Laura Mabelle Dunbar

Birth Name Laura Mabelle Dunbar
Gender female
Age at Death 47 years, 1 month, 18 days

Notes

Note

by Norm Robertson II, "Narrative Family History"

Dix's mother, Laura Mabelle Dunbar, was born in Lincoln, Illinois, in 1859. She ahd a younger half sister, Katherine Bates, her father, Erastus Dunbar, was killed in the Civil War and her mother remarried. She and Harry J. Strong were married, probably in about 1877 and lived in and around Chicago where Harry worked. They lived in Rogers Park, then a suburb not part of Chicago, until 1891. Carrie, Warren, and Dix were born there. In 1891 they moved to a house on Aldine Square. It is still there at about 36th Street and the IC tracks. Dix talked about playing around the Douglas monument (Douglas of the Lincoln Douglas debates) which was in the middle of the square. It is still there although Douglas' body has been removed and reburied in Springfield. In the next four years they moved to 58th and Calument, then to 61st and Prairie. In about 1896 they moved to Morgan Park and then Mr. Strong had a house built on 110th Street near Ashland. This was the home Dix remembered the most and talked about the most.

from "Family History", Norman Lewis Robertson II

Laura Mabelle Dunbar was the only surviving child out of 13 from her [Mary Warren's] first marriage....

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Erastus Dunbar1832estimated 7 May 1864
Mother Mary Warren18361909
         Laura Mabelle Dunbar 1859 19 February 1906
 
William G. BatesUNKNOWNUNKNOWN
Mother Mary Warren18361909
    Half-sister     Katherine Bates after 1865 UNKNOWN

Families

Family of Henry James Strong and Laura Mabelle Dunbar

Married Husband Henry James Strong ( * about 1855 + about 1921 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage calculated about 1877   Marriage of Strong, Henry James and Dunbar, Laura Mabelle 1 4
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Caroline Mabelle Strong18791953
Warren Erastus Strong18821967
Laura Griffith Strong18 February 18851 December 1970
Mary Beatrice Strong18871940
Harry Dunbar Strong18901958
Lida Packard Strong3 July 189515 December 1934

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