Ida Euphemia (Bethel) Patterson (1844 - abt. 1906)

Born 25 Apr 1844 in New Providence, Bahamas

Ancestors

Wife of George Bowne Patterson — married 27 Jan 1876 in Key West, Monroe, Florida, USA

Died about 1906 at about age 61 in Monroe County, Florida, USA

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Ida (Bethel) Patterson is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Ida was born in 1844 in the Bahamas. She is the daughter of Winer Bethel and Mary Frederica. By 1860, the family was living in Key West, Monroe County, Florida.^[1] They were enumerated there again in 1870.^[2]

She married George Bowne Patterson on 27 Jan 1876 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida.^[3] In 1880, the couple and their children (Lucille, Eva and Ella) were living with George's widowed mother, Sarah Patterson, in Key West.^[4] By 1885, they had their own place and had added another daughter, Frederica, to the family. George's mother, two sisters, and several other family members were living with them. ^[5]

Ida passed away in 1906. Burial was in the Key West Cemetery, Key West, Monroe County, Florida.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6C9-JPS : 30 December 2015), Ida Bethel in entry for Winer Bethel, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZN-2NH : 17 October 2014), Ida Bethel in household of Winer Bethel, Florida, United States; citing p. 28, family 177, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,631.
3. ↑ "Florida Marriages, 1837-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW4S-W4K : 12 December 2014), George Basons Patterson and Ida Euphesina Bethel, 27 Jan 1876; citing Key West, Monroe, Florida; FHL microfilm 946,961.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZ4-D23 : 14 July 2016), Ida Patterson in household of Sarah Patterson, Key West, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district ED 115, sheet 235C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0131; FHL microfilm 1,254,131.
5. ↑ "Florida State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNJC-VCJ : 14 November 2014), Ida Patterson in household of George B Patterson, Key West, Monroe, Florida; citing p. 40, sheet letter D, number , line 28, NARA microfilm publication M845 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 888,970.
6. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 32092516[1]

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