John Nicholas Thiry ²

  General Notes:

Name on daughter's death certificate: Nicholas Thiry
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1860 Pike County, Indiana census:
states age of: 36
occupation show as: farmer
states birthplace of: France
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1870 Warrick County, Indiana census:
states birthplace of: Belgium
occupation show as: cooper
states that: both parents were foreign born
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1880 Warrick County, Indiana census:
occupation show as: coopering
middle initial is listed as A
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1900 Warrick County, Indiana cenus:
stated he was naturalized in 1850 and had been in the US 50 years.
Also, that both parents were born in France.
& that he was born in 1820 & was 75 years old
occupation of farmer
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1910 Warrick County, Indiana census:
name spelled: John N. Thiry
he stated both parents were born in France
stated he was naturalized and that he had either came to the U.S. -or- became
a citizen in 1850 or 1856 (difficult to read)
stated he was on his 2nd marriage and that he'd been married 45 years
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Have seen place of birth listed as: Chateau Thierry, Luxemburg, France
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March 2004
Received marriage record & verified all info
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Both birth & death dates are as listed on his tombstone.

John married Frances Elizabeth Murray, daughter of Rev Daniel Hugh Murray and Harriet H Swift, on 5 Jan 1858 in Spencer County, Indiana. (Frances Elizabeth Murray was born about 1836-1837 in Tennessee.)

John next married Nancy (Sarah) Jane Marshall about 1865. (Nancy (Sarah) Jane Marshall was born on 8 May 1843 in Indiana, USA and died after 1920 in Warrick County, Indiana.)