52 Ancestors: Ancestor #6 Mary Elizabeth Durbin Clark
52 Ancestors: Ancestor #6 Mary Elizabeth Durbin Clark I am behind in my blog posts! I am making an attempt to catch up. 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks a blog prompt by Amy Johnson Crow http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/posts/challenge-52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/ Mary Elizabeth Durbin was born on 23 Nov 1861 in Avena, Fayette, Illinois, United States to Morris and Rachel (Logue) Durbin. She appeared in the census on 3 Aug 1870 in Avena, Fayette, Illinois, United States. Her father Morris died in February of 1880 when she was eighteen years old. She, her mother and siblings appeared in the census on 16 Jun 1880 in Avena, Fayette, Illinois, United States. Mary Elizabeth and Charles Clark cir 1940 In December 1880 Mary became pregnant. There are two stories surrounding her pregnancy. One was that she became pregnant by a Dial boy that she knew but decided she did not want to marry; the other story was that she was raped by one ...