Freelove Hale (Aldrich) Lapham (1806 - 1881)

Born 15 Apr 1806 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Ancestors

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Biography

Freelove Hale Aldrich Lapham was born 15 Apr 1806 in Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, and died 12 Mar 1881 (aged 74). She was buried with her husband Levi Lapham in the Springdale Cemetery and Mausoleum in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois.

Findagrave quotes Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899, page 179:

Name:Freelove Hale Aldrich

Birth Date:15 Apr 1806

Birth Place:Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA

Father Name:Arnold Aldrich

Mother Name:Dolly Aldrich

and provides links to her parents:

Arnold Aldrich 1773–1858

Dollee Lang Aldrich 1774–1853

six siblings:

William Lang Aldrich 1796–1877

Dutee Ballou Aldrich 1801–1838

Laura L Aldrich Chace 1803–1870

Desiah Carpenter Aldrich Philbrick 1808–1878

Arnold Aldrich 1811–1835

Moses Aldrich 1816–1838

her husband:

Levi Lapham 1805–1867

and two children:

Elizabeth Lapham 1838–1842

Levi Arnold Lapham 1841–1880

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Research Notes

There is an 1880 census from Peoria Ohio listing:

Sarah Rankin Self F 35 Rhode Island, United States

L E Lapham Sister F 22 Ohio, United States

L A Lapham Brother M 40 Ohio, United States

F H Lapham Mother F 74 Rhode Island, United States ^[2] The full entry for FH includes that she was a widow and her parents were both born in RI. The LA Lapham entry corresponds to Freelove's son Levi Arnold and the image gives his occupation as 'Lawyer' which also matches.

A user submitted tree at Family Search lists four children:

Sarah b 1832

Elizabeth b 1834

Levi Arnold b 1836

Laura Ellen b 1838^[3]Which would give ages of 48, 44 and 42 for Sarah, Levi and Laura in 1880 (Elizabeth died young). And it also gives Levi's dates as 1811-1897 which are more like Lapham-107 than Lapham-709.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 February 2019), memorial page for Freelove Hale Aldrich Lapham (15 Apr 1806–12 Mar 1881), Find A Grave Memorial no. 126410583, citing Springdale Cemetery and Mausoleum, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Debra (contributor 47324320) .
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXK3-LNZ : 22 August 2017), F H Lapham in entry for Sarah Rankin, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 217, sheet 256D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0241; FHL microfilm 1,254,241.
3. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M42D-WDW : accessed 2 March 2019), entry for Freelove Hale Aldrich, batch A21461-4; citing FHL microfilm 457,720; submitter not specified.