Elizabeth (West) Mudge (1859 - 1917)

Born 26 Apr 1859 in Ontario, Canada

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Died 26 Nov 1917 at age 58 in Wales Township, St Clair, Michigan, USA

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Elizabeth (West) Mudge migrated from Canada to United States.

The family moved to the United States of America around 1863 (when Elizabeth's youngest sister was born in Michigan). At the time of the 1870 census, she lived with her parents in the Township of Wales, St Clair, Michigan, United States.^[2]

Elizabeth married Franklin Mudge around 1880.^{[citation needed]} Franklin and Elizabeth lived with Franklin's mother, Abigail, in Wales in 1880. The couple's children were:^[3]

• Myrtle Estella Mudge
• Emmerson Mudge
• Alger F Mudge
• Alphins Mudge
• Hector I Mudge
• Franklin Loyde Mudge
• Alfred Guy Mudge.

In 1900 the family lived in Wales, where Franklin was a farmer.^[1] He died in 1902 at the age of 42 and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Wales.^[4] In 1910 Elizabeth lived in Wales with her sons, Guy [Alfred], Hector and Alger.^[5]

Elizabeth died on 26 November 1917 in Wales and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9BN-P7V : accessed 10 February 2020), Elizabeth Mudge in household of Franklin Mudge, Wales township, St. Clair, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 112, sheet 3A, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,742.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCX-J1T : 14 June 2019), Elizabeth West in entry for John West, 1870.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW36-T2R : 14 August 2017), Elisabeth Mudge in household of Abigal Mudge, Wales, St Clair, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 393, sheet 501B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,605.
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 February 2020), memorial page for Franklin Mudge (12 Mar 1859–22 Sep 1902), Find A Grave Memorial no. 40909727, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Wales Township, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Judy (Nestell) McAllister (contributor 46842306) .
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLR1-FM5 : accessed 10 February 2020), Elizebeth Mudge in household of Guy E Mudge, Wales, St Clair, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 125, sheet 7B, family 164, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 673; FHL microfilm 1,374,686.
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 February 2020), memorial page for Elizabeth West Mudge (26 Apr 1859–26 Nov 1917), Find A Grave Memorial no. 52526898, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Wales Township, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Marilyn Kleiman Langolf (contributor 47169672) .

• Ancestry.com Michigan, County Marriages, 1822-1940 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016; Repository: Marriage Records. Michigan Marriages. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, UT.
• Ancestry.com, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com, Death Record for Elizabeth I Mudge.