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Welcome Matthew Straight
1850 Welcome born in or near Providence County, Rhode Island (death record, obituary)
Census -- Providence Co., RI includes Richard Leaver (30) and Louisa Leaver (48)
Minerva (17), Gilbert (16), Edward (8), Thomas (6) Inman
Matilda (21) and Welcome (1) Straight
1860 Census -- Perry Co., Indiana includes Harriet (29) and Charlotte (10) Bicknell
Matilda (31) and Welcome (11) Strait
All but Charlotte give Rhode Island as birth place; Charlotte gives Mass.
Per information on Internet, Harriet's maiden name in Inman
1870 Census -- Stephenson Co., Illinois includes Edwin Williams (38), Louisa Inman (63),
Welcome Straight (20), and Winfield Slo?m (18)
Census -- Jo Daviess Co., Illinois includes Matilda Billings (41) with her new husband
William Billings (34) and her parents-in-law Herick and Julie.
1874 Welcome Straight marries Susan DeGear in Jo Daviess County, Illinois
1875 Harriet Matilda Straight born near Stockton, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
1877 Charles Keeler Straight born near Stockton, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
1880 Census -- Jo Daviess Co., Illinois includes Welcome, Susan, Hattie & Charles Straight
Census -- Jo Daviess Co., Illinois includes William and Matilda Billings, with mother-in-law Julie
Rosa A. Straight born in Jo Daviess County, Illinois
1881 Ward Straight born near Hanover, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
1886 Lillian Mae Straight born in Jo Daviess County, Illinois
1891 Roy Eugene Straight born in Hanover Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
1894 James Leo Straight born in Hanover Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
1900 Census -- Jo Daviess Co, Illinois includes Welcome, Susan, Charlie, Ward, Lillie, Roy, & James
1920 Census -- Jo Daviess Co, Illinois includes Welcome & Susan with daughters Rose & Harriet next door
1922 Susan (DeGear) Straitt dies in Jo Daviess County, Illinois
1930 Welcome Straight dies in Jo Daviess County, Illinois
Inman Family
Assuming Matilda is an Inman and the daughter of Louisa, the following is the most likely scenario with some key dates:
1807 Louisa ??? born in Rhode Island
before 1829 Louisa married ??? Inman
1829 Matilda Inman born in Rhode Island
1830 Harriet Inman born in Rhode Island
1833 Minerva Inman born in Rhode Island
1836 Gilbert Inman born in Rhode Island
1842 Edward Inman born in Rhode Island
1844 Thomas Inman born in Providence County, Rhode Island
1847 Harriet Inman marries Jesse Bicknell in Kent County, Rhode Island
before 1850 Speculation: Matilda Inman marries ??? Straight; Louisa's husband ??? Inman dies;
Does she marry Richard Leaver, or is her surname inadvertently left off?
1850 Census (see Straight timeline above)
1853 Jesse Bicknell, husband of Harriet dies
1859 Minerva Inman marries Edwin Williams in Perry County, Iowa
1860 Census (see Straight timeline above)
1861 Minerva (Inman) Billings dies (discrepancy with location)
before 1868 Thomas Inman marries Eliza Eggleston. They would have: Delila, Gilbert, Jeanette, & Almeda
before 1869 Edward Inman marries Mary ???. They would have: Hattie, Abbie, Eddie, & Aarrd
before 1870 Matilda Straight marries William Billings
1880 Thomas Inman and Louisa Inman die in Montgomery County, Iowa
Ponderings & Some Research Goals
1. I lose track of Matilda after the 1880 Census. Perhaps they moved from Jo Daviess County.
2. I have copies of no records for Thomas and Louisa from Montgomery County, Iowa. Source for information was a website on the Internet.
3. A Welcome Inman appears in the 1830 Census in the Town of Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island. This is the same township as the 1850 Census with the family. Could this Welcome be the first husband of Louisa and the mother of Matilda?
4. Other than census records and the marriage record of Minerva, I have very few actual records for the Inman siblings. First priority should be the marriage of Harriet to Jesse Bicknell which is report to have occurred on March 14, 1847 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island.
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