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Ancestry of Helen J. MARSHALL
Her Grand Father

BackGround: Montrael Temple, Montrael, Quebec, Canada.


Fifth Generation

Up Dated 13 December 2007


Alanson OLDS
and
Jane LAMB

Ahnentafel Chart for Helen J. (MARSHALL) McCOOK

Alanson was born about 18 February 1830 in , , Vermont, and married 1859 in Livingston County, Michigan, Adelia Augusta OLDS the daughter of Alanson OLDS and Jane LAMB the daughter of Nehiamah LAMB and Hannah Tyler PALMER. She was born about 28 Sep 1808, in , , New York, and died 4 April 1885 in Alaiedon, Ingham, Michigan. Alanson died 31 August 1878 in , Livingstron, Michigan.

Census Records


1830 Census Prattsburg Twp., Steuben, New York Page 450
Name OLDS, Alanson
              Under 5; 5 to 10; 10 to 15, 15 to 20; 30 to 40
     Males:   -------  -------  --------  --------     2
     Females:    2     -------  --------  --------     1

1830 Census Prattsburg Twp., Steuben, New York Page 452
Name OLDS, Ebenezer C.
              Under 5; 5 to 10; 10 to 15, 15 to 20; 30 to 40
     Males:      2       1      --------  --------     1
     Females:    1       2      --------  --------     1

1840 Census Farmington, Oakland, Michigan Page52
Name Alanson OLDS
              Under 5; 5 to 10; 10 to 15; 15 to 20; 30 to 40; 40 to 50
     Males:      1       1      --------  --------  --------     1
     Females: -------    1         1      --------     1      --------

1850 Census Lansing Twp., Ingham, Michigan Page 119
                                           R Estate Where
Name             Age Sex Race Occupation   Value    Born
Alanson  OLDS     50  M  ---- Joiner         $  0,500 Vermont
Jane       "      42  F  ---- ------------ -------- New York
John     ARTHORP  30  M  ---- Teamster     -------- Not Known
Hannah   OLDS     21  F  ---- ------------ -------- New York
Wethin     "      19  M  ---- Stage Driver -------- New York
Sally      "      16  F  ---- ------------ -------- New York
Moses C.   "      13  M  ---- ------------ -------- Michigan
Augusta    "       7  F  ---- ------------ -------- Michigan
John T.    "       4  M  ---- ------------ -------- Michigan

1860 Census Conway, Livingston, Michigan. Page 357
                                      R Estate Personal Where
Name          Age Sex Race Occupation Value    Value    Born
Moses C. OLDS  24  M  ---- Farmer     $  0,400 $  0,050 Michigan
Olive     "    24  F  ---- ---------- -------- -------- Michigan
John T    "    16  M  ---- ---------- -------- -------- Michigan
Jane      "    52  F  ---- ---------- $  1,000 $  0,155 UnKnown

1870 Cennus Conway, Livingston, Michigan. Page 10R line 23
                                           R Estate Personal Where    Month
Name             Age Sex Race Occupation   Value    Value    Born     Born 
BARKER Edward     35  M   W   Farmer       $  2,000 -------- Michigan -----
  "   Augusta     26  F   W   House Keeper -------- -------- Michigan -----
  "   Mary J.      9  F   W   ------------ -------- -------- Michigan -----
  "   Estelle M    7  F   W   ------------ -------- -------- Michigan -----
  "   Albert B     4  F   W   ------------ -------- -------- Michigan -----
  "   Earnest      2  M   W   ------------ -------- -------- Michigan -----
  "   Hannah H.  10m  F   W   ------------ -------- -------- Michigan  Jul

1880 Census Alaiedon, Ingham, Michigan ED 121 Page 1 Line 10
                                Marr               |   Place of Birth   |
Name      Race Sex Age Relation Stat Occupation    |Self   Father Mother|
OLDS Jane  W    F   71 --------  M   Keeping House  N. Y.  Conn.  Conn. 
  "  John  W    M   35 Son       S   Farmer         Mich.  N. Y.  Conn.

1880 HISTORY OF LIVINGSTON COUNTY MICHIGAN

Pages 365 and 366
Annexed is a list of individuals who made original entries of land within the township of Hartland:

SECTION 3
Name              Date          Acres
John I. Blackman, April, 1836   118.65 
Henry Hawkins 
Van R. Hawkins,   June, 1836    80 
Levi Andrus,      July, 1836    160 
J. C. Whalen,     October, 1836 117.03 
Jacob Westervelt, October, 1836 40 
O. E. Darrow,     October, 1836 80 
Alanson Olds,     January, 1837 80 
Samuel Cowles,    April, 1837   40

Bureau of Land Management
- General Land Office Records -

                                        Click to See Actual Pantent
Names                                   Survey	
Patentee:             ALANSON OLDS      State:        MICHIGAN
                                        Acres:        80
                                        Metes/Bounds: No

Title Transfer                          Document Numbers
Issue Date:           8/21/1837         Document Nr.:         26251
Land Office:          Detroit           Accession/Serial Nr.: MI0830__.101
Cancelled:            No                BLM Serial Nr.:       MI NO S/N
Mineral Reservations: No	
Authority:            April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)

Aliquot Sec./                 Fract.                                 Survey
Parts   Block Township Range  Sec.   Meridian        State Counties  Nr. 
E½SW    3/    3-North  6-East No     Michigan-Toledo MI    Livingston 
                                     Strip

Tax Records Index
An Index to FGS Publication entitled
- Oakland County, Michigan -
Farmington Township Tax Rolls
- 1841-1897 -

LAST  First
NAME  Name      Year(s)
OLDS, Alanson   1841,1843 
OLDS, Harison   1844 

volume 1 part b Lamb*Data
From http://www.lambsite.com/lambgen/data/default.htm

in "KINGSLEY Family of America" 1980
Nancy Wood m1853 Joel Hall Lamb (his 2nd) had:
Frank Lamb (1863- ) m. Sarah Alice Neill Deborah Kingsley (1843-) m. Mr Lamb lived in Albany,NY
Adelia Augusta Olds dau of Alanson Olds and Jane Lamb
dau of Nehemiah Lamb and Hannah Palmer
son of Samuel Lamb and Tabitha Wrightman
Horace Binney Kingsley m. Philena Lamb (1818-1887)

in "Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine"
Volume 44 Page
130 Nehemiah Lamb(8Mar1777,Groton-10May1850)
m18Mar1798 Hannah Tyler Palmer
son of Tabitha Wightman and Samuel Lamb
Caleb A Lamb Hannah Lamb Reuben Palmer Lamb Samuel H Lamb Jane Lamb Aroswell Lamb Martha Lamb Susanna Lamb Thomas Baldwin Lamb Rhoda Rebecca Lamb Content Lamb Patience Lamb Charity Lamb
Volume 47 page 122
Aroswell Lamb(22Apr1810,Vienna,NY-28Mar1860,Salem,MI)
son of Nehemiah Lamb and Hannah Tyler Palmer
m1.7Aug1833,Farmington Phebe Wixom(25Jul1813-26Dec1848) m2.7May1849,Hartland Sophie T Perkins(8Jul1810-12Apr1898)
(wid of Josiah T Clark) had:
Andrew Lemoyne Lamb Olive Emma Lamb Martin Thomas Lamb Isaac Wixom Lamb Edward Payson Lamb Aroswell Lamb,jr Phebe Jane Lamb Ichabod Lamb Eva Josephine Lamb
Volume 19 page 104
Frank Bird Lamb(24Oct1863-27Jul1955) m3Apr1890 Christiana Ard(-1941)
son of Joel Hall and Nancy Morgan (Wood) Lamb had:
Mrs S.R. Sellers
Volume 48 pages 33-37, 51-55, 119-123, 161-163 Vol 49 ps 19-23
Some Descendants of John Lamb of Springfield, Massachusetts
<SEVER>
in "SEVERANCE Genealogy" 1927
Charles Severance(1805,NH-) m15Jul1830 Martha Lamb(9Mar1812-) had:
Charles Lamb Severance(14Dec1833-30Apr1907) m Louisa Forbush moved to Geneva NY then Walled Lake,MI
More on the Lamb family:
Martha is the daughter of Nehemiah Lamb and Hannah Palmer Lamb
four of Martha's brothers were Baptist Ministers in Michigan
Caleb, Reuben, Samuel and Roswell
Thomas was a Physican
Content m Horace Johns
Jane m __ Olds
Susan m Ezra Severance(24Jun1809-10Jan1879)

Early Marriages
in Livingston County Michigan

Bride or Groom          Spouse                    Vol. Page Year
BARKER, Edward B.       Augusta OLDS                2   281 1859
OLDS,   Augusta         Edward B. BARKER            2   281 1859
OLDS,   C. D. W.        Abigail SNELL               1   175 1844
OLDS,   David           Rosana H. SEAMAN            1   180 1844
OLDS,   Grace A.        Fred A. RATHBUN             4    87 1894
OLDS,   Jane            Israel MINER                2   280 1859
OLDS,   Jessie          John J. WASHBURN            4   134 1898	
OLDS,   M. C.           Hattie A. BENJAMIN          3   156 1866	
OLDS,   Mary R.         Wilbur F. NUGENT            4   226 1906	
OLDS,   Orilla S.       Almon C. GREEN              2    87 1853	
OLDS,   Robert W.       Hattie PARKER              3a    21 1869	

