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- Charles thinks her maiden name was Woodbuck, but it could have been Woodbeck. Jamestown, NY is near an Alleghany Indian Reservation, so she may have come from there if she was indeed part Indian.
In the 1880 Census Eliza was living in Milan, MI. The census noted that she could neither read nor write.
Charles Gould wrote a poem, The Cornish Lady, and signed and dated it, June 21, 1855, Chatham, Canada, West.
Charles Gould was a Spiritualist, Eliza was a Methodist.
1830 Census. With the name Woodbeck, this may not be her family.)
Wayne Co., NY, Acadia (or Lyons.. it is near the Erie Canal)
Jasper Woodbeck
Males 5-10 1
15-20 3
40-50 1
Females 0-5 2
1-10 2
10-15 1 (Eliza ? 12)
15-20 1
40-50 1
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1840 Census. No Fileston in MA or NY on Ancestry.
1850 Census.
Seneca township (included Geneva then), Ontario Co., NY
Ancestry Database M432_572, page 466, image 380.
Charles H. Fileston age 32 born in Mass.
Esther 26 NY (Her maiden name was Greene.)
Margaret 6 NY
Augusta L. 4 NY
Henrietta W. 1 NY
Eliza Benham 32 NY
Charles H. Benham 1 NY
His occupation is hard to read, but something like Ruiss
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1855 Census, Ontario Co., NY
Eliza Willcox and Charles Benahm
William Willcox
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Chronology for Eliza (by Charles F. Benham)
1816 born September 17. (mother Proctor, father John or Jasper Woodbeck or Woodbuck)
Jamestown, Wayne Co., NY, 10 miles north of Geneva. An Alleghany Indian reservation abutts Jamestown and she may have come from there.
Worked in hotels along the Erie Canal.
1842 Sarah born
1848 Charles born
1850 Census shows her with Charles H. in the listing with Fileston.
Seneca, Ontario Co., NY.
1855 NY Census she is married to William Willcox. Charles H. is with her.
1857 MI Sarah marries BF Thomas in Belleville.
Eliza marries Charles Gould in Detroit, MI. BF Thomas is a witness.
1860 Census Eliza in Belleville MI. Charles H. is 11 and with her.
1883 Charles Gould died.
1909 Eliza died in Onaway, MI
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When she died, the undertaker was T.T. Barnett and the medical attendant was L.C. Kent. The cause of death on the registar of death was seniltiy. This information was found in "Death Certificate Book". It is held by E.L. Porter, Onaway, the township supervisor for 50 years. He died in February, 1985. He was Kaye Willis's father-in-law.
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1816 - 1909 (92 years)
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