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Surnames: Cady Alter Embody Palmer
Classification: Query
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Hi-
My great grandfather's sister, Myrtle Mabel Embody, married into the Cady family in
Iowa - while trying to find her mother after 1900 I have figured out the following:
Myrtle Mable Embody, born 19 October 1882 married Charles Cady on 5 December 1899 in Polk
County, Iowa - she was 17 and he was 24. On the 1900 census they are listed as the
daughter and son-in-law of A.A. Palmer - Head of household at 1337 Fremont Street, Polk
County, Des Moines, IA. (Note: Annie Hines Embody Palmer lived in the house prior to her
marriage to Alexander Palmer on 13 Dec. 1899.) While searching for Annie/Anna and
AA/Alexander Palmer in 1910, I came across the family of Charles Cady and Synthia along
with 2 sons listed on the same page as the Palmer's former residence on Fremont
Street. (Their street might have been Buchanan... ) Myrtle's husband, Charles Cady was
born in June of 1875 according to the census - and he worked as a coal miner. I believe
Myrtle may have died in 1905 as there is a Myrtle Cady listed as having been buried on 1
June 1905 in Woodland Cemetery, in Des Moines. (see bottom for other Cady burial date
listings...)
So, I checked into the family of Charles Cady and found the following:
Charles and Synthia are on the 1910 Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa census in District 147
along with 2 sons.
Charles Cady family on the 1880 LDS census:
Charles CADY Self M Male W 44 KY Laborer
Synthia CADY Wife M Female W 33 KY Keeps House
Frank CADY Son S Male W 14 IA At School
Sibbie CADY Dau S Female W 12 IA At Home
Lula CADY Dau S Female W 10 IA
Charles CADY Son S Male W 4 IA
Clark CADY Son S Male W 2 IA
CHARLES CADY Birth: About 1842
Marriage: 1867
Wife
CYNTHIA ALTER
Birth: 1846
Marriage: 1867
Father: FRANCIS ALTER
Mother: CYNTHIA JOHNSON
Children
1. SYBELLINE CADY Pedigree Female
Birth: About 1868 Of, , , Iowa
2. LOU CADY Pedigree Female
Birth: About 1870 Of, , , Iowa
3. CLARK CADY Pedigree Male
Birth: About 1872 Of, , , Iowa
4. CHARLES CADY Pedigree Male
Birth: About 1874 Of, , , Iowa
Here are Cady's buried in Woodland Cemetery in Des Moines - these are burial and not
death dates:
CADY, Catherine Elleno September 10, 1936 DM09
CADY, Charles June 01, 1915 DM09
CADY, Charles B. December 06, 1947 DM09
CADY, Clark February 21, 1950 DM09
CADY, Cynthia December 13, 1937 DM09
CADY, Eddie I. June 29, 1945 DM09
CADY, Elizabeth March 15, 1904 DM09
CADY, Harriett Viggers October 07, 1938 DM09
CADY, Infant of G. D. August 27, 1896 DM09
CADY, Infant of C. B. January 22, 1901 DM09
CADY, Margaret S. December 13, 1918 DM09
CADY, Minnie March 01, 1932 DM09
CADY, Myrtle June 01, 1905 DM09
CADY, Rachel November 26, 1943 DM09
CADY, Thomas H. November 26, 1910 DM09
Here is another mystery: Also listed with Charles and Myrtle Cady on the 1900 census is a
Laura Cady born Jan 1890 in Iowa age 10. But she cannot be the child of either Charles or
Myrtle due to her birth date. I am not sure if she is the daughter of Alexander Palmer,
possibly Charles Cady - provided he became a father at 15 or an illegitimate daughter of
Annie Embody Palmer. The ages are listed from oldest to youngest and I am not sure if the
listing for Laura Cady is correct so any help would be greatly appreciated!
If anyone lives in the Des Moines area I sure would appreciate any info on the Myrtle Cady
buried in Woodland Cemetery.
Hopes this helps someone.
Bess
in NC