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Subject: DAWSON, ELSON, VANDECAR, LOTT
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 13:09:18 EDT

In particular: Ruby Vandecar : they all have Canadian roots. Ruby was
married twice: ELSON, LOTT - her daughter Cynthia Elson, marroed Heman F. Dawson
in Keene Township in 1862. Cynthia died January 29, 1869 and is buried in
Lowell.

Here's a long cut and paste from my files:

Source #1: The Ionia County GenWeb (marriages)

LOTT, WILL M married VANDECAR, RUBY A on 16 September 1878

Source #2: Records of Marriages, Ionia County, Michigan: May 9, 1879 [date
of record]: Campbell, Ionia County - entry 5163

Sept 16, 1878: Campbell, Ionia County, Will M. Lott married Ruby A.
Vandecar, both white, both residing in Campbell, he is 89, she is 49, he born
in New Jersey, she born in Canada, he is listed as a Mechanic; they were
married by Jacob Kepner, Minister of the Gospel. Witnesses, both of
Campbell, Leonard Lott and Ira Elson. [AD note: William Lott died the
following month]

Source #3: 1860 Federal Census, 30th Day of August - Keene Township, Ionia
County, PO Lowell

William Lott 77 M Farmer born NJ

Ruby A 33 F born Canada West

Cynthia 16 F born Canada West

Ira 10 M born Canada West

Leonard 3 M born Michigan

Joseph 21 M born Canada West

Ester [Multree??? can't read it] 33 F born Canada West


Source #4: 1870 Kent County (Federal) Census, Bowne Township, PO Lowell,
page 71

William LOTT 83 White male, Farmer, 2500 = value of real estate;
206 = value of personal estate. Born NJ

Ruby 43 White female, born Canada, mother and father of foreign birth

Ira 20 born Canada, mother of foreign birth

Leonard 13 born Michigan, mother of foreign birth - at school

Persis [Persiz?] 9 Female, born Michigan, mother of foreign birth - at school

Henry 1 born Michigan, mother of foreign birth


Source #5: 1880 Federal Census: Campbell, Ionia, Michigan, p. 308B

Ruby A. LOTT Self W Female W 59 CAN Keeping House Father:
NB Mother: NB

Ira LOTT Son S Male W 26 CAN Farm Laborer ENG NB

Leonard LOTT Son S Male W 23 MI Farm Laborer ENG NB

Percias LOTT Dau S Female W 19 MI ENG NB

Henry LOTT Son S Male W 13 MI ENG NB

William VANDECAR Cousin S Male W 19 MI Farm Laborer CAN
CAN



Source #6: Campbell Township, Ionia County, 1900 Federal Census,
enumerated on the 1st day of June, 1900

LOTT, Lenard [sic] born Dec 1857, 42, born Michigan, father NY, mother Canada
note: married 11 years

Ann - wife - born April 1868, 32, born Michigan, father Michigan, mother
England
- noted than Ann is the mother of 3 children 2 living

William M - son - born April 1890, 10, born Michigan, father Michigan, mother
Michigan

John - son - born March, 1894, 6, born Michigan, father Michigan, mother
Michigan

Ruby - mother - widow - born Jan 1827, 73, born Canada (Eng), father Canada,
mother Canada.
- note: came to United States 1850, been in United States 50 years
- note: mother of 8 children, 3 living


Source #7: Kent County, Michigan, Federal Census, Walker Township,
enumerated on the 11th and 12th days of June, 1900

ELSON, Ira - salesman extracts [???] - born April 1850, 40 [an obvious error
- see rest of entry - AD] - married 11 years - born Canada (Eng), father
Canada (Eng), mother Canada (Eng), came to United States 1850, been in United
States 49 years

Ida M - wife - born March 1872, 28 years; born Indiana, father IN, mother IN
- note: mother of 6 children 4 living

Zella F - daughter - born March 1893, 7, born Michigan, father Indiana,
mother Indiana [AD: another error unless Ira allowed someone else to father these 4
kids!]

