Matilda (Shephard) Stafford (1793 - 1871)

Born 9 Feb 1793 in Vermont, United States

Descendants

Died 1871 at about age 77 in Waterford, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Matilda Shephard or Shepherd as per the marriage records of her son Wilson C Stafford ^[1]

Her name was listed as Matilda Williams name from the research of Florence Critcher during the 1940-50s.

Matilda was recorded on census 1850 Girard, Erie, Pennsylvania (Edward Stafford M 60 Vermont Matilda Stafford F 56 Vermont Julia Stafford F 17 New York Wilson Stafford M 14 Pennsylvania Emidell E Stafford F 1 Pennsylvania ^[2]

Matilda aged 60 born VT was recorded on the 1860 census in Burlington City, Des Moines, Iowa, with husband Edward Stafford aged 70 b VT.^[3]

Matilda age listed as 77 born VT living with her son Henry and his family. ^[4]

Children

1. Coedelia Stafford b. 1813 Peru, Clinton, NY d. 1853 Chateaugay, Franklin, NY
2. Amos Stafford b. 6 JUN 1811 Peru, Clinton, NY d. 22 JUL 1895
3. Henry Clinton Stafford Sr. b. 22 FEBRUARY 1815 Chateaugay, Franklin, NY d. 16 FEBRUARY 1880 Waterford, Erie, PA
4. Mary Ann Stafford b abt. 1820 Chateaugay, Franklin, NY d. 14 March 1876 Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio. m. 28 February 1851 Cuyahoga, Ohio William M. Bellows. Ohio Death Records^[5][6]William M Bellows b 1819 died 29 May 1904 at Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Cert lists his aged 85 yrs, 11 mo, 29 days, his father as John Bellows, mother Rachel.^[7]#Jonathan Stafford b. ABT 1822 McKean, Erie, PA
5. Matilda M Stafford b. 25 JUL 1824 Chateaugay, Franklin, NY d. 11 FEB 1912 Waterford, Erie, PA.
6. Edward Kossuth Stafford b. 10 NOV 1826 Chateaugay, Franklin, NY d. 27 JUL 1897 Monte Vista, Rio Grande, CO
7. Julia Stafford b. 1833 NY
8. Wilson S. Stafford b, 1836 Waterford, Erie, PA
9. Emidell Stafford b. 1849 PA

Death of Children

Death Cert of her widowed daughter Matilda Yaple gives birth place as Chautangee, NY, Edward Stafford's birth place as Danby, VT as noted above., but her mother's surname is unknown as was a birth place of the mother. Informant D S Dumond of Waterford, PA. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 for Matilda Stafford. ^[8]

Death Cert for her daughter Mary A (Stafford) Bellows b abt. 1820 Chateaugay, Franklin, NY d. 14 March 1876 Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio. m. _______Bellows. Gives parents as Edward Stafford and Matilda Stafford. Ohio Death Records^[9]

Burial

Waterford Cemetery Waterford, Erie County, Pennsylvania Gives her name as Matilda Stafford, no birth surname. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2511/41262_B139136-00216?pid=1207749172
2. ↑ United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HD-8MY : 12 April 2016), Edward Stafford, Girard, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 427, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M82V-CD1 : 13 December 2017), Edward Stafford, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGP-PL4 : 12 April 2016), Matilda Stafford in household of Henry Stafford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 26, family 201, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,840.
5. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZR-VD69?i=260&cc=2128172
6. ↑ Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8PT-88M : 10 December 2017), William M. Bellows and Mary A. Stafford, 28 Feb 1851; citing Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, reference item 1; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 872,467
7. ↑ "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6JN-V36 : 9 March 2018), William M. Bellows, 29 May 1904; citing Death, Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, source ID v 15 cn 63876, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 872,462.
8. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5164/41381_645856_0506-01759/750375567
9. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZR-VD69?i=260&cc=2128172
10. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74197440

Acknowledgement

• Entry to Wikitree by Meehan-411