Major Samuel Foster
M, #15651, b. about 1827
Biography
- Birth: About 1827; Pennsylvania
- Burial: Preston Cemetery, Jackson County, Iowa
- Note: Served in 2nd Iowa Cavalry, Grand Army of the Republic; online photo of tombstone does not reveal dates.
1880 census: in Van Buren tp, Jackson county, Iowa, age 53, occupation Teamster, born PA.
- Note: Marilda Sweesy; "Hawkeye Heritage", Qtly, Pub by the Iowa Gen Soc, Des Moines, Iowa, Vol IX, No. 4, October 1974, pg 164- EARLY MARRIAGES, JACKSON COUNTY, IOWA (1848-1855): Foster, Samuel------Marilda Sweesey; 29 Jul 1852.
- Last Edited: 14 November 2008 00:00:00
Albert Foster Dawson
M, #15652, b. 26 January 1872, d. 9 March 1949
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 26 January 1872; Spragueville, Iowa
- Burial: Preston Cemetery, Jackson County, Iowa
- Note: DAWSON, Albert Foster, a Representative from Iowa; born in Spragueville, Jackson County, Iowa, January 26, 1872; attended the public schools and the University of Wisconsin at Madison; engaged in newspaper work at Preston, Iowa, in 1891 and 1892 and at Clinton, Iowa, from 1892 to 1894; secretary to Representative George M. Curtis and Senator William B. Allison of Iowa 1895-1905; studied finance at George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1911); declined the candidacy for renomination in 1910 and also an appointment as private secretary to President William H. Taft tendered in 1910; president of the First National Bank of Davenport, Iowa, 1911-1929; executive secretary of the Republican National Senatorial Committee in 1930; public utility executive 1931-1945; retired from business activities and resided in Highland Park, Ill., until his death March 9, 1949, on a train as it neared Cincinnati, Ohio; interment in Preston Cemetery, Preston, Iowa.
In 1880 Albert was living with his maternal grandparents, Samuel and Marilda Foster--listed as if surname was Foster, not Dawson, but is named as grandson, age 8.
- Last Edited: 14 November 2008 00:00:00
Alila Foster
F, #15653, d. about 1873
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Biography
- Last Edited: 14 November 2008 00:00:00
Thomas Dawson
M, #15654
Biography
- Note: Possibly the Thomas Dawson in 1870 census, age 25, farmer, born England, living in Franklin county, Iowa with a Klinefelter family?
- Last Edited: 14 November 2008 00:00:00
Scott Foster
M, #15655, b. about 1859
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- Last Edited: 14 November 2008 00:00:00
Edward Foster
M, #15656, b. about 1869
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Michael Harold Reynolds
M, #15657, b. 3 October 1888
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 3 October 1888; Ontario
- Note: Michael H. was 3 years old on 1891 census; in 1901 he is listed as M. Harold, age 13.
- Last Edited: 15 November 2008 00:00:00
Sylvester Holden
M, #15658, b. about 1845
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1845; Canada West (Ontario)
- Note: Sylvester was 7 years old in 1852. In 1881 he was farming in Rawdon tp.
- Last Edited: 16 November 2008 00:00:00
Ellen Holden
F, #15659, b. about 1847
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1847; Canada West (Ontario)
- Last Edited: 16 November 2008 00:00:00
Margaret
F, #15660, b. about 1845
Biography
- Birth: About 1845; Ontario
- Last Edited: 16 November 2008 00:00:00
John Baldwin
M, #15661
Biography
- Marriage: 23 August 1851; Elizabeth Clarke; Dysart Enos, Queen's county, Ireland
- Note: Son of David Baldwin; gentleman, widower and resident of Raheenduff in 1851.
- Note: Elizabeth Clarke; Marriage registered 1851, Mountmellick District; witnesses Thomas Turpin and Robert Clarke.
- Last Edited: 13 July 2010 01:00:00
Ruth Elda Tanner
F, #15662, b. 20 April 1921, d. 11 September 1921
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Biography
- Birth: 20 April 1921; Ontario
- Death: 11 September 1921; Belleville, Ontario
- Burial: 18 September 1921; Belleville Cemetery
- Note: Ontario death reg'n #15662: age 5 mos; cause of death malnutrition;
- Last Edited: 17 November 2008 00:00:00
Robert Onions
M, #15663, b. 16 March 1838, d. 1924
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 16 March 1838; Queen's County, Ireland
- Christening: 15 May 1838; Maryborough, Queen's county, Ireland
- Death: 1924; County Laois (Queen's County), Ireland
- Note: Baptism record in Maryborough parish register extracted by KK. In 1901 is a widower farming in Little Borris, age 60, living in with son John G. 25 and daugher Elizabeth 30, as well as two grandchildren, John V. and G. Trevor Moyles, ages 8 and 6. 1911 age 73 farming in Little Borris, son John, 36 also in the household. Probably the Robert Onions whose death was registered Mountmellick District, 3rd qtr 1924, age 86.
