Almira Stetson (abt. 1824 - 1899)

Born about 23 Apr 1824 in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Homer Vinson Curtis — married 22 Aug 1846 (to 10 Aug 1857) in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

Descendants

Died 5 Dec 1899 at about age 75 in Idaho, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Almira STETSON. ^[1]

Born

23 APR 1824. ^[2][3][4][5]

Census

1830 Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. ^[6]

1840 Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. ^[7]

1850. She was married to Homer Curtiss and their son Cass was 2 years old. Homer died in 1857./Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. ^[8]

20 AUG 1860. house #1503 line 1382/Town of Eaton, Buchanan, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. ^[9]

30 JUL 1870. Husband owner of shingle mill/Mentor, Clark, Wisconsin. ^[10]

01 JUN 1875. R. W. Jenkins listed with 6 males & 5 females (someone else living with them?)/Town of Mentor, Clark, Wisconsin, USA.

01 JUN 1880. Almira is listed as head of house in this Census, and she is listed as being divorced. Her occupation is listed as farmer. Raymond had developed some severe mental difficulties and abandoned the family for several years./Mentor, Clark, Wisconsin, United States. ^[11]

20 JUN 1885. R. W. Jenkins listed with 1 male and 3 females all US born/Town of Mentor, Clark, Wisconsin, USA.

Event

Where was Almira?. 1895 Moved to live with her daughter Emma & Hans Stuve in Idaho after Raymond's death/Harrison, Kootenai, Idaho, USA.

Marriage

Husband Homer Vinson Curtis. Wife Almira Stetson. Banns of Marriage: 23 JUL 1846. ^[12][13]

22 AUG 1846. Homer & Almira were both born and married in this town./Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. ^[14]

Wife Almira Stetson. 22 AUG 1846. To Homer Curtiss. Homer & Almira were both born and married in this town./Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. ^[15]

06 OCT 1858. Almira married Raymond W. Jenkins in Wisconsin after she went there in 1857 and her first husband died while in WI./Calumet Co, Wisconsin Vol. 1 p. 21. ^[16]

Husband Isaiah Snell Stetson. ^[17]

Died

05 DEC 1899. She was living with her daughter; son-in-law Hans Stuve rode the train with her body to bring it back to Wisconsin for burial. See obit./Harrison, Kootenai, Idaho, USA. ^[18][19]

Buried

10 DEC 1899. Hans Stuve rode the train with her body from Idaho for Wis. burial which took place at the ME church on Sunday at 11 a.m./Town of Mentor Cemetery, Humbird, Clark Co, Wis. USA. ^[20][21]

Notes

• Gravestone says birth year was 1823. but Mass. Town and Vital records also has 1824./Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.

• #3 1880's Album - Emma Jenkins. The upper right is from her mother Almira (Stetson) Jenkins and the lower right is from her sister "Lily".
• Delano Kahlstorf's parents are cousins.

• Jenkins family. before 1886. This is the Jenkins family. Raymond Washington Jenkins Sr is in the back and to the left. Almira Stetson Jenkins is fourth from the left. The person standing to the left of Almira is Emma Lydia Jenkins Stuve. I don't see anyone who could be Raymond Jr, unless the second person from the right who is hardly visible is a man (and even then, it could be Cass Curtis). The latest this photo could have been taken would be the summer of 1886, since Raymond Sr died that next December. Emma is fully grown (in the summer of 1886 Emma would have been 15). NOTE: I don't think Roselie could possibly be in this photo, since she died in 1878, but I've attached it to her because it is her immediate family. LOCATION appears to be the one that was favored for generations: the back yard of the Jenkins-Stuve farm--see the several pictures of the Stuve siblings in that location. The original of this photo has been lost, so it is currently impossible to get a better scan of it.

• Lillian Almira Jenkins Richardson Charcoal Drawing--formerly thought to be Almira Stetson Jenkins. This drawing was formerly thought to be of Almira Stetson Jenkins (and was, as we thought, reliably labeled as such on the back). Comparison with another family photo--from which this drawing is apparently taken directly--reveals that this is actually Lillian Almira Jenkins Richardson, daughter of Almira Stetson Jenkins. This drawing was most likely done posthumously in 1891 or 1892 after Lillian contracted TB and died at the age of 24.

• Our Stetson Ancestors. This article details the specifics of our particular branch of the Stetson family, from the arrival of Cornet Robert Stetson in Massachusetts in 1634 to the children of Almira Stetson and Raymond Washington Jenkins Sr. in the 20th century.

