Lydia Colby was born 29 May 1808 in Holland, New York. She married Jonathon Wakefield in 1830 in New York. She died 20 August 1880.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCTV-FJT : 9 November 2014), Lydia Wakefield in household of Johnathan Wakefield, Portville, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing family 113, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K63X-WT3 : 19 November 2014), Lydia Wakefield in household of Jonathan Wakefield, Portville, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; count clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 583,832.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M86R-1W1 : 17 October 2014), Lydia Wakefield in household of Wm Wakefield, New York, United States; citing p. 20, family 170, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,408.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZZQ-X6T : 15 July 2016), Lydia Wakefield, Portville, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 31, sheet 59B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0812; FHL microfilm 1,254,812.
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