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- [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; 22 October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I3926&tree=Schirado.
1860 Census - (Roll M 653_550, page 0, Alpine Township, Kent County, Michigan) Austin was 36 and Bridget was 30. William was 5 and John 2. They were living in Alpine Township and Austin was a farm laborer. Value of the personal estate was $100. Austin and his wife were born in Ireland and the boys in Michigan. Austin is a farm laborer. The post office was the village of Pleasant. (Dwelling 1855, household 1668)
Next door is the family of Robert Lee and his wife Bridget. He is 32, and she is 40. Both were born in Ireland. Benjamin, age 4, was born in Michigan. Robert also has personal property worth $100. Like Austin, Robert is a farm laborer. (Dwelling 1854, Household 1667)
Austin and Robert may have been working for Jedadiah Fields, age 57. He was born in Connecticut. His wife Bethana is age 50, Jesse is 24, Lyman is 21 and Emma is 16. Jedadiah is a farmer with real estate worth $3,000 and personal property of $700. Jesse and Lyman are farm laborers, and Emma is a schol teacher. Morris Cochling, 32, is a carpenter and joiner. Bethana and the children were born in New York. Morris was born in Prussia. (Dwelling 1853, household 1666)
1870 First Ward Grand Rapids, Kent County, MIchigan Census indicates that Austin could not read nor write. He was a laborer and 45 years old. Real estate was worth $600 and Possesions $200. Bridget is 40 and keeping house. William is 15 and John is 11. Both are laborers in a box factory. Edward is four, Austin is two and Annie ten months old and was born in August. The parents were born in Ireland and the children in Michigan.
Also in the first ward of the 1870 census for Grand Rapids, is a John Joyce, 35, a laborer who was born in Ireland. He is living in a hotel run by John Shields, who was also born in Ireland. Ann Shields is 43, was born in Ireland and keeps house. Mary is 19, Helia is 18, Kate is 16, Jane is 14, Emma is 12, John is ten, Elizabeth is five, Frances is three and Adelaide is two. All were born in Michigan. Other boarders appear to be: Thomas Mc Gaughlin, 24, born in Michigan and a Railroad Engineer; and Morris Cashin, 25, born in Ireland and a laborer.
In the Second Ward in 1870, is Henry Joyce, 38, a shoemaker who was born in England. Ann is 29, keeping house and was born in Ireland. Albert is seven, William is three and Henry is one. Albert and William were born in New York and Henry in Michigan.
- [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; 22 October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I3926&tree=Schirado.
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Abt 1825 - 1872 (47 years)
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