Jane (Hawkins) Middleton (1856 - 1925)

Born Jul 1856 in Scotland, United Kingdom

Wife of Nathan (Esters) Middleton — married 31 Mar 1887 in Webster City, Hamilton, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 31 Jan 1925 at age 68 in Webster City, Hamilton, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Jane (Hawkins) Middleton was born in Scotland.

Jane was born in 1856 in Scotland to John Hawkins and Agnes Steward. She was married to Nate Middleton in Hamilton County, Iowa in 1887.^[1]. Her life story is somewhat of a mystery, as the 1900 census states that she came to the US from Scotland in 1857. ^[2] and it also states that she is the mother of 6, all living. But only one child is living at this address: Chester H Middleton, the son of this couple. There is another Jane married to a Walter Hay living in the area in 1880, and she does have 5 children, but I have no way of determining if these two are one in the same.

Only one child was born to this couple, and her husband passed just three years later, in 1903. She then remarried a man named William Clark, and in 1910 she can be seen living with him and her son Chester. ^[3]. This census also states that she is the mother of six living children, but only the one is living with her.

Her husband was considerably older than she, and he passed prior to the 1920 census where Jane can be found living with her son, Chester. She has taken back the name Middleton.^[4] She passed in 1925 and is buried in Graceland Cemetery in Webster City with a beautiful tribute engraved upon her gravestone. ^[5]. There is no mention made of any other children.

Sources

1. ↑ "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV9V-RPF : 13 January 2020), Jane Hays in entry for Nathan Middleton, 1887.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9KP-SDL : accessed 7 July 2020), Jennie H Middleton in household of Nathan E Middleton, Webster city Ward 3, Hamilton, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 101, sheet 8B, family 188, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,435.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGM9-M7Z : accessed 7 July 2020), Jane Clark in household of William Clark, Webster Ward 3, Hamilton, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 111, sheet 13B, family 260, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 404; FHL microfilm 1,374,417.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8BB-1B8 : accessed 7 July 2020), Jane H Middleton in household of Charles H Esters, Webster Ward 4, Hamilton, Iowa, United States; citing ED 124, sheet 14A, line 38, family 326, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 491; FHL microfilm 1,820,491.
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57403618