Myron H - son - March 1894, 5 [AD: either year or age is wrong] born
Michigan, father Indiana, mother Indiana

Joseph B. - son - Nov 1896, 3, born Michigan, father Indiana, mother Indiana

Nettie M. - daughter - Oct 1899, 8/12, born Michigan, father Indiana, mother
Indiana

EICHLER, Earnest, boarder, White Male born Nov 1858, 41, single, born
Germany, father Germany, mother Germany - came to United States 1882, been in United
States 18 years, finisher furniture

Source#8: Book at Ft Wayne, IN library..."The Marriage Registers of Upper
Canada/Canada West - Gore District, 1842-1856. NorSim Research and
Publishing.
[Al's note - both these terms mean "Ontario" in this period of time...]

p. 126: Marriages by Rev'd Simon Huntington (Wesleyan Methodist) Minister:
William M. LOTT, to Mary COOPER, both of Onondaga, 23 Jan. 1854, by banns.
Rev HUNTINGTON. Witnesses Sarah E. Huntington and William E. Huntington

p. 51: marriages by Rev'd George POOL, Wesleyan Minister, Brantford: Joshua
EBSON [this is a transcription, so it is possible this could be ELSON, but
I'm keeping an open mind] to Ruby Ann VANDECAR. 8 Feb 1846, by Licence. Rev
POOL. Witnesses William VANDECAR and Gilbert CHURCHILL.

Nelson VANDECAR, to Elenor COPE. 8 Feb 1846 [AD: same date!!] by banns. Rev
POOL. Witnesses William VANDECAR and Gilbert CHURCHILL.

p. 55 Marriages by Rev'd Alex'r Ritchie (Presbyterian) Minister, Dumfries:
William VANDECAR, of Blenheim [AD note: town Heman F. Dawson, future husband
of Cynthia ELSON, daughter of Ruby, was born in!] to Jane COPE of Beverly. 8
Oct [no year!] by banns. Rev Ritchie. Witnesses Thomas PIER and Nelson
VANDECAR.


Note from Gary Veale:

Subj: William Lott
Date: 2/16/2001 7:02:17 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: (Gary Veale)
To:



Dear Al,

I've been reading up on the history of Keene twp (Ionia county). The Edmund
Vandecars came first to Keene. His wife, Esther was Stockford. I'vebeen
doing some genealogy work on my mother-in-laws family, the Stockfords.
Probably four of Esthers brother and sisters came through Keene. One of
them, Hannah Prosser, stayed there the longest: She died there in 1901 and
is buried there.

In Keene, there was a "Canadian Settlement". This little bit on William
Lott was found in Schenck's bok on the "History of Ionia and Moncalm
Counties":



³In 1838 or 1839, William Lott, a bachelor, came to section 30, and there in
a little while opened what he was pleased to call a tavern, but which was
nothing more than a place where travelers were treated to such refreshment
as poor whisky could provide, and where, in a pinch, they were kept
over-night. The occasion of Lott¹s embarking in the enterprise was the
opening of a state-route between Ionia and Grand Rapids over the road on
which Lott¹s shanty stood. The stage-route was a popular highway before the
opening of the Detroit add Milwaukee Railroad, and for a time two four-horse
coaches passed over it daily, while there was considerable other travel as
well. With the completion of the railway, in 1857, the traffic of the road
fell to the ordinary country-road level. Until that time, however, Lott
flourished as a dispenser of fire-water on the route. In addition to that
distinction, he won the perhaps better one of being the first person ro
erect a framed house in Keene, his lumber coming from the Fallasburg mill,
in Kent County. His house was put up in 1842...²

Gary

Source #9: U. S. Census, Walker, Kent, Michigan; Roll: T626_1005; Page: 12A;
Enumeration District: 141

Ira Elson (Ruby's son], 79, WM, widower; born Canada; father born England;
mother born Canada (English)

Al Dawson, Iowa City, Iowa - MA, History, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1973
Visit my website at: www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/a/w/Al--Dawson/
Ancestor Birthday: Nicholas Knapp, May 16, 1592, Wells, Next to the Sea,
Norfolk, England. Came over in 1630. Died September 16, 1670, Stamford CT
Source: Spencer P. Mead, "Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich, County of
Fairfield and State of Connecticut" (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1911 -
reprint Harrison, New York: Harbor Hill Books, 1979)

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