Mary Ellen Van Zandt1

(1840 - 1902)
FatherWinant Van Zandt1,2 (c 1801 - 1875)
MotherMary Magdalen Wyckoff1,2 (1797 - 1844)
Extended Family

Children of Mary Ellen Van Zandt and Francis Kingsbury
  • Edgar Kingsbury4 (circa 1857 - )
  • Mary Rosetta Kingsbury4 (1859 - )
  • Margaret Kingsbury6 (circa 1871 - )
  • William Kingsbury7 (1880 - )

Life Events

BirthMary Ellen Van Zandt was born on 3 May 1840 in Ohio.1
 
(with Parents) 1850 CensusMary Van Zant appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Dundee Township, Monroe County, Michigan,with her parents. She was 10, attended school, and was born in Ohio.3
MarriageShe married Francis Kingsbury circa 1856.2
 
1860 CensusFrancis and Mary Kingsbury appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Blissfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan, enumerated 18 Jul 1860. Francis was 24, a Sawyer, owning $200 worth of real estate and $50 of personal good, and born in New York. Mary was 21 and born in Ohio. With them were Edgar (3) and Rosilla (8? months).4 
1870 CensusFrancis and Mary E Kingsberry appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Summerfield Township, Monroe County, Michigan, enumerated 6 Aug 1870. Francis was 35, worked in a saw mill, had $300 of real estate and $100 personal estate, and was born in New York. Mary E was 29, Keeping House and was born in Ohio. Children were Edgar E (13, a servant) and Mary R (10). They both attended school.5 
1880 CensusFrancis and Mary Kingsbury appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Deerfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan, enumerated 23 Jun 1880. Francis was 45, a farmer, born in Michigan and Mary was 40, birthplace Michigan. Their children were Mary (20) and Margaret (9).6 
1900 CensusFrancis and Mary E Kingsbury appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Deerfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan, enumerated 21 Jun 1900. Francis was 62, born in July 1837 in New York, a farmer who owned his farm with a mortgage. Mary was 60, bornin May 1840 in Ohio, parents born in New Jersey. She was the mother of four children with three still living. With them was their son William (19, farm laborer) and his wife Ida.7 
DeathMary Ellen died on 5 Feb 1902 in Deerfield Township.
Details from death certificate: Mary E Kingsbury, residence Deerfield, married, female, white, age 61 years 9 months 2 days, born 1840 May 3 in Ohio, first married at age 16, parent of 5 children, of whom 4 are living, Housewife, father W Van Zant, mother M Wickoff, birthplaces unknown, buried in Deerfield Feb 8th, informant F Kingsbury of Deerfield, cause of death: catarrhal pneumonia secondary to asthma.2 
Last Edited9 Aug 2009

Citations

  1. [S1766] Charles Arthur Hoppin, The Washington ancestry, and records of the McClain, Johnson, and forty other colonial American families (Greenfield, Ohio: E.L. McClain, 1932), digital copy viewed on Heritage Quest, citing Johnson-Wyckoff family Bible.
  2. [S1767] Death Records of Michigan, 1897-1920. Library of Michigan collection viewed at http://seekingmichigan.org/, Mary E Kingsbury, 1902, #49.
  3. [S857] 1850 Federal Census for United States, Michigan, Monroe County, Dundee, Roll M432 358, Page 283. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.
  4. [S1740] 1860 Federal Census for United States, Michigan, Lenawee County, Blissfield, Roll M653_551, Page 201. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.
  5. [S1739] 1870 Federal Census for United States, Michigan, Monroe County, Summerfield, Roll M593_691, Page 499. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.
  6. [S938] 1880 Federal Census for United States, Michigan, Lenawee County, Deerfield, Roll T9 591, ED 153, Page 167D. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.
  7. [S939] 1900 Federal Census for United States, Michigan, Lenawee County, Deerfield, Roll T623_725, ED 43, Page 11B. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.