George Doty (abt. 1814 - 1905)

Born about Oct 1814 in Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 31 Aug 1905 at about age 90 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Biography

George Doty son of Ellis Doty was born at Canandaigua NY 6 Oct 1818.

Alternate birth Oct. 6, 1826 New York, NY ^[1]

His family moved to Detroit in 1826. Shortly afterwards he went to Buffalo where he learned the jeweler's trade. He returned to Detroit and formed a partnership with Edmund Kearsley on Jefferson Avenue which only lasted a short time. He worked from circa 1835 to 1880 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Detroit MI. He is recorded as a watchmaker in Buffalo NY c 1835, but he had returned to Detroit by 1837, when he fought in the Canadian Rebellion on the side of the patriots and was a participator in the battle on Fighting Island. He returned to Detroit and resumed his trade. He later took up mining, which is his given occupation in the 1880 census.

He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Detroit MI, listed as a watchmaker, age 30, residing with Rachael 28 yrs, Clara 8 yrs, Edward 8 yrs and others. ^[2]

• He advertised in the Johnston's Detroit Directory and Business Advertiser (Detroit MI), 1853,

• George Doty is listed as a jeweler in the 1870 Detroit census, a clock repairer in the 1875 Directory, as late as 1900 he is listed in directories as an assayer.

In 1900 George Doty 85 yrs old, born Oct 1814 in NY state, Rachael, wife 69 yrs old born Nov 1830 in Massachusetts, mother of 7, 3 still living.^[3]

George is buried in the Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan. He was a father of seven children, only three of which survived him. He is the son of Ellis Doty and Ruth Pierce per George's death certificate.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=doty&GSfn=George&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=24&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=102333997&df=all&
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8R-1RY : 12 April 2016), George Doty, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing family 678, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DC63-1CW?cc=1325221&wc=9BQN-KX4%3A1030554301%2C1030554302%2C1030585001 : 5 August 2014), Michigan > Wayne > ED 8 Detroit city Ward 1 > image 22 of 31; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=doty&GSfn=George&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=24&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=102333997&df=all&

See also:

• "Lineages of Members of the National Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims", GR369.1 L75, in a local library.
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~silversmiths/makers/silversmiths/246256.htm
• http://www.rawbw.com
• http://www.familycentral.net