MAPPING 1880 CENSUS in Spauldings MD

Date: 1880 to 1880
Location: Prince George's County, MD
Surnames/tags: Ridgeway Cator Fowler

In determining the ancestry of Ruth Ridgeway, our Grandmother, I tracked the 1880 Census for Spauldings MD to find clues!

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MAPPING THE 1880 CENSUS: Spauldings, Prince Georges, Maryland FROM GEORGE RIDGEWAY HOUSEHOLD to GEORGE FOWLER HOUSEHOLD http://www.familysearch.org/

GEORGE RIDGEWAY HOUSEHOLD:

George (Washington) RIDGEWAYSelf M Male W 28 MD Farm Hand MD MD

Henrietta (Anderson) RIDGEWAY Wife M Female W 25 MD Keeping House MD MD

Elizabeth RIDGEWAY Dau S Female W 11 MD MD MD

Wm. RIDGEWAY Son S Male W 6 MD MD MD

(John) Henry RIDGEWAY Son S Male W 5 MD MD MD (Father of Grandmother Ruth Alice Ridgeway per Donna Cator)

George W. RIDGEWAY Son S Male W 2 MD MD MD

(Margaret) Eva RIDGEWAY Dau S Female W 4 MD MD MD

Source Information: Census Place Spaldings, Prince Georges, Maryland Family History Library Film 1254513, NA Film Number T9-0513 Page Number 133D

Note: Margaret Geneva RIDGEWAY is "Eva" Ridgeway, Daughter age 4 (1876)  : :Note: Margaret Geneva Ridgeway married Richard Oliver "Ollie" DeVaughn.

Both Eva and Ollie are buried at St. Barnabas.

ONE HOUSEHOLD LATER:

RIDGEWAY HOUSEHOLD:

Willett RIDGEWAY Self M Male W 66 MD Farmhand MD MD

Mary A. RIDGEWAY Wife M Female W 64 MD Keeping House MD MD

John RIDGEWAY Son S Male W 30 MD Farm Hand MD MD

Source Information:Census Place Spaldings, Prince Georges, Maryland Family History Library Film 1254513 NA Film Number T9-0513 Page Number 133D

Note: From a Ridgeway descendant regarding Mary A. Willet Ridgeway: "I went over to St. Barnabas - the only headstone I could find in the whole row of Ridgeways was Mary A. - the headstone is very faded, but I made it out to be Mary A., Wife of Willett Ridgeway." Willett Ridgeway (full name was George Washington Willett Ridgeway) and Mary Ann Weaver were married in 1835 in Washington DC and became the parents of George Washington Ridgeway.

SEVERAL HOUSEHOLDS LATER:

MASTERS HOUSEHOLD:

Nathan MASTERS Self W Male W 50 MD Farmer MD MD

Catherine MASTERS Mother W Female W 76 MD Keeping House MD MD

John W. MASTERS Son S Male W 21 MD Farm Hand MD MD

Thos. J. MASTERS Son S Male W 18 MD Farm Hand MD MD

Edward M. MASTERS Son S Male W 13 MD Farm Hand MD MD

Clara E. MASTERS Dau S Female W 7 MD MD MD

Rosana MASTERS Sister S Female W 40 MD At Home MD MD

Julia JONES Cousin S Female W 80 MD At Home MD MD

Source Information: Census Place Spaldings, Prince Georges, Maryland Family History Library Film 1254513 NA Film Number T9-0513 Page Number 133D

SEVERAL HOUSEHOLDS LATER:

CATOR HOUSEHOLD:

George T. CATOR Self S Male W 45 MD Farm Hand MD MD

Source Information: Census Place Spaldings, Prince Georges, Maryland Family History Library Film 1254513 NA Film Number T9-0513 Page Number 134A

SEVERAL HOUSEHOLDS LATER:

LUSBY HOUSEHOLD:

George W. LUSBY Self M Male W 33 MD Farm Hand MD MD

Martha LUSBY Wife M Female W 21 MD Keeping House MD MD

Mary A. LUSBY Dau S Female W 13 MD MD MD

Ada M. LUSBY Dau S Female W 11 MD MD MD

Mary Ellen LUSBY Dau S Female W 6 MD MD MD

James H. LUSBY Son S Male W 2 MD MD MD

Source Information: Census Place Spaldings, Prince Georges, Maryland Family History Library Film 1254513 NA Film Number T9-0513 Page Number 134B

SEVERAL HOUSEHOLDS LATER:

RIDGEWAY HOUSEHOLD:

Francis RIDGEWAY Self M Male W 51 MD Farmer MD MD

Ellen N. RIDGEWAY Wife M Female W 44 MD Keeping House MD MD - possibly the daughter of Clement Hill Brooke and his wife Anne (Nancy) Carroll BROOKE? If so, her parents are buried at St. Ignatius in Oxon Hill, Md. per grannieann2@comcast.net Ann Chandler 9/2/03

Merril Brooke RIDGEWAY Son S Male W 10 MD At Home MD MD

Jennie KING GNiece S Female W 13 DC At Home MD MD

James GRAY Other S Male W 21 PA Farmhand PA PA

Robert LOCKER Other S Male MU 35 MD Farmhand MD MD

Source Information: Census Place Spaldings, Prince Georges, Maryland Family History Library Film 1254513 NA Film Number T9-0513 Page Number 136A

SEVERAL HOUSEHOLDS LATER:

CATOR HOUSEHOLD (OUR ANCESTORS):

Thomas CATOR Self M Male W 46 MD Farmer MD MD

Sarah E. CATOR Wife M Female W 34 MD Keeping House MD MD

William CATOR Son S Male W 18 MD MD MD

Ella CATOR Dau S Female W 14 MD MD MD

Florence CATOR Niece S Female W 6 MD MD MD

John Thomas RIDGEWAY Other S Male W 32 MD Farm Hand MD MD

Source Information: Census Place Spaldings, Prince Georges, Maryland Family History Library Film 1254513 NA Film Number T9-0513 Page Number 137D

SEVERAL HOUSEHOLDS LATER:

GEORGE FOWLER HOUSEHOLD (there are other Fowler households further along these streets):

George FOWLER Self M Male W 31 MD Teamster MD MD

Rosetta FOWLER Wife M Female W 26 MD Keeping House MD MD

Mary E. FOWLER Dau S Female W 8 MD MD MD

Benjamin FOWLER Son S Male W 5 MD MD MD

Ida E. FOWLER Dau S Female W 3 MD MD MD

Arthur P. FOWLER Son S Male W 9M MD MD MD

John TAYLOR Other S Male B 19 VA Farm Hand VA VA

Source Information: Census Place Spaldings, Prince Georges, Maryland Family History Library Film 1254513 NA Film Number T9-0513 Page Number 139D

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