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Amelia S. Mahavier

Amelia S. Mahavier

Female 1854 - 1924  (69 years)

Person ID: I15838   |  Last Modified: 26 Sep 2025

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  • Name Amelia S. Mahavier 
    Gender Female 
    Birth Nov 1854  Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 11 Mar 1924  Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Matagorda Cemetery, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 

  • Parents

    Family ID: F5186 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    Father Valdeen Hoenig Mahavier (ID:I15839)
              b. 12 May 1829, Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1887, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Anna Senfelder (ID:I15840)
              b. 1835, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 27 Oct 1888, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Siblings 5 brothers and 3 sisters 

  • Family

    Family ID: F5185   -:|:-  Group Sheet  -:|:-  Family Chart  -:|:-  Last Modified: 28 Sep 2025  
    Husband George Thomas Bedford, Sr. (ID:I15837)
              b. 8 Aug 1855, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 9 Sep 1873  Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Age at Marriage Amelia : 18 years - George : 18 years. (Were Married 50 years). 
    Children 
      1. MaleWilliam Edward Bedford (ID:I9013)
              b. 21 Jan 1875, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 May 1957, Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
      2. MaleGeorge Thomas Bedford (ID:I15842)
              b. 8 Oct 1876, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 4 Jun 1946, Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    + 3. FemaleJessie Bedford (ID:I15843)
              b. 30 Aug 1878, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 31 May 1963, Yorktown, DeWitt County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
      4. FemaleKate Pearl Bedford (ID:I15844)
              b. Nov 1882, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Jan 1924, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    ▻ Jay Conley  m. 5 Feb 1912
    + 5. FemaleMae E Bedford (ID:I500157)
              b. 18 Mar 1885, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 31 May 1963, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    ▻ Henry Phillip Baxter, Sr.  m. 4 Jun 1903
      6. FemaleLelia Bedford (ID:I15845)
              b. Mar 1888, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Yes, date unknown

  • Other Personal Events

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Nov 1854 - Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Sep 1873 - Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Mar 1924 - Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Matagorda Cemetery, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
     : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Source Citations

    1. [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125025160/amelia-bedford.
      Amelia Bedford
      Matagorda, Texas, Mar. 27.—March 11, 1924, at 8 o'clock p. m., Mrs. Amelia Bedford, from an illness of three years, caused by a paralytic stroke, passed away, after intense suffering at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. H. P. Baxter, at the age of 69 years, 3 months and 29 days.
      She was a life-long resident of Matagorda as, also, was her husband, George Bedford, who preceded her to the grave many years ago. She was of the Episcopal faith and worshipped all her life in Christ Church here, which has the distinction of being the Mother Episcopal Church of Texas.
      Surviving her are two sons, W. E. and George Bedford, and two daughters, Mrs. Henry Baxter, the three above of Matagorda, and Mrs. Jessie Martin of Victoria, all being at her bedside when the end came. There are also six grandchildren.
      Rev. G. T. Storey of Bay City impressively officiated at the funeral and a large number of friends followed the hearse to the cemetery where the body was laid to rest near her daughter, Mrs. Kate Connaly who was buried there only six short weeks previous and whose death, no doubt, hastened that of her mother who craved to go saying repeatedly that she was "full ready and only waiting." There in, her native soil her loved ones left her lying beneath lovely roses and other flowers sent in by friends of the family. Her children have the deep sympathy of their friends in their great loss and especially to her son, George Bedford, who was truly a devoted son to his equally devoted mother, and her going has left an empty place in his life that can never be filled.
      Daily Tribune, March, 1924

    2. [FAMILYSEARCH] Family Search, "United States, Census, 1880".
      "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJ9-MCW : Thu Jan 16 22:40:06 UTC 2025), Entry for George Bedford and Amelia Bedford, 1880.

    3. [FAMILYSEARCH] Family Search, "United States, Census, 1900".
      "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3PF-FCK : Tue May 20 15:31:40 UTC 2025), Entry for Amelia J Bedford and George T Bedford, 1900.

    4. [FAMILYSEARCH] Family Search, "United States, Census, 1910".
      "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2SF-GPZ : Wed Aug 13 17:28:20 UTC 2025), Entry for Amelia Bedford and George Bedford, 1910.

    5. [FAMILYSEARCH] Family Search.
      "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MV-PX6 : 22 January 2020), Amelia S. Mahavier in entry for George T. Bedford, 1873.

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