From: Ken &
Laurie Huffman [[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002
12:00 AM
To: Rita A. Cunningham
Subject: RE: Elliott Family
Dear Rita,
In
checking the census records for 1850 and 1860 I have found your families in Pea
Ridge Township, where you said they would be. There will be some confusion (if
you haven’t already read these), since dates are not precise. The Brady
families in the 1850 census are not either Terrence or Francis, so we must
assume they came between 1850 and 1860. I make mention of the cemetery listings
below. If you have not checked the “Permanent Resident Index” on the website
for your family names, you might want to do so. I believe that Mary Ann is the
daughter of William and Ann. She is listed as 16 in 1850 and only 20 in 1860.
Age errors are very common. The name spelling is as the census taker understood
it. We know it was correctly spelled Brady, but I have listed it as taken.
You will
see from this enumeration that Mary Ann Elliott arrived in the USA earlier than
age 15, in spite of what the census age says. Also, her father does not appear
to have had the name Charles. I have listed his family in 1870 last on this
list, where he is William B. Elliott, but that, too, could be wrong. The death
certificate may be in error. The person giving the information may have had no
knowledge of her parents.
The last
item is the burial for William And Ann Elliott and presumably his father, John
Elliott.
I hope
these are of help to you. Let me know if you have further questions. If you
want me to read the 1880 census for William and Ann, or others, let me know.
Laurie
Huffman
1850 Federal Census, Brown County, IL:
Pea Ridge
Township 1NR4W)
Fam #1324
William
Eliet, 42, farmer, England
Ann Eliet,
41, England
John R.
Eliet, 21, England
William
Eliet, 18, England
Mary Eliet, 16, England (should be 11)
Mariah
Eliet, 9, Pennsylvania
Edwin
Eliet, 2, Illinois
1860 Federal Census, Brown County, IL:
Pea Ridge
Township
1607/1545
Clara
Bradey, 55, b. Ireland
Mary
Bradey, 22, b. Ireland
Patrick
Bradey, 17, farmer, b. Ireland
John
Bradey, 15, b. Ireland
Francis Bradey
(male), 11, b. Illinois
Mary
Bradey, 10, b. Illinois
Liza
Bradey, 7, b. Illinois
Pea Ridge
Township (4 Sept 1860)
1608/1546
Terrence
Bradey, 26, farmer, b. Ireland
Mrs. M. A. Bradey, 20, b. England
Allen
Bradey, 1, b. Illinois
NOTE: From
Cemeteries of Brown County, IL (p. 160 Mt. Sterling Catholic Cemetery)
we learn that Terrence Brady (1834-1909), who married Mary Ann Elliott, is the
son of Francis Brady (d. 1857 @ 64 yrs) and his wife, Clara (d. 1877 @ 71 yrs).
Their entire family is in the Mt. Sterling Catholic Cemetery, including
Terrence and Mary Ann.
Pea Ridge
Township
1656/1594
William
Elliott, 53, farmer, b. England
Mrs. Ann
Elliott, 51, b. England
Edwin
Elliott, 12, b. Illinois
Wilson
Elliott, 9, b. Illinois
Joseph
Elliott, 6, b. Illinois
Maria
Elliott, 18, domestic, b. Pennsylvania
William
Elliott, 18, farmer, b. England (should be 28)
Pea Ridge
Township
1657/1595
William
Elliott, 29, lawyer, b. England
Mrs. Mary
Elliott, 23, b. Canada
Jas. D.
Elliott, 10/12, b. Illinois
Pea Ridge
Township
1659/1597
John
Elliott, 31, farmer, b. England
Mrs. B.
Elliott, 24, b. Ireland
William
Elliott, 4, b. Illinois
Charles
Elliott, 2, b. Illinois
M. E.
Elliott, 2/12, b. Illinois
Versailles
Township
677/659
J. B.
Elliott, 39, farmer, b. Virginia
Mrs. E.
Elliott, 30, b. Ohio
Ewing
Elliott, 11, b. Illinois
Jane
Elliott, 9, b. Illinois
M. Elliott
(female) 8, b. Illinois
Samuel
Elliott, 5, b. Illinois
Jas. B.
Elliott, 3, b. Illinois
Julia
Elliott, 11/12, b. Illinois
Versailles
Township
777/756
William
Elliott, 14, b. Illinois. Works on the farm of William Knox.
1870 Federal Census, Brown County, IL:
Pea Ridge
Township
54/51
William B.
