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Personal data Laura Amelia Alwood 


Household of Laura Amelia Alwood

She is married to Israel Hodges Lewis.

They got married on November 13, 1890 at fortasse, somewhere in MI or OH, she was 31 years old.

Israel Hodges Lewis oo Laura Amelia Alwood

Marriage source: Klaus, Terry, The Family Alwood, (Sacramento CA, T.K., June MCMXCI), pg. 115, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. LIb. for fact of marriage.

Stringfellow, Helena, The Alwood Family Tree, (Grantville PA, Wert Bookbinding, MCMXCVI), pg. II-FGS-90, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib. for yom = 1891

Hanna, Jacquelyn, Alwood Web Site, (Portage MI, J.H., xxix Sept MCMXCIX) for circa yr. of marriage. <>

Child(ren):

  1. Mervin A. Lewis  1893-1965 


Notes about Laura Amelia Alwood

Laura Amelia Alwood

Source: 1880 Seneca Twp (Morenci) Lenawee Co., MI soundex, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

1860 Delta Village, Fulton Co., OH census has L. Allwood age 1 yr. born OH

1880 soundex - Laura A. Alwood, daug. age 21 born MI

Vance, Walter E., enumerator, Lansing City Ingham Co. MI census, (Lansing MI, U.S. Govt., xiv Apr MCMX), e.d. 64, sheet _B-165, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'Lenawee St ... 90, Louis Isreal, Head, male, white, ae 51, 1st Marriage, married 19 yrs, b. NY, parent b. NY, able to speak Eng? English, Carptenter, House, Weeks out of work = 0, can read/write, owns home, mortgaged 91, Laura, wife, fem, white, ae 51, 1st marriage, married 19 yrs, 1 child born, 1 child living, b. OH, fath b. OH, moth b. NY, Able to speak Eng? English, Occ=None able to read/write 92, Mervin, son, male, white, ae 17, single, b. MI, fath b. MI, moth b. OH, Able to speak Eng? English, Occ=None, can read/write, in school since 1 Sept 1909 93, Alwood Sarah, mother-in-law, fem, whie, ae 78, widow, b. NY, parents b. NY, Able to speak Eng? English, Occ=None, can read/write'

The inconsistency betwixt Israel's state of birth & Mervin's father's state of birth is noted.

Also, Sarah Alwood is Laura's step-mother.

12 Jan 1920 Hillsdale city Ward 3D, Hillsdale Twp., Hillsdale Co., MI census, e.d. 125, sheet 26-11A, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'66 West St North 31, ... Alwood Olin, head, ... ae 49, married, ... b. OH, fath b. PA, moth b. NY, ... 32, Leora, wife, ... ... 38, Lewis, Laura, sister, fem, white, ae 61, widow, can read/write, b. OH, fath b. PA, moth b. OH, can speak Eng, agent, toilet articles, wages'

Klaus, Terry, The Family Alwood, (Sacramento CA, T.K., June MCMXCI), pg. 115, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Stahl, Harriet, Johann Jacob Stahl Sr. of LeHigh Co., PA, (Mt. Vernon IN, Windmill Pub Inc, MCMXCV), pg. 311, Repository: Lenig Lib. Newport, PA

Mrs. Stahl has Lansing MI for place of birth. Also, Mrs. Stahl gives middle init. H. for Israel.

Stringfellow, Helena, The Alwood Family Tree, (Grantville PA, Wert Bookbinding, MCMXCVI), pg. II-FGS-93, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib. for state of birth = MI.

Mrs. Stringfellow cites her sources: Terry Klaus, 1991; & Jackie Hanna, 1995

Hanna, Jacquelyn, Alwood Web Site, (Portage MI, J.H., xxix Sept MCMXCIX) for state of birth = MI, yod = 1945.

Hanna, Jackie, e-mail to David A. Navorska, (Portage MI, J.H., xxvi June MMI) Repository: UB Archives in Huntington from the Christian Conservator

'Laura A. (Alwood) Lewis, b. Nov 21, 1858, d. Aug 18, 1946 in Hillsdale. One son, Mervin A. Lewis, survived. Buried at North Star, Gratiot Co, MI ... Israel H. Lewis ... Married Laura Alwood 13 Nov 1890 ...' <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Laura Amelia Alwood

Ephraim Kelly Alwood
1803-1881
Elizabeth Salsberry
1799-1897
George Dinius
1789-1866
Elizabeth Schell
1795-1867

Laura Amelia Alwood
1858-1946

1890

Israel Hodges Lewis
1859-1910

Mervin A. Lewis
1893-1965

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    Birthday November 21, 1858

    • The temperature on November 21, 1858 was about -2.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
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    Day of marriage November 13, 1890

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    Day of death August 28, 1946

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