Anna Elizabeth Lapham (1844 - aft. 1914)

Born 1 Apr 1844 in New York, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Lapham Name Study.

Richard A. Lapham married Margaret Iloyle in 1843. Their child, Anna Elizabeth Lapham, was born 4th, 1st, 1844. ^[1]

Note Anna seems to have been listed as 'Eliza' in "Laphams in America"and the 1860, 1870 and 1880 Census.

Richard A. Lapham was born in 1815 the son of Joseph Lapham & Anna (Keese) Lapham. He married Margaret Hoyle 27 June 1844. They had five children :

1. Eliza Lapham born 1845.
2. Mary Lapham married John Wing, Peru NY
3. Phebe Lapham
4. Hoyle Lapham married Mary Keese.
5. Horatio Lapham married Mary D. Maxwell.^[2]

"Laphams in America" states Richard's mother was Joseph's second wife Phebe (Hart) Lapham. Anna (Keese) Lapham died in 1833 and Joseph married Phebe in 1835 so all of his children were Anna's.

The 1860 census for Peru, Clinton, New York lists:

Richard A Lapham M 45 New York

Margaret Lapham F 42 New York

Eliza Lapham F 16 New York

Mary C Lapham F 14 New York

Phebe M Lapham F 12 New York

Hoyle Lapham M 10 Canada

Nelson Lapham M 5 New York

Ellen Davis F 18 Servant Canada^[3]

Richard, Margaret and Eliza are on the bottom of the linked page, the others are at the top of the one following.

In 1870 the name is transcribed "Lofham", Margaret and Hoyle are shown as born in Canada, Nelson in New York. Phebe is not listed, she would be about 22 in 1870.^[4]

The 1880 census for Peru, Clinton, New York lists:

Richard Lapham Head M 64, born New York, father b Vermont, Mother b New York

Eliza Lapham Daughter F 35 New York, father b New York, mother b Canada

Hoyle Lapham Son M 28 Canada

Horatio N. Lapham Son M 24 Canada

Mary O'Hara Servant F 20 years New York, parents b Ireland^[5]

The transcription states Richard is 'widowed' the census form has 'M' for married, Margaret died in 1873 according to her stone at FIndAGrave.

In 1910 Eliza A Lapham, 65, is living with her sister Mary, 63, and Mary's husband John H WIng, 75, in Peru, Clinton, New York. Eliza seems to have never married and neither she nor Mary ever had children.^[6]

In 1915 the household in Peru consists of John H "King"and Eliza A Lapham, his 'sister'.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Keese Family History and Genealogy from 1690 to 1911" .Willis T. Keese, Independent Press, Cardington Ohio1911; pg 18
2. ↑ "Laphams in America" compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953; pp 109 ,180
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC7Z-2NY : Tue Oct 03 09:04:17 UTC 2023), Entry for Richard A Lapham and Margaret Lapham, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8FX-BBY : Tue Mar 05 04:33:24 UTC 2024), Entry for Richard Lofham and Margaret Lofham, 1870.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZZF-91M : Wed Oct 04 10:17:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Richard Lapham and Eliza Lapham, 1880.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5Q7-QKX : Fri Oct 06 20:32:55 UTC 2023), Entry for John H Wing and Mary C Wing, 1910.
7. ↑ "New York State Census, 1915", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9NM-VTF : 4 June 2022), Eliza A Lapham in entry for John H King, 1915.

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