Melinda PRIEST

Father: Eliphalet T. PRIEST
Mother: Cornelia DUNSMORE

Family 1: Nelson J. McBRIAN

(1) Wheeler, John H. comp., History of Wexford County, Michigan: "Nelson McBRIAN was united in marriage to Miss Linnie PRIEST, a native of Orange, Ionia county, Michigan, born August 22, 1867."

  1. Nellie M. McBRIAN
  2. Ralph McBRIAN
                                        _Joshua PRIEST_
                      _Lewis PRIEST ___|
                     |                 |_Polly EDMUNDS_
 Eliphalet T. PRIEST_|
|                    |                  _______________
|                    |_Nancy M. HAIRE _|
|                                      |_______________
|
|--Melinda PRIEST
|                                       _______________
|                     _Edmund DUNSMORE_|
|                    |                 |_______________
|Cornelia DUNSMORE___|
                     |                  _______________
                     |_Belinda MALLORY_|
                                       |_______________

Notes

Updated December 22, 2014. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Michigan, Births and Christenings Index via Ancestry.com

- Name: Belinda M PRIEST
- Gender: Female
- Birth Place: Ionia, Michigan
- Birth Date: 22 Aug 1867
- Father's Name: Eliphalet PRIEST
- Mother's name: Corniela
- FHL Film Number: 960502

(2) 1870 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Orange Twp., Ionia Post Office: page 13; June 4, 1870.

Melinda PRIEST does not reside with her parents, rather she is staying in the Hiram ROGERS household. Her mother Cornelia [DUNSMORE] PRIEST is keeping house in the Thomas HARRIS household on page 13 of the census record. Melinda is 2 years old and born in Michigan.

(3) 1880 United States Census for Michigan, Montcalm Co., Township of Reynolds: Supervisor's District 3; Enumeration District 244; page 17; June 5, 1880.

Belinda PRIEST is the daughter of Eliphalet T. and Cornelia PRIEST. She is 12 years old, born in Michigan and is attending school.

(4) 1900 United States Census for Michigan, Wexford Co., Cedar Creek Twp.: Supervisor's District 9; Enumeration District 120; Sheet 14A; June 21, 1900.

Melinda [PRIEST] McBRIAN is married to Nelson McBRIAN, head of household. Children in the household are Nellie M. and Ralph. Melinda's mother Cornelia [DUNSMORE] PRIEST also resides with the family.

- Birth month: August 1867; age 32.
- Number of Years of Present Marriage: 14.
- Motherhood: She has given birth to 2 children, both presently living.
- Birthplace: Michigan, with her parents from New York.

(5) 1910 United States Census for Michigan, Wexford Co., Cedar Creek Twp.: Supervisor's District 9; Enumeration District 142; Sheet 3A; April 19, 20 and 21, 1910.

Linnie [PRIEST] McBRIAN is married to Nelson J. McBRIAN, head of household. Children in the household are Nellie M. and Ralph McBRIDE. Linnie's father Eliphalet (listed as "Eliphet") PRIEST also resides with the family.

- Age: 42; married for the past 24 years.
- Motherhood: She has given birth to 2 children, both presently living.
- Birthplace: Michigan, with her parents from New York.

(6) 1920 United States Census for Michigan, Wexford Co., Cedar Creek Twp.: Supervisor's District 9; Enumeration District 213; Sheet 1A; January 2-3-5-6, 1920.

Linnie M. [PRIEST] McBRIAN is married to Nelson McBRIAN, head of household. Their daughter Nellie M. McBRIAN is in the household as is Linnie's father Eliphalet (listed as "Eliphet T.") PRIEST.

- Address: Living on a farm along Mackinaw Trail West.
- Age: 52 years old, married.
- Birthplace: Michigan, with her parents from New York.

(7) 1930 United States Census for Michigan, Wexford Co., Antioch Twp.,: Supervisor's District 4, Enumeration District 83-1; Sheet 4A; April 17, 1930.

Linnie M. [PRIEST] McBRIAN is a servant in the Harry SPARKS household. She is 62 years old and a widow. She was born in Michigan with her parents from New York. She is also listed as a housekeeper (code 6V96).

(8) Find a Grave via Ancestry.com

- Name: Linnie [PRIEST] McBRIAN - Birth: 1867 - Death: 1940 - Burial: Fairview Cemetery; Manton, Wexford County, Michigan, USA - Plot: Section 2, Lot 281

(9) Fairview Cemetery, Manton, Wexford County, MI via Michigan Genweb.

Lot number 281 contains Linnie McBRIAN 1867 - 1940 and Nelson McBRIAN 1850 - 1928.

(10) Wheeler, John H. comp., History of Wexford County, Michigan, embracing a concise review of its early settlement, industrial development and present conditions, comp. by John H. Wheeler, to which is appended a comprehensive compendium of national biography and life sketches of well-known citizens of the county. B.F. Bowen & Co.[Logansport, Ind.], 1903. Pages 403-404. Via University of Michigan Digital Library Text Collections.