Almira J. HOUFSTATER

Father: George HOUFSTATER
Mother: Elizabeth BARRE

Family 1: Alfred WEST

(1) Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records via Ancestry.com 
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                     _Adam HOUFSTATER________|
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 _George HOUFSTATER_|
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|--Almira J. HOUFSTATER
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|_Elizabeth BARRE___|
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Notes

Updated May 11, 2021. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio (Chicago, J. H. Beers & co., 1894). Pages 302-303. Entry for JACOB P. HOUFSTATER.

"... Seven children were born to [George HOUFSTATER and Elizabeth BARRE] on the homestead [Niagara County, New York], namely: Almira, Mary, David, Matilda and Fidelia (twins), Jacob and Catherine; Lucy Ann, the eighth child, was born in Huron county, Ohio, October 15, 1836. In 1836 the family moved to Ohio, and settled on the farm which is now the property of Jacob P. HOUFSTATER, which territory was then a complete wilderness."

(2) Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records via Ancestry.com

- Name: Almira J. HOFFSTATTER
- Gender: Female
- Marriage Date: 30 Dec 1847
- Marriage Place: Huron, Ohio, USA
- Spouse: Alfred WEST
- Film Number: 000410259

(3) 1850 United States Census for Ohio, Huron Co., Ripley Twp.: Page 421; November 8, 1850.

Almira [HOUFSTATER] WEST (age 26, b. New York) and her husband Alfred WEST (age 28, b. New York) reside on a farm with the William WEST family (Alfred's parents?).

(4) 1860 United States Census for Indiana, Whitley Co., Troy Twp.: Page 81, June 19, 1860.

Almira J. [HOUFSTATER] WEST is married to Alfred WEST (age 39, b. New York, a farmer), head of household. Almira is 38 years old, born in New York and she cannot read or write. The couple has real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate valued at $505.

(5) 1870 United States Census for Indiana, Whitley Co., Troy Twp.: page 15; June 24, 1870.

Almira [HOUFSTATER] WEST is married to Alfred WEST (age 49, b. New York, a farmer), head of household. Almira is 48 years old and born in New York.

(6) 1880 United States Census for Indiana, Whitley Co., Troy Twp.: Supervisor's District 6; Enumeration District 91; page 9; June 7, 1880.

Almira [HOUFSTATER] WEST is married to Alfred WEST (age 55, b. New York, a farmer), head of household. Amira is 55 years old and was born in New York, as were her parents. She is keeping house.

(7) Find a Grave

- Name: Almira J. WEST
- Birth: 11 Jan 1821
- Death: 20 Mar 1890 (aged 69)
- Burial: Adams Cemetery; Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana, USA
- Plot: 11-21-2
- Memorial ID: 29433223
- Inscription: "Almira J., wife of A. WEST, died Mar. 20, 1890. 69 Y's 2 Mo. 9 D's"