- Last Edited: 2 September 2010 01:00:00
Elizabeth Wilkinson
F, #15664, b. 1834, d. 1895
Parents
Biography
- Christening: 4 June 1834; Coolbanagher parish church, Queen's county
- Marriage: 31 March 1863; Robert Onions; Coolbanagher parish, Queen's county, Ireland
- Death: 1895; Queen's County, Ireland
- Note: Died before 1901 census; probably the Elizabeth Onions whose death was registered Mountmellick District, 3rd qtr 1895, age 60.
- Last Edited: 7 July 2010 01:00:00
Emily Mary Onions
F, #15665, b. 6 January 1866, d. 1952
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 6 January 1866; Borris, Queen's county, Ireland
- Christening: 13 May 1866; Maryborough, Queen's county, Ireland
- Note: IGI shows birth date of 6 January; Maryborough baptism register has 7 January. Name sometimes shown as Mary Emily, including baptism record. In 1881 Emily M. Onions, born Ireland, age 15, is a Visitor in Bristol, England, in the household of Kate B. Bird (nee Kate Bolton Onions, per MO), also born Ireland. Kate's nephew and niece, Alfred E. and Amy F. Ryves, ages 16 and 8, both born India are also in the household. I could not find her in England in 1891, but in 1901 she is head of a household in Derbyshire. She is listed as married, but there is no sign of her husband. Her occupation is listed as "apartment keeper." Her two daughters are with her, but her sons were living with Emily's father in Ireland.
- Last Edited: 4 February 2011 00:00:00
Elizabeth Onions
F, #15666, b. 5 April 1867
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 5 April 1867; Borris, Queen's county, Ireland
- Christening: 16 June 1867; Maryborough, Queen's county, Ireland
- Note: IGI shows birh date of 11 April; parish register says 5 April.
In 1901 Elizabeth was living with her father and brother, as well as two of her sister's children; she was 30, occupation was housekeeper. In 1911 she was with her sister Charlotte and her brother-in-law in Dublin. Her occupation is listed as "Housekeeper, Domestic Servant."
- Last Edited: 4 February 2011 00:00:00
Charlotte Susan Onions
F, #15667, b. 24 July 1870
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 24 July 1870; Queen's county, Ireland
- Note: George James Bates; Maarriage registered 3rd qtr, 1904, Dublin South registration district; said to have been married for 6 years in 1911.
- Last Edited: 20 November 2008 00:00:00
John George Onions
M, #15668, b. 1 November 1872
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 1 November 1872; Borris, Queen's county, Ireland
- Christening: 15 January 1873; Maryborough, Queen's county, Ireland
- Note: Still single in 1911 and living with his father.
- Last Edited: 4 February 2011 00:00:00
Robert Onions
M, #15669, b. 2 September 1868
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 2 September 1868; Maryborough, Queen's county, Ireland
- Christening: 29 November 1868; Maryborough, Queen's county, Ireland
- Note: In 1891 Robert is a "Gas Engine Maker," age 22, visitor in a Wilkinson household, in Cheshire, England.
- Last Edited: 4 February 2011 00:00:00
John Greenham
M, #15670, b. March 1834
Parents
Biography
- Birth: March 1834; Ireland
- Note: 1900 Census for Kenebec, Maine shows John immigrated in 1854, and was a naturalized American. He had married 41 years earlier. He was a resident of the "Eastern Branch, National Home for D.V.S."
- Last Edited: 21 November 2008 00:00:00
Rebecca Lewis
F, #15671, b. 1830, d. after 1910
Biography
- Death: After 1910; New York
- Note: Family Search marriage record indicates dau of Frederick Lewis. In 1900 and 1910 Rebecca had given birth to 3 children, 2 of whom were still living. She was living with her son Thomas and his family, and both of them had immigrated to the USA in 1881. She appears to have died before the 1920 census.
- Last Edited: 22 August 2010 01:00:00
Thomas Digby Greenham
M, #15672, b. 10 August 1864
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 10 August 1864; Tuam, Galway, Ireland
- Marriage: About 1892; Mary
- Note: In 1900 Thomas was a Tinsmith, living in LeRoy, Genesee county, New York. He had been in the USA since 1881. The 1900 census shows he was born in August 1864, and his mother Rebecca is in the household. The IGI has his birth record and shows the middle name Digby--this seems to connect him to the Stradbally line of Greenhams?
Family: Mary (b. November 1863)
- Last Edited: 10 November 2009 00:00:00
Mary
F, #15673, b. November 1863
Biography
- Birth: November 1863; Ireland
- Note: Mary immigrated to USA in 1892, the same year she married. In 1900 she had given birth to two children, both still living.
- Last Edited: 22 November 2008 00:00:00
Isabel H. Greenham
F, #15674, b. December 1893
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- Birth: December 1893; New York
- Last Edited: 22 November 2008 00:00:00
Eileen Greenham
F, #15675, b. September 1896
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- Birth: September 1896; New York
- Last Edited: 22 November 2008 00:00:00