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SHOEMAKER, Laura Violet (Louisa)
(1843-1936) |
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SHOEMAKER, Laura Violet (Louisa) 1 2 3 4 5 6
- Born: 2 Jul 1843, Illinois
- Marriage: BUSWELL, Joel Battie on 6 Apr 1865 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois
- Died: 20 Jul 1936, Polo, Ogle County, Illinois at age 93
Laura married Joel Battie BUSWELL, son of John BUSWELL and Prudence ABBOTT, on 6 Apr 1865 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois. (Joel Battie BUSWELL was born on 4 Feb 1834 in Barton, Orleans County, Vermont and died on 8 Sep 1905 in Polo, Ogle County, Illinois.)
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1850 US Census, Buffalo, Ogle County, Illinois (Buffalo, Ogle County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Pearson Shoemaker [spelled Pierson] (age 40, b. OH), wife Elizabeth (age 40, b. VA), and children Ezra P. (age 15, b. IL), Mary L. (age 14, b. IL), James (age 13, b. IL), Henry M. (age 11, b. IL), John N. (age 10, b. IL), Louise (age 7, b. IL), Sarah (age 5, b. IL) and Samuel P. (age 3, b. IL), living in Buffalo, Illinois. Also in the household is Mary Richardson (age 15, b. LA[? unreadable]), whose relationship to the family is unknown. Pearson is listed as a "farmer."
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1860 US Census (Buffalo, Ogle County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Pearson Shoemaker [spelled Parson] (age 50[?], b. OH), wife Elizabeth (age 57, b. VA), and children Harvey (age 21, b. IL), Jasper (age 20, b. IL), Laura (age 17, b. IL), Sarah (age 15, b. IL), Samuel (age 13, b. IL) and Elizabeth (age 8, b. IL), living in Buffalo, Illinois. Pearson is listed as a "farmer." Living next door is Pearson's son, Elmore, and his wife.
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1870 US Census (Elkhorn Grove, Carroll County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Joel Buswell (age 25, b. VT), wife Laura (age 27, b. IL), and children Emily (age 3, b. IL) and Lizzie (age 1, b. IL), living in Elkhorn Grove, Illinois. Joel is listed as a "farmer."
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1900 US Census (District 13, Elkhorn Grove, Carroll County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Joel Buswell (age 66, b. VT), wife Laura V. (age 56, b. IL) and children James C. (age 24, b. IL) and Ina L. (age 17, b. IL), living in Elkhorn Grove, Illinois. Joel is listed as a "farmer." James is listed as a "farm laborer." Also in the household are William Lantz (age 23, b. PA) listed as a "boarder," and Mary A. Bellows (age 21, b. IL) listed as a "servant." Living next door is Laura's niece, Ethel [MacPherson] Straka, and three houses away is her nephew, Walter MacPherson (children of Laura's sister, Mary).
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1920 US Census (District 80, Buffalo, Ogle County, Illinois). Surety: 4. Lists Laura V. Buswell (widow, age 76, b. IL), daughter Ina L. Johnson (age 37, b. IL), Ina's husband William R. Johnson (age 39, b. IL), and their children William B. (age 11, b. Am. Cit), Joel B. (age 9, b. Am. Cit.), Clark H. (age 7, b. Am. Cit.) and James B. (age 4 mos, b. Am. Cit.), living in Buffalo, Illinois. Also in the household is Laura Beck (age 53, b. IL) listed as a "servant." William R. Johnson is listed as a "missionary" to "China," and it is presumed that his children were born outside the United States.
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1930 US Census, District 2, Polo, Ogle County, Illinois. Surety: 4. Lists Laura Buswell (age 87, b. IL) living alone in Polo, Illinois.
