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13 May 2015

Charting Out the Children

This is a bare-bones chart I have made in my attempt to learn as much as I can about my Benjamin Butler who was born about 1819 in New York State and who lived in Michigan in 1860, Iowa in 1870, and Missouri in 1880. It lists his "children" from the 1850, 1870, and 1880 census records. Sources are not included (other than census years) to make the chart less cluttered. I do have sources.


Name
Approximate year of birth (source)
Location (source)
1850
1870
1880
Know death location?
Alfred
1842 (1850)
Canada (1850)
yes-with Benjamin


St. Joseph Co. Michigan
Landen
1844 (1850)
Canada (1850)
yes-with Benjamin



Mary
1846 (1850)
Michigan (1850)
yes-with Benjamin



George
1848 (1850)
Michigan (1850)
yes-with Benjamin


Wapello County, Iowa
Ellen
1854 (1870)
Iowa (1870) Missouri (1880)
Na
Yes-with Benjamin
Yes (with her own family)

Harriet
1856 (1870)
Michigan (1870)
Na
Yes-with Benjamin


Charles
1861 (1870)
Kansas (1870)
Na
Yes-with Benjamin


Benjamin F.
1865 (1870)
1864 (1880)
Illinois (1870, 1880)
Na
Yes-with Benjamin
Yes-with Benjamin

Alice
1868 (1870)
Michigan (1880)
Na
Yes-with Benjamin


Sarah
1872 (1880)
Iowa (1880)
Na
Na
Yes-with Benjamin

Lecta
1875 (1880)
Iowa (1880)
Na
Na
Yes-with Benjamin
Kansas
Lila
1879 (1880)
Nebraska (1880)
Na
Na
Yes-with Benjamin

Rebecca
1882 (1900)
Missouri
Na
Na
Na
Nodaway County, Missouri

Here's my suggestions to myself:

  • Add columns for census after 1880
  • Add a column for death date and place
  • Try and locate children in as many census records as possible
  • Try and locate death information for as many children as possible

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