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From: "Kathy Hines" <>
Subject: Re: [MNFARIBA-L] Baldwins in Wells
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 23:00:02 -0500
References: <200409042030.i84KUpEh005593@manganese.sabren.com>


I only see two Egbert Baldwins floating around in the U.S. One is born
in Connecticut and is pretty consistently 12 years younger than the one
born in Pennsylvania. I'm just guessing that this one is yours because
he is the right age and born in the right state. Perhaps he has already
left home and is working his way west and will eventually settle in MN.

1850 - Free Inhabitants in _____ in the County of Putnam State of
Illinois enumerated on the TwentyNinth day of November 1850.
1230 1283 William Leonard, 59, m, Laborer, 100, Vermont
Jane ", 49, f, Pennsylvania
Lewis D. ", 24, m, Laborer, Ohio
Lymnia ", 21, f, Ohio
Martin ", 18, m, none, Ohio
Catherine Shaw, 17, f, Ohio
Elizabeth Leonard, 15, f, Ohio, attended school
Margaret ", 4, f, Ohio
Lucretia Shaw, 4/12, f, Illinois
Alexander Brandon, 21, m, Laborer, Alabama
Egbert Baldwin, 20, m, Ditto, Pennsylvania



Michal wrote:
>
> Hi Kathy,
>
> Unfortunately, both sets of great great grandparents from Wells, E.A. and
> Christina Baldwin and Robert and Sarah Andrews, either died before 1906 (in
> the case of the Baldwins), or evidently were living elsewhere when they died
> (in the case of the Andrews) and aren't listed in the MN death records.
>
> The brick wall set of gg grandparents: E.A. (Egbert A.) BALDWIN, born (this
> I now have courtesy of the cemetery transcriptions. Thank you, thank you
> volunteer transcribers) 12/27/1829, died 11/28/1897. (The transcription says
> 1887 - but this is an error, either a transcription error or a stonecarver's
> error. I have a copy of his obituary from the newspaper.) He was born in PA
> (but where in PA, sigh. PA is a big state and various searches haven't
> turned up an Egbert. Possibly, now armed with a full birthdate, I'll have
> more luck.). His wife was Christina JOHNSON born (again courtesy of the
> transcriptions) 10/19/1838 in Sweden. She died 2/12/1896. She died before
> the 1900 census, alas, so I don't have any census immigration information
> and the name Christina Johnson is very common so I haven't had any luck
> coming up with immigration data from other sources, particularly as I didn't
> have a birth date previously. E.A. and Christina were married in 1851,
> location unknown. They arrived in MN in 1854, and settled in Wells in 1870.
> E.A. was a blacksmith.
>
> They had four children, Clarence born abt 1858, Mary Frances Baldwin, born
> abt 1861, George Baldwin, born abt 1863, and Edith (this again from the
> transcriptions) who died 8/18/1872, age 1 year, 10 mo.
>
> I've found a census record for an Egbert Baldwin in Illinois in the 1850
> census. Alas, I have no idea if this is my Egbert, because as luck would
> have it there apparently is another Egbert Baldwin (who served in the Civil
> War etc) who is not _my_ Egbert Baldwin. (Darn it, as the civil war records
> might have useful data.)
>
> At this point, I haven't been able to find Egbert prior to MN so can't find
> his parents. I realize I may never trace Christina back to Sweden, but
> genealogical hope springs eternal.
>
> The other Wells great great grandparents, Robert Nathaniel Andrews and his
> wife, Sarah Favorette Shepherd, left a more extensive paper trail and I at
> least have both of them back to their birthplaces in Hartford/New Haven
> Connecticut. Their son, Charles Nathaniel Andrews married Mary Frances
> Baldwin and practiced law in Mankota (sp?) MN until he and his family,
> including brother Frank, moved out to California at the turn of the century.
>
> Thanks for the offer of help. If fellow researchers could keep an eye out
> for information on the Baldwin's, I'd appreciate it so much. I haven't found
> Christina's obituary yet which might shed some light on her history.
> Someday, perhaps I'll be able to travel to MN and do some hands on research
> and see if I can find it, and other records.
>
> Michal
>
>
>
> Who were your great great grandparents? Maybe some of us could help you
> do a bit of research and figure out what their birth locations were
>
> Kathy
>
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