Maria Marselis was born in 1795, daughter of Henry Marselis and Cornelia Pootman. [1] According to church records and her grave marker, she was born on 24 February.[2] A family Bible transcription has birth in January.[3]
She married Richard McMichael.
Children
Sarah Maria, b.1816; married Joseph Harmon
Henry, b. 1817
Louisa, b. 1828
Cornelia, b. 1830
The family was found in the 1850 US Federal Census in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States[4]The household was enumerated as follows:
Maria McMichael F 52 (1798) New York White
Henry McMichael M 33 (1817) New York White
Louisa McMichael F 22 (1828) New York White
Cornelia McMichael F 20 (1830) New York White
Josephine Harman F 11 (1839) New York White (grd dau)
Alfred Harman M 3 (1847) New York White
Catharine Schermerhorn F 35 (1815) New York White
James A Norris M 26 (1824) Pennsylvania White
Saphronia Norris F 18 (1832) Pennsylvania White
Maria died in 1854 and was interred in the Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA.[5]
↑ Schenectady Baptisms, v. 4, bk. 44, p. 449, "U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989", New Holland Society of New York, Ancestry Record NYDutchChurch #108940].
↑ Recorded by her granddaughter Ellen Harmon Littell: "Maria Marselus was born in de twenty fourt day of January seven o'clock in de evening in the year 1795." Biography: Memoir and Family Documentation (Compiled 1930, Library of Congress control no. 2017416520), Online, p. 7.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #93232127: accessed 19 May 2020), memorial page for Maria Marselis McMichael (24 Jan 1795–7 Sep 1854), citing Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA ; Maintained by John Miller (contributor 47257964) .
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