• Almira Stetson and Raymond W. Jenkins. 6 Oct,1858. This was a second marriage for both Raymond and Almira, and they had each come to Wisconsin from the East Coast with their parents and siblings (from New York and Massachusetts, respectively) after the death of their first spouses.

• Raymond Jenkins and Almira Stetson Curtiss Marriage record. 1858

• Jenkins-Stuve farmhouse. This is the best photo I've seen of the house. I think the people front and center are Margaret Stuve Martin and her children.

• The DavisJenkinsStetson connection.

• Our English Ancestors.

• Almira Stetson Jenkins to Emma Jenkins Stuve 1. Transcript of the entire letter: [The spaces are holes in the paper] Humbird Wis, March 19, 1894 Dear Emma, I don’t know what to write Ray is fading it is hard to see him suffer. And yet I’ am …….. Willing to give him up he is so poor it is a sight to behold. He said to me yesterday “I did not expect to be here now but we don’t know how long I shall last” And asked me how long I thought he could live. I told him that the Lord heal s as easy as to shut the lions mouths. Or to keep those that were put into the fiery furnace. With God all things are possible but we don’t expect a miracle performed. But the Lord has spared him till he has put his trust in him. He would like to get well and work for the Lord. But the Lord knows what is for the best. I want to be able to say thy will not mine be done. But I’ am very sad I sometimes think I cannot live and see him …….. Back to me no more. But he will be ready to meet Jesus in the clouds I think. Some say he has done great good in talking and explaining the scriptures. He says the Holy Spirit has shown him great things and he likes to tell it to others. Some ministers that have been here said the Lord would spare him to work for he could so much good. But we can do nothing of course….. It is Christ that works in us. The Lord knows what is for the best I wish I could be reconciled to what is to be. Ray speaks of the little boys and how cute they were. How Howell ran to get the little wagon when he was out walking with them. I told him he ought to have got one for him. I do want to see him he is very dear to me. Of course I want to see little Ray but I have not seen him so it does not seem like Howell. But Ray thought he was very nice he said he took pleasure in tending him. I hope we shall all meet in heaven where parting is no more I think so much about dear Lilly It makes my heart ache when I think of her. But she is better than Iam. She is resting till Jesus comes. God bless and save you and your family ……..my prayers love to you and yours. Mother.

• Almira Stetson Jenkins to Emma Jenkins Stuve 2. Transcript of the entire letter: [The spaces are holes in the paper] Humbird Wis, March 19, 1894 Dear Emma, I don’t know what to write Ray is fading it is hard to see him suffer. And yet I’ am …….. Willing to give him up he is so poor it is a sight to behold. He said to me yesterday “I did not expect to be here now but we don’t know how long I shall last” And asked me how long I thought he could live. I told him that the Lord heal s as easy as to shut the lions mouths. Or to keep those that were put into the fiery furnace. With God all things are possible but we don’t expect a miracle performed. But the Lord has spared him till he has put his trust in him. He would like to get well and work for the Lord. But the Lord knows what is for the best. I want to be able to say thy will not mine be done. But I’ am very sad I sometimes think I cannot live and see him …….. Back to me no more. But he will be ready to meet Jesus in the clouds I think. Some say he has done great good in talking and explaining the scriptures. He says the Holy Spirit has shown him great things and he likes to tell it to others. Some ministers that have been here said the Lord would spare him to work for he could so much good. But we can do nothing of course….. It is Christ that works in us. The Lord knows what is for the best I wish I could be reconciled to what is to be. Ray speaks of the little boys and how cute they were. How Howell ran to get the little wagon when he was out walking with them. I told him he ought to have got one for him. I do want to see him he is very dear to me. Of course I want to see little Ray but I have not seen him so it does not seem like Howell. But Ray thought he was very nice he said he took pleasure in tending him. I hope we shall all meet in heaven where parting is no more I think so much about dear Lilly It makes my heart ache when I think of her. But she is better than Iam. She is resting till Jesus comes. God bless and save you and your family ……..my prayers love to you and yours. Mother.

• The married life of Almira Stetson and Raymond W. Jenkins Sr.

• Massachusetts Town Records: Almira Stetson and Homer Curtis marriage record.

