Adelia (Alvord) Skinner (abt. 1809 - abt. 1883)

Born about 30 Sep 1809 in Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Pliny Atherton Skinner — married 14 Apr 1833 in Oakland, Michigan

Descendants

Died about 21 Jan 1883 at about age 73 in Burton, Genesee County, Michigan, United States

Biography

Adelia Alvord, born 20 Sep 1809 near Lockport, New York, was the fifth child of Martha (Bromley) Alvord (1781-1824) and Thaddeus Alvord (1781-1874). No evidence has been put forth to demonstrate that she had a middle name.

She married 14 Apr 1833 @ Pontiac, Michigan, Pliny Atherton Skinner [b. 30 Dec 1808, Henderson, New York, son of Elias and Abigail (Atherson) Skinner; d. 16 Jan 1893, Burton, Michigan]. They had 2 children, born at Burton, Michigan:

• Martha Jane Skinner, b. 24 may 1836; married Jerome Putnam
• Alfred Larue Skinner (1848-abt.1931); married Ettie Mariah Ketcham

In 1850, this family was recorded in Flint Township, Genesee County, Michigan ^[1]. At the 1860 census they were in Burton, a newly organized township, also in Genesee County, where they remained until at least 1870 ^[2],^[3]. Then, in 1880 they were enumerated in Flint, Michigan ^[4]. At the times when they lived, Michigan was an emerging frontier, forged from woodland wilderness into relatively modern townships and municipal sectors.

Adelia (Alvord) Skinner died 21 Jan 1883 at Burton, Michigan, a small city just east of Flint.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF86-4FZ : 22 December 2020), Adelia Skinner in household of Hinny Skinner, Flint Township, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDG-KHR : 18 February 2021), Delia A Skinner in entry for Plinney A Skinner, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHV-3Q1 : 29 May 2021), Adelia Skinner in entry for P A Skinner, 1870.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWS7-NL1 : 14 January 2022), Adelia Skinner in household of Pliney A. Skinner, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 73, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord an Early Settler of Windsor, Conn. and Northampton, Mass. (1908), no. 553: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/130/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/234/mode/1up