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Author: mecohenour
Surnames: Creek, McCreary, Brandt, Ebertz
Classification: queries
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Judy: I've noted your inquiries regarding Minnie (Brandt??) McCreary and James
McCreary. I have been seeking information concerning this family because of the marriage
records for a Minnie McCreary and C. Y. Creek.
Charles Younger Creek was my GGG-Uncle, an adventurer whose story captured my attention.
He left a comfortable existence with a large family grouping in Clay County, MO in 1850 to
head for the gold mines. It does not appear he ever found his fortune for although
I've found him on several census records, he is always listed alone or with another
miner or several. However, I found the following:
April 25 1879 Liberty Tribute: Mr. Charles Creek, with his handsome new bride is in from
Nevada, visiting his parents, Uncle Jake and his lady. Mr. Creek left home 29 years ago,
returned 4 years ago, after an absence of 25 years, tarried some time and then was off
again. He goes back to Nevada in about a month.
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Mortality schedule for 1880 US Census shows Minnie died of pyemia, displaying as
indigestive gastritis. The entry is:
{Creek, M. M., 29, F, W, married, Canada, England, England, Kept House, died in Jan
(1880), Endo-Gastritis Pyemia, 6, Attending Physician: J. R. N. Owen.}
Questions asked in the mortality schedules: Deceased's name, Sex, Age, Color (White,
black, mulatto), Whether widowed, Place of birth (state, territory, or country), Month
in which the death occurred, Profession, occupation, or trade, Disease or cause of death,
Number of days ill, Parents' birthplaces (added in 1870),
Place where disease was contracted and how long the deceased was a resident of the area
(added in 1880)
Pyemia was also known as "child bed fever" and was very difficult, if not
impossible, to cure in the best of locations, but certainly not in some little mining town
in 1880.
It is to be remembered, Minnie gave birth in 1880 to Florence Creek. After waiting 50
years to marry, proudly display his wife to his family back in Missouri, and finally
father a child, Charles Younger Creek lost his young bride to a raging infection commonly
known as "child bed fever" which was impossible to cure without benefit of
modern medicine and antibiotics. [MEC].
From the information regarding her nation of birth (Canada), I found a
census record for James McCreary (aged 40, born Ireland) and a Minnie (aged 20, born
Canada) and their two little sons in the 1870 Census:
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: James McCreary
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
Age in 1870: 40
Birthplace: Ireland
Home in 1870: Amelia, Baker, Oregon
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Eldorado
Household Members: Name Age
James McCreary 40
Minnie McCreary 20
Frank McCreary 3
Wm McCreary 1
In the 1880 Census for Clay County, Missouri, (enumerated 8 Jun 1880) I find the following
entry for Charles Younger Creek's elder sister, Sarah married to Phillip Ebertz, who
has a couple of McCreary boys in her household with the notation: "No kin, living
here" and for a 5-month-old infant Jacob L. Creek the notation "here for a
little while." Could this be the infant of the recently-departed Minnie McCreary
Creek and two of her little boys?
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Philip Ebrty
Home in 1880: Platte, Clay, Missouri
Age: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Birthplace: Prussia
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Sarah L.
Father's birthplace: Prussia
Mother's birthplace: Prussia
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Philip Ebrty 52
Sarah L. Ebrty 51
Cathrin Ebrty 20
Wallis Ebrty 16
Cieath Ebrty 15
Thomas H. B. McCarry 10
James F. McCarry 7
Jacob L. Creek 5M
I would love to have contact from you. Perhaps in the intervening years you've
answered some of the questions.
Melinda
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