Almira (Tryon) Hawkins (1836 - 1907)

Born 6 Aug 1836 in Washington Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 1 May 1907 at age 70 in Cussewago Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

She was born in 1836, the daughter (listed only as C. A.) of Timothy Tryon and Lydia Royce.

1850 census lists just the initials C. A. for a daughter born about 1836 PA. See reasons section below for assuming she was Almira Tryon who married Merrill Hawkins about 1854.

Almira Hawkins died of heart disease in 1907 in Edinboro, Pennsylvania.^[1]

Basis for claim that C. A. Tryon and Almira Tryon Hawkins are the same person

1. Age: C. A. Tryon was born about 1836 PA; Almira Hawkins was born August 1836 PA
2. Birth place. Though some of Almira Hawkins's children gave her birth place as CT or NY, all entries in censuses (where she could presumably answer for herself) give birth place as Pennsylvania (except 1880 census, which says NY), and her death certificate says Washington Twp (in Erie County) Pennsylvania as well. Son Neland's death certificate gives her place of birth as Pennsylvania.^[2]
3. Information on her death certificate gives her father's name as T. Tryon
4. She appears with Merrill Hawkins and a child of theirs whose age indicates they married about 1854, one year following the death of Hawkins's first wife Mary in 1853.

Sources

1. ↑ Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1924; Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Certificate Number Range: 048601-052300 (Ancestry.com)
2. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6CV-DVD : 9 March 2018), Neland George Hawkins, 06 Aug 1927; citing Painesville, Lake, Ohio, reference cn 47118; FHL microfilm 1,985,115.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4H8-JHY : 9 November 2014), C A Tryon in household of Timothy Tryon, Washington, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 259, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• 1860 US Federal Census; Census Place: Washington, Erie, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1108; Page: 1132; Image: 525; Family History Library Film: 805108 (Ancestry.com)

• 1870 US Federal Census; Census Place: Washington, Erie, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1341; Page: 470A; Family History Library Film: 552840 (Ancestry.com)

• 1880 US Federal Census; Census Place: Edinboro, Erie, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1128; Family History Film: 1255128; Page: 414C; Enumeration District: 157; Image: 0278 (Ancestry.com)

• Almira Tryon Hawkins's Find a Grave Memorial 146351293