• Almira Jenkins and children--3rd try. Abt 1890. L-R: Emma Jenkins Stuve, Mati Jenkins Davis, Almira Stetson Jenkins, Raymond W. Jenkins Jr (?), Lillie Jenkins Richardson. The children are Mati's--they appear in other photos. The man may also be "Cass" Curtis, Almira Stetson's son from her first marriage. Mati and Emma both appear to be pregnant, which causes some dating questions: 1. The photo is taken in the Jenkins back yard in the spring or summer. 2. It couldn't be after summer 1890, since Lillian Almira Jenkins Richardson died that next winter (22 Feb 1891). 3. Emma Jenkins Stuve was pregnant with her first son Howell in the summer of 1890, so it couldn't have been earlier than 1890 unless indeed she is not pregnant here. 4. The problem is that Mati Jenkins Davis was not pregnant in the summer of 1890 as far as we know, and she's obviously pregnant here. Either she lost a baby in 1890 or shortly thereafter and we don't know about it, or this photo is slightly earlier and Emma is wearing an inexplicable maternity dress.

• Emma Jenkins Stuve (L) and Almira Stetson Jenkins (R)--people between as yet unidentified. Has to be 1899 or earlier since Almira is in the photo.

• RW Jenkins Jr and Almira Jenkins: Letters to Emma Jenkins Stuve. This series of letters was written by Raymond W Jenkins Jr (and his mother Almira) to Emma Jenkins Stuve in the period shortly before his death from tuberculosis in 1894. Copies of the originals can be found in the photo section of this Tree.

• The Jenkins and Stuve Farmhouse Humbird WI .jpg. 1907 The Jenkins and Stuve Farmhouse, Humbird, WI - Note on backside from Hugh to Raymond Stuve. This road is now named Hwy F and leads south out of Humbird towards Alma Center. In the back of the photo (right side) at the top of the hill the family farmhouse and at least one other building can be seen, just barely. The original owners of this homestead were Raymond Washington Sr. & Almira (Stetson) Jenkins. They left it to their daughter and her husband, Hans & Emma (Jenkins) Stuve, It was then left to Hans and Emma's grandson Lyle Martin and his wife Lilian Williams. Lyle was the son of Charles and Margaret Marian (Stuve) Martin. When elderly and in need of something with less stairs, Lyle and Lilian moved into the house right down the other side of the hill into the house owned by their daughter. They then turned the house over to their son Bob and his family. This hillside is now covered by trees and the house is empty and beyond repair.

• Children of Isaiah Snell Stetson and Sally Gloyd Stetson. FHL# 1871835 Plainfield Vital Records.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S185 Ancestry Family Trees
2. ↑ Source: #S51 Stetson Genealogy: Fifth Through Seventh Generations (page 265).
3. ↑ Source: #S267 Birth date: 23 Apr 1824 Birth place: Plainfield, Massachusetts
4. ↑ Source: #S601
5. ↑ Source: #S1145
6. ↑ Source: #S69 Year: 1830; Census Place: Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts;Residence date: Residence place: Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts XX6613@
7. ↑ Source: #S110 Year: 1840; Census Place: Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts;Residence date: 1840 Residence place: Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States XX6612@
8. ↑ Source: #S169 Year: 1850; Census Place: Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_320; Page: 205; Image: 401. Birth date: abt 1824 Birth place: Massachusetts Residence date: 1850 Residence place: Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
9. ↑ Source: #S170 Year: 1860; Census Place: Buchanan, Manitowoc, Wisconsin; Roll: M653_1418; Page: 344; Image: 13. Birth date: abt 1829 Birth place: Massachusetts Residence date: 1860 Residence place: Buchanan, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
10. ↑ Source: #S171 Year: 1870; Roll: M593 Birth date: abt 1825 Birth place: Massachusetts Residence date: 1870 Residence place: Mentor, Clark, Wisconsin
11. ↑ Source: #S179 Year: 1880; Census Place: Mentor, Clark, Wisconsin; Roll: T9_1419; Family History Film: 1255419; Page: 420.2000; Enumeration District: 167; Birth date: abt 1824 Birth place: Massachusetts Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Mentor, Clark, Wisconsin, United States
12. ↑ Plainfield Vital Records/Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
13. ↑ Source: #S185 Cited in the family tree "Tree Full of Nutts" created by "nem15"
14. ↑ Source: #S347
15. ↑ Source: #S51 page 265
16. ↑ Source: #S173 Marriage date: 06 Oct 1858 Marriage place: Calumet, Wisconsin
17. ↑ Stetson Kindred Genealogical Index: 1-8-1-6-5-4-2-1
18. ↑ Source: #S601
19. ↑ Source: #S1145
20. ↑ Source: #S601
21. ↑ Source: #S1145

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