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1840-1849
The decade beginning 1840 finds some of the known vector families
living in Europe and Canada, i.e., Garrett, Lindstrom and Westurlund.
In Ireland and Canada:
- Garrett: The Garretts were in Ireland. During this
and the next two decades a Hugh Garrett was notated as living in County
Down, Parish of Comber, town of Tullygarvan; also, same county, Parish of
Saintfield, town of Ballyknockan; and same county, Parish of Newtownards,
town of Newtownards, on Mark Street.
According to a family story, Hugh Garrett, Jr. stowed
away on a boat headed for Canada when he was twelve years old—about mid-decade.
He was following a doctor and wife with whom he had been living prior to the
couple’s decision to emigrate. Back in Ireland, when the boy had expressed
strong interest in emigrating with the doctor’s family, his parents had said no.
However, they relented and let Hugh remain after the doctor wrote to find out
if they wished the boy returned.
In USA:
- Keyes: The Keyes family was spread out into Cambria,
Niagara County, New York, and Kalamazoo County, Michigan—Climax and
Prairie Ronde. Orlando remained in Cambria when his mother immigrated to
Michigan in the 1830s. He married Lucinda Shook, daughter of Johnathan
“Jonas” and Annah (LaRoche) Shook, at Cambria during this decade. They
were united by Moses Bairsto, Justice of the Peace for Niagara County. Apparently
they moved around a bit as the second of their two children born this
decade claimed his birthplace was Tioga County, New York.
- Shook: The Shooks were in Lockport and Cambria,
Niagara County, New York. Phillip and Hannah remained in Lockport the rest
of their lives. Jonas and Annah “Fanny” Shook had their last three
children and remained in Cambria until moving to Royalton, Niagara County,
near the end of the decade. They continued at Royalton the rest of their
lives, raising their granddaughter Annah Adella Shook after the girl’s
mother Anna died shortly after childbirth, and her father William went to
Michigan. [The Shook surname will now cease to be
included as a separate subtitle in this narrative.]
- Castner: The Castners were in Milo, Yates County,
New York. William and Sarah Castner had three more children during this
decade.
- Hood: The Hoods were in Lyon, Oakland County,
Michigan. James and Catharine (McNelly) Hood had the last two of their
children—twins James Duncan Hood and William McNelly Hood. At the time of
the births, James, Sr. was away, perhaps doing carpentry work in Salisbury,
LaSalle County, Illinois, where he was located by the end of the decade.
Catharine died within two weeks of giving birth, leaving ten children to be
parceled out to various families. The firstborn twin James was raised in
Lyon by his Granduncle James and Grandaunt Jane (Waddell) Duncan. The lastborn
twin William was raised by Jedde and Maria Bunnell of Salem, Washtenaw
County, Michigan, who never had children of their own. For years William
took the Bunnell surname as his own but returned to the surname Hood before
marrying. A slightly older sibling Catherine was raised by Robert and Rebecca
Blackwood of Plymouth Township, Wayne County. The placements, during this
time, of Mary W. Hood, future wife of David Barnes, and some of the
other Hood children have not been discovered.
- Bliss: The Bliss family was on a 200-acre farm four
miles northeast of Clyde, Wayne County, New York. Calvin and Seraph Bliss had
their last child at the beginning of this decade. Helen M. Hubbard,
daughter of Adam F. and Mary (McClean) Hubbard and future wife of
Sidney E. Bliss, was also born at the beginning of this decade.
Seraph died the next year. A year later still Calvin married the widow Louisa
L. (Tuttle) West, daughter of Levi and Olive (Fox) Tuttle and widow of Harry
West. Calvin and Louisa had the first three of their children.
- Hubbart/Hubbard:
Adam and Mary (“Hubbard” being the spelling of the surname mostly but
not exclusively used from this point on) had daughter Helen M. in Moravia,
Cayuga County, New York, at the very beginning of the decade, future wife
of Sidney E. Bliss. The family moved between Cayuga and Wayne counties
following the need for farm laborers.
- Shaw: The Shaw family was in New York. John and
Clara Ann had the remainder of their children during this decade except
for the last one. Those born this decade were: William, George A., Laura
and Minerva
- Rice: Paul V. and Sophia Rice’s last child, Vanbusen,
was born in Michigan during this decade. They were apparently living in Oakland,
Oakland County. Their son Benjamin’s future second wife Mary Knight was born
in Michigan.
- Sittser: David and Sarah were living in Throop Township
near the Sennett town line, Cayuga County, New York. There were three
people in the household at the beginning of the decade, soon after which
David died. Sarah then went to live with her son Peter and daughter-in-law
Emeline in Sennett. David’s will divided his estate between all the children
and his wife.
- Barnes: The Barnes family probably already was in Seneca
Falls, Seneca County, New York, by the beginning of the decade. Sarah Barnes’
father died early on, and the estate was shared with her six brothers and
mother. Two years later the Barnes family moved to the village of Jackson,
Jackson County, Michigan. Before the end of the decade, Thomas and Sarah’s
son David would marry his first wife Arvilla Field, daughter of Thomas and
Charity (McCain) Field. (Three of Thomas and Sarah’s children would marry
into that family—Melissa, David, and Martha.) David and Arvilla were
married in a double wedding ceremony with James Bickford and Arvilla’s
sister Mary P. Field. The two couples were married by J. Billings at
Thomas and Charity’s residence. David and Arvilla settled in Spring Arbor,
Jackson County, and had their first child, Donzetta a.k.a Zetta a.k.a.
Zettie.
David’s siblings married as
follows: Melissa married William Field; Aaron S. married Jane Ada Hause,
and later, Emmaline Melvinie Johnson as her second husband; Sarah Ellen married
Edwin M. Rhoodes; Martha Louise married Horace Field as his first wife; Sephronia
Ellen married Robert Bean Hatten/Hatton; and Sevira Ellen married Philo Andrew
Bonham.
- Tuttle: Daniel Tuttle and Julia Ann were living in
Dexter Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Their last two children, Elizabeth
and Daniel, Jr. were born. Moses Smith Tuttle’s future wife Rebecca E.
Millman was born at Dexter near decade’s beginning. Her parents John and
Eliza (Martin) Millman had recently arrived at Dexter from England.
- Page: The Page family continued in the Wayne
County area for a short while before purchasing a farm at Webster, Monroe
County, New York. Riley Page’s future first wife Elizabeth Hollenbeck was born
during this decade.
© 2014 Charles W. Paige.
Last updated: Tuesday August 12, 2014
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