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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => US Lookup Requests => Topic started by: Trish Rucker on Tuesday 22 January 19 01:37 GMT (UK)
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Looking for parents of William G (B.1824) and Cornelia Sarah Carter (1830-1902) Lee. They were married in NY,NY 5/24/1854.
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Hi Trish,
Welcome to Rootschat!
For our reference
Can you point us to where your Cornelia Sarah Carter LEE is in 1900, since she was living then?
Some other identifiers so we can follow the right leads?
Cheers
AMBLY
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I removed my original post - I might have been on wrong track - checking with OP first!
Is this the right track?
This is a transcript of the marriage referred to above:
MARRIAGE: NY City
On 21 May 1854
William G. LEE of Brooklyn
Cornelia S. LA FORGE of Brooklyn, daughter of Samuel LA FORGE.
Published in New York Herald 24 May 1854
And CENSUS 1850:
Milford New Haven Connecticut
Samuel LA FORGE 41, Inspector of Customs, b NY
Emeline LA FORGE 37, b CT
with children:
Eugenia 17, Sarah 16, Cornelia 13, b CT
Samuel 8, George 5, by NY
Truman 6mth, b CT
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68P-XZ5
MILFORD CEMETERY, CT - Burials
Samuel La Forge died 26 Jul 1861, age 53 years
Emeline Delia La Forge, wife of Samuel, died 8 Jan 1856, age 43 year
Emeline Delia La Forge, died 21 Aug 1849, age 19
Truman La Forge, died 28 Nov 1850, age 1 year.
Cheers
AMBLY
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This might be them in the 1860 census:
District 1, Montgomery County, Alabama, United States
W G Lee M 35 N Y; occupation merchant
C S Lee F 24 Conn
Harry Lee M 5 Ala
Josiah M Lee M 3 Ala
William G. eluded me in the 1850 census.
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MILFORD CEMETERY, CT - Burials
Samuel La Forge died 26 Jul 1861, age 53 years
Emeline Delia La Forge, wife of Samuel, died 8 Jan 1856, age 43 year
Emeline Delia La Forge, died 21 Aug 1849, age 19
Truman La Forge, died 28 Nov 1850, age 1 year.
Cheers
AMBLY
found here
https://cslib.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15019coll15/id/245
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an earlier Samuel Laforge is mentioned here, maybe this Samuel's father.
"Samuel LaForge conducted a boot, shoe, hat and cap store at No. 2, Phoenix Block, on
Wall Street."
https://archive.org/stream/historyofbridgep01wald/historyofbridgep01wald_djvu.txt
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and this mention of the Laforge family, maybe a reference to the younger Emiline's death:
"The Miles house next was about that time occupied by a family named La Forge, one of whom, a young lady, suicided there."
"https://archive.org/stream/sixtyyearsrecoll00stow_0/sixtyyearsrecoll00stow_0_djvu.txt
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findagrave says the younger Emeline is the daughter of Samuel and Emeline
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127596265/emeline-delia-laforge
1835 map with Samuel LaForge's house on Wharf Street said to be marked on it. I didn't look for it.
http://emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/People$00409168/0/title-asc?t:state:flow=6a846092-ce21-46bc-92b9-2eff696339f4
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This might be them in the 1860 census:
District 1, Montgomery County, Alabama, United States
W G Lee M 35 N Y; occupation merchant
C S Lee F 24 Conn
Harry Lee M 5 Ala
Josiah M Lee M 3 Ala
William G. eluded me in the 1850 census.
Enumerated again, later in the month. same family members, different boarder, no $9000 personal estate
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDX-ZMM