| Name |
Mary Amanda Rufus |
| Birth |
4 Nov 1850 |
Ontario, Canada  [1, 2, 3] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Adopted |
- by his grandmother Mary Amanda Rufus Maybee Cairns. Although his grandmother legally adopted him, in early letters, he refers to his Aunt Stella as mother.
|
| Census |
1851 |
East Nissouri Township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada [6] |
- 15 John Rufus, Farmer, Canada, E. Methodist, 33, Male, Married
16 Anna Rufus, Canada, E. Methodist, 20, Female, Married
17 Jenet Rufus, Canada, E. Methodist, 2, Female, Single
18 Amanda Rufus, Canada, E. Methodist, 1, Female, Single
house was categorized as Shanty
|
| Immigration |
1863 |
Michigan [7] |
| Census |
19 Jun 1870 |
Lexington Township, Sanilac County, Michigan [8] |
- Mary Rufus, 17, Female, White, Servant (in the house of Sarah Brown), born in Canada, father and mother of foreign birth
|
| Residence |
1872 |
Lexington, Sanilac County, Michigan [9] |
| Census |
1 May 1875 |
Yellow Medicine, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota [10] |
- Milo F. Maybee, 28, Male, White, born in Michigan, Father born in New York, Mother born in New York
Mary A Maybee, 20, Female, White, born in Canada, Father born in Canada, Mother born in Canada
Herbert Maybee, 2, , Male, White, born in Minnesota, Father born in Michigan, Mother born in Canada
John W Maybee, 0, , Male, White, born in Minnesota, Father born in Michigan, Mother born in Canada
|
| Memo |
27 Mar 1881 |
Yankton, South Dakota [11] |
- Milo and his family were east of Yankton, when an ice dam broke and flooded the area they were in. Because of a warning from an Indian, they made it to the top of a bluff,with other settelers,and were spared, after the water went down, the survivors were taken to Yankton
|
| Census |
24 Apr 1901 |
Trail City, British Columbia, Canada [12] |
- Family 307
Robert Cairns, M, W, Head, M, 18 March 1860, 41, born in Ontario, Irish Origin, Canadian, Church Of England, Engineer R R
Mary Cairns, F, W, Wife, M, June 1860, 40, M, born in US, Immigrated to Canada in 1897, English Origin, American, Church Of England
Family 308
James Burdette, M, W, Head, M, 1875, 25, born in P. E. I., Irish Origin, Canadian, Church Of England, Boiler Maker
Estella Burdette, F, W, Wife, M, 1881, 19, M, born in US, Immigrated to Canada in 1897, English Origin, American, Church Of England
|
| Census |
May 1910 |
Mussigbrod Ranch, Bowen, Beaverhead County, Montana [13] |
- Orlow D Maybee, Head, Male, White, 30 First Marriage, Married for 1 year, born in Minnesota, Father born in New York, Mother born in Canada, Ranch Laborer on Peter S Mussigbrod Hay Ranch, Wage earner, can read and write
Bessie Maybee, Wife, Female, White, 19, First Marriage, Married for 1 year, 1 child born and living, born in Montana, Father born in England, Mother born in England, none, can read and write
Erich H. Maybee, Son, Male, White, 11 months, Single, born in Montana, Father born in Minnesota, Mother born in Montana, none
Robert Cairns, Step-father, Male, White, 60, First Marriage, Married for 10 years, Canada, Father born in born in Canada, Mother born in Canada, immigrated in 1892, none, can read and write
Mary A. Cairns, Mother, Wife, Female, 50, Second marriage, Married for 10 years, 4 children born and living, born in Canada, Father born in England, Mother born in Ireland, immigrated in 1869, none, can read and write
|
| Anecdote |
22 May 1914 |
Huntingdon, British Columbia, Canada [14] |
- This family was admitted to Canada at the Port of Huntington, British Columbia on 22 May 1914:
O. B. Maybee, 35, M, Farmer, born in Minnesota, a US Citizen, traveling on Highway 68 from Mt. Hermon, Wash to Ft George. Has $1000.00 cash, 1 car of horses, effects $800.
