Census records of 1850 and 1860 give Mary's birth date and location as ~1806 in Kentucky. Marriage records indicate her maiden name was Matinly.
Residence
Marriage records show that Mary married in West Feliciana Parish, LA, in 1829, so she must have been in the area then. In 1830 she is in the same parish with her husband. In 1840 and 1850, she was living in a nearby parish, East Feliciana, with her children.
Spouse/Children
Washington Germany Mary Matinly were married in West Felicana Parish, LA, on 17 December 1829. Census records indicate Washington had died by 1840, leaving three children for his widow, Mary, to raise. Papers in the estate file show Mary Germany received a portion due to the heirs of Washington J. Germany, deceased, in 1846. The 1850 census lists Mary as the head of household with three children: Henry, Elizabeth, and William.
Census Records
LA 1830
West Feliciana Parish
head of household: Washington Germany
1 WM 20<30 (Washington)
1 WF 20<30 (Mary)
[Note: Ditto marks " suggest there were 4 children under 5 (2M & 2F) but these weren't included in the total. They also don't fit with a marriage date of 1829, so it was probably just the census taker getting carried away with ditto marks. In some early census years (MS 1816, for example) ditto marks indicate zero]
LA 1840
p. 267 East Feliciana Parish
head of household: M. Germany
1 WM <5 (William, age 3)
1 WM 5<10 (Henry, age 6)
1 WF <5 (Elizabeth, age ~5)
1 WF 30<40 (Mary, age 34)
LA 1850
p. 215, line 9 (household 137/137) East Feliciana Parish
head of household: Mary Germany
Mary, 44, KY
Henry, 16, LA
Elizabeth, 15, LA
William, 13, LA
LA 1870
p. 30 (100b), line 4 (household 264/265) East Baton Rouge Parish
head of household: Alonzo Slainply
Slainply, Alonzo, 23, LA
Germany, James, 40, LA
Amelia, 40, LA
Mayor, 7, LA
Germany, Mary, 64, KY
NOTE: This James seems to be her son Henry, based on age. I'm not sure who Alonzo is. Perhaps
Death/Burial
Mary Germany appears in the 1870 census, at the age of 64, with her son and his family. No information about a death date is known at this time.
References
A * indicates a book is part of my private collection.
Louisiana Marriages: Early to 1850. Compiled by Liahona Research 1999, Bountiful: Heritage Quest.
This book is part of the collection at Clayton Genealogy Library in HoustonTX.
Estate Papers of James Germany (Amite County, MS, courthouse file #3678).
