Life History
21st Nov 1867 |
Born in Mason County, Illinois.1,2,3,4,5 |
UNKNOWN |
Death of Ivan MILLS |
UNKNOWN |
Died |
Other facts
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Married Ivan MILLS |
Notes
- 1870 Federal Census, Mason County, Illinois, [no date], Cane Creek Township, PO Mason City, page 16, Hse #103, Fam #100
Norris, Sylvester 51 M W Farmer $5000 Real Estate $100 Personal born Kentucky [b abt 1819]
Norris, Rebecca A 40 F W Keeps House born Illinois [b abt 1830]
Norris, Nellie B 2 F W born Illinois [b abt 1868]
According to a family genealogy, Nellie's actual birthday is 21 November 1867. The report in the 1900 census agrees with this.
1880 Federal Census, Mason County, Illinois, 9 June, Cane Creek Township, page 7, Hse #47, Fam #48
Norris, Sylvester W M 61 Farmer Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky [b abt 1819]
Norris, Rebecca A W F 51 Wife Keeping House Illinois NC VA [b abt 1829]
Norris, Nellie B W F 12 At Home Illinois Kentucky Illinois [b abt 1868]
1885 Kansas State Census, Crawford County, Pittsburg, page 70 (205), Hse/Fam #543
Sylvester Norris 66 M W Laborer b Kentucky, moved to Kansas from Illinois [b abt 1819]
Sylvester Arminda 56 F W b Illinois, moved to Kansas from Illinois [b abt 1829]
-- page 71 (208) --
Sylvester Nellie 17 F W b Illinois, moved to Kansas from Illinois [b abt 1868]
In the next 15 years, Nellie marries and settles in Osage County, Illinois.
In 1900 we find her and her husband Ivan Mills living in Osage County, Kansas. Her father died in 1887 and now her widowed mother, age 71, has moved into the Mills household.
1900 Federal Census, Osage County, Kansas, 20 June, Agency Township, District 110, page 10-11B, Hse #275, Fam #277
Mills, Ivan Head W M Dec 1860 39 Married 13 years Indiana Ohio Ohio Farmer Owns
-- page 11B --
Mills, Nellie Wife W F Nov 1867 32 Married 13 years 6 children/5 living Illinois Kentucky Illinois
Mills, Glover Son W M Feb 1888 12 Kansas Indiana Illinois At School
Mills, Orval Son W M Sept 1893 6 Kansas Indiana Illinois At School
Mills, Harold Son W M Nov 1895 5 Kansas Indiana Illinois
Mills, Myrtle Dau W M Apr 1897 3 Kansas Indiana Illinois
Mills, Frank Son W M Nov 1899 7mos Kansas Indiana Illinois
Norris, Araminta Mother [of Nellie] W F May 1829 71 Wife Keeping House Illinois TN TN
The child listed in the census here as Glover is transcribed as Oliver by Ancestry.com. Note that now Arminda's parents are reported as born in Tennessee, not North Carolina and Virginia. Note that in 1880, the birth states of her parents match those of the two Estep men found nearby. This may indicate she reported her adoptive parents' birth states in 1880, rather than her birth parents. In 1900 perhaps the change indicates that both her Baird birth parents were both born in Tennessee.
Sources
- 1. 1870 Federal Census, Mason County, Illinois
- [no date], Cane Creek Township, PO Mason City, page 16, Hse #103, Fam #100
- 2. 1880 Federal Census, Mason County, Illinois
- 9 June, Cane Creek Township, page 7, Hse #47, Fam #48
- 3. 1885 Kansas State Census, Crawford County
- 1 March, Pittsburg, page 70 (205), Hse/Fam #543
- 4. Ancestry Trees
- Norris Family, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v06t4483&id=I087
- 5. 1900 Federal Census, Osage County, Kansas
- 20 June, Agency Township, District 110, page 10-11B, Hse #275, Fam #277