Family Group Sheet


Name Robert Link
Birth Jul 1860, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Father John L. Link (1835-1929)
Mother Rhoda Ann Sexton (~1832-<1900)
Marriage 3 Feb 1889, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Ida Mae Utterback
Birth 25 Jan 1870, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death 9 Aug 1944, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Father William H. Utterback (1818-1896)
Mother Amanda Susan Day (1837-)
Children
1 F Myrtle Lee Link
Birth 17 Mar 1892, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death 21 Aug 1979, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Jerry M. Brewer
2 F Sarah E. Link
Birth Aug 1893, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Spouse George Brewer
3 M Everett F. Link
Birth Mar 1897, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Notes for Robert Link
I cannot find this Robert Link in the Kentucky death records, although his uncle of the same name is listed.
Census
1900 Soundex index lists in Morgan Co., Pleasant Run, V. 58, E.D. 76, p. 4, line 72:
Robert Link, 39, July 1860; wife Ida M., 27, Aug 1872; dau Sarah E., 6, Aug 1893; son Everett F., 3, Mar 1897. All born in Kentucky.
Also in the same E.D., p. 6, line 34, is Myrtie Link, 8, Mar 1892, a servant with the family headed by Elizzie A. Lewis. From her daughter Ethel Brewer, Myrtie is a daughter of Robert.

1910 Soundex index lists in Morgan Co., indexed as 062 0152 0109:
Robert Link, 40; wife Ida, 41; son Evert, 13. All born in Kentucky.

Note that the 1910 reading would imply a birthdate for Robert of 1870, which is not consistent with the 1870 or 1900 censuses. Probably there is a transcription error in the 1910 Soundex index, and it should say 50. I should check the originals. There is also a 4 year difference in the implied birthdates for Ida; this is more likely to be a misreported age in one of the years rather than a transcription error.
Notes for Ida Mae Utterback
The 1900 census gives Ida Mae's birthdate as Aug 1972. The 1910 census gives her age as 41, implying a birthdate in 1868 or 1869. Her death certificate gives her age at death as 77, which would imply a birthdate in 1866 or 1867, depending on whether she was born before or after Aug 9. Her gravestone says Jan 25, 1871. I believe, however, that she is the Ada age 4 months in the 1870 census, born Jan 1870, twin of Effie Lee.

Index to Kentucky death records lists Ida M. Link, d. 9 Aug 1944, age 77, in Rowan Co., certificate Vol. 32, #15834.
Notes for Robert & Ida Mae (Family)
Morgan Co. Marriage Register, Bk 2, p. 289, lists marriage of Robert Link & Ida M. Utterback on Feb 3, 1889, by S. J. Adams, witnesses Sterling Perry and Frank A. Moore.
Last Modified 7 Apr 2002 Created 30 Jun 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh