Eugene Albert SYLVESTER

Father: John Barker SYLVESTER
Mother: Mary Ann CASS

Family 1: Lulu Ida CRANE

(1) Source: Minnesota Official Marriage System

  1. Lilian SYLVESTER
  2. Eugene Barker SYLVESTER
  3. Harold SYLVESTER

Family 2: Josephine GRUBB

(1) Source: Minnesota Official Marriage System 
                                               _William SYLVESTER _
                          _Charles SYLVESTER _|
                         |                    |_Mary SPRINGER _____
 _John Barker SYLVESTER _|
|                        |                     _Caleb BARKER ______
|                        |_Lucy BARKER _______|
|                                             |_Illathera HOWLAND__
|
|--Eugene Albert SYLVESTER
|
|                                              ____________________
|                         _Levi CASS__________|
|                        |                    |____________________
|_Mary Ann CASS _________|
                         |                     ____________________
                         |_Mehitabel MOOERS___|
                                              |____________________

Notes

Updated November 19, 2024. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1850 United States Census for New Hampshire, Rockingham Co., Newmarket: Page 12; September 20, 1850.

Albert SYLVESTER is the son of John B. and Mary SYLVESTER. He is 4 years old and born in Maine.

(2) 1860 United States Census for Wisconsin, Iowa Co., the Town of Mifflin, Mifflin Post Office: Page 75; July 7, 1860.

Eugene SYLVESTER is the son of John B. and Mary Anne SYLVESTER. He is 14 years old, born in New Hampshire, and is attending school.

(3) 1870 United States Census Wisconsin, Iowa Co., the Town of Mifflin, Mifflin Post Office: Page 33; August 12, 1870.

Eugene A. SYLVESTER is the son of John B. and Mary A. SYLVESTER. He is 24 years old, a farm laborer, and born in New York.

(4) Minnesota Official Marriage System

- Hennepin County; Certificate 00110041; 16 Nov 1874; SYLVESTER, Eugene A. and CRANE, Lulu I.
- Hennepin County; Certificate 00810141; 19 Jun 1899; SYLVESTER, Eugene and SMITH, Josephine

(5) 1880 United States Census for Minnesota, St. Louis Co., Duluth Twp.: Supervisor's District 3; Enumeration District 92; page 49; June 15, 1880.

Eugene SYLVESTER is head of household, married Lulu [CRANE] SYLVESTER. He is 34 years old and a laborer. He was born in New Hampshire, with his parents from Maine. Children listed in the household are Lillian, Eugene and Harold.

(6) 1895 Minnesota State Census for Hennepin Co., Minneapolis, 2nd Ward: Page 46; June 10, 1895.

Eugene A. SYLVESTER is 46 years old, born in Wisconsin and is a weighman. He has been a resident of Minnesota for 18 years and a resident of Minneapolis for 16 years.

(7) 1900 United States Census for Minnesota, Hennepin Co., City of Minneapolis, 2nd Ward (S.E.): Supervisor's District 5; Enumeration District 18; Sheet 5B; June 5, 1900.

E.A. SYLVESTER is head of household, married to Josephine [GRUBB] SYLVESTER. The person listed as "son" Henry Lee SYLVESTER (b. Jan 1878 in Minnesota), is probably Henry Lee TOURTELLOTTE, who is Josephine's son from a previous marriage and E.A.'s step-son.

- Address: 74 Bedford Avenue
- Birth date: Feb 1847; age 53
- Number of Years of Present Marriage: 24 years
- Birthplace: New York, as were his parents
- Occupation: St. Anthony Elev. Co.
- Home: Rents his home; it is not a farm

(8) 1905 Minnesota State Census for Hennepin Co., City of Minneapolis, Ward 2: Enumeration District 39; Sheet 5B; June 16, 1905.

Jean A. SYLVESTER is head of household, married to Josephine [GRUBB] SYLVESTER. He is 57 years old, born in Maine, and works for St. Anthony Elev. Josephine's son from a previous marriage H.L. TOURTELOTTE (age 27) also resides in the household. The family lives at 74 Bedford Street S.E.

(9) 1910 United States Census for Minnesota, Hennepin Co., Minneapolis City, Precinct 12: Supervisor's District 5, Enumeration District 39; Sheet 8A; April 22, 1910.

Eugene A. SYLVESTER is head of household, married to Josephine [GRUBB] SYLVESTER. Josephine's son from a previous marriage Daryl TOURTELLOTTE is also a resident.

- Street Address: 74 Bradford Ave.
- Age: 64; second marriage; married for 11 years
- Birthplace: Maine, with his parents from New Hampshire
- Occupation: Laborer for an elevator company
- Home: Owns a house with a mortgage

(10) U.S., City Directories via Ancestry.com

Duluth, Minnesota

- 1883: SYLVESTER, Eugene A, weighman, bds e s Third ave w 1 n of First.
- 1884: SYLVESTER, Eugene A, weighman Elevator B, res s w cor Third and Sixth ave W.
- 1886: SYLVESTER, Eugene A, weighman Elevator D, bds 202 W Second.
- 1887: SYLVESTER, Eugene A, weighman Elevator D, bds 202 W Second.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

- 1890: SYLVESTER, Eugene A weigher St Anthony Elev, b 2728 University av s e.
- 1892: SYLVESTER, Eugene A, weigher St Anthony Elev, r 2728 University av s e.
- 1894: SYLVESTER, Eugene A, weigher St Anthony Elev, b 2728 University av s e.
- 1895: SYLVESTER, Eugene A, weigher St Anthony Elev, b 2728 University av s e.
- 1897: SYLVESTER, Eugene A, weighmaster St Anthony Elev, r 2803 University av s e.
- 1899: SYLVESTER, Eugene A, weighmaster St Anthony Elevators, b 74 s e Bedford.
- 1900: SYLVESTER, Eugene A weigher St Anthony Elev, r 74 Bedford.
- 1901: SYLVESTER, Eugene A. weigher St Anthony Elev, r 74 s e Bedford
- 1902: SYLVESTER, Eugene A. weigher St Anthony Elev, r 74 Bedford.
- 1903: SYLVESTER, Eugene A. weigher St Anthony Elev, r 74 Bedford.
- 1908: SYLVESTER, Eugene A r 74 Bedford
- 1909: SYLVESTER, Eugene A state weigher r 74 Bedford
- 1910: SYLVESTER, Eugene A weigher r 74 Bedford

(11) Minnesota, U.S., Death Index via Ancestry.com

- Name: Eugene A SYLVESTER
- Record Type: Death
- Death Date: 12 Mar 1914
- Death Place: Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
- Death Registration Date: 1914
- Certificate Number: 017629
- Record Number: 139813

(12) Death Notice via Newspapers.com: The Minneapolis Journal; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Sat, Mar 14, 1914; Page 7

"Eugene SYLVESTER, 68. 74 Bedford street SE."

(13) Find a Grave

- Name: Eugene A. SYLVESTER
- Birth: 26 Feb 1846
- Death: 12 Mar 1914 (aged 68)
- Burial: Linwood Cemetery; Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
- Plot: 2E2
- Memorial ID: 206996401

(14) Sampson, Gertrude SYLVESTER, 1842-1925, "A biographical history of the ancestry of Julian Carroll Sampson [manuscript] : embracing that of his wife Bertha SYLVESTER Sampson, including all data obtainable by those who are connected in these two direct lines of William and Obediah SYLVESTER and Abraham Samson." The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) Library, Boston, MA.

- Brother of [Ariana] Gertrude [SYLVESTER] Sampson, author of the source cited above (page 54)
- In 1850 he moved to Wisconsin with his parents and family (page 64)
- In 1855 he attended school in a log schoolhouse, 3 miles away in Waterloo, Wisconsin, with his sister Gertrude and his cousins Fairfield and Emma, walking the distance when the weather was nice (page 54)
- About 1897 he visited Minneapolis with his sister Gertrude and brother Otis for three weeks (page 62)

(15) Family History, Volume S(4), SYLVESTER, Daughters of the American Revolution library, Washington, DC., p. 4.

(16) Steves family records, November 17, 2004.

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