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of Almira Webster (daughter of Asa & Sally)

 

1811 Aug 8 Almira is born. Her family was living on lot 35 on the fifth concession of Augusta Township at this time.
1814 Oct 14 Almira, along with seven of her brothers and sisters, is baptized by William Smart, Minister of the Presbyterian Congregation, Brockville.
1831 Almira leaves home about this time. She may have gone to live with Sally and John Smith in Front of Leeds & Lansdowne Townships, Leeds County. Sally and John have an extra adult female living in their household in the census taken this year.
1832-1835 Almira marries Eleazar Gilson.
1836 The census taken this year in Front of Leeds & Lansdowne Townships lists a household headed by Eleazar Gillson immediately after the John Smith household, and the tenth house after that of Ephraim Webster. Eleazar’s household consisted of two males over 16, two males under 16 and one female over 16. The extra male over 16 might have been a brother of Eleazar. The males under 16 were either sons of Eleazar and Almira, who died or were out on their own by the time of the 1850 census, or else younger brothers of Eleazar.
1837 Nov 4 Their son James Alden is born.
1838 Almira and Eleazar move to New York.
1838 Their daughter Phoebe A. is born.
1842 Their son John Garrison is born.
1842-1846 Almira and Eleazar move from New York to Illinois.
1846 Their daughter May is born.
1850 Almira appears in the census taken in Aurora, Kane County, Illinois. Eleazar does not appear with her. He may have gone to California to the gold rush. Almira was living with her four children: James A., Phoebe A., John G., and Mary. An Isaac Gilson, age 30 and born in Lower Canada, appears in Batavia in the same county in this census. He was married, with two children. He may have been Eleazar’s brother.
1860 Eleazar and Almira, with their four children, were still living in Aurora, Kane County, Illinois.
1860-1869 Eleazar and Almira move to Shasta County, CA.
1869 Jul 31 Eleazar registers to vote in Shasta County and is listed as a farmer at Eagle Creek.
1876 Oct 11 James marries Frances Jane Telly in Monmouth, Warren County, IL.
1877 Sep 1 James registers to vote in Shasta County and is listed as a rancher at Eagle Creek.
1880 Eleazar and Almira are listed in the Shasta County census, living near James and his wife and two daughters.
1882 Jul 18 John registers to vote in Shasta County and is listed as a rancher at Eagle Creek.
1885 The directory for Igo, Shasta County for this year lists Eleazar, James and John as farmers.
1909 May 20 James dies in East San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA.
 

 

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