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Houston, Sarah

Houston, Sarah

Female 1807 - 1885  (77 years)

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  • Name Houston, Sarah  [1
    Birth 20 Aug 1807  Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 3 Feb 1885  Hallock, Peoria, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1884  Shane and Beck | Ancestors of Norris Charles Shane
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2023 

    Father Houston, David II,   b. 10 Jun 1759, Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 1825, Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Conkey, Martha,   b. 1 Apr 1764, Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1839, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Jan 1792  Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Family ID F1903  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nelson, Osmund,   b. 10 Mar 1807, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1882, Richwoods Twp., Peoria, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 8 Sep 1830  Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
    +1. Nelson, Andrew,   b. 6 Sep 1833, Rowe, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1903, Peoria, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Nelson, William,   b. 1835, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
    +3. Nelson, Mary,   b. 15 Jan 1839, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1887, Peoria County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]
    +4. Nelson, Martha Catherine,   b. 29 Aug 1843, Peoria County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1917, Chillicothe, Peoria, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F793  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Aug 1807 - Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 8 Sep 1830 - Vermont, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Feb 1885 - Hallock, Peoria, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Nelson, Sarah Houston
    Nelson, Sarah Houston

  • Notes 
    • http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hamilton_kelley&id=I08930
      Information about her parents, unproved, at: Title: The genealogy of the Hamilton family : from 1716 to 1894
      Authors: Hamilton, Salome, City of Publication: Minneapolis Publisher: A. C. Bausman, printer
      Date: 1894 Page Count: 139 Notes: "Additional notes"--P. [i]-vi tipped in at beginning.
      Reel/Fiche Number: Genealogy and local history ; G4030, Subject Headings: Hamilton family.
      Primary Family Name: Hamilton family.

      Sarah's tombstone shows a death date of Feb 1885. The source is findagrave.com, but Osmund's is listed as 1863. It could have been mistranscribed as we have a deathdate for him as 1883.

  • Sources 
    1. [S809] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Nelson, Osmund Year: 1850; Census Place: Peoria, Illinois; Roll: 123; Page: 227A.
      Nelson, Osmund_1850 United States Federal Census
      Nelson, Osmund_1850 United States Federal Census


    2. [S495] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, ; Date: 2011;).
      very hard to read: intent to wed January 1792, at bottom of page.
      Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
      Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988


    3. [S495] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, ; Date: 2011;).
      Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
      Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988


    4. [S173] Ancestry.com, Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, ; Date: 2013;), Nelson_Houston; Vermont Vital Records Index;.
      Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908
      Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908