COUGHRAN CEMETERY,
Section 25, Conway Township,
Livingston County, Michigan

        FIRST
SURNAME NAME     BIRTH DEATH       AGE          EXTRA
Olds    Alanson  ----- 31 Aug 1878 78y 06m 18d? -----
Olds    Alanson  ----- 21 Aug 1872 15y          -----
Olds    Frank E. ----- 12 Oct 1861    10 m      Son of Olive E. & M. C.
Olds    Lillian  ----- ----------- infant       dau of M. C. & Olive E.
Olds    Olive E. ----- 14 Mar 1865 28y 11m 11d  wife of M. C. Olds

Michigan Genealogical Death Index

OLDS, Jane

 Date of death:      4-Apr-1885
 Ledger Page:        301
 Record Number:      2824
 Place of death:     Alaiedon
 County of Death:    Ingham
 Sex:                Female
 Race:               White
 Marital Status:     Widowed
 Age:                76 years 6 months 6 days
 Cause of Death:    Unknown
 Birthplace:         NY
 Occupation:         Housekeeper
 Father's Name:      Nehimiah, LAMB
 Father's Residence: NY
 Mother's Name:      , Unknown
 Mother's Residence: NY
 Date of record:     30-Jun-1886		

Harriet A. Tenney ,Rec. Sec. of State Pioneer Society.[p.13]
Lansing, June 17, 1885:
To the Officers and Members of the Michigan State Pioneer Society

Those of our own membership who have passed away during the year are sixteen in number, as follows:
Moses Bartow of Portland, July 7, 1884.
Henry C. Lewis of Coldwater, Aug. 18, 1884.
Roger Haviland of Burns, and vice president for Shiawassee county, Sept. 24, 1884.
Mrs. Charles P. Bush of Lansing, Sept. 19, 1884.
Minos McRoberts of Mason, Oct. 5 1884.
William H. Montgomery of Hudson. Oct. 13, 1884.
Rev. John S. Goodman of East Saginaw, Nov. 12, 1884.
Caleb Sweetland of Kalamazoo, Nov. 28, 1884.
Lucius L. Clark of Kalamazoo, Dec. 15, 1884.
Hardy J. Olds, of Jonesville, Died Jan. 9, 1885.
Charles Grant of Bengal, Jan. 11, 1885.
Mrs. Harriet Row of Lansing, Feb. 28, 1885
Mrs. Jane Olds of Alaiedon, April 4, 1885.
Judge Hezekiah G. Wells of Kalamazoo, a member of the committee of historians, April 4, 1885.
Alexander Buell of Kalamazoo, April 17, 1885.
Allen Potter of Kalamazoo, May 8, 1885.[p.14]

Mrs. Jane Olds departed this life April 4, 1885, in Alaiedon, aged seventy-six years, six months and six days.
Our mother has departed,
We now for her do mourn;
Our hearts are sad and aching
Since she is from us torn.
Her soul doth sleep in Jesus,
A peaceful, quiet rest;
She is from sin delivered
And numbered with the blest.
Her path on earth was weary,

CHILDREN of Alanson OLDS and Jane LAMB:


   1. FEMALE CHILD   b: 1825 - 1830; Prob., Steuben, New York.
                     d: Died Young ; , , .
   2. HANNAH J.      b:    Abt 1829; Prattsburg, Steuben, New York.
                    md:            ; , , Michigan.
                                     John THORBURN
   3. WILLIAM WITHEN b:    Abt 1831; Prattsburgh, Steuben, New York.
                    md             ; , Livingston, Michigan.
                                     Ada ?????
   4. SALLY          b:        1834; Prattsburg, Steuben, New York.
   5. MOSES CLARK    b:        1837; Hartland, Livingston, Michigan.
                    md  11 Apr 1857; , Livingston, Michigan.
                                     Olive Emma LAMB
                    md  27 Jun 1866; , Livingston, Michigan.
                                     Harriet Amelia (Hattie) BENJAMIN
 + 6. ADELIA AUGUSTA b:    Abt 1843; Farmington, Oakland, Michigan.
                    md:  9 Nov 1859; , Livingston, Michigan.
                                     Edward Bruce BARKER
   7. JOHN T.        b:    Abt 1847; , , Michigan.
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Sources For This Page

Census records see transcripts above.

LDS Church FamilySearch
Ancestrial File. AFN 651R-71 for Donald and DG9H-X6 for Helen.
International Genealogical Index. Film #: 537732, Page #: 13, Ordinance #: 40748


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