Accompanied by:
Bessie Maybee, 24, F, Wife, born in Montana
Eric H. Maybee, 4, M, Son, born in Montana
Ethel C Maybee, 2, F, Daughter, born in Montana
Mrs Amanda Cairns, F, 64, Widowed Mother, born in Ontario, has $100 cash, traveling with son O. B. Maybee
|
| Memo |
9 May 1917 |
Beaverhead County, Montana [15] |
- Mary Maybe Cairns was alloted forty inches of water from the C. F.Schroeder ditch of the Mussigbrod Creek
|
| Memo |
9 May 1917 |
Mussigbrod Creek, Beaverhead County, Montana [16] |
- Mary Maybe Cairns was awarded 40 inches of irrigation water from the C. F. Schroeder Ditch.
|
| Anecdote |
12 Sep 1918 |
Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana [17] |
- John Wilbur Maybee of Wisdom, Montana, born 24 Jun 1874, registered for the draft on Sept 12, 1918 at Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana. He was a self employed rancher. His nearest living relative was Mary Maybee Cairns of Wisdom. He was white, of short height, medium build, with light blue eyes and black hair.
|
| Census |
28 Jan 1920 |
Wisdom Township, Beaverhead County, Montana [18] |
- Mary Cairns, Head, F, W, 65, Wd, Michigan, England, Michigan, none, owns home free of mortgage
Beaulah A Cairns, Granddaughter, F, W, 10, S, Montana, Minnesota, Montana, in school
Eric H Cairns, Grandson, M, W, 8, S, Montana, Minnesota, Montana, in school
|
| Info |
- Much of this is from family sources including pictures and notes from her daughter Estella Lucinda as well as an autobiographical book by her son John. Her birth date was given differently at different times, but she is show with her mother father and older sister June on the 1851 Canadian census as age 1 on her next birthday.
|
| Land |
14 Mar 1921 |
Beaverhead County, Montana [19] |
- Mary Cairns was awarded the following lands under the homestead act:
Meridian 20, Township 001 S, Range 016 W, Section 20 - 80 acres; Section 29 - 40 acres; and Section 30 - 40 acres.
|
| Land |
5 Aug 1921 |
Beaverhead County, Montana [19] |
- Mary Maybee Cairns was awarded the following lands under the Desert Land Act:
Meridian 20, Township 001 S, Range 016 W, Section 28, 40 acres
|
| Obituary |
May 1925 |
Salmon, Lemhi County, Idaho [20] |
- Mary Amanda Maybee, 75, pioneer of the west, and a grand little woman, died Thursday night of pleura pneumonia.. She had been suffering for a month or more with a severe colic, which finally settled in her lungs and no medical power was able to stay the disease. Her son, John W. Maybee, came over from Bighole basin, and her daughter and her husband, Mr. And Mr. Jan Burdett came in from Kellogg. to be at the funeral. Mrs. Maybee had been living at Salmon, keeping house for her grandchildren who were in the city schools, and at the close of the term had intended to return to Bighole, where she owned ranchland.
She was born Nov. 4, 1850. Marrying early, she went with her husband by ox team, soon after the close of the civil war, to the big woods of Minn., where they lived some years, and several children were born. Thence, in 1879, they moved by ox team to the Black Hills, soon after the Indian wars had abated. On the way thither, at Burbank, Minn. a fire destroyed their tent, and one child, a little girl, died, being overcome by smoke. Twenty years ago, Mrs. Maybee again moved west, coming with her children to the Bighole basin, and taking up land. Her boys, John, Billie and Bert, were in Salmon during the Thunder Mountain boom, John making his residence in Thunder Mountain, and the others, together with Jim Hash, Mahoney, and John Herron, ran pack trains to the gold camp. Billie and Bert died during the world war, the former in British Columbia and the latter in Deer Lodge. The children in Salmon are orphans of Billie Maybee.
Deceased is survived by three sisters, one living in Boston and another in Los Angeles. She was a splendid woman, courageous, and strong for the upbuilding of the country – always pioneering in the wilderness, and keeping the brave and loving family together. Her husband and his brothers had been veterans of the civil war and all her sons were veterans of the Spanish war. They loved their country, and had this laudable trait drilled into them by the mother, whose death they now mourn. Mrs. Maybee was a member of the Methodist Church and a firm believer in Christianity however, her life at remote places on the frontier has ever precluded the possibility of her regular attendance upon worship. But she has stamped her character ineffaceably upon the family, and leaves besides these, a numerous host of loving neighbors and friends in whose thoughts and lives her sweetly aggressive spirit will continue to live.
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| Reference Number |
4706 |
| Death |
1 May 1925 |
Salmon, Lemhi County, Idaho [21, 22] |
|
| Burial |
9 May 1925 |
Salmon Cemetery, Salmon, Lemhi County, Idaho [23] |
| Person ID |
I4679 |
Maybee Society |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
1850 - 1925 (74 years)
