sheet 87C).. "James Avery, 32, b.CAN,.. Margaret Avery, 29, wife,.. Mahlon Avery 9, son, Henry Avery 6, son,.. Emma Avery 5, dau,.. Arthur Avery 2, son." all born in Canada except Arthur born in MI. Living next door was uncle; Eugene Everingham 22, living in a boarding house. Eugene was a brother or half-brother or adopted brother of James Avery (Emma's father).
Conquergood notes; husband Michael may have been previously married to Cora May Van Wormer in 1889. She was born 1872 and lived until 1963, so that marriage must have ended in divorce.
1920 Huron County, Michigan marriage records (Page 191, #155).. "Date of License; August 25, 1920, Michael Conquergood 50, of Harbor Beach, born in Michigan, farmer, s/o John Conquergood, mother; Stroud, married August 25, 1920 at Bad Axe, Michigan, to Emma Avery 45 of Harbor Beach, born in Canada, d/o James Avery, mother; Lymburner, ..Rev F. Cookson, witnesses; May Hill & Geo. Hill of Harbor Beach." This information is from the hand-written marriage register at Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan.
1920 The Harbor Beach Times, Sept 3, 1920 .. "A pretty wedding took place Wednesday afternoon, August 25th at the Methodist parsonage, Bad Axe, whem Miss Emma Avery of Sand Beach, and Mr. Michael Conquergood were united in marriage by Rev. Cookson. The attendants were Mr. and Mrs. George Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Conquergood will make their home on the Avery farm south of town."
Emma's mother died in 1907 and her father died in 1919.
1930 US CENSUS Detroit, Wayne County, MI (Sheet 20B, line 70).. "Mike J. Conquergood 59, b.MI,.. Emma Conquergood 54, b.CAN,.. Irene Edwards 10, b.MI, granddaughter."
1940 US CENSUS Detroit, Wayne County, MI (Sheet 5B, line #80).. "Michael Conquergood 71, b.MI,.. Emma 64, b.CAN, wife."
1951 The Times Herald, Port Huron, MI, Sept 27, 1951.. "Harbor Beach, Sept 27, Michael J. Conquergood, 83, former resident of this vicinity died Wednesday in his home in Dearborn after a long illness. He was born July 16, 1868 in Harbor Beach. In 1898 he went to North Dakota where he lived many years before he moved to Dearborn. He is survived by his widow, Emma; two sons, Wilbur Conquergood, Port Huron and Irving Conquergood in Minnesota; a daughter, Mrs. H.M. Hollis, Jackson."
NAME CHANGE;
Much of the information about James Everingham and Margaret Lymburner becoming James & Margaret AVERY seems unlikely at first, but is completely explained with evidence and proof in the 634pg. book; Everingham Family History, vol.1 (c)2024 Emma was born in Canada (some records show born in Michigan) but when her parents moved to Michigan, she was still a young girl and they all went by the name AVERY or it's possible that they were going by the name AVERY by the time Emma was born.
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