Jennie M. (Welch) Vilas (1868 - 1948)

Born Sep 1868 in Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence, New York, United States [uncertain]

Wife of Albon Winchester Vilas — married 20 Jun 1888 in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1948 at age 80 in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

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Biography

Birth

Jennie M. Welch was born in New York, the daughter of Sylvester and Mary Ann Welch, with whom she was living at Oswegatchie, New York, in 1870 at the age of two^[1] and in 1880 at the age of 12.^[2] The 1900 Census says she was born in September 1868.^[3]

Marriage

Jennie M. Welch married the widower Albon W. Vilas at Ogdensburg, New York, on 20 Jun 1888.^[4][5] In 1900, Albon and Jennie Vilas were living and farming at Oswegatchie, New York, with three children, ages 6 through 10.^[3]

Death

Jennie M. Vilas died at Ogdensburg, New York, on 23 Dec 1948 at the age of 70.^[6] A FindAGrave memorial with no photo and citing no sources says that she was born in 1868, died in 1948, and is buried at the Ogdensburg Cemetery in Ogdensburg.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Jennie Welch in the Sylvester Welch household, family #140, in United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch > New York > St. Lawrence > Oswegatchie > image 278 of 335; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ Jennie Welch, daughter, in the Sylvester Welch household, family #181, in United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch > New York > St Lawrence > Ogdensburg > ED 239 > image 19 of 61; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Albon W. Vilas household, family #53, in United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch > New York > St. Lawrence > ED 124 Oswegatchie Township, Election District 1 > image 5 of 26; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ Mary Ann Thompson Elliott, Thompson genealogy; the descendants of William and Margaret Thomson, first settled in that part of Windsor, Connecticut, now East Windsor and Ellington, 1720-1915, including many of the names of Chandler, Trumbull, Marsh, Pelton, Allen, Harper, Osborn, Hooker, Ellsworth, Stiles, Phelps, Bartlett, etc. (New Haven, Conn., 1916); for his birth and parents, page 220; for his marriage and children, page 261. Elliot renders his name as Albion, but all records found spell it Albon.
5. ↑ Marriage index records, citing certificate #9616, in New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967 (subscription required) [database on-line] > 1888; for Albon, image 744 of 818; for Jennie, image 765 of 818. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data:New York State Marriage Index, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY.
6. ↑ Death index record for Jennie M. Vilas, citing certificate #74361, in New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956, database, FamilySearch > 1948 > image 1480 of 1624.
7. ↑ Unsourced Find A Grave: Memorial #27412245 for Jennie M. Vilas