Death record gives husband's name as Simon Olds, but census records and gravestone give it as Amos.
Minerva had four children, two of whom were living in 1900.[1]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9RK-8QT : accessed 6 September 2017), Minerva R Olds in household of Amos A Olds, Palmer Town (south portion), Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 560, sheet 9A, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,651.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9B-LHZ : 12 April 2016), Minerva S Olds in household of Amos Olds, Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 515, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQWP-Z1F : 2 April 2016), Minerva R Olds in household of Otis Sedgewick, Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,946.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD37-TJ1 : 12 April 2016), Minerva Olds in household of MM9.1.1/MD37-TJR:, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 6, family 54, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,116.
"Massachusetts State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQCZ-K3P : 2 April 2016), Minerva Olds in household of Amos Olds, Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 954,566.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH6K-21N : 15 August 2017), Minervy Olds in household of Amos Olds, Palmer, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 292, sheet 360C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0534; FHL microfilm 1,254,534.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch
"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWR2-9JZ : 10 December 2014), Patty Hall in entry for Minerva Olds, 18 Dec 1907; citing Monson,,Massachusetts, 288, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,217,234.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC3W-KRR : 13 July 2016), Minerva Olds in entry for Alfred K. Paine and Minnie E. Olds, 21 Sep 1886; citing Marriage, Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 186,141.
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23TF-RV5 : 4 December 2014), Minerva Rice in entry for Mattie L Mason, 19 Nov 1919; citing Death, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 1881, page 460, State Archives, Boston.
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