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Nettie Keirstead
Born 1876 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
Died 4 Jun 1892 (aged 15–16), Park County, Colorado, USA
Burial: Como Cemetery, Park County, Colorado, USA
Nettie M. Nethery married Hazen W. Keirstead on 28 Feb 1892 in Webster, Park County, Colorado.
She was the daughter of John Nethery, born 22 Jun 1826 in either Ireland or Scotland and died 14 Jun 1901 in the Hartman Sanatorium, Montrose County, Colorado, and Mary McLaren Nethery, born March 1829 in Glasgow, Scotland, and died 11 Dec 1901 in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
Nettie had a twin sister, Minnie, and she was the younger sister of Sheriff Russell Nethery of Park County and later Elko County, Nevada.
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(A search for her husband showed the following. I am not sure this is the right person.)
Hazen Willard Keirstead
Born 12 Dec 1865, New Brunswick, Canada
Died 19 Jul 1938 (aged 72), Presque Isle, Aroostook County, Maine, USA
Burial, Johnson Cemetery, Presque Isle, Aroostook County, Maine, USA
(The entry list two wives, neither of which is Nettie.)
A good photo tells a story ....
Meet Nettie M. (Nethery) Keirstead. What is her story? Why did she marry at age 16? What caused her death? I hope that her life was a happy one, but I have my doubts.
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