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- Andrew Rumsey, son of Timothy, was 6 years old and born in Ohio, in the 1850 census of Cass Tp, Fulton Co, Ill.
In 1870, Andrew Rumsey "Jr", born in Ohio, was 27 in Jackson Tp (P.O. Corydon), Wayne Co, Iowa. The age and birthplace are compatible with the son of Timothy, the "Jr" should perhaps be just the initial J. as for his son in 1880. He was a farmer with $510 in personal property only. His wife Eunice was 25, also born in Ohio, their son John was 5, born in Illinois, and their daughter Emma was 4 months old, born in February in Iowa. (John might be named for Andrew's Rumsey grandfather.)
Widow Eunice Rumsey was the head of household in the 1880 census of White City, Rolling Prairie Tp, Morris Co, Kans. She was 35 and born in Ohio, her son John aged 14 was born in Illinois, identifying them as belonging to Andrew Rumsey of 1870 in Iowa. Emma was missing and probably had died. There was a daughter Ivy May who was 8, and a son Andrew J. 6, both born in Iowa, followed by Frona 1 year old, born in Kansas. Perhaps her full name was Saphrona, for Andrew's Rumsey grandmother. Eunice's parents were born in Pennsylvania and Ohio, which was dittoed for the rest of the family in error.
Eunice was called Eula Rumsey aged 50, widow, in 1900 in Osawatamie City, Miami Co, Kans, and had a daughter Byrdie who was 18. She was credited with only the 1 child, probably because she had only one with her. Andrew was also in Osawatamie City, and John T. was in Council Grove City, Morris Co, Kans, where he was a railroad conductor. (See their pages)
In 1910, Unice M. Rumsey was in the 3rd Ward of Saline City, Saline Co, Kans, living at 136 South Seventh. She was 62, and this time had borne 8 children, with only 3 living. She was mother of widow Byrde U. [for Unice/ Eunice?] Parker who headed the household of two. Byrde was 29, employed as a milliner, and had no children. Eunice's mother was born in Ohio in all three enumerations 1880-1910. In 1880 her father was born in Pennsylvania, but in 1900 and 1910 his birthplace was New York.
If Byrde was born in June 1880, instead of 1881 as the 1900 census had it, she could have been a posthumous daughter of Andrew, and he could have died between October 1879 and June 1880. [2]
- (Research):There was another Andrew Rumsey the same age in the 1850 census of Pike Co, Ohio, with his mother Leah born in Pennsylvania, to whom this family could also belong. But the Illinois birthplace of John T. makes the above identification more likely.
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Abt 1842 - 1880 (32 years)
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