Elizabeth (Brown) Klinck (1782 - 1887)

Born 24 Oct 1782 in Upper Mount Bethel, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Calvin Grant — married 19 Dec 1802 in Newark, Niagara, Lincoln, Haut-Canada, Amérique coloniale britannique

Wife of Leonard Ives Klinck — married 1806 in Markham. Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 22 Oct 1887 at age 104 in Princeville, Peoria, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1782. She is the daughter of James Brown and Mary Marr. Elizabeth Brown was born on 24 October 1782 in Upper Mt. Bethel, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of James Brown and Mary Marr. She died on 22 October 1887 in Princeville, Illinois, two days short of her 105th birthday. She was buried on 25 October 1887 at Princeville, Illinois. She married first, Calvin Grant in 1802*. Family history says that Calvin was uncle to General Ulysses Grant. She had two children by this marriage, Hannah and John. Leonard and Elizabeth married in 1806 in Markham twp., York Co., Ontario. After they married, they lived on land on the east side of Markham twp., York Co., Ontario. In 1847 they moved to Troy, New York. In 1849 they moved to Princeville, Illinois.

• Fact: Residence (1850) Peoria county, part of, Peoria, Illinois, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Census Princeville, Peoria, Illinois, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Princeville, Peoria, Illinois, United States
• Fact: Burial (25 October 1887) Princeville Cem, Princeville, Peoria, Illinois, United States

• Fact: Residence (1850) Peoria county, part of, Peoria, Illinois, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Census Princeville, Peoria, Illinois, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Princeville, Peoria, Illinois, United States
• Fact: Burial (25 October 1887) Princeville Cem, Princeville, Peoria, Illinois, United States

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 December 2020, 23:32), entry for Elizabeth Brown (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KLLH-B5K ); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 December 2020, 23:32), entry for Elizabeth Brown(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KLLH-B5K); contributed by various users.
• St Marks Anglican Church Marriage

https://niagara.ogs.on.ca/church_records/?wpda_search_column_index_id=31215

• The English Browns of Markham and Uxbridge Townships 1800-1985 by Rev. Victor Gordon Brown and Lettitia Mae Brown

See also:

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• Burial 25 Oct 1887 Princeville, Illinois, U.S.A.

• Reaman, G. Elmore. The Trail of the Black Walnut (Canada, 1957) pages 104,105

• U.S.A. Census 1880 Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Princeville, Peoria, Illinois; Roll: 241; Family History Film: 1254241; Page: 367D; Enumeration District: 224; Image: 0396

• U.S.A. Census 1850 Source Citation Year: 1850; Census Place: Peoria, Illinois; Roll: M432_123; Page: 238B; Image: 483

• U.S.A. Census 1870 Source Citation Year: 1870; Census Place: Princeville, Peoria, Illinois; Roll: M593_267; Page: 15A; Image: 635; Family History Library Film: 545766

Obituary

- OBITUARY: 'A LONG LIFE An Old Lady Dies at the Age of 105 Died October 22, A.D. 1887 The oldest lady in the State of Illinois, who was also the grandmother of Dr. G. W. Emery, of this city, died last Saturday. Her name was Elizabeth Brown Grant Klinck, and when she died she was within two days of being 105 years old. She was born October 24, 1782, at Upper Mount Bethel, Pa., the same year in which the British Parliament voted to stop the war against the Colonies. She was 7 years old when the first Congress under the constitution, with Washington as president, met. She was 15 when Napoleon entered upon his career of conquest, and had passed 30 when he died at St. Helena. Within the space of her lifetime the great inventions of the day were made and developed, and this country has increased from 3,000,000 to 60,000,000 people. The day before her death she took a long walk, and on the morning of the day on which she died she made her own bed. Her mind was clear and she could tell experiences and describe a whole century of events. Both of her parents lived to be more than 90 years of age, and a brother 87 years old is now living in Canada. Her first husband's name was Grant, and he died in 1895. In 1807 she married a Mr.Klinck. She was herself the mother of a large family, and of 97 ofher grandchildren are living at the present time.

Father: James BROWN b: Abt. 1762 in Yorkshire, ENGLAND Mother: Mary MARR b: Abt. 1762 in HOLLAND

The information came from HISTORY OF TORONTO AND COUNTY OF YORK, C. BLACKETT ROBINSON, PUBLISHER - 1885 --(Volume 2, Page 451 Biographical Noties - Township of Whitchurch) Mrs. Brown Klinck lived to be l05, lacking 2 days. Her paternal grandfather was born in Germany, and her paternal grandmother was born of Scottish-Irish parents. Her maternal grandfather was born in Yorkshire, England and was a revolutionary war veteran. Somersetshire, England was also mentioned as her Maternal Grandfather's birth place. Her maternal grandmother was born in Holland.- Burial: October 25, 1887, Princeville, Princeville Township, Illinois

U.S.A. Census 1880

Source Information

Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.

Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

U.S.A. census 1850

Source Information

Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

U.S.A. Census 1870

Source Information

Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data:

1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.