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Leman Bradbury EIGHMEY
(1870 –1933)
Nellie WOOD
(1874 –1930)
Harry William EIGHMEY
(1908 –1969)

 

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Spouses & Children

1. Rita Lucille JEWETT

2. Laura May HART

Harry William EIGHMEY 3
  • Born: 13 February 1908, Readlyn, Bremer County, Iowa, USA
  • Marriage (1): Rita Lucille JEWETT on 26 October 1929 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA 1
  • Marriage (2): Laura May HART on 19 February 1934 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA 1 2
  • Died: 13 January 1969, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA at age 60
  • Buried: 15 January 1969, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA

bullet   Other names for Harry were Harry EIGHMEY 4 and Harry W. EIGHMEY.

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bullet  Burial Notes

Green Acres Cemetery

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He has conflicting birth information of 13 February 1908 and Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. 4
  • He appeared on the 1910 US Federal Census on 15 April 1910 in Waterloo City, East Waterloo Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. Leemon B Eighmey       39
    Nellie Eighmey       35
    Robert Eighmey       3
    Harry Eighmey       2
    Donald Eighmey       6/12
    Jennie Eighmey       14
    Lulla Eighmey       8
    Dora Farr       18
    Fannie Farr       15
  • He appeared on the Iowa State Census in 1915 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.
  • He had a residence on 25 October 1929 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.
  • He worked as a box maker for meat packers on 11 April 1930 in Waterloo City, East Waterloo Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.
  • He appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 11 April 1930 in Waterloo City, East Waterloo Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. Lemon B Eighmey       59
    Harry Eighmey       22
    Orville Eighmey       15
    John Eighmey       13
    Nellie Eighmey       54
  • He had a residence in 1931 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. 4
  • He resided at 415 E 11 Street in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA on 18 February 1934.
  • He had a residence in 1935 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.
  • He worked as a laborer lard department for Rath Packing on 2 April 1940 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.
  • He appeared on the 1940 US Federal Census on 2 April 1940 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. Harry W Eighmey       31
    Laura M Eighmey       28

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  • Gallery: Delayed Birth Record, on 19 March 1952, in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.
  • His obituary was published on page 5 of the Waterloo Daily Courier on 13 January 1969 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.

    Harry W. Eighmey
         Harry W. Eighmey, 60, former Waterloo resident recently of Phoenix, Ariz., died there at 2:30 a.m., Monday of cancer. Services are being planned by the Green Acres Mortuaries of Scottsdale, Ariz.
         He was born Feb. 10, 1908, the son of Leamon and Nellie Woods Eighmey. On Feb. 19, 1934, he married Laura Hart of Shell Rock. Mr. Eighmey lived in Waterloo until October of 1967 when he moved to Phoenix. He had been employed at the Rath Packing Company for 42 years before retiring in 1965. He was a member of the Rath Management Club and Black Hawk IOOF Lodge 72.
         Surviving are his widow, one son, Gerald and one granddaughter, all of Phoenix. He was preceded in death by his parents, four sisters and five brothers.
  • Another obituary for Harry was published on page 31 of the Arizona Republic on 14 January 1969 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA.

    Harry W. Eighmey
         Harry W. Eighmey, 60, who retired as foreman in 1965 after 12 years with the Rath Packing Co. at Waterloo, Iowa, died yesterday in his home, 2502 N. 32nd St.
         Mr. Eighmey was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church here, an Odd Fellow lodge and the Rath Management Club, both in his native Waterloo. He came to Phoenix in October 1967.
         Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Green Acres Mortuary, 401 N. Hayden, where friends may call after 2 p.m. today. Burial will be in Green Acres Cemetery.
         Survivors include his wife, Laura; a son, Gerald of Phoenix; and one granddaughter.

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Harry married Rita Lucille JEWETT, daughter of Elias Frederick JEWETT and Laura Burnette HANCE, on 26 October 1929 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.1 The marriage ended in divorce before 19 February 1934. (Rita Lucille JEWETT was born on 15 January 1915 in Strawberry Point, Cass Township, Clayton County, Iowa, USA,5 6 7 died on 6 October 1939 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA 8 9 and was buried on 10 October 1939 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA 8 9.)


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Harry next married Laura May HART on 19 February 1934 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.1 2 (Laura May HART was born on 6 October 1911 in Shell Rock Township, Butler County, Iowa, USA.)


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Marriage Certificate (digital or paper copy of official marriage record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining).
  2. Obituary.
  3. Kirsty M. Haining.
  4. FamilySearch Historical Record Collections, Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903 –1935, Darwin D. Eighmey birth, 1931.
  5. Ancestry.com, Iowa State Census Collection, 1836 –1925 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.), 1925 census:  Elias F. Jewett household, Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA.
  6. Ancestry.com, Iowa State Census Collection, 1836 –1925 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.), 1915 Iowa State Census:  Strawberry Point, Clayton County (Reta Jewett).
  7. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Fred Jewett household, 903 Sixtheenth Street, Eldora, Hardin County, Iowa, USA.
  8. Death Certificate (digital or paper copy of official death record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining).
  9. FamilySearch, Texas Deaths, 1890 –1976, Rita Lucille Goode, 1939.


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