Over the last few years if I ever happen to get an e-mail
with genealogy information, or if there is a time that I find a lot of
information when I’m doing some research, but I don’t have time right at that
moment to sit down and enter all of the information and source citations into
my genealogy file, it gets added to my “add to genealogy file” folder on my
computer. In one way this is a good
thing – I’ll make sure that I have everything that needs to be added to my
genealogy file in one place, so I won’t worry about missing anything. But on the other hand this isn’t the best way
to do it, because a few years go by, occasionally adding new documents,
e-mails, and research notes to this folder, and I end up with a massively
overwhelming folder with what seems like it would take forever to enter all the
data into my file. (But, when you have 5
kids and a busy life, sometimes you just don’t have all the time you want to
sit down and get things done whenever you want to do them).
So, anyway, I haven’t done much genealogy work lately with
being out of town for almost 2 months this winter, working like crazy to get
our house ready to sell, preparing for a cross country move with 5 kids and a
dog in one minivan, and all the stuff that goes along with normal every day
life. Last week I started to get
motivated to do a little genealogy work again, but I decided rather than doing
new research at the moment, I would start by trying to tackle some of the stuff
in the “add to genealogy file” folder.
So, I started to add my Stewart family research notes from my work on
that family line almost a year ago. I
added several census records for Stewart family members, then I came to one for
Ancil Mino Stewart.
You know how some ancestors just happen to stand out to you
when you’re doing family research – like you feel some special connection to a
certain ancestor, or you are especially interested in finding out about a
certain family? Ancil Mino is one of
those for me. It started back about 4
years ago when we were living in Utah
while Michael did his internship year of residency there, and my mom came for a
visit. We were looking through some
genealogy papers, and came across this cool old letter that was falling apart. We picked through it and figured out what it
all said, and it turned out to be written by Ancil Mino Stewart’s mother,
Elenor Morgan (Lefevre) (Stewart), and the letter was written to her sister in
law, Lucinda Stewart (Giffin), who is my 4th great grandmother. You can see my post with the images and the
transcript of the letter here: http://stephsgenealogy.blogspot.com/2008/07/old-letter.html That letter was so full of genealogy
information – it was as if Elenor was inspired to include all the names and
details just because we would find the letter someday and connect all the
family members together like a puzzle.
Anyway, it turns out that the way I finally figured out how the people
in the letter were connected to my ancestors was that I did a search for Ancil
Mino Stewart in a census record, just because he had such an unusual name that
I thought it would make it easier for me to find him. I did, and that lead to connecting a lot of
“new” family members into this Stewart line.
So even though Ancil isn’t my direct ancestor or anything, I
still feel especially interested in finding out about his family. Ancil Mino Stewart is my 1st
cousin 5 times removed – our common ancestors are Luther Stewart and Esther
Smith (so his grandparents are my 5th great grandparents).
So these are the records I’ve found so far about him:
Here’s Ancil as a 2
year old in Salem , Ohio
1860 United States Federal Census, Salem Township , page 46, dwelling number 356,
family number 322, Lines 27-37:
“Line 27, Thomas Stewart, age 49, male, occupation: Farmer,
value of real estate: 3,300, value of personal estate: 350, born in Ohio .
Line 28, Ellen Stewart, age 39, female, born in Ohio .
Line 29, Luther Stewart, age 22, male, occupation: Day
Laborer, born in Ohio .
Line 30, Aaron Stewart, age 20, male, occupation: Day
Laborer, born in Ohio .
Line 31, Mary J. Stewart, age 22, female, born in Ohio .
Line 32, Jacob Stewart, age 17, male, born in Ohio , attended school
within the year.
Line 33, Henry J. Stewart, age 14, male, born in Ohio , attended school
within the year.
Line 34, John M. Stewart, age 9, male, born in Ohio , attended school
within the year.
Line 35, Millard F. Stewart, age 4, male, born in Ohio .
Line 36, Ancil M. Stewart, age 2, male, born in Ohio .
Line 37, Lucy Stewart, age 19, female, born in Ohio , attended school
within the year.”
