Albert Woodin (1848 - aft. 1870)

Born 1848 in Charlotte, New Brunswick

Ancestors

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Albert Woodin migrated from New Brunswick Province to the United States c1854.

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Biography

Albert Woodin, son of George Woodin and Agnes Smart, was born in the community of Pleasant Ridge, in Saint Patrick Parish, Charlotte County, British New Brunswick, in about 1848.^[2] In 1851, Albert and three half-siblings, Jane, James and Mary, resided with Albert's parents in a "log house" in Pleasant Ridge.^[3]

Albert and his parents emigrated to the United States through the port of entry at Calais, Maine, apparently in Sep 1854.^[4] They settled in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, on the Atlantic coast, about 170 miles southwest of Pleasant Ridge. As of 7 Jul 1860, Agnes and George and their son, Albert, resided in Bath, where George worked as a carpenter.^[5]

By 1869, Albert relocated with his maternal uncle, William Smart, to Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, where he became a United States citizen, 2 Nov 1869.^[6] Drawing them were two of Albert's other maternal uncles. His 44 year-old maternal uncle Nathan Smart had emigrated to Oshkosh by as early as 1847 and who, in 1870, resided in Oshkosh's Ward 3.^[7] His 38 year-old maternal uncle Reuben Smart, who resided in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, about 30 miles east of Oshkosh, where he'd been since 1855.^[8] As of 7 Jul 1870, Albert and his uncle William Smart resided in a boarding house in Oshkosh's Ward 5.^[9] Oshkosh in 1870 was the third largest city in Wisconsin and had a population of 12,663, double what is was a decade before.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Albert Woodin and the profile manager, Christopher Smart), are first cousins, three times removed. Have information, documentation or photos? If so, please add them or contact me. Happy to help you upload and, if you're directly descended, make you the manager.
2. ↑ The source of his precise birth date isn't known. Sources: (1) 1851 Pleasant Ridge NB Census (citation): "Albert Woodin" (age 2, New Brunswick-born 1848-1849) resides in Pleasant Ridge with his parents, "George Woodin" (age 30, New Brunswick-born 1820-1821) and "Agnes A. Woodin" (age 23, New Brunswick-born 1827-1828). (2) 1860 Bath ME Census (citation): "Albert Wooding" (age 12, Nova Scotia-born 1847-07-07 to 1848-07-07) resides in Bath Maine with his parents, "George Wooding" (age 35, Nova Scotia-born 1824-07-07 to 1825-07-07) and "Agnes A. Wooding" (age 30, Nova Scotia-born 1829-07-07 to 1830-07-07). (3) 1870 Oshkosh WI Census (citation): Residing in Oshkosh, WI, is "Albert Woodin" (age 22, New Brunswick-born 7/7/1847-7/6/1848 to foreign-born parents). (4) 1869 Naturalization (citation): "Albert Woodin" born in "New Brunswick" in 1848.
3. ↑ 1851 Pleasant Ridge NB Census (citation): "George Woodin" (age 30, "farmer," New Brunswick-born 1820-1821) and his wife, "Agnes A. Woodin" (age 23, New Brunswick-born 1827-1828), reside in Pleasant Ridge, St. Patrick Parish, Charlotte County, New Brunswick in a "log house" with their child, "Albert Woodin" (age 2, New Brunswick-born 1848-1849) and his children by a prior marriage (all New Brunswick-born), "Jane Woodin" (age 14, born 1836-1837), "James Woodin" (age 13, born 1837-1838), and "Mary A Woodin" (age 11, born 1839-1840). Birth ranges above calculated using an online calculator here.
4. ↑ 1869 Naturalization (citation).
5. ↑ 1860 Bath ME Census (citation): "George Wooding" (age 35, "carpenter," Nova Scotia-born 1824-07-07 to 1825-07-07) and his wife, "Agnes A. Wooding" (age 30, Nova Scotia-born 1829-07-07 to 1830-07-07) live with "Albert Wooding" (age 12, Nova Scotia-born 1847-07-07 to 1848-07-07). Birth ranges above calculated online here using enumerated census date and reported ages.
6. ↑ 1869 Naturalization (citation): "Albert Woodin" nautralized in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, 2 Nov 1869.
7. ↑ See Profile of Maternal Uncle Nathan Smart.
8. ↑ See Profile of Maternal Uncle Reuben Smart.
9. ↑ 1870 Oshkosh WI Census (citation): As 7 Jul 1870, "William Smart" (age 22, non-citizen "laborer," New Brunswick-born 7/7/1847-7/6/1848 to foreign-born parents) and his nephew, "Albert Woodin" (22, US-citizen, "works in saw mill," New Brunswick-born 7/7/1847-7/6/1848 to foreign-born parents), are boarding with many others in a boarding house owned and occupied by "William B. Clark" (age 52, "hotel keeper," NY-born 1817-07-07 to 1818-07-06 to US-born parents) and his wife, "Deborah J. Clark" (age 45, "keeping house," New Brunswick-born 1824-07-07 to 1825-07-06 to foreign-born parents), operated and occupied a boarding house in Oshkosh, with their daughter, "Elizabeth A. Clark" (age 23, "at home," MI-born 1846-07-07 to 1847-07-06 to US-born father and New Brunswick-born mother). See 1870 US Census, Population Schedules for Ward 5, Oshkosh, Winnebago Co., Wisconsin, enumerated 7 Jul 1870. National Archives Microcopy 593, Roll 1746, Page 362B. Available online without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org). Birth ranges above calculated by profile manager online.
10. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Oshkosh, Wisconsin," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oshkosh,_Wisconsin&oldid=951976622 (accessed April 30, 2020).

• General Citiations
• 1851 Pleasant Ridge NB Census. 1851 Census. Place: New Brunswick. District: Charlotte Co. Sub-District Name: St. Patrick. Sub-District No: 20. Pages 36-37. Microfilm c-995. Reference RG 31. Image Nos.: e002292883, e002292884 and e002292885. Available without restriction from the Public Archives of Canada.
• 1860 Bath ME Census. 1860 US Census, Population Schedules for Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, enumerated 7 Jul 1860. National Archives Microcopy 653, Roll 448, Page 165, Hand-Numbered 271. Available online without restriction here, courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org).
• 1870 Oshkosh WI Census. 1870 US Census, Population Schedules for Ward 5, Oshkosh, Winnebago Co., Wisconsin, enumerated 7 Jul 1870. National Archives Microcopy 593, Roll 1746, Page 362B. Available online without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org).
• 1869 Naturalization. "Wisconsin, County Naturalization Records, 1807-1992," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93H-Y1BZ?cc=2046887&wc=M5D2-165%3A350575101%2C350844401 : 5 August 2020), Winnebago > Declarations of intention 1866-1876 vol B, no 3466-4794 > image 338 of 388; State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison.