Edward Lapham (abt. 1817 - 1903)

Born about 1817 in Canada [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Jarvis) Lapham — married after 8 Dec 1838 in Painesville, Geauga County, Ohio

Descendants

Died 19 Sep 1903 at about age 86 in Lake County, Ohio, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

This profile is part of the Lapham Name Study.

Edward Lapham, son of Thomas Lapham (1787-1869) & Catharine (Megley) Lapham (1787-1866) was born in 1819. He married Rebecca Jarvis. Their children are listed, not necessarily in order, as:

Sarah Lapham married Frank Snell.

Marion unmarried

Wallace unmarried

Thomas unmarried

Theodore married Belle Brooks.

Henry married Mary Fountain.

Lydia married Henry Ingraham.

Lavina married Daniel Hayes.

Alvah Jarvis married Jane French, Mentor, Ohio.^[1]

The 1870 census for Mentor, Lake, Ohio lists:

Edward Lapham Male 51 Canada

Rebecca Lapham Female 47 New York

Thomas Lapham Male 25 Ohio

Alva Lapham Male 23 Ohio

Sarah Lapham Female 21 Ohio

Marion Lapham Female 19 Ohio

Henry Lapham Male 17 Ohio

Lydia Lapham Female 15 Ohio

George Wilson Male 15 Ohio^[2]

The 1900 census for Mentor village, Lake, Ohio lists:

Edward Lapham Head Male 83 Canada Eng (dob Nov 1817)

Alva Lapham Son Male 54 Ohio (dob Sep 1846)

Henry F Lapham Son Male 48 Canada Eng (?,see 1870 above) (dob Dec 1852)

Marian Lapham Daughter-in-law(?,see 1870 above) Female 49 Canada Eng (dob Oct 1851)

Marion Snell Boarder Female 25 Ohio (dob Aug 1875) Note Edward's daughter Sarah married Frank Snell - this is probably their daughter or perhaps a neice or...^[3] The dobs come from the image.

Edward Lapham died 19 Sep 1903 in Mentor, Lake County, Ohio. He was married, age 85 and this record gives his place of birth as Canada.^[4]

Edward Lapham was born in 1817 and died in 1903 (aged 85–86). He was buried in the Mentor Municipal Cemetery in Mentor, Lake County, Ohio.

Findagrave provides links for his parents:

Thomas Lapham 1787–1869

Catharine Megley Lapham 1787–1866

three siblings:

Mary A. Winch 1808–1892

Betsey Lapham Duncan 1809–1894

Sarah A. Lapham Flanders 1811–1875

his wife:

Rebecca Jarvis Lapham 1822–1895

and seven children:

William Wallace Lapham 1841–1862

Theodore J. Lapham 1843–1921

Thomas Lapham 1845–1894

Alva Jarvis Lapham 1846–1923

Sarah Lapham Snell 1846–1936

Marion E. Lapham 1851–1932

Lydia R. Lapham Ingraham 1855–1934^[5]

Research Notes

Multiple census' & other documents give his pob as Canada. There was apparently a lot of movement at that time between Western New York, English Canada and Ohio among the canal builders & the "river people".

David & Sarah (Duncan) Lapham, Thomas & Sarah (Megley) Lapham and Edward & Rebecca (Jarvis) Lapham are listed among the First Families of Lake County Ohio.^[6]

Five of the children's death records for further research:

Lovina b 1842^[7]

Theodore b 1843^[8]

Alva b 1847 ^[9]

Sarah b 1849^[10]

Marion b 1851 ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Laphams in America" compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953 pp 63-64
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M62R-CP2 : 19 March 2020), Edward Lapham, 1870.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMD4-YWV : accessed 15 December 2020), Edward Lapham, Mentor Township Mentor village, Lake, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 62, sheet 3A, family 50, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,291.
4. ↑ "Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6ZT-HXW : 19 January 2020), Edward Lapham, 1903. image 589 out of 638
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images accessed 13 December 2020, memorial page for Edward Lapham (1817–1903), Find A Grave: Memorial #19430767, citing Mentor Municipal Cemetery, Mentor, Lake County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Dee G. (contributor 46810282) .
6. ↑ Lake County Genealogical Society, https://www.lcgsohio.org/membership/first-families/
7. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPK3-9518?cc=1307272&wc=MD9F-Z6D%3A287602001%2C294641801 : 21 May 2014), 1914 > 54941-57820 > image 1274 of 3240.
8. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9PK4-SVJ3?cc=1307272&wc=MD9F-QNG%3A287600201%2C294579101 : 21 May 2014), 1921 > 44221-47180 > image 1564 of 3298.
9. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9PKN-SHRL?cc=1307272&wc=MD9F-X29%3A287601601%2C294644801 : 21 May 2014), 1923 > 55401-58300 > image 2599 of 3329.
10. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPK5-RP7?cc=1307272&wc=MD9X-KTL%3A287599701%2C294475401 : 21 May 2014), 1936 > 31601-34600 > image 1206 of 3288.
11. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPRW-S9BX?cc=1307272&wc=MD9F-W6D%3A287599401%2C294616601 : 21 May 2014), 1932 > 50701-53900 > image 543 of 3438.