Elliott, 61, farmer, England
Ann
Elliott, 60, England
Wilson
Elliott, 19, farm hand, Illinois
Joseph Elliott,
16, Illinois
Mary
Veach, 16, Illinois (daughter of Isaac N. Veach, apparently a domestic helper,
she is also listed in her own family)
Cemeteries of Brown County, IL, p. 308-309 (Reynolds
Cemetery, Pea Ridge Township)
John
Elliott, born in England (d. 29 Sept 1859 aged 80 years)
William
Elliott, d. 15 Dec 1884, aged 78 yrs 10 mo)
Ann
Elliott, wife of William Elliott (d. 1 Nov 1889, aged 74 yrs 4 mo)
-----Original
Message-----
From: Rita A. Cunningham
[mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 8:51
PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Elliott Family
Ken,
I am looking for the parent/parents of Mary Ann Elliott who immigrated to this country approx. 1855. She was b. 15-11-1839 in England and came here at the age of 15. Her family settled in or around Pearidge township. Her death certificate which I just acquired this week, states her father's name as Charles Elliott. Her mother's maiden name was unknown and no first name was given. Mary Ann married Terrance Brady on 18-1-1860 in Mt. Sterling, Illinois at St. Mary's Church. One child, my grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Brady, grew up in Versailles, Illinois. Their were several other children also. Mary Ann d.9-71919 in Mt. Sterling and she and her husband are buried in St. Mary's Cemetery. The only thing I know about her parents is her father's name.
I thought I had her parents names at one time, but after corresponding with Michelle Birkinsha and sending for her death certificate, I found that I had the wrong Elliott Family. So if you can help to put me on the right track, I would appreciate it very much.
You may get an incomplete email I started, but think it ended up in cyberspace somewhere due my error! So just disregard it.
Rita Cunningham
40 Faisan Way
Hot Springs Village, Ar. 71909
501-922-1034
From:
Rita A. Cunningham [[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 12:04
AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Reply to your email
Laurie,
Thanks so much for your email and the time you
spent researching the Elliott family. Your information on the Brady's is
correct but Mary Ann Elliott's parents are not William and Ann Elliott. This
who I thought also as a lady at the Versailles Historical and Genealogy
Society found them also but did state Mary Ann's b. date was off by several
years. Nonetheless, I did feel that she was right. I went to the Reynolds
Cemetery a few miles out side Mt. Sterling and found their graves last summer
and that of John Elliott.
But a fewweeks ago, as I mentioned, I received an emailfrom
Michelle Birkinsha and we exchanged notes which led me to believe that I was
indeed in the wrong family. Her ancestors come off of Joseph, a child of
William and Ann's and his sister Mary's age is off by quite a bit. She is only
referred to as Mary and not Mary Ann. That Mary did not marry a Brady.
So that prompted me to send for her death Certificate
which I think is probably mostly correct as the information for it was given by
Anna Brady, who never married and was Mary Ann's daughter and my grandmother's
sister. I knew her as a child and her sister Nell McCann. They lived together
in Mt. Sterling after Aunt Nell's husband died whom I never knew. They outlived
my grand mother.
I will have to go to Brown county this summer and
spend several days while I'm up in Illinois. The genealogical Society in
Versailles Is very good and the county court house has been of some help.
But thanks again for trying, I just have to keep
digging. I am pretty sure the 1855 immigration date is pretty close as her
death certificate states she had been in the US 64 years at her death in 1919
and she was 79 when she died. Rita
From:
Ken & Laurie Huffman [[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:31
AM
To: Rita A. Cunningham
Subject: RE: Reply to your email
Rita,
Thank you for your email. As I think about what you
said, I can see you are right about Mary and Mary Ann not being the same
person. Is Mary the wife of Isaac
N. Veach? That would explain the Veach girl in the household later on. There is
also a small boy in one of the families named Charles, which is a clue that he
might have been named for your Charles. I will take a look at our 1855 census
and see what I can find. It only gives age groups of family members, but the
father’s name is given, or the mother if she is a widow. I’ll get back to you.
Laurie Huffman
From:
Ken & Laurie Huffman [[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 11:11
AM
To: Rita A. Cunningham
Subject: 1855 census search
Dear Rita,
I read the 1855 state census and found no Charles
Elliott. In Pea Ridge I found William Elliott, as expected. He is next door to
Isaac N. Veach, which supports the idea that Willliam’s daughter, Mary was the
spouse of Isaac Veach’s son. Sorry I didn’t come up with a Charles. There is
nothing written on the 1855 census to let us know when the enumeration
occurred, so it could have been anytime during that year. We can conclude that
your Mary Ann did arrive in late 1855 from this search. Anyway, for what it’s
worth, here is the listing, also including John Elliott (from Virginia) in
Versailles:
1855 State Census, Brown County, IL
Pea Ridge Township
William Elliott
3
male = 0/10
2
male = 20/30
1
male = 40/50
1
female = 10/20
1
female = 40/50
Versailles Township
John Elliott
2
male = 0/10
1
male = 30/40
2
female = 0/10
1
female = 20/30
If you solve this puzzle, please let us know and we
will add it to the “One Name Research” list for the benefit of others.
Laurie Huffman