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Adelaide J. Wilmot (abt. 1854 - 1902)

Adelaide J. Wilmot
Born about in Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at about age 48 in Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Biography

Adelaide was born about 1854. She is the daughter of Samuel Willmott and her age seems to be off in each Census after the first one when she was an infant.

Her mother appears to have been her father's 1st wife who was named Anna Unknown in the Massachusetts State Census.

1855 MASSACHUSETTS STATE CENSUS - Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, USA [1]

Samuel Wilmot 23 England Paper Maker
Anna Wilmot 18 England
A R Wilmot F 6 months Massachusetts (Adelaide)
Ellen Dillon F 13 Ireland

This appears to be her mother Ann/Anna Wilmot in the next Massachusetts State Census:

1865 MASSACHUSETTS STATE CENSUS - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts [2]
  • Ann Wilmot age 27, born England, married, was a convict in the house of corrections

By the next Federal Census, her father appears to have been remarried to someone named Justina who was about the same age as Anna in 1855 but born in Virginia rather than England.

1870 CENSUS - Hamilton, Union Township, Butler, Ohio, USA [3]

Samuel Willmott 38 England Foreman in Paper Mill
Justina Willmott 33 Virginia
Adelaide Willmott 17 Massachusetts Helps Mother (d/o Samuel & 1st wife Anna)
Venzino Willmott 10 Connecticut (s/o Samuel & 1st wife Anna)
Justice Willmott 1 Ohio (spelled Justus) (s/o Samuel & 2nd wife Justina Foster)
Louisa Snyder 15 House Servant Germany

1880 CENSUS - Lockport, Will, Illinois, USA [4]

Samule Wilmut Head 47 England Foreman in Paper Mill
Justina Wilmut Wife 39 Virginia, United States
Adline Wilmut Dau 22 Massachusetts, United States
Vencino Wilmut Son 19 Connecticut, United States
Justice Wilmut Son 11 Ohio, United States (actually spelled Justus)
Minie Johnson Servant 18 Sweden

1900 CENSUS - Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA [5]

Sam. Wilmot Head 66 England Arrival Date 1859 May 1834
Justina Wilmot Wife 60 Virginia Dec 1840 Married 42 yrs 3 children / 3 still living
Adelaide J Wilmot Dau 36 Massachusetts Single (incorrect AGE since born 1854)
J Grenville Wilmot Son 31 Ohio Sep 1868 Single Artist (actually spelled Justus)

Never married, Adelaide died on December 12, 1902 in Evanston, Cook, Illinois and was buried on December 14th in Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, Cook County. She had been born in Massachusetts and the informant gave her age as 46 and her occupation as at home.[6]

Sources

  1. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., State Census, 1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
  2. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., State Census, 1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
  3. 1870 Census: Census Place: Union, Butler, Ohio; Roll: M593_1177; Page: 481B
  4. "United States Census, 1880", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX29-KS9 : Thu Oct 05 03:43:22 UTC 2023), Entry for Samule Wilmut and Justina Wilmut, 1880.
  5. "United States Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS7X-N62 : Fri Oct 06 01:53:08 UTC 2023), Entry for Sam Wilmot and Justina Wilmot, 1900.
  6. "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MQ-VL9B : Fri Jan 05 21:23:34 UTC 2024), Entry for Adelaide J Wilmot, 12 Dec 1902.




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