Louisa A. E. PLANT

Father: Moses M. PLANT
Mother: Eliza NAIDEN

Family 1: Joshua Van Renssalaer Priest

(1) Certified true copy of Marriage Certificate, signed by the Acting Chief Clerk, Ionia Co., MI, on August 3, 1906: Certified that the marriage of Joshua V. R. Priest and Loisa A. Plant took place in the Township of Orange, County of Ionia, in the State of Michigan on January 22, 1859.

  1. Frederick Joshua PRIEST
  2. Herbert Loren PRIEST
  3. Maud A. E. PRIEST
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                   _James PLANT_|
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 _Moses M. PLANT _|
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|--Louisa A. E. PLANT
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|_Eliza NAIDEN ___|
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Notes

Updated January 2, 2015. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1860 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Orange Twp. (Orange Post Office): Page 361; September 22, 1860.

Louisa [PLANT] PRIEST is married to Joshua PRIEST, head of household. She is 22 years old and born in Ohio. Their son Fairchild is listed as a member of the household. They live next door to Joshua's parents and siblings in one household, and his brother Eliphalet in another.

(2) 1870 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Orange Twp.: page 24; household 201; June 8, 1870.

Louisa A. [PLANT] PRIEST is married to Joshua V. R. PRIEST, head of household. She was born in Ohio, is 33 years old, and keeping house. Her parents are both foreign-born. Children listed are: Frederick J., Herbert L., and Maud A. E. PRIEST.

(3) LDS FamilySearch 1880 United States Census database for Orange, Ionia Co., MI. Family History Library Film 1254584, NA Film Number T9-0584, Page 244A.

Louesa [PLANT] PRIEST is 42 years old and born in Ohio. Her parents are listed as born in England. She is keeping house and is married to Joshua PRIEST. The children listed in the household are: Herbert and Maude A. E. (listed as A. E Maud) PRIEST.

(4) The calling card for her son reads, "Herbert PRIEST, Milbank, Dakota. 21st Birthday, January 11, 1883," thus signaling that the family had relocated here by at least that date and reinforced by future census records.

(5) 1900 United States Census for South Dakota, Grant Co., Vernon Twp.: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 148; Sheet 7B; June 17, 1900.

Louisa [PLANT] PRIEST and her husband Joshua PRIEST reside with their son, Herbert PRIEST, head of household. Louisa was born May 1838 and is 62 years old. She has been married for 41 years. She was born in Ohio, with her parents from England.

(6) 1905 South Dakota State Census.

- Name: Louisa A PRIEST
- Age: 67
- Birth Date: 1838
- Birth Place: Ohio
- Years in State: 24
- Arrival Year in State (Estimated): 1881
- Residence Place: South Dakota, United States
- Father's Birthplace: England
- Mother's Birthplace: England
- FHL Film Number: 2217977

(7) 1910 United States Census for South Dakota, Grant Co., Milbank City: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 198; Sheet 12B; April 23, 1910.

Louisa A. [PLANT] PRIEST is married to Joshua V. R. PRIEST, head of household.

- Address: Vida Street.
- Age: 71; married for the past 51 years.
- Motherhood: She has given birth to 3 children, all presently living.
- Birthplace: Ohio, with her parents from England.

(8) City Directories; Riverside, California via Ancestry.com

- 1917: PRIEST Joshua V R (Louisa A) ($40)

(9) Form submitted by Joshua V. R. PRIEST in response to request for additional information, United States Pension Office, March 29, 1915.

- Living in Calexico, Imperial Co., CA in 1915... "I am now living with the wife I married over 56 years ago." - No. 3. State your wife's full name and her maiden name... "Loisa A. E. PRIEST. Her maiden name was PLANT."

(10) California, Death Index via Ancestry.com

- Name: Louisa A [PLANT] PRIEST
- Birth Year: abt 1839
- Death Date: 21 Apr 1917
- Age at Death: 78
- Death Place: Imperial Co., California, USA

(11) Find a Grave via Ancestry.com

- Name: Louisa A PRIEST
- Birth: 1838
- Death: 1917
- Burial: Mountain View Cemetery; Beaumont, Riverside County, California, USA

(12) Stephan family records, August 14, 2000.

- Also had a son born in 1859. No other information. - References a son named Bert born about 1871 but she already had a son named Herbert(?).

(13) Smith family records, August 20, 2000.

(14) Johnston family records; "Descendants of Lewis PRIEST," February 14, 2002.

- Provides date/place of birth; date of passing.

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NOTE: Given her age in the 1860 Census, she would likely have gone to Canada with her parents, then come to Michigan with her parents in 1858.