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Calista Marie Lewis was born in Shelbourn, Massachusetts in 1828.[1] In 1832 her family moved to Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York.[2] She's first found in Census records in 1850 living with her sister, Harriet Dutton, Harriet's daughter, Ann(a), and her brother, William.
On the 1st of December of 1852, Calista married Bernard Wilder.
In 1860 the couple are living in Freedom, New York, with 2 children:
According to Calista's obituary, the family moved to Amarda, Macomb County, Michigan on the 1st of April, 1867. Bernard worked as a blacksmith and Calista took care of the children and the house. Their last child, a daughter, Eva Bell Wilder, was born there on December 4th of that year.
Bernard died in Armada in 1892. Calista never remarried. She's found living in the family home in 1900. In 1910 she's found living with daughter Josie and Josie's husband in Alden, Erie County, New York. Her name is given as "Ester M Wilder".
On the 6th of December in 1919, Calista Marie Lewis Wilder died in Armada, Macomb County, Michigan. She was 91 years old.
Obituary: "Calista M. Lewis was born in Shelburn, Mass. on August 13, 1828. She was married to Barnard C. Wilder, December 1, 1852. They came from Freedom, New York to Armada on April 1, 1867 and have since lived in this vicinity, her husband preceeding her by death twenty-eight years ago. Two children, Josie of Pittsburg, and Charles E. of Armada, besides ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren, survive her."
"Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQ6F-J2K : accessed 24 Dec 2013), Calista Maria Lewis, 13 Aug 1828
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893 History of the Town of Freedom - Chapter XXIX (29) Page 685
1850; Census Place: Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York; Roll: M432_480; Page: 443B; Image: 256. Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1860; Census Place: Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York; Roll: M653_725; Page: 362; Image: 366. Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
1870; Census Place: Lenox, Macomb, Michigan; Roll: M593_688; Page: 447A; Image: 339; Family History Library Film: 552187. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
1880; Census Place: Lenox, Macomb, Michigan; Roll: 592; Family History Film: 1254592; Page: 438B; Enumeration District: 207; Image: 0881. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1900; Census Place: Lenox, Macomb, Michigan; Roll: 727; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0058; FHL microfilm: 1240727. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
1910; Census Place: Alden, Erie, New York; Roll: T624_938; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0240; FHL microfilm: 1374951. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Macomb Co Deaths, Vol.D, p.116, #16 Calista Maria WILDER d Dec 6 1919 Village of Armada, ae 91y 3m 23d of senility, wid, b Mass, d/o Labon Lewis b New Hampshire & Sarah Tarble b Mass.
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