George Riggs married Matta Jaro
I am looking for any information about George Riggs and his wife Matta Jaro. They were married in Billings, Montana around 1901. George was not her first husband, she had been married to his brother Joseph and had a daughter Opal. Joseph died in Missouri I believe. Matta married George and had several more children: Grace, Chester, Bertha, Edith, Roy, Ida and Calvin. They spent the time period of 1901 to 1910 in Alberta Canada, yet moved back to Montana in time to be enumerated on the 1910 Census. In 1918 George was accused of killing his wife in a fire, in the family home. The children were seperated, and sent to live with Jaro family members in Kansas. In 1921 George was sent free from the Deer Lodge Prison due lack of evidence during his murder trial. He never regained custody of his children.
If anyone has information about George or his children I am very interested. Please contact me.
Jennifer
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