And here he is at age
12, still living with his family in Salem ,
Ohio
1870 United States Federal Census, Salem Township, Shelby
County, Ohio, , page 9, dwelling numbers 71-73, family
numbers 72-74, Lines 25-37:
“Line 25, Eleanor Stewart, age 49, female, white,
occupation: Farmer, real estate value: 4500, personal estate value: 200, born
in Ohio .
Line 26, Mary J. Stewart, age 31, female, white, occupation:
Helps Mother, born in Ohio ,
attended school within the year.
Line 27, Henry J. Stewart, age 24, male, white, occupation:
Town Blacksmith, born in Ohio .
Line 28, Millard F. Stewart, age 13, male, white,
occupation: At Home, born in Ohio ,
attended school within the year.
Line 29, Ancel M. Stewart, age 12, male, white, occupation:
At Home, born in Ohio ,
attended school within the year.
Line 30, Jane Johnson, age 79, female, white, occupation: At
Home, born in New Jersey .”
1870 United States Federal Census, Salem Township , page 9, dwelling number 72,
family number 73, Lines 31-34:
“Line 31, Jacob M. Lefever, age 27, male, white, occupation:
Farm Laborer, personal estate value: 300, born in Ohio .
Line 32, Dulcina Lefever, age 23, female, white, occupation:
Keeping House, born in Ohio .
Line 33, Edmond J. Lefever, age 3, male, white, occupation:
At Home, born in Ohio .
Line 34, Moses Lefever, age 1/12, male, white, occupation:
At Home, born in Ohio ,
born in May within the census year.”
1870 United States Federal Census, Salem Township , page 9, dwelling number 73,
family number 74, Lines 35-37:
“Line 35, Morgan A. Lefever, age 28, male, white,
occupation: Farm Laborer, personal estate value: 300, born in Ohio .
Line 36, Mary C. Lefever, age 26, female, white, occupation:
Keeping House, born in Ohio .
Line 37, Ellen A. Thompson, age 7, female, white,
occupation: At Home, born in Ohio ,
attended school within the year.”
Here Ancil is still living with his widowed mother, his two widower brothers and their children, and next door to another half brother and his family. At age 21 his occupation was listed as "student."
Here Ancil is still living with his widowed mother, his two widower brothers and their children, and next door to another half brother and his family. At age 21 his occupation was listed as "student."
1880 United States Federal Census, ancestry.com, ,
Salem, Shelby, Ohio, page 205D, 3 June 1880, dwellings 28-29, families 29-30,
lines 1-16:
Dwelling 28, family 29:
“Line 1, Elinor Steward, white, female, age 58, widowed, occupation:
Keeping house, born in Ohio, father born in New Jersey, mother born in New
Jersey.
Line 2, Jennie LeFevre, white, female, age 41, daughter,
single, occupation: At Home, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio.
Line 3, Morgan A. LeFevre, white, male, age 38, son,
widower, occupation: farmer, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio.
Line 4, Henry J. LeFevre, white, male, age 34, son,
widower, occupation: farmer, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio.
Line 5, Ancel M. Steward, white, male, age 21, son,
single, occupation: student, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio.
Line 6, Lizzie A. LeFevre, white, female, age 8, granddaughter,
single, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio.
Line 7, Claudie E. LeFevre, white, male, age 7, grandson,
single, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio.
Line 8, William M. LeFevre, white, male, age 5, grandson,
single, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio.
Line 9, Henrietta LeFevre, white, female, age 2, granddaughter,
single, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Maine.”
Dwelling 29, family 30:
“Line 10, Jacob LeFevre, white, male, age 38, married, occupation:
farmer, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio.
Line 11, Dulcinna LeFevre, white, female, age 34, wife,
married, occupation: keeping house, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother
born in Ohio.
Line 12, Edmond LeFevre, white, male, age 12, son, single,
born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio.
Line 13, William O. LeFevre, white, male, age 10, son,
single, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio.
Line 14, James T. LeFevre, white, male, age 5, son,
single, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio.
Line 15, Warren J. LeFevre, white, male, age 3, son,
single, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio.
Line 16, Jennie Alice LeFevre, white, female, age 2, daughter,
single, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio.”
Then I next found
Ancil at age 61 on the 1920 census, living with his brother in Bend , Oregon
1920 United States Federal Census, ancestry.com,
,
Bend , Deschutes , Oregon , page 4B, ancestry.com image 8, 8 January 1920,
Street name: Lafayette ,
dwelling 90, family 93, line 92-93:
“Line 92, John M. Stewart, head, renting home, male, white,
age 68, single, able to read and write, born in Ohio, father born in New York,
mother born in Ohio, occupation: Blacksmith, industry: [illegible].
Line 93, Ansel M. Stewart, brother, male, white, age 61,
widowed, able to read and write, born in Ohio, father born in New York, mother
born in New York, occupation: Carpenter, industry: house, etc.”
So then I found him
again on the 1930 census, living alone, at age 71, still in Bend , Oregon
1930 United States Federal Census, ancestry.com,
,
Bend, Deschutes, Oregon, page 24, sheet 5A, ancestry.com image 9, 4 April 1930,
address: 115 Greenwood, dwelling 100, family 104, line 15:
“Line 15, Ansel M. Stewart, head, rents home for $5.00 a
month, not living on a farm, male, white, age 71, widowed, age 30 at first
marriage, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born
in Ohio, father born in New York, mother born in Ohio, occupation: Carpenter,
industry: Building.”
So then I decided to
find out about Ancil’s wife, and see if they had any children. After quite a bit of searching, I finally
found them back in 1900 in Toledo ,
Ohio
1900 United States Federal Census, ancestry.com,
,
Toledo Ward 14, Lucas, Ohio, page 8B, ancestry.com image 16, 5-6 June 1900,
address: 745 Orchard Street, dwelling 157, family 167, lines 61-63:
“Line 61, A. M. Stewart, head, white, male, born Aug 1856,
age 43, married 12 years, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in
Ohio, occupation: Carpenter, unemployed 0 months in the year, able to read,
able to write, able to speak English, renting house.
Line 62, Ida Stewart, wife, white, female, born Oct 1866,
age 33, married 12 years, mother of 0 children, 0 children living, born in
Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, able to read, able to write,
able to speak English.
Line 63, Iona Mullen, daughter, white, female, born Jan
1894, age 6, single, born in Indiana, father born in Indiana, mother born in
Indiana, occupation: at school, attended school 9 months of the year, able to
read, able to write, able to speak English.”
So then I tried to
find them ten years later in the 1910 census, and I didn’t have as much
luck. I did not find Ida (but maybe she
had died by then?), but I never did find Ancil in 1910 either. I believe that I found Iona, though (although
I don’t know how she would have ended up in South Dakota, the age matches, and
all the rest of the info matches too, if you assume that she took the Stewart
surname, and that she was referring to Ancil and Ida when she listed her
parents as being born in Ohio):
1910 United States Federal Census, ancestry.com,
,
Java Ward 1, Walworth, South Dakota, page 4B, ancestry.com image 1, 18 April
1910, Minneapolis Street, dwelling 68, family 70, line 73-76:
“Line 73, James C. Carson, head, male, white, age 33,
married, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, occupation:
Own Income.
Line 74, Kizzie Carson, wife, female, white, age 47,
married, born in Ohio , father born in Ohio , mother born in Ohio .
Line 75, Gerald Carson, son, male, white, age 7, single,
born in South Dakota , father born in Ohio , mother born in Ohio .
Line 76, Iona Stewart, boarder, female, white, age 16,
single, born in Indiana, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, speaks
English, occupation: Stenographer, industry: Law Office.”
I haven’t been able to find any more info about Ancil’s wife
or daughter. So, now the question is,
what happened with this family? Did Ida
die between 1900 and 1910, and that is why their adopted daughter is boarding
with another family by 1910? What was
Ida’s maiden name? Did Ida and Ancil
have (or adopt) any other children? And
what ever happened to Iona Mullen Stewart – who did she end up marrying and
where did she live? I’d love to find out
more about them. So if you’re reading
this and you happen to know any more about this family, please share!
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