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Minerva
(Miner) Canaday |
Minerva (Miner) Canaday was born on Sept. 20, 1860, presumably in Fort Madison, Lee County, IA, the daughter of Nathaniel and Susan (Abbott) Miner.
When the federal census was taken in 1880, Minerva was age 19 and unmarried, and lived with her single brothers John and Lorenzo on a farm near West Point, Pleasant Ridge Township, Lee County, IA.
In 1886, when she was age 26, Minerva married farmer William T. Canaday (1858- ? ), a native of Iowa. (The name has been misspelled in census records as "Kenaday."
They had one son, Sherman Canaday, born in 1887. As an adult, for reasons unknown at present, Sherman took his mother's maiden name of "Miner."
When the federal census was enumerated in 1900, the family made their home on a farm in Franklin Township, Lee County.
In 1901 the Canadays resided at Dover, Iowa County. By 1908, they had moved to Missouri, settling in Shelbina, Shelby County.
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Buildings in the center of Shelbina |
When the census was taken in 1910, they resided in Denmark, Lee County, IA. That year, Minerva's unmarried, 56-year-old brother John Miner lived under their roof, and made a living from his "own income."
Minerva died on Oct. 9, 1917, a the age of 57. She was laid to rest at Fort Madison.
Other details of her life are lost to history, but will be reported here when learned.
Son Sherman Canaday (a.k.a. "Miner") (1887- ? ) was of medium build, with brown hair and brown eyes. He married Rosa (?) (1888- ? ) in about 1909. They had three known children -- Kenneth Miner, Willis Miner and Raymond Miner. The census of 1910 shows them living in Marion Township, Lee County, with Sherman having no occupation. They remained in Marion Township for at least a decade, and are shown there on the 1920 census, with Sherman marked as a farmer. By 1930, they had moved within the county to Franklin Township.
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