Abraham Dillenback and Elizabeth -- NY & MI connections
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Abraham Dillenback and Elizabeth -- NY & MI connections
| David Dillenbeck (View posts) | Posted: 18 Jul 2003 12:42AM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: Dillenback, Dillenbeck, Crawer, Rowley, Raymond, Hitt, Hamp, Duke, Miller, Schray, Swiger
Hello!
I am researching the circa 1845 Dillenbeck migration from central New York to central Michigan and would appreciate any help that anyone would be willing to give me.
Facts:
In 1848, Abraham Dillenback is deeded three plots of land, two in Barry County and one in adjoining Ionia County, Michigan. All three deeds note him as "of Steuben County, New York."
The 1850 Census for Ionia County, Boston Township lists a "Dillenback, Abram [sic] 52 M Farmer [worth] 400 [born New York, his wife] Dillenback, Elizabeth 46 F [from NY, and a] Dillenback Jeremiah 18 M Farmer New York."
I have a copy of the 1852 deed wherein Abraham Dillenback and his wife Elizabeth deed the farm in Ionia County to Jeremiah.
The 1870 Census shows Jeremiah 'Dillingbeck' (sic) as head of household, with a 71 year old Abraham and his 67 year old wife Elizabeth living with them.
The 1880 Census shows an 81 year old widower, 'Abriam' (sic) Dillenbeck, living in Sebewa Township, MI, with Elizabeth having died in 1877. Her death certificate lists her birthplace as New York and her parents as John and Lura Crawer.
Is this the Abraham Dillenbach listed as number 231 in "The Dallenbach's in America"? I ask this because he seems to be a "dead-end," with no history beyond his birth, his birth year matches the Abram of the 1850 Census and is one year off on the other two censuses, and he has a sister Eva and brother Daniel, which are important names in the Michigan history (and the Dallenbach book's original authors expressed doubts about veracity of the claims they made for them).
I would love to locate this Abraham Dillenback in the family tree, connecting him to the Dallenbach book, and also discover who his children were, though I suspect Jeremiah might be one, with Moses J. and John H. as two other likely candidates.
Sorry for such a long message, but I hope you'll humor me as I try to unravel this Gordian knot of tangled familial connections.
Please send me anything you may have regarding Dallenbachs that moved to Michigan, and any family trees you have that connect to the Dillenbecks of Michigan.
I look forward to hearing from anyone who has an interest in this important and largely undocumented area of Dillenbeck geneological research.
David Dillenbeck
Elgin, IL
I am researching the circa 1845 Dillenbeck migration from central New York to central Michigan and would appreciate any help that anyone would be willing to give me.
Facts:
In 1848, Abraham Dillenback is deeded three plots of land, two in Barry County and one in adjoining Ionia County, Michigan. All three deeds note him as "of Steuben County, New York."
The 1850 Census for Ionia County, Boston Township lists a "Dillenback, Abram [sic] 52 M Farmer [worth] 400 [born New York, his wife] Dillenback, Elizabeth 46 F [from NY, and a] Dillenback Jeremiah 18 M Farmer New York."
I have a copy of the 1852 deed wherein Abraham Dillenback and his wife Elizabeth deed the farm in Ionia County to Jeremiah.
The 1870 Census shows Jeremiah 'Dillingbeck' (sic) as head of household, with a 71 year old Abraham and his 67 year old wife Elizabeth living with them.
The 1880 Census shows an 81 year old widower, 'Abriam' (sic) Dillenbeck, living in Sebewa Township, MI, with Elizabeth having died in 1877. Her death certificate lists her birthplace as New York and her parents as John and Lura Crawer.
Is this the Abraham Dillenbach listed as number 231 in "The Dallenbach's in America"? I ask this because he seems to be a "dead-end," with no history beyond his birth, his birth year matches the Abram of the 1850 Census and is one year off on the other two censuses, and he has a sister Eva and brother Daniel, which are important names in the Michigan history (and the Dallenbach book's original authors expressed doubts about veracity of the claims they made for them).
I would love to locate this Abraham Dillenback in the family tree, connecting him to the Dallenbach book, and also discover who his children were, though I suspect Jeremiah might be one, with Moses J. and John H. as two other likely candidates.
Sorry for such a long message, but I hope you'll humor me as I try to unravel this Gordian knot of tangled familial connections.
Please send me anything you may have regarding Dallenbachs that moved to Michigan, and any family trees you have that connect to the Dillenbecks of Michigan.
I look forward to hearing from anyone who has an interest in this important and largely undocumented area of Dillenbeck geneological research.
David Dillenbeck
Elgin, IL