1880 - married Anderson Lambert on April 6. Her parents were William and Sarah Smith. Her surname is given as Penington, so this would have been her second marriage.[1]
They are recorded in the 1880 census in Stanly County, with their daughter, her daughter from her previous marriage, and Anderson's brother Thomas. Avy was 24.[2]
1900 - living in Mt. Ulla, Rowan County, with Anderson and their children. Married 21 years; mother of 10, 7 living.[3]
1910 - living in Cool Springs, Iredell County, with Anderson and their children. Age 52; mother of 10, 7 living.[4]
Sources
↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8Z9-5LZ : 22 December 2016), Anderson Lambert and Avy A. Penington, 06 Apr 1880; citing Almond, Stanly, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 590,248.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCX5-3Y5 : 19 August 2017), Avy Ann Lambert in household of Anderson Lambert, Furrs, Stanly, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 205, sheet 304C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0982; FHL microfilm 1,254,982.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSBL-V4T : accessed 21 September 2018), Ava A Lambert in household of Anderson Lambert, Mt. Ulla Township, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 110, sheet 5A, family 80, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,216.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML9L-S5W : accessed 6 October 2018), Avy A Lambert in household of Anderson Lambert, Cool Springs, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 74, sheet 10B, family 189, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1118; FHL microfilm 1,375,131.
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