Elizabeth Jane HOUSTATER

Father: Philip HOUSTATER
Mother: Mary SADELSON

Family 1: Edward BARNARD

(1) Portrait and biographical album of Ionia and Montcalm counties, Mich.; Chapman Brothers. Chicago: Chapman bros., 1891. p.514, and 517. 
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                    _Adam HOUFSTATER________|
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 _Philip HOUSTATER_|
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|--Elizabeth Jane HOUSTATER
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|_Mary SADELSON____|
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Notes

Updated April 17, 2017. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1855 New York State Census for Niagara Co., Town of Cambria: June 11, 1855.

Jane [HOUSTATER] BARNARD resides with her father Philip HOUSTATER, head of household. She is 22 years old, born in Niagara County, and has lived in Cambria for the past 22 years.

(2) 1860 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Orange (Orange Post Office): Page 317, September 22, 1860.

Elizabeth J. [HOUSTATER] BARNARD is married to Edward BARNARD, head of household. She is 27 years old and born in New York.

(3) 1870 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Orange Twp. (Ionia Post Office): page 5; June 2, 1870.

Elizabeth J. [HOUSTATER] BARNARD is married to Edward, BARNARD, head of household. She is 35 years old and born in New York.

(4) 1880 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Orange: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 99; page 28; June 21-22, 1880.

E. Jane [HOUSTATER] BARNARD is married to Edward BARNARD, head of household. She is 48 years old and was born in New York, with his parents born in Pennsylvania. She is listed as sick.

(5) 1900 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Orange Twp.: Supervisor's District 5; Enumeration District 23; Sheet 2A; June 2-4, 1900.

Elizabeth J. [HOUSTATER] BARNARD is married to Edward, BARNARD, head of household.

- Birth date: Sept 1829; age 70
- Number of Years of Present Marriage: 50 years
- Birthplace: New York, with her parents born in Pennsylvania

(6) 1910 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Orange Twp.: Supervisor's District 5; Enumeration District 28; Sheet 11A, April 27, 1910.

Jane [HOUSTATER] BARNARD resides with her sister and brother-in-law, Mary [HOUSTATER] EDDY and George S. EDDY. She is 78 years old, born in New York, with her parents born in Pennsylvania.

(7) Michigan, Death Records via Ancestry.com

- Name: Jane BARNARD
- Date of Death: April 3, 1912; 9:00 am
- Cause of Death: Apoplexy
- Place of Death: Orange, Ionia Co., Michigan
- Date of Birth: Sept 21, 1830
- Age: 81 years; 6 months; 13 days
- Marital Status: Widow
- Age at Marriage: 24
- Number of Children: None
- Birthplace: New York
- Father: Philip HOUSTATER
- Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
- Mother: Mary SEDELSON
- Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
- Informant: Mary A. EDDY (her sister)
- Place of Removal: Portland
- Date of Burial: April 6, 1912

(8) Find a Grave

- Name: Elizabeth Jane HOSTETTER BARNARD
- Birth: 1831
- Death: 1912
- Spouse: Edward BARNARD (1824 - 1908)
- Burial: Portland Cemetery; Portland, Ionia County, Michigan, USA
- Plot: Section EMD 496 27

(9) Transcription of Last Will & Testament of Philip Houstater, December 13, 1862. Niagara Co., NY (courtesy of Mathews family records).

- Lists "Elizabeth Jane BARNARD, wife of Edward BARNARD" as his child.

(10) Mathews family records, November 29, 2001.

(11) Portrait and biographical album of Ionia and Montcalm counties, Mich.; Chapman Brothers. Chicago: Chapman bros., 1891. p.514, and 517.

"Edward BARNARD... was united in marriage March 14, 1850, with Elizabeth Jane HOUSTATER, a daughter of Phillip and Mary (SADDLESARM) HOUSTATER, natives of Pennsylvania, and on both sides belonging to Pennsylvania Dutch families, all being engaged in the business of farming, and descendants of very early settlers of that state. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. BARNARD was over one hundred years old at the time of his death, while the family on her paternal side were also long lived. Mr. and Mrs. HOUSTATER were the parents of seven children, four of whom are now living. Mrs. HOUSTATER died in 1855 and her husband followed her in 1863. Their daughter, Mrs. BARNARD, was born September 21, 1831, in Niagara County, N.Y."