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Below is a family biography included in History of Lee County, Iowa published by Western Historical Company in 1879. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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THACKRAY, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Denmark; one of a family of eleven children; born in Huntingdonshire, England, July 15, 1841; remained with his father on the farm until the 1st of April, 1876, when he left Liverpool, arriving at Fort Madison, Iowa, the 18th of the same month; worked as a laborer until February, 1877, then purchased his present place of residence and farm of 101 acres, valued at $30 per acre. The following March, he married Miss Mary D. Bonneville, of French ancestry, born in Lower Canada in 1841, and, when 10 years of age, having lost her parents, came to Illinois with a brother, thence to Lee Co.; she is a member of the Catholic Church; Democrat.
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