Christiana (Myers) Houck (abt. 1850 - 1934)

Born about 7 Jul 1850 in Bennington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Wilson Houck — married 1872 in Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 16 Nov 1934 at about age 84 in Bennington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA

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Biography

Christiana Myers was born in July 1850 in Bennington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio. She is the daughter of Solomon Myers and Elizabeth Layton.

1850 census -- Burlington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Solomon Myers, age 29, male, , farmer, born Ohio; Elizabeth Myers, age 32, female, , born Virginia; Cinda A Myers, age 2, female, , born Ohio; Christianna Myers, age 1/12, female, , born Ohio^[1]

1860 census -- Bennington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Solomon Myers, age 39, male, , farmer, $2000 real estate, $500 personal proprty, born Ohio; Elizabeth Myers, age 40, female, , born Ohio; Cindarella Myers, age 12, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Christa Ann Myers, age 9, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Thomas Myers, age 5, male, , born Ohio, attended school; Mary C Myers, age 4, female, , born Ohio^[2]

1870 census -- Bennington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Solomon Myers, age 49, male, white, farmer, $4620 real estate, $700 personal property, born Ohio, cannot write; Elizabeth Myers, age 54, female, white, keeping house, born Virginia, cannot write; Christa A Myers, age 19, female, white, works in house, born Ohio; Thomas P Myers, age 18, male, works on farm, born Ohio, attended school; Mary Myers, age 14, female, white, attending school, born Ohio, attended school^[3]

She married Wilson Houck about 1872 (source needed).

1880 census - Bennington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Wilson Houck, white, male, age 31, married, farmer, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Christianna Houck, white, female, age 29, wife, married, keeping house, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Mabel D Houck, white, female, age 5, daughter, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Orril W Houck, white, male, age 3, son, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio^[4]

1900 census -- Bennington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Christana Houck, head, white, female, born Jul 1849, age 50, widow, 3 children / 3 living, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Virginia, farmer, own farm; Oril Houck, son, white, male, born Jul 1877, age 22, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Ray Houck, son, white, male, born Mar 1883, age 17, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, at school, attended school^[5]

1910 census -- Centerburg, Knox Co., Ohio, USA

Christiana Houck, head, white, female, age 58, widow, 3 children / 2 living, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio, own income^[6]

1920 census -- Centerburg, Knox Co., Ohio, USA

Christiana Houck, head, own free, white, female, age 69, widow, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Virginia^[7]

1930 census -- Centerburg, Knox Co., Ohio, USA

Christiana D Houck, head, own $2000, white, female, age 79, widow, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Virginia^[8]

She died 16 November 1934 in Bennington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio.^[9]She is buried in Homer Cemetery in Homer, Ohio.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXQV-4F3 : 9 November 2014), Christianna Myers in household of Solomon Myers, Burlington, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing family 1467, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCGV-FJW : 30 December 2015), Chester Ann Myers in entry for Toleman Myers, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M62T-2JN : 17 October 2014), Christa A Myers in household of Soloman Myers, Ohio, United States; citing p. 9, family 70, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,731.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M89N-V6W : 15 July 2016), Christianna Houck in household of Wilson Houck, Bennington, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 172, sheet 122D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1040; FHL microfilm 1,255,040.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMDD-8QG : 22 January 2015), Christana Houck, Bennington Township, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 3B, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,293.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLN7-Q76 : 20 October 2015), Christiana Houck, Hilliar, Knox, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 65, sheet 4A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,212.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDYR-R3M : 7 December 2015), Christianna Houck, Hilliar, Knox, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 3B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,403.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4WP-QJ8 : 25 November 2015), Christianna D Houck, 1930.
9. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X672-ZHC : 8 December 2014), Christiana Houck, 16 Nov 1934; citing Bennington, Licking, Ohio, reference fn 67346; FHL microfilm 2,022,231.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42558552/christiana-houck: accessed 22 February 2023), memorial page for Christiana Myers Houck (7 Jul 1851–16 Nov 1934), Find A Grave: Memorial #42558552, citing Homer Cemetery, Homer, Licking County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Dave M (contributor 46499754).