| NAME |
Thomas, Esther W.
(Mrs.) |
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| PLACE |
West Rochester, VT |
| AGE
IN 1850 |
26 |
| MAIDEN
NAME |
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| PARENTS |
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| BORN |
30
July 1824
in Vermont |
| DIED |
21
May 1873 in Minnesota
at the age of 48 |
| BURIED |
Northfield
Cemetery,
Rice
County,
Minnesota,
section B-6 |
| MARRIED |
Harry
Thomas, about 1840. He was born about 1814,
and died 10
December 1891. Following Esther’s death in 1873, he married
Lucretia who was born about 1823 in Vermont
and died 17
July 1908
in Rice
County,
MN. |
| CHILDREN |
1.
Ellen J. Thomas, b. about 1841
2.
Oliver S. Thomas, b. about 1844
3.
Nathan C. Thomas, b. about 1846. At the age of 18, possibly enlisted as a private in
Company K of the 2nd Vermont Infantry, served from 1863-1865, wounded at Charlestown 21
August 1864, applied for invalid’s pension in 1872.
4.
Atta Thomas, b. about 1851
5.
Emma Thomas, b. about 1854
6.
Nora Thomas, b. 16 October 1858 in Brandon,
Rutland County, VT
7.
Frank Thomas, b. November 1858
8.
Anna Esther Thomas, b. 30 May 1862 in Brandon,
Rutland County, VT
9.
Alice Thomas, b. about 1864 |
| FEDERAL
CENSUS RECORDS |
1850 |
West
Rochester,
Windsor
County,
VT
(dwelling 120). Harry (35) and Esther Thomas
(26) are enumerated next to Fuller and Miriam Smith, with their children Ellen J., (9)
Olive[r] S. (6), and Nathan C. (4). Real
estate $1,000. Horace Carr (24) lives with
them. |
| 1860 |
Brandon,
Rutland
County,
VT
(dwelling 344). Henry (44) and Esther (33) are
listed with children Oliver S. (16), Nathan (14), Atta (9), Emma (6), and Frank (1). Real estate $600.
Personal estate $100. |
| 1870 |
Greenvale,
Dakota
County,
MN
(dwelling 106). Harry Thomas (56, a farmer)
and Ester W. (56, keeping house) are living with their children Nathan (24, a farm
laborer), Attie (20, a cook), Emma (18, a waiter), Frankie (12), Anna (8) and Alice
(6)—all born in Vermont. Real estate $2,000.
Personal estate $500. |
| 1880 |
Greenvale,
Dakota
County,
MN. Harry Thomas (63 VT) and his second wife Lucretia
(53 VT), are living with his children Frank (21 VT) and Alice
(15 VT). Charles Stamford (8), a grandson,
lives with them. |
| 1900 |
Greenvale,
Dakota
County,
MN. Son Frank (41, b. November 1858), unmarried, owns
his own farm free of mortgage. He is living
with his widowed step-mother, Lucretia (74, b. November 1825). She had four children, two living. |
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