Elizabeth (Robertson) Fleener (1809 - 1867)

Born 15 Jan 1809 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Michael Fleener — married 7 Jun 1829 in Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1867 at age 58 in Mahaska County, Iowa, USA

Biography

Elizabeth Robertson was born in about 1809 in Tennessee.^[1]

She married Michael Fleener on 7 June 1829 in Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana.^[2]

Elizabeth Robertson and Michael Fleener married 7 June, 1829 in Monroe County, Indiana.

Their first children were born in Indiana, but by about 1840 moved west to the northwest part of Missouri in an area that would become Harrison County, where their younger children were born. Several related families also migrated to Missouri around the same time, including the family of Michael's sister Ary (Fleener) Hubbard. However, by 1850, Michael and Elizabeth and their family had returned to Johnson County, Indiana.^[3]

Michael died before 1860, when Elizabeth appears as the widowed head of her household in Poweshiek County, Iowa.^[1]

Elizabeth reportedly died in Mahaska County, Iowa, on 21 December 1867.^[4]

Children

Children of Michael and Elizabeth:

1. Catherine, b. 1830, d. 1845^{[citation needed]}
2. John, b. 1831, d. 1911
3. Samuel, b. 1832, d. 1891
4. Joseph, b. 1834, d. 1918
5. Hannah, (English) (Choate), b. 1836, d. 1910
6. Clarinda, b. 1838
7. Mary Anne, (Mitchell), b. 1840, d. 1915
8. Winifred "Winnie" (Myers), b. 1842, d. 1921
9. Jane (Gosnell), b. 1844, d. 1919
10. Michael, b. 1846, d. 1892
11. Pleasant, b. 1849, d. 1903
12. Martha Emaline (Farmer), b. 1851, d. 1927

All except Catherine and Martha Emaline are listed in his household in the 1850 census.^[3] Martha Emaline is listed in the household of her widowed mother along with some of the other siblings in the 1860 census.^[1]

Research Notes

Birth Date

According to the Find a Grave memorial for Elizabeth, her birth date was 15 Jan 1809, but the date, if any, on the gravestone image is not legible so it is unclear if this birth date is reflected on the stone.

Elizabeth was born in 1809. She passed away in 1867.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} 1860 U.S. census, Poweshiek County, Iowa, population schedule, Sugar Creek township, p. 47 (penned), dwelling 341, family 329, line 13, Elizabeth Fleener; image, FamilySearch, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GB9J-YCP : accessed 27 May 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll not stated.
2. ↑ FamilySearch, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007", database with images, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4FZS-9ZN2 : 7 April 2021), Michael Fleenor & Elizabeth Robertson, 1829.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 1850 U.S. census, Johnson County, Indiana, population schedule, Hensley township, p. 130 (stamped), dwelling 1195, family 1195, family of Michael Flenor; image, FamilySearch, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYV3-1HR : accessed 27 May 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 156.
4. ↑ Ancestry, Find a Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83707605 : accessed 28 May 2021), Elizabeth Robertson Fleener (1809-1867), Stewart Cemetery, Mahaska County, Iowa; gravestone image by clio, but dates on the gravestone image are not legible.