Margaret Katherine Deasy was the oldest child of Michael Deasy (Ireland 1845) and Henrietta Cole (Baltimore 1844). She was born in Gold Hill, Nevada on 19 Aug 1863. She married Peter Turnbull (Nova Scotia May 1857) in Virginia City, Nevada on 08 Aug 1880. It is presumed that they moved to Idaho about the time the rest of the family moved to the north after the death of her father.
Her husband, Peter Turnbull, is listed as paying taxes at John Day Creek in December 1890. During the short 30 years of her life she had 4 children, all girls. The first, Margaret Catherine, was born in Nevada. The other 3 were born in Idaho. We have two other names, Adelaide and Henrietta, who may be daughters, but we have no other information.
Margaret Catherine
16 Jan 1885
04 Jun 1940
Stites, Idaho
Daisy R
Feb 1887
Carrie
Jan 1888
Anna L
Jan 1891
What little we know about the places where these girls settled and who they married will be covered in a 3rd generation page.
After the death of Margaret Katherine on 16 Sep 1893 in John Day, Idaho Peter married again. His 2nd wife’s name was Frankie L Kiper. She was born in Missouri to parents from Kentucky in Jan 1874. They were married in Grangeville, Idaho on 02 Jan 1895. Based on the 1900 U.S. Census they lived on a farmstead adjacent to the one where Margaret Katherine’s brother Michael and his wife Henrietta Delmage lived. At the time of this census a boy, William (Apr 1898), had been born to Peter and Frankie.
The girls Maggie, Daisy, Annie, and Carrie as they were listed on this census, also resided in the household. The whereabouts of Adelaide and Henrietta (if indeed they are daughters) is unknown. Additionally, John Turnbull (Nova Scotia Dec 1833), Peter’s father was a border in the household. Peter and his father worked as mine laborers.
Other Deasy families (spelled “Deasey” in the 1900 U.S. Census) living in the neighborhood included Margaret Katherine’s brother, John Peter, living on his own place. Michael the cousin of their father and Henrietta Cole, to whom he was now married, were living on another farmstead with their son Jefferson T., Margaret Katherine’s step brother, along with her brothers William Henry and Harry. With the exception of Margaret Katherine herself these other members of the family are given additional introductions in John Peter’s biography.
We know no other information about Frankie L. Kiper, but Peter Turnbull remarried again in Lewiston, Idaho to Clara Phelps on 22 Aug 1903.
After the death of Margaret Katherine on 16 Sep 1893 in John Day, Idaho Peter married again. His 2nd wife’s name was Frankie L Kiper. She was born in Missouri to parents from Kentucky in Jan 1874. They were married in Grangeville, Idaho on 02 Jan 1895. Based on the 1900 U.S. Census they lived on a farmstead adjacent to the one where Margaret Katherine’s brother Michael and his wife Henrietta Delmage lived. At the time of this census a boy, William (Apr 1898), had been born to Peter and Frankie.
The girls Maggie, Daisy, Annie, and Carrie as they were listed on this census, also resided in the household. The whereabouts of Adelaide and Henrietta (if indeed they are daughters) is unknown. Additionally, John Turnbull (Nova Scotia Dec 1833), Peter’s father was a border in the household. Peter and his father worked as mine laborers.
Other Deasy families (spelled “Deasey” in the 1900 U.S. Census) living in the neighborhood included Margaret Katherine’s brother, John Peter, living on his own place. Michael the cousin of their father and Henrietta Cole, to whom he was now married, were living on another farmstead with their son Jefferson T., Margaret Katherine’s step brother, along with her brothers William Henry and Harry. With the exception of Margaret Katherine herself these other members of the family are given additional introductions in John Peter’s biography.
We know no other information about Frankie L. Kiper, but Peter Turnbull remarried again in Lewiston, Idaho to Clara Phelps on 22 Aug 1903.