George Frederick Russell (1825 - aft. 1910)

Born 1 Mar 1825 in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick

Ancestors

Husband of Drusilla West (Seavey) Russell — married 27 Oct 1847 in Crawford, Washington, Maine, USA

Descendants

Died after 1910 after age 84 in Lee, Penobscot, Maine, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

George Russell was born March 1 1825 in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick. His parents were Jacob Russell and Mary Deforest. George was christened at the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Fredricton, N.B. on November 13, 1825.^[1]

He married Drusilla Seavey on October 27, 1847 in Crawford, Maine.
Together they had 5 children:

1. Horace Russell
2. George Russell
3. Mary Russell
4. Benjamin Russell
5. Martha Russell

He died in 1910 in Lee, Penobscot, Maine, USA

Research Notes

George Russell Cousins of Fredericton
There are at least three George Russell's, all born within a few years of each other in Fredericton or nearby. All are descendants of Jacob Russell UE (1744-1827) and details of their lives are frequently confused in online trees.
George Russell (bef.1816-1875). His date of birth is uncertain and different records offer a variety of dates for his birth. But the death of his father Samuel Russell in 1816 indicates that he must have been born by then. Unlike the other two George's, he remained in the area of Fredericton and the neighboring border region of Aroostook County, Maine. He is frequently shown as both the husband of Catherine Long and as the son of Jacob Russell Jr., baptized in 1825.
George Frederick Russell (abt.1827-1897), who became a seaman and eventually settled in Australia, is regularly shown to be the son of Jacob Russell Jr., although evidence is now clear that he was the son of John Russell.
This profile represents George Frederick Russell (bef.1825-aft.1910) who was the actual son of Jacob Russell Jr. and his wife Mary Elizabeth (Deforest) Russell. He settled in Washington County, Maine. Many trees list his name as George Franklin Russell, but there does not seem to be any evidence for this although he does have a son who was named Horace Franklin Russell. His eldest son was named George Russell with middle initials FW. No record of what the 'F' stands for has been found, but as an adult he frequently was known as Willis. As Jacob Russell Jr. and his wife also baptized a son John Willis Russell, this helps to confirm that this man was indeed the George Russell who was their son.

New Brunswick George Russel's in Washington County, Maine
Do not confuse this man with George Russell (1825-1911). Both of these men were born in 1825 in New Brunswick. And both settled in Washington County, Maine as adults. This man was a farmer in Crawford township whereas the other George was a shipbuilder and he settled in nearby Pembroke,

Sources

1. ↑ Fredricton Wesleyan Methodist Church Christenings, N-Z.

• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FW-PMZ : 14 January 2020), George F. Rusel, 1847.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VC-PQN : 22 December 2020), George F Russell, Crawford, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHJ-2YH : 18 February 2021), George W Russel, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DW-LJJ : 29 May 2021), George H Russel, 1870.
• 1880 US Federal Census; Hinkley, Washington, Maine; Archive Collection Number: 15-156; Roll: 15; Page: 10; Line: 1; Schedule Type: Agriculture; accessed on Ancestry.com 6 Feb 2022. Image on Ancestry.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMG3-HKC : accessed 28 January 2022), Geo F Russel in household of Horace Russel, Codyville & Kossuth plantations, Dyer township, Talmage & Topsfield & Waite towns & T.1/R.1, T, Washington, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 201, sheet 7B, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,601.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR3X-1H8 : accessed 8 February 2022), George F Russell in household of Nelson G Hanscom, Lee, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 178, sheet 6A, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 544; FHL microfilm 1,374,557.
• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=65764592&pid=88

Acknowledgements

Russell-9133 was created by Steve Gibbons through the import of Gibbons Family Tree - 2014-5.ged on Mar 2, 2015.