Charlotte Clare BURNS

Father: Stephen M. BURNS
Mother: Marianne JORDAN

Family 1: Charles Carroll SYLVESTER

(1) Wisconsin, U.S., Marriage Records via Ancestry.com

  1. Florence SYLVESTER
  2. Charles A. SYLVESTER
  3. Ernest SYLVESTER
  4. Fairfield E. SYLVESTER
  5. Eugene Mitchell SYLVESTER
  6. Daisy Joanne SYLVESTER
  7. Mabelle C. SYLVESTER
  8. Winfield Forest SYLVESTER
  9. Charlotte Echedel SYLVESTER
  10. George Elmer SYLVESTER
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 _Stephen M. BURNS _|
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|_Marianne JORDAN __|
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Notes

Updated October 9, 2023. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1850 United States Census for New York, New York Co., Fifth Ward: Page 148; August 17, 1850.

Charlotte BURNS is the daughter of Stephen and Mary Ann BURNS. She is 8 years old, born in New York and is attending school.

(2) 1857 Minnesota State Census, Winona County; October 3, 1857.

Charlotte BURNS is the daughter of S.M. and Mary A. BURNS. He is 16 years old and born in Pennsylvania.

(3) 1860 United States Census for Minnesota, Winona Co., Mt. Vernon (Mt. Vernon Post Office): Page 3; June 7, 1860.

Charlotte C. BARNES is the daughter of Stephen M. and Mary A. BARNES. She is 17 years old, born in Pennsylvania and is attending school.

(4) Wisconsin, U.S., Marriage Records via Ancestry.com

- Name: Charlotte C BURNS
- Spouse: Charles C SYLVESTER
- Marriage Date: 22 Jan 1861
- Marriage County: Trempealeau, Wisconsin, USA

(5) 1865 Minnesota State Census, Wabasha County; June 1, 1865.

Family 58 contains C.C. SYLVESTER, Charlot C. SYLVESTER, Chas. A. SYLVESTER and S.W. BURNS. No other identifying information is provided. Presumably these individuals are Charles Carroll SYLVESTER, his wife Charlotte Clare [BURNS] SYLVESTER, their son Charles A. SYLVESTER, and Charlotte's brother Stephen W. BURNS.

(6) 1870 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview Township (Plainview Post Office): page 9; dwelling 64; family 62; July 22, 1870.

Charlotte [BURNS] SYLVESTER is married to Charles SYLVESTER, head of household. She was born in Pennsylvania, is 27 years old and is keeping house. Children listed in the household are: Charles, Fairfield and Eugene. There is also a domestic servant and two farm laborers.

(7) 1875 Minnesota State Census, Wantonwan Co., Fieldon.

Sharlet [BURNS] SYLVESTER is married to C.C SYLVESTER, head of household. She is 32 years old and born in Pennsylvania, with her parents from New York. Children in the household are Charles, Eben F., Eugene, Daysys, Maybele, and Forest.

(8) 1880 United States Census for Minnesota, Watonwan Co., Fieldon: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 265; page 8; June 9, 1880.

Charlotte [BURNS] SYLVESTER is married to Charles C. SYLVESTER, head of household. She is 37 years old and was born in Pennsylvania as were her parents. She is keeping house. Children in the household are Britton, Wray, Artie and Edna. Charles A.; Fairfield E.; Eugene H.; Daisy J.; Mabel; Winfield F; and Lottie E. The household also includes Morris BURNS, a 12-year-old boy helping on the farm. Morris BURNS' relation to Charlotte (BURNS) SYLVESTER has not been established although he may be Charlotte's nephew, John Morris BURNS.

(9) 1885 Minnesota State Census, Wantonwan Co., Town of Feldon, Madelia Post Office: Page 2; May 28, 1885.

Charlotte [BURNS] SYLVESTER is married to C. C. SYLVESTER, head of household. She is 42 years old and born in Pennsylvania. Children in the household are Fairfield, Daisy, Maybelle, Winfield, Lottie, and George.

(10) 1895 Minnesota State Census, Wantonwan Co., Madelia Village: Page 2; June 13, 1895.

Charlotte C. [BURNS] SYLVESTER is married to Chas. C. SYLVESTER, head of household. She is 52 years old, born in Pennsylvania, and is a housewife. Children in the household are Mabel C., Winfield F., Sattie E., and Geo. E. SYLVESTER.

(11) 1900 United States Census for Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Co., Philadelphia City: Ward 32; Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 813; Sheet 1B; June 1, 1900.

Charlotte C. [BURNS] SYLVESTER resides with her father, Stephen M. BURNS head of household.

- Address: 1848 N. 18th Street
- Birth date: December 1840; age 60
- Marital Status: Married for 40 years
- Birthplace: Pennsylvania, as were her parents

(12) U.S., City Directories via Ancestry.com; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

- 1905: SYLVESTER Charlotte C., wid Chas, h 1848 N 18th

(13) 1910 United States Census for District of Columbia, Washington, DC (part of): Enumeration District 168; Sheet 10A; April 26-27, 1910.

Charlotte C. [BURNS] SYLVESTER is a roomer in the Atammos household along with two of her children, Lottie E. and George C. SYLVESTER.

- Address: 16 Third Street NE.
- Age 67, a widow.
- Birthplace: Pennsylvania, with her father from Pennsylvania and her mother from England.
- Motherhood: Gave birth to eight children, all living.
- Occupation: Housekeeping.

(14) 1920 United States Census for Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Co., Philadelphia City, Ward 34: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 1169; Sheet 13B-14A; January 16, 1920.

Charlotte C. [BURNS] SYLVESTER resides with her son-and law and daughter, Edward T. and Mabele C. MILLER. She is 77 years old and born in Pennsylvania as were her parents. The family resides at 1612 No 54th St.

(15) Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records via Ancestry.com. Westminster Cemetery Record of Interments; Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA.

- Date of Interment: May 8, 1924
- Name of Deceased: Charlotte C. SYLVESTER
- Residence: 1612 N. 54th St.
- Place of Interment: Lot 658; Riverview section
- Age: 81
- Depth of Grave: metal case; 8 feet
- Undertaker: George BARRETT
- Lot Holder: Edward T. MILLER

(16) Find a Grave

- Name: Charlotte C. SYLVESTER
- Birth: 1842
- Death: 1924
- Burial: Westminster Cemetery; Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Plot: Riverview 658
- Memorial ID: 188186743

(17) The Washington Post., Sunday, May 14, 1924, page 21.

DEATHS REPORTED... "Charlotte C. SYLVESTER, 81 yrs. 26 Quincy pl. ne." Other listings make it clear that the individual listed passed away at the address provided, thus Charlotte C. [BURNS] SYLVESTER passed away at this location in Washington, DC.

(18) The Washington Post., Saturday, August 16, 1924, page 13, column 4.

"THOS H. PATTERSON AND EVERETT F. HAYCRAFT, Attorneys -- Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding Probate Court. No. 32033, Administration docket 72. Estate of Charlotte C. SYLVESTER, deceased. Application having been made herein for letters of administration on said estate by Daisy J. HAYCRAFT, it is ordered this 25th day of July, A. D. 1924, that Mabelle C. MILLER, Lottie E. CARTWRIGHT, Charles A. SYLVESTER, Fairfield E. SYLVESTER, Eugene M. SYLVESTER, Winfield F. SYLVESTER, George E. SYLVESTER and all others concerned, appear in said court on TUESDAY, the 2nd day of September, A. D. 1924 at 10 o'clock a. m. to show cause why such application should not be granted. Let notice hereof be published in the Washington Law Reporter and the Washington Post once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein mentioned, the first publication to be not less than thirty days before said return day. WALTER I. McCOY. Chief Justice. Attest: (Seal) JAMES TANNER, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court."

NOTE: The eight individuals listed are the surviving children of Charlotte C. [BURNS] SYLVESTER. The Attorney, Everett F. HAYCRAFT is her grandson (son of Daisy J. (SYLVESTER) HAYCRAFT).

(19) Hughes family records. February 6, 2001.

- When Charlotte was 13 years old she moved to Minnesota: "The family traveled up the Mississippi river and landed at a place called Halls landing... He [Stephen BURNS, Charlotte's father] wanted to build up the landing and make it a town. He purchased an interest in the landing and immediately started to build a log cabin to live in. He laid out the town with a surveyor, Caleb Barker SYLVESTER [the father of Charles SYLVESTER who eventually married Charlotte BURNS]... This town was built on the banks of the Mississippi at Hall's Landing and was called Mt. Vernon... all this information was gathered from the history book 'The History of Winona County, Minn.' ... Unfortunately all traces of the town are gone."

(20) Family History, Volume S(4), Sylvester, Daughters of the American Revolution library, Washington, DC., p. 2.

(21) Sylvester family interview.

It is said that Charles and Charlotte did not live together but were also not divorced. One family member recalled visiting Charlotte in Philadelphia, PA, as a child. Note that the 1905 Philadelphia address directly listed Charlotte as a widow when her husband Charles was still very much alive.

(22) Listed in Daughters of the American Revolution membership record 157305 (issued 1920).