Le Montage de Famille

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 discovered on the Internet, 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 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 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.
• 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.
• Rice:  Paul V. and Sophia Rice’s last child was born in Michigan during this decade. Their son Benjamin’s future second wife Mary Knight was born in Michigan.
• 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 married 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.
• Tuttle:  Daniel Tuttle and Julia Ann were living in Dexter Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Their son 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.

© 2009 Charles W. Paige.

Last updated: Tuesday April 21, 2009

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