Winsor Lapham (1800 - 1892)

Born 24 May 1800 in Scipio, Cayuga, New York, United States

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Windsor Lapham was born 24 May 1800, at Scipio NY, son of Thomas and Thankful Smith Lapham. He married Elmina Durham who was born 22 Feb 1802. They had nine children:

I Caroline Matilda born 14 May 1825 in Ledyard NY, married George Barber who died 17 Dec 1843 soon after their marriage. She married (2) Alfred Taber 9 Mar 1856,

ll Louisa Amanda born 22 Aug 1826, Ledyard NY, married John Utter, (either in or from or they later lived in) Delevan, WI

lll Lucene born 19 May 1829 in Chautauqua NY, married Alfred Taber, after her sister's death.

IV Mary Ann born 10 Oct 1830, died 1870. She married Hoag Nehemiah Birdsall 31 May 1848 in Moscow NY. He was born in July 1817 in La Grange NY and died 14 Feb 1885.

V Harriett Cordelia born 14 Nov 1832 in Castile NY. She married Albert Lapham,

VI Minerva Aurora born 12 Jan 1832; married John Boughton.

VII Leonora Lucette born 23 Dec 1839; married Sperry Safford.

VIII Nancy Elizabeth born 15 May 1835, Castile NY

lX Birney born 26 Aug 1844; married 1) Josie Mills; 2) Amelia Wiggins. ^[1]

Windsor and Elmina were living in Covington, Wyoming, New York at the time of the 1880 census.^[2]

His gravestone reads "Winsor" and gives his date of death as 11 Jan 1892. He and Elmina are buried in the Hope Cemetery in Perry, Wyoming County, New York. ^[3]

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Research Notes

His name is variously given as Windsor and Winsor; hers as Elmina or Elmira, Dunham or Durham. One of the sources listed in Laphams in America is "The Windsor Lapham Chart in possession of Harold **" and in his own listing it's Windsor and Elmina Durham. but in his father Thomas' listing you find "Winsor 5, b. 1800; m. Elmira Dunham."

from http://www.rogerwilliams.org/genealogy/4-gen0001.htm his mother's mother's family name was "Winsor" which would argue for that spelling.

Sources

1. ↑ "Laphams in America" compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZNV-1ZM : 14 September 2017), Elmina D Lapham in household of Winsor Lapham, Covington, Wyoming, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 201, sheet 111A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0948; FHL microfilm 1,254,948.
3. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 September 2018), memorial page for Winsor Lapham (unknown–11 Jan 1892), Find A Grave Memorial no. 102175696, citing Hope Cemetery, Perry, Wyoming County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Jim and Elizabeth (contributor 47230507) .
4. ↑ Entered by Wilfred Vasile, Jul 12, 2012

• Wilfred Vasile, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Wilfred and others.