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Elizabeth (Brown) Olmstead (1872 - 1941)

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Olmstead formerly Brown
Born in Old Forge, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 27 May 1903 in Lackawanna, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 68 in Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USAmap
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Biography

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Brown. Source: #S-2084542524 Year: 1900; Census Place: Old Forge, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1419; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0036; FHL microfilm: 1241419 Source: #S-988587422 Year: 1880; Census Place: Lackawanna, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1138; Family History Film: 1255138; Page: 422B; Enumeration District: 046; Image: 0466 Source: #S-988651216 Source: #S-2084355703 Year: 1920; Census Place: Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1592; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 96; Image: 1035 Source: #S-2084338813 Year: 1930; Census Place: Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2068; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0093; Image: 1063.0; FHL microfilm: 2341802 Source: #S-2084547064 Year: 1910; Census Place: Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1368; Page: 21A; Enumeration District: 0054; FHL microfilm: 1375381 Source: #S-988651216 Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Certificate Number Range: 088551-091400

Born 19 Jun 1872. Old Forge, Pennsylvania. Source: #S-2084542524 Year: 1900; Census Place: Old Forge, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1419; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0036; FHL microfilm: 1241419 Source: #S-988587422 Year: 1880; Census Place: Lackawanna, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1138; Family History Film: 1255138; Page: 422B; Enumeration District: 046; Image: 0466 Source: #S-988651216 Source: #S-2084355703 Year: 1920; Census Place: Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1592; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 96; Image: 1035 Source: #S-2084338813 Year: 1930; Census Place: Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2068; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0093; Image: 1063.0; FHL microfilm: 2341802 Source: #S-2084547064 Year: 1910; Census Place: Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1368; Page: 21A; Enumeration District: 0054; FHL microfilm: 1375381

The Brown family was known in Old Forge, Lackawanna County.

Mr. Brown married, March 14, 1873, Rosella, who was born August 31, 1855, in Wyoming, daughter of Silas and Elizabeth (Gress) Randall, and twelve children have been born to them: Elizabeth, Florence, Anna, deceased; Eva, Maud, Lavina, Margery V., Orpha G., Silas, James, Arthur G., and Floyd, deceased. Elizabeth married David Olmstead, of Pittston, Pennsylvania, a coal inspector.

Marriage Elizabeth married David Levitt Olmstead in 1903.

At the bride's home In Lackawanna, Rev. J. L. Race, pastor of the M. E. church at Rendham, last night pronounced the words making David Olmstead, of Parsonage street, Hughestown, and Elizabeth Brown, of Lackawanna, husband and wife. The impressive ceremony was performed at 8 o'clock in the parlor of the Brown residence, the contracting parties standing beneath an arch of roses, in the presence of relatives. The young couple were unattended. In white mulle, with lace trimming and white satin ribbon, the bride made a hand some picture. Following the ceremony, a wedding supper was served. For the present, Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead will reside with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Olmstead.

Elizabeth and David had five children.

  1. Rosella Olmstead, b. 1906, d. 1952, m. Paul Wildon Everett, m. Frank Green
  2. Mary Melvina Olmstead, b. 1911, d. 1971, m. Harry William Ott
  3. David Frank Olmstead, b. 1913, d. 1974, Margaret Gallagher
  4. Elizabeth Olmstead, b. 1916, d. 2003, m. Thomas Masters
  5. Kenneth Levitt Olmstead, b. 1919, d. 1980, m. Michelina Giudice

Died 20 Apr 1941. Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA. Source: #S-988651216

Ill for the past six months, Mrs. David L. Olmstead, respected resident of Hughestown, died yesterday at her home, 336 Parsonage street, that borough. Funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 from the home, with Rev. F. C. Kraft of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Hughestown, officiating. Burial will be In Marcy cemetery, Duryea. Born at Old Forge on June 1, 1872, Mrs. Olmstead was a member of a prominent family in that borough. Since her marriage to Mr. Olmstead in 1903 she had resided in Hughestown, where she acquired numerous friendships. She was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Besides her husband she is survived by these children: Mrs. Rosella Everett, at home; Mrs. Harry Ott, Ashley; David, Inkerman; Mrs. Thomas Master and Kenneth, Milltown, N. J.; seven grandchildren, and these brothers and sisters: James Brown, Mrs. Roy. Jenkins, Mrs. Orshu Moses, Old Forge; Mrs. Florence Richards and Mrs. Fred Wilson. Rendham: Cyrus Brown, Dupont; Mrs. Howard Smith, West Pittston; Arthur Brown, Scranton, and Mrs. Harry Haven, Johnson City.

Residence Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter. 1880 Lackawanna, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA. Source: #S-988587422 Year: 1880; Census Place: Lackawanna, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1138; Family History Film: 1255138; Page: 422B; Enumeration District: 046; Image: 0466 Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Wife. 1910 Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA. Source: #S-2084547064 Year: 1910; Census Place: Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1368; Page: 21A; Enumeration District: 0054; FHL microfilm: 1375381 Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Wife. 1930 Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA. Source: #S-2084338813 Year: 1930; Census Place: Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2068; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0093; Image: 1063.0; FHL microfilm: 2341802 Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Wife. 1920 Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA. Source: #S-2084355703 Year: 1920; Census Place: Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1592; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 96; Image: 1035 Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter. 1900 Old Forge, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA. Source: #S-2084542524 Year: 1900; Census Place: Old Forge, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1419; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0036; FHL microfilm: 1241419

File Format: jpg. David and Lizzie Brown Olmstead. Format: jpg. Three generations. Format: jpg. Three generations. Format: jpg. David Levitt Olmstead. Format: jpg. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Brown. Format: jpg. Elizabeth Brown Olmstead.

Marriage Husband George W Brown. Wife Rozella Randall. Child: Elizabeth Brown. Child: Eva Brown. Child: Silas Brown. Child: James Brown. Child: Maud Brown. Child: Lavina Brown. Child: Arthur Brown. Child: Marjarine Brown. Child: Orpha G Brown. Marriage 14 Mar 1874. Pennsylvania, USA. Source: #S-2084542524 Year: 1900; Census Place: Old Forge, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1419; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0036; FHL microfilm: 1241419

  • Fact: Residence (1910) Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1920) Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1930) Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1935) Same House
  • Fact: Residence (1940) Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

Sources


  • "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 21 October 2016, 19:10), entry for Elizabeth Brown(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:99BJ-GXR); contributed by various users.
  • Source: S-2084337831 Repository: #R-2142048919 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26785965&pid=304
  • Repository: R-2142048919 Ancestry.com Note:
  • Source: S-2084338813 Repository: #R-2142048919 1930 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, Note:
  • Source: S-2084355703 Repository: #R-2142048919 1920 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco Note:
  • Source: S-2084542524 Repository: #R-2142048919 1900 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18 Note:
  • Source: S-2084547064 Repository: #R-2142048919 1910 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was Note:
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Lizzie Brown. Source: #S-988587422 Year: 1880; Census Place: Lackawanna, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1138; Family History Film: 1255138; Page: 422B; Enumeration District: 046; Image: 0466

Born abt 1874. Pennsylvania Source: #S-988587422 Year: 1880; Census Place: Lackawanna, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1138; Family History Film: 1255138; Page: 422B; Enumeration District: 046; Image: 0466

  • Source: S-988587422 Repository: #R-2142048919 1880 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
  • Repository: R-2142048919 Ancestry.com Note:
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWFG-NTQ : 20 February 2021), Lizzie Brown in household of George Brown, Lackawanna, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 46, sheet 422B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,138.
  • "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M33W-JSP : accessed 6 July 2021), Lizzie Brown in household of Geo W Brown, Old Forge borough, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36, sheet 13B, family 253, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,419.
  • "PRETTY HOME MARRIAGE. Hughestown Groom and Lackawanna Bride United In Wedlock". Pittston Gazette, May 23, 1903, p. 3.
  • Genealogical and Family History of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania. New York: The Lewis publishing company, 1906. Vol. II, p. 426.
  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGD6-SHB : accessed 6 July 2021), Lizzie Olmstead in household of David Olmstead, Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 54, sheet 21A, family 377, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1368; FHL microfilm 1,375,381.
  • "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6Y8-W3R : 3 February 2021), Elizabeth Anslett [i.e. Olmstead] in entry for David Anslett [i.e. Olmstead], 1920.
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHQ1-JV9 : accessed 6 July 2021), Elizabeth Olmstead in household of David Olmstead, Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 93, sheet 16A, line 3, family 334, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2068; FHL microfilm 2,341,802.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQCQ-MGB : 7 January 2021), Elizabeth Olmstead in household of David J Olmstead, Hughestown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-130, sheet 24A, line 14, family 452, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3554.
  • Death Indices, database. [1] Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Accessed 6 July 2021. Entry for: Elizabeth Olmstead, Hughestown, 04 20 41, 39900.
  • "Mrs. D. Olmstead, Hughestown, Dies". Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, April 21, 1941, p. 13.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/136771665/elizabeth-olmstead : accessed 06 July 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth Brown Olmstead (19 Jun 1873–20 Apr 1941), Find a Grave Memorial ID 136771665, citing West Pittston Cemetery, West Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by edward smith (contributor 47632005). Includes image